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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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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It's possible that disrepect towards animals including harmless bugs is a bad influence on how we treat people (lemmy.ca)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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This idea was made with freedom from porn.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yes. If you read up on industrial meat production, the industry is rife with human rights abuses as well.

[–] jeffw 40 points 9 months ago

I’m not like super into trigger warnings, but if you’re gonna read up on industrial meat production, you need to be emotionally prepared.

[–] wafflez 7 points 9 months ago

In addition to this, it's especially prevalent in lower income neighborhoods where people have limited job opportunities, dispoportionally affecting POC. Often as well to get citizenship opportunities in countries they will only accept you if you agree to work in a slaughterhouse, because no one else will.