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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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It was right there with flying cars and domed cities on the moon. That was part of the whole Disneyworld/OMNI Magazine promise about life in the year 2000.

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[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is the result of us seeing a shift from technology being benignly applied to technology being used as a tool for an unmitigated profits.

As with any product, all of the good is sucked out of it for the sake of making more money for the greedy tech billionaires.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

While capitalism is definitely a big part of it, the desire to control others for non-monetary reasons plays a huge part in it as well. LGBTQ+ harassment and abortion bans don't really play into the capitalist goals, they are there to cause suffering.

[–] Flummoxed@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Abortion bans definitely play into capitalist goals. They ensure impoverished, desperate workers will be even more available to work for a pittance.