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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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We are just finding out about a child sex trafficking ring involving politicians and billionaires, the world’s richest man does a Nazi salute at a political rally, and the President being an adjudicated sex criminal is probably not the worst thing he has done…

Meanwhile I’m standing here in the checkout line feeling guilty about whether or not I should tip a barista

Something is wrong with our collective notion of morality, and my individual understanding (Oh well, here we are)

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[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Keep being a decent human bean still is the way to go, though. Otherwise it's a race to the bottom, Marquis de Sade-style. Fuck these psychopaths, you're better than them!

[–] PicardyNerd@lemmy.today 5 points 2 months ago

Apparently this is not a shower thought🤔 /s

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My morality works fine. A bunch of lead drinking, lead breathing, racist rednecks need to get fixed.

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[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Tip service workers, steal from Kroger.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

And you feel bad about not tipping because the employer pays them enough

[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You mean because they don't pay them enough? Also could be a him, btw.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Oops. Ty. Corrected it lol. My mental image of a barista was always female 😅 that's embarrassing

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Interesting. I always imagine them as tattooed dudes.

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

I would go with modern socialism/communism but, ever since Joe McCarthy, america tastes bile in their throat every time those words are bandied about. Pavlov and B.F. Skinner would be proud.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I am surprised by you being surprised, I knew for about 10 years.

Epstein also definetly did not kill himself but the media in my country is already reporting him as suicide now, and people forget.

[–] bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Morality is something a class society continuously reproduces to manage the contradictions it faces on a day to day basis. It’s a fabric that gives you that guilty feeling when you’re not practicing the same self control the rest of society exercises and demands. A lot of control is regulated by law of course, then guilt becomes more than just a feeling. But many things don’t need to be dealt with by the legislature: you comply because you don’t want to be a social outcast.

At the top, it’s a bit different, they don’t need that kind of voluntary self control. Often, this becomes admired by those who see themselves as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

At the top, it’s a bit different, they don’t need that kind of voluntary self control

They do. The same way the Mafia or the Police do. The morality is fealty and service to your liege and your nation. Guilt comes from betrayal and dishonor, which always involves disappointing your betters.

One thing GoT does well is spelling out the perverse attitudes of aristocracy relative to the proles. Even the "noble" characters are awful for one reason or another

[–] bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

gotta admit, I haven’t worked out that part fully yet, but there’s probably multiple layers. What you describe inherent in police and mafia, is a different kind of morality, an honour code, it can be contrary to the general morality, I’d say. And the aristocracy, or people completely beyond the law, they can make it up as they go along.

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