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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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  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
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[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Also, Batman was born with his power. (His power is money).

[–] cornshark@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

You can't use money to fight crime, lol. Otherwise USA's police departments would be doing it.

[–] cenzorrll@piefed.ca 14 points 1 month ago

Investing in children reduces crime. So yes, you can fight crime with money.

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Study after study shows money spent on food, housing and education does more to prevent crime than policing and incarceration.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well look at the state of Gotham and tell me it's different.

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

All research and successful drug policy shows that treatment should be increased, and law enforcement decreased while abolishing mandatory minimum sentences.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

what about punching and batarangs and batcomputers

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Money spent on punching, batarangs, and bat computers do not reduce crimes as much as money spent on food, housing and education.

Also not superpowers.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i would like to see a link to the study on batarangs please

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Will this link suffice? Lance used bananarangs developed by Orangutans, almost the same thing.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

yes i guess that is definitive

[–] aaaa@piefed.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You can. They just don't.

[–] Frettchen@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Superheroes does not exist