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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 most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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[–] myyass@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think it's ironic that since buying power dropped by, what? 50%? Then does that mean a person with a billion is just a millionaire?

[–] ieightpi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The old billionaires must be fuming because so many new billionaires keep popping up. Theirs wealth just doesn't matter anymore

[–] chewypoops@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The latest South ~~Park~~ America episode is about this exactly.

[–] ieightpi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Seriously the timing of this conversation cannot be a coincidence

[–] myyass@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They must be fuming with all the desperate pushing of AI and data centers. Tech in general looks like the titanic except everyone is turning a blind eye to the sinking part.

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So exactly like the Titanic until it was too late to ignore.

[–] myyass@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago
[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

eh, not really how it works. at certain point your wealth is just distributed across the market enough that it goes up with inflation.

[–] ieightpi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But inflation doesn't make money worth more.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

...sure, but if your money pile (in the form of various core-sector investments/broad market ETF's, which always eventually track inflation), automatically goes up with inflation your not losing anything either.

when your rich, you have to actively go out of your way to lose money. because your $ can make more $ for you than you could ever make actually working.