FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to

Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

The lyrics to "if you're happy and you know it" imply you can be happy and not know it

152

The lyrics to "if you're happy and you know it" imply you can be happy and not know it

FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to

Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

Chat

morto@piefed.social
link
fedilink
English
arrow-up
2·
1 day ago
If people were happy and content, it would be much harder to manipulate them in many senses of it, so making people feel bad about them is part of the chushing machine design
- YappyMonotheist@lemmy.world
  link
  fedilink
  arrow-up
  2·
  edit-2
  1 day ago
  Sometimes it’s also just very profitable (the beauty industry comes to mind).
  - morto@piefed.social
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3·
    1 day ago
    Making people buy stuff is one form of manipulation as well

Showerthoughts@lemmy.world

showerthoughts@lemmy.world

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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:

Rules

All posts must be showerthoughts
The entire showerthought must be in the title
No politics
- 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.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
Posts must be original/unique
Adhere to Lemmy’s Code of Conduct and the TOS

If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.

Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.

Visibility: Public

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

326 users / day
2.54K users / week
4.88K users / month
13.2K users / 6 months
2 local subscribers
39.4K subscribers
2.91K Posts
36.2K Comments
Modlog