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

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[–] Caboose12000@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've heard the single most important purchase incredibly low income people can make is a phone, because without it they can't apply to new jobs or network with people because all applications are done online these days

[–] thessnake03@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've seen homeless people with smart phones. There's definitely affordable ones out there

[–] Amir@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can buy a Xiaomi phone that will last you for 4 years for less than $99, and there's some "functional" phones for much less than that but they will be unusably slow for casual use and more like emergency devices. Then there's the 2nd hand market...

Fortunately smart phone access is not that difficult

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Then you have to work out a data plan. At least in the US, free wifi is t as ubiquitous as it is in Europe (at least in my experience).

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe not ubiquitous, but it's in a lot of places like fast food restaurants and libraries where they are okay letting people spend long amounts of time loitering on their device.

[–] Amir@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Do you not have purchase-once prepaid cards? Internet access is expensive on them but they could work for emergencies when there's no free wifi