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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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    • 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
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[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 week ago

In that they offer you policies you like and policies you don't like, and they cannot be separated.

[–] markz@suppo.fi 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't think that's controversial.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago

More like cable TV packages.

I feel like this differs a lot from country to country and depends on if you have such bs as first past the post.

[–] Sidhean@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] markz@suppo.fi 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You want a party that pushes X and Y, but by voting them, you're also voting for Z and W, which you might not like.

[–] Sidhean@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, that makes sense.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

More like cable TV packages. Full of stuff you don't want, mostly made for and by fools, very expensive.

Only in political systems that were not designed with partisanship in mind and thus became the worse partisan shithole to be conceived.