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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.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Middle class IS below the poverty line.
The poverty line is a number made up by the wealthy to keep the "less poors" at odds with the "more poors" So that we don't join forces and guillotine the motherfuckers.
There are conventional definitions of the poverty line. In France, it is defined by the national institute of statistics as:
Yeah, we do a lot of inner fighting and it is difficult to get through it. I even find myself getting frustrated at people, who earn twice as much as me, complaining about how they live paycheck to paycheck. The cost of living is not high here (and I save a lot myself), and I think about the wealth I could build if I had their income; basically I think, “why are you complaining??” But we have to remember we are on the same team. We are all ultimately getting screwed over by the owner class.
That guy earning twice as much as you is still far closer to you than to the guy above him. He may make twice the amount as you, but the guy above both of you makes literally 400 times as much (per day sometimes). It's like you said, we're all on the same team.
a lot of people are just idiots who don't understand that money in has to be less than money out.
i'm not on their team. like I'm sorry you chose to be a bicycle mechanic because you think it's 'cool' and you only make 30K a year, but if you choose to spend 20% of your yearly wage on traveling each year... and whine about how poor you are, you're just an asshole. nobody is forcing you to spend 6000 traveling, you choose to do that and you choose to keep yourself poor by not saving and investing in yourself and/or seeking a career that offers better wages. even more so when you shit on other people who have better jobs than you for being 'rich boring losers'. i won't even go on about the 'artist' crowd I'm all too familiar with.
a lot of idiots love to be miserable and glorify their self-imposed poverty. no matter their income level. i've dated doctors who made 500K a year who did nothing but complain about how poor they were.
Cool story, bro.
It has literally nothing to do with the topic. But hey, good rant there, bud.