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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.

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[–] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

This seems like "vaguebooking" to me. Your comment doesn't make much sense without context, and you've conspicuously provided none.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

law enforcement abusing AI is wretched.

No one gives a fuck about your self hosted theft machine.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

They used to give a fuck. I think they know they lost that battle.

[–] garbage_world@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Could you explain how people are prosecuted for self hosting AI?

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world -1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Not just ai, but torrents and the like.

[–] garbage_world@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I can understand why would someone be prosecuted for seeding illegal materials, but not for local AI

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 0 points 8 hours ago

Laws are wild.

[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I kind of don't understand why people haven't figured out it's not about us. It's not about humanity as a species. The world is dominated by the game of business, power, and control. The game wants to conquer humanity like it did everything else... It doesn't want what's best for humanity. We should know better by now. It's to the point the complaints are getting "Karen". Like Karen, you should have figured it out by now this is a McDonald's slave encampment not a 5 star steakhouse.

Not trying to make a jab at you specifically and sorry if I come off as a cunt.

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Because humanity has a terminal case of main-character syndrome

Maybe even worse. Like... When you look at it... When you see it all combined as one organism, its like one giant cancerous psychopath eating away at all the good it has/had.

[–] bryndos@fedia.io 3 points 16 hours ago

homo sapiens cuntiens

[–] schwim@piefed.zip 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can you explain how people are being persecuted for self-hosting?

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 4 points 19 hours ago

Perhaps it's self-abuse

[–] crash_thepose@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 0 points 17 hours ago

I bet it's "people hate my AI too! even though it's only a theft machine and not running in a data center that's choking off humanity."

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works -4 points 12 hours ago

Poor baby. My heart is breaking for you