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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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There is only one type of job: Doing something someone else doesn't want to do. (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Clinicallydepressedpoochie to c/showerthoughts
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Edit: tell me this doesn't sound stupid

There is only two types of jobs:

Doing something someone else doesn't want to do

Or

Doing something a specific other person can't do

The only thing I can think of that someone other than myself can't do is piss my wife off to no end. Not really a job, tho.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (3 children)

My workplace has heaps of cool jobs. No one person can do them all. So we have more people, doing cool jobs. The world is not all doom and gloom.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm OK with that, but at the same time I'd like to know what the cool jobs were.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Beer-cooler maintenance.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie 4 points 6 months ago

I could work on veer-coolers, I guess. Do I want to do it 40 hrs a wk, until the day I die? No. Do I want to do anything 40 hours a week till the day I die? Not really.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

But really…. Do you, or annyone else, really want to be doing it? If you had the resources not to be and could do anything else like travel, spending time with loved ones, or even just sitting in your own filth, would you choose to do it?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

I've done that - frankly I'm not wired for 100% leisure/do what you want. Motivation slips away when there's no meaning behind doing something.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago

He is still drunk on that koolaid, it takes sometime to figure it out.

[–] paf0 1 points 6 months ago

TBD