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Showerthoughts

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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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[–] msage@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Global south would like a word.

Like every proponent of capitalism ignores the cheap labor and blatant theft of natural resources the rich nations need to make the line go up.

It's not the virtue of capitalism that makes our lives so luxurious. It's the suffering of the rest of the world.

[–] markr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't disagree. Although it is still not a pyramid scheme.

[–] msage@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

So the first developed countries destroyed the environment just to get extra virtual numbers shown somewhere, and the rest, even though they directly or indirectly participated, got pollution, slavery, famine, but that is not a pyramid scheme?