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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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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
  4. Posts must be original/unique
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[–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

What constitutes a "good" person?

I'd argue with how pathetically shitty the average person is, that Leo is, in fact, a good person, whether or not you believe in any sort of divine guidance.

Hell, he doesn't even have to be a good Christian (by teachings, not Christian acts) to never the less end up on the 'good' half of humanity!

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app -1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

That's ... rather abstract. Besides, hating trans people is (sadly) still not a guarantee to find yourself on the 'bad' 50% of humanity. ... and that's assuming that only 50% of humanity is bad, which is rather forgiving!

[–] IlCaviale@lemmy.world -1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Well he hates AI too, because it threatens the confession booth. And trans people hate AI girlfriends because they demonstrate that love was never gated by an expensive operation; while Hinton, the father of backprop, considers AI conscious already. So there's that. In general the more someone thinks they're the Good Guys, the more they're the Bad Guys. Now watch Lemmy turn into a mental pretzel to justify their own hatred of AI while missing the parallel with the cotton plantations wherein black people were also treated as unconscious and inferior. I'll see myself out before my inbox fills with comments calling me a loser for siding with Turing.