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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.

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You've probably met someone who has killed a person (lemmy.ca)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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Not just uncaught murderers, there are a lot of people who have killed without legally being considered murderers.

People who killed people in accidents such as driving accidents or hunting accidents

People who killed in self defense

Soldiers who killed enemy soldiers

Executioners

Police officers who have killed on duty

Doctors and nurses who have made mistakes that accidentally killed patients

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[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)

smh, your soldiers don't want to write books about how terrible warmongering made them feel so they can get that movie deal?

wack

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[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Not sure why you’re trying to say.

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[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

He's mocking the typical route of a soldier with a story: a memoir or fictionalized tale of what they did, with the hope the book sells enough to get them a chunk of money or a movie studio makes a movie of it.

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[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 months ago

Ah thanks. Now you explained it, it makes sense but before I couldn’t tell if he was having a go at the UK or not, to be clear people are justified to shit on my countries foreign policy.

American sniper vibes I guess.

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[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago

“USian soldiers will invade your country, and then ten years later will write a book and make a movie about how traumatized they were by the war.”

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