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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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submitted 5 months ago by ThrowawaySobriquet@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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Everything is for the good of the enterprise, even if you have to bomb your own camp

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[–] ThrowawaySobriquet@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I'd add the fact he was let off the hook due to his enormous profits. He beat the treason charges by having an objective measure of how very American he was. This was, of course, a fiction as usually these guys have to pay a fine, some small fraction of whatever was gained. They sometimes even get fingers wagged at them, I hear