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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.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts: 1

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sorry, I meant UBI for everyone, including artists.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Ah my bad, then I agree!

[–] Zippy -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would you work harder or longer at your current job if you were paid say an unconditional 1000 per month and if not, how would productively increase to pay for it?

I will get down voted but no one will have a good answer for this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's actual experiments that have been done on this and every experiment has said that people don't quit their jobs they carry on doing their jobs and they just have a better standard of living than the otherwise would have had.

It'd be really great if you could actually look this stuff up before making comments

[–] Zippy 0 points 1 year ago

Actually Manitoba Canada did one of the biggest experiments and the best that came out of it was productivity fell less than expected. So no your statement does not support that.

More so this post suggest more people would do things like art which is absolutely suggesting productivity will fall.

And seriously are you telling me you wouldn't retire earlier if you were paid a significant amount over your lifetime? I can bs on people working just as hard if they didn't have to.