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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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How is kindness a bad thing? I thought that was universally agreed to be a good message to have in a piece of media. I guess the excuse is they don't want media to have messages at all but like, how would you even have a movie where the hero has no values that they stand for?

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[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Plenty of people want to inflict pain or see pain inflicted, as long as it's on the appropriate victims, and these people aren't all on the right. It's a common human trait.

[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Perhaps we should cull that portion of the population. Humanely, of course.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Is that what you named your gun? 🤣

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

nah, the rich has to be eaten

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

at that point you're calling for genocide

[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, genocide is against a nationality or ethnic group. An example is what's going on in Palestine or when the US and Canadian governments tried to forcefully integrate Native Americans into white society.

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

psychopathy is just as much an ethnicity as any religion

[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're fucking joking, right?

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

fine, would you rather I defend east Germany?

[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So you're just ignorant then. Gocha.

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

is east Germany not a nationality?

[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

No. German is a nationality.