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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.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Corporate fines should be in % of the company income.
I would also argue that personal fines should be like that too.
All fines should be a percentage of income. Otherwise we have what we call a poor tax on people who can’t afford it, and “the price of doing business” for people who can. And I’m not referring to just companies.
It has to be worth, not just income. There's too many loopholes around "I don't have income I just have stock I use as collateral for a loan" or "I don't have income but my LLC happens to pay for all of my daily expenses".
But yes, all fines need to scale with the perpetrator. The more dollars you have, the less each dollar means.
A $100 ticket for parking on a crosswalk means nothing to a millionaire, but is potentially ruinous for someone living in poverty. It needs to hurt the same for everyone. The millionaire should have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars. They need to feel pain.
A lot of people are really shitty and operate at a very basic level of moral reasoning. It's just "did I get punished?".
Maybe stuff you can't pay with also shouldn't be allowed to loan money with. I know it currently does work like that, I'm just saying it shouldn't, because this creates so many loopholes.