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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.
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[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Adolf Hitler has been called the most documented human in history though

[–] ZeroGravitas@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I was thinking about the future. Think of a cornered Hitler with access to hydrogen bombs.

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Considering a lot of what we know about him is later propaganda, it still fits.

[–] revv@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the idea you're driving at is that the worst leaders in human history will drive us to extinction. That's not the scary thought to me. The scary thought to me is that decent or even good leaders might do the same when put in the wrong position. There are plenty of cases where individual rational decisions combine to disastrous consequences for all involved. I wonder if it's possible for humanity to continually avoid such survival-threatening prisoners' dilemmas...

[–] ZeroGravitas@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Wow that's even scarier than what I had in mind. Good intentions all the way down.

The fucked up thing about humanity is that we invented our own destruction, put a shiny red button on top and wrote on it "do not touch". As if there would ever be a scenario where pressing it would make sense. And seeing the rethoric coming out of Russia these days, I can't help but wonder. Damn, I guess this is what my parents lived with at the height of the Cold War?