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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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[–] M137@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hello, I'm not sober and can't figure out what this means. How do the rich "pay to evade" juice?

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

If you can afford fancy lawyers, you can exploit loopholes in the legal system. It’s not ethical or right or fair, but money makes it technically legal.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Also the Public Prosecution Office (or whatever one's country equivalent) are almost almost always arbitrary gatekeepers of the Criminal Justice System, so if they chose from somebody not to be prosecuted for something, they're not prosecuted and similarly, they can chose to crack down on somebody for something minor and that person will be dragged through the coals for it (they might or not win in the end, but of they can't afford good lawyers they'll probably lose).

So people with enough influence often never even got to court when they commit a crime because the public prosecutors simply don't prosecute, which they can since they have arbitrary power.

This is what we're seeing with all those in the Epstein Files, by the way.

[–] BurnedDonutHole@ani.social 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Epstein Files is the most recent example of how the rich and powerful evade prosecution.

They know a guy, the guy they know also knows a guy and so on... In this chain of events words goes around from top to bottom to do nothing against these certain special people or there will be consequences.

And those guys who did nothing get secret gifts or have cushy jobs in billion dollar companies after they decide to go to private sector or get financial support when they decide to join politics.