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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: 1

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[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good point. I forgot to mention that Wikipedia editors, for all their flaws, are really good at shutting down hateful right wing bullshit.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So you’d categorize it as hateful right wing bullshit if someone mentions that there as violence or criminal activity at BLM protests?

Why would that be hateful? Or right wing? Or anything other than just a description of what happened?

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 year ago

You can have violence at a largely peaceful protest, as long as it is ... largely peaceful.

Which they were, the majority ended peacefully and only a handful were violent.

So what Wikipedia did was state the facts. You can disagree with those facts, but you would be wrong.