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Showerthoughts

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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:

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[–] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 33 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The globins follow a lot of harmful Jewish stereotypes but I'm not sure it's obvious whether they're intended as racist caricatures or if it's just bad writing. It's not unreasonable to assume that though when you put it beside much more blatant examples, such as calling the black guy "Shacklebolt" and the Asian girl "Cho Chang".

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

JK leans heavily into things "biological nature" or "Born Nature" as a reoccurring theme. Hagrid is inherently violent and Voldemort's villain back story being he was a rape baby.

[–] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Absolutely, I just meant to point out that there's far more blatant examples so no need to couch your language in phrases like "some have said". Goblins have been antisemitic caricatures in fantasy for a long time so it's easy for a bad writer to just regurgitate existing tropes, meaning a racist writer can use that as a shield, but it's much harder to justify naming your black character after slave imagery.

[–] IDrawPoorly@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Seamus Finnegan,

Hot take; the reason Seamus Finnigan kept accidentally blowing stuff up was because JK Rowling wanted to be racist towards Irish people… She literally has him blow up a bridge