A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.
I imagine it more along the lines of breaking a promise. Law is more or less a social contract, so it's less that the law no longer functions and more that the person in question is breaking the agreement.
But also yes, one who repeatedly breaks the contract with no consequences, definitely calls into question the value and validity of the contact, and that's when things really start to, erm... Break.
Would be funny for a bit though. "Yea, I know he shot someone, but some other guy across town did the same thing just a few minutes prior so technically he didn't didn't do anything illegal as the other guy broke the law."