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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Trying to build viable third parties by voting for them in presidential elections is like trying to build a third door in your house by repeatedly walking into the wall where you want the door to be. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There’s a caveat: That statement only applies to a house that’s designed to only have 2 viable doors.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It applies to any house that isn’t designed to infer your intended goal and automatically rebuild itself to suit.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It applies to a house built by slavers trying to keep everybody else out working in the fields.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It applies to a house built by slavers trying to keep everybody else out working in the fields.

You can just say "China"