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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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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] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I worked as an Outsource Manager at a couple of game companies (in addition to working for many years as a game artist). I outsourced mostly art asset creation, mostly to cheaper countries. It was kind of bittersweet, since it was clear to me and the artists at our studio that we were outsourcing really enjoyable work, work that our internal artists would rather have done than spend some of their time reviewing the cool art stuff these outsource artists created. But doing this allowed the studio to make a bigger, better game than our limited size team could do on their own.

So basically, I disagree with your premise. There are many sorts of jobs, for many reasons.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Why didn't you do it for free? Why didn't the outsourcers do it for free?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Living costs money. Biggest reason for people to work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

You paid for your own last meal yes? If not, who paid for it?