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Ad companies are the ones destroying civilization
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this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2026
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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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Attach the whole article to the post. Copy/paste has been around longer than the author. "Look at what I can read and you can't" isn't good for discussion. Author wants food? Let them eat cake.
So you don't think journalists should be paid for their work?
So you think news should be a privilege for the rich?
You didn't answer my question. Do you think journalists shouldn't be paid for their work?
those of us who can afford to should pay for the news. for those of us who can't afford it, there are a lot of ways around paywalls.
Journalists are being silenced by their work being behind paywalls. I am stretching the meaning of the word "work" here on account of today's LLMs doing the heavy lifting. I have grown skeptical of journalists consistently putting out organic prose.
Are we stealing their lunch by copying a whole article to discuss something in a niche online community? I can get past some paywalls by disabling Javascript for that site and I'll still see ads. I'll gladly steal the toothpick shoved through an olive off the top of their shit sandwich. Subscription paywalls are a cancer growing in the arteries of the information superhighway.