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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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I'm so old I remember when people would read the newspaper.

Like, read every sentence in every story of each day's newspaper, trusting the editor not to print anything that would be too much of a waste of time.

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[–] TheDoctorDonna@piefed.ca 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

You are lucky tbh. So many "local" newspapers are owned by giant corporations. Here in Canada we even have a boatload that are owned by those same American corporations. I helps push narratives among people who are more likely to be isolated or disenfranchised and it works really well.

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Our "Der Sonntag" is owned by Badische Zeitung which is owned by Poppen & Ortmann, a company in Freiburg. No US owner.