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

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These might be the good old days. Go outside, feel the grass, say wassup to your neighbors,... whatever you do that means community, because sh*t might get bad for a while.

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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 32 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

People outside the US have always been terrified of what the US president might do. Imagine if China had military bases all over the world.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 12 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The Kenyan Ambassador to the UN once addressed criticism of his country's relationship with China thusly:

"Every time the English visit Kenya, they bring a lecture. Every time the Chinese visit Kenyan, they build a hospital"

[–] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 1 points 12 minutes ago

Which is exactly why China is going to win. They play the long game where we only care about the next quarterly report. We drop bombs, they build schools and hospitals and install water wells. We trap countries into IMF loan scams, they give interest free loans.

We make mass graves. China makes friends.

[–] Leg@sh.itjust.works 19 points 11 hours ago

Valid take. The military industrial complex is a terrifying ordeal.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

We haven’t been