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Why the fuck does it cost money to get smarter??
(aussie.zone)
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:
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.
Higher education is a positional good. That means you're not paying to learn, you're paying to be ranked among the top X%. By definition only so many people can be in the top X%, so it's an arms race dynamic just bidding up the price of education.
That's also why Harvard doesn't create a chain of schools like the for-profits. They're not better at education. They're selling exclusivity.