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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 most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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[–] FIST_FILLET@lemmy.ml 17 points 6 days ago (3 children)

…democracies? i haven’t watched a lot of star wars but isn’t the whole point that they are fighting a fascist empire

[–] B312@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That fascist empire used to be a democracy until it was transformed into an empire by Palpatine

[–] listless@lemmy.cringecollective.io -5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

to be fair that was in the prequels, which sucked ass

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 7 points 6 days ago

The prequels warned you about 9/11 and 2025

[–] B312@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The story was good, but the dialogue absolutely ruined it

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

You mean the memes?

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm not familiar with Star Wars, but I remember hearing something about the original movies being intended as commentary/allegory for the Vietnam war?

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Yeah the Empire represents the USA.

The rebels represent the Vietcong.

Star Wars is literally US imperialism in space.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Literally been (re)watching Clone Wars with my partner, and it's scary how analogous the whole thing is to the US. Especially the stuff foreboding Order 66 and the rise of the empire towards the end of the series.