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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.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
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[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

FYI, there is kind of a push toward this, usually by landlords and other bill collectors, who would just love to be able to charge an extra month of rent or bills each year.

There's no way in Hell under the current leadership in many parts of the world that bills would be multiplied by 12, then divided by 13, and then capped at that. The cap wouldn't work anyway. The only responsible way to do it would be to charge bills on an annual basis, and divide it by the "number of months" for the "convenience" of the consumer. Then it would just be set up to where all the monthly payments would go down. But yeah, no way they enforce that.

[–] morto@piefed.social 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh, shit, I was finding the 13-month year a great idea until you made me think about the consequences...

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Weekly and bi-weekly pay cycles are much more common than monthly or semi-monthly. It would be easier to budget if bills directly corresponded to pay cycles.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Maybe in the US. In Europe its either monthly or annually

[–] morto@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Same here in south america. Never heard of weekly payments.