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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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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We have a choice not to work?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Choosing death by starvation is not a choice. Work or die, slave.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Sartre would disagree, but then Sartre was a professional philosopher.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You think a company should pay you even if you decide not to work? As much as I wish the universe rained down food, housing, and smart phone but the reality is that it cares not of you get a meal at the end of the day.

I have no idea what point you are trying to make.

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

There are better systems that require you not to die when you dont work.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Really? Like other people take out your garbage and bringing you your food and build your house.

The universe cares less if you starve but we do live in a time when we have to do very little work to survive quite well.

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

Companies are already paying people who decide to not work - their owners.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

sure, just sign up to like 10 credit cards, max them out getting good reliable camping equipment, and take a large loan out for one of those survival vans and flea the country

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

sure, just sign up to like 10 credit cards, max them out getting good reliable camping equipment, and take a large loan out for one of those survival vans and flea the country

This must be the same thought process of the people I see living in camping vans and tents down the street from me.