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 "Master/Slave" terminology in computing sounds bad now, why not change it to "Dom/Sub"? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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It sounds way less offensive to those who decry the original terminology's problematic roots but still keeps its meaning intact.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

probably more important to fix that problem where the bike crumples

This solution is zero effort

microaggressions [...] question of whether it even exists to any significant degree

It does. Ask POC

with a really hard solution

It's zero effort to change jargon like this.

we could move to stop microaggressions, or we could like, move to stop racial bias hiring practices

We can do both. That was a bold false dichotomy

do not have normal behaviors

If your argument is that neurodivergent people can't switch from "whitelist" to "allowlist" I think that says more about your personality than neurodivergency.

we may actually just be making things more complicated for people who do not function inside of the bubble of normality.

Ok there, that sounds like a pile of FUD to prevent progress

simply prime people to not care

Ok there psychology genius. Tell us how to do this and receive your nobel prize

I'm done replying to your novel length piles regressive bullshit and excuses dressed up in polite language.