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] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Why are you in this thread if you're not even American? This is obviously about the US elections.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I personally care because most of my family is American and because Canadian politics often echo what's going on in the U.S. Pierre Polievre wouldn't be seeing as much success if he didn't have Trump's culture war nonsense to use as inspiration. A lot of people outside of America still care very much about U.S. politics because it does have an effect on global affairs.

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

I hear you on that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because Lemmy isn't a US-only social network?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This post is obviously about US politics.

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

Ok?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Disregard these gatekeepers.

This is an online discussion forum for public discussions.

I see these comments around here, like wtf people getting policing what and where people are commenting.

Childish behavior.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why do you care if the person you voted for wins?

Someone is trying to gatekeep, that's for sure.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You...clearly misunderstood my initial post, and that's really funny.

My point isn't that you shouldn't care if they win or not. That's absolutely ridiculous. My point is that you shouldn't choose to vote for someone purely because they have a chance of winning, over someone that aligns better with your political views.

Sometimes I can't believe this app is free...

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

Which country do you seriously think this post is about?

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

Other people are entitled to have opinions about US system and participate in discussion as they see fit.

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

Not if they're telling people what to do, or giving out misinformation they don't.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's honestly a little embarrassing to see Lemmy struggle so much with this kind of thing. Even Reddit was never this bad...

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

You're an embarrassment

People here actually care about the future of their country.