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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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I joined reddit on the tailwind, so it was all echo chamber, we hate newcomers, gatekeeping, automod frenzy, too many rulebreakers, too many rules, etc I could be wrong, but thats what I imagine it used to be like.

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[–] Jimbo@yiffit.net 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Uh yeah, people around here don't tend to accept bigotry. Anybody who espouses racism/homophobia can get out. Which happens to be most conservatives. It's not about being a conservative. It's about being a piece of human shit.

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[–] bbmb@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Even as I'm on the more left end, I'd say not all conservatives or right-leaning people are racist homophobic bigots, though. If anything, I'd say a sizable portion have a right-leaning non-discriminatory worldview, mainly economic.

Admittedly, as much as I'm preferring the fediverse, it is definitely an echo chamber, Lemmy included.

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[–] twelvefloatinghands@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Lowering taxes for the rich and cutting social services does not tend to have good results.

Right-leaning economics does not make sense to me at all, beyond the emotional hook of "government stealing your hard earned money to give to lazy poor people on welfare".

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

But they still vote for homophobic bigots. If you sit at a dinner table with Nazis, what does that make you?

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[–] freeindv@monyet.cc -5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Nice bigoted comment proving his point!

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[–] Catfish@lemmygrad.ml -4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

shut up loser

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[–] freeindv@monyet.cc -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Another one!

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[–] Catfish@lemmygrad.ml -3 points 2 years ago

I'm not going to pretend that your anti-social values have merit just because you think they do. Even putting on the veil of politeness is too much validation for your childish ideas.

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