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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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Trump saying he'll be a dictator only on day 1 is the strategy of normalizing it. (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just make it so normal that people accept it.

And for others they can say "he's joking, like he was always joking"

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not always, but whenever we did the "lets put the dictator on a remote island" or similar thing, they came back, with a vengeance.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It depends on the island. Napoleon died on a remote island. It took a few tries though.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

and burned down half of Europe in the process

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

To be fair, Napoleon didn't actually start any of his wars, it was the European nobility launching wars to reinstate the French Monarchy.