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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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One of the biggest problem of humanity is that We are Animals pretending not to be Animals (self.showerthoughts)
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And what are we pretending to be?

"Humans".

And what are Humans?

"Not animals, that's for sure!"

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No. The biggest problem with climate change is that people are profiting off it. That's it. Nobody needs to pretend that they're better in order to care only for themselves.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

And profit is based on the idea that I deserve more than other people do. Again hubris.

I've been meditating on this stuff and studying Buddhism for almost a decade. Pride is the root of a lot of dysfunction in our species.