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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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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it's weird that we are prepared to die for democracy, yet willingly enter dictatorships daily for work and spend the majority of our waking lives with people we vaguely know (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The overlap of people willing to let themselves be beat down and exploited at work, and the people that would actually fight and die for democracy is slim to none.

[–] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

Resource extraction companies are notoriously bad employers. I'd bet there's more of an overlap in those sort of jobs.