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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:

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • 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
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

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Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

"They're the same picture."

[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

So, seppuku then?

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Inb4 the flood of people who get all their batman knowledge from the Nolan trilogy and the stupid one liners they added to Injustice to try and whataboutism him against superman literally murdering people and installing a fascist autocracy.

[–] Emmy@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year ago

Like Bruce never engaged in union busting. He's literally one of the billionaire class.

He regularly aligns himself with other upper class people to take over the city.

Hell, he has his own gang.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

This is why I'm so excited for Batman Azteca. Aztec warrior Batman killing colonisers like the insane conquistadore Two-Face

[–] AWittyUsername@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This reads like he was real at some point in the past.

[–] XiozTzu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Who you want is Rorschach as others have pointed out Batman is part of the problem. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rorschach_(character)

[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Rorschach is Batman but worse in every single way. All the childhood trauma and mental illness without any of the money, good manners, or training, and with several extra doses of far right conspiranoia and misogyny.

If you read Rorschach as the good guy in Watchmen, you completely misinterpreted what Moore was trying to say. If there's any good guys in Watchmen (or at least not bad guys), and that's a big if, it's the folks around the newsstand, obviously not counting Kovacs.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 1 year ago

Batman could have done more good as Bruce Wayne and instead dressed up like a bat to beat up street level thugs. If he was real, I don't think it would make a difference what time period he was in, he'd still be traumatized by his parents death and decide to dress up like a bat to beat up street level thugs.

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