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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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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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You mean like vegans teaming up with butchers to fight against the meat-industry?
I mean yeah that kinda works as a metaphor. Imagine if vegans and butchers teamed up to destroy Tyson foods before going back to being enemies
That does not make sense. Vegans teaming up with vegetarians may make a bit more sense, but even in this is not plausible because vegetarians are ok with killing animals, they are just not ok with eating them.
The key is finding the axis along which your interests align, and finding an individual enemy whose motivations are enough to trust. If you find for instance a halal butcher who the corporate player is trying to crush, you might find yourself someone with means and motivation to help you improve the world somewhat before your division reasserts itself. It isn't so much 'let's compromise' as it is 'we might never get along, but destroying the meat corporation is a matter of survival for both of us'
what?
vegetarianism simply means not eating meat. i don't understand where did you get that all people who don't eat meat have the same motivation (whatever that's supposed to be) and why do you present it like a fact.
i'm a vegetarian because i'm not ok with killing animals.
This could be a language problem. In my mother tongue a vegetarian still consumes dairy products and eggs and maybe wears leather. And If you drink milk, eat cheese/yoghurt/butter, your ok with killing animals. A cow needs a calf to give milk, and the calves are being slaughtered because a dairy farm has not the space to keep them around.
There's like a million reasons some people can't affort to go full vegan, and shittalking people who at least do something is not a good idea when the majority doesn't care. It's like saying people who use public transport are ok with global warming because they could just walk or ride a bike.