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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:
- 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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theres a difference now though. the rich have amassed more wealth and power than ever before and technology has multiplied that power many times over. In countries like the US, the fascistic and oppressive systems that have been put in place have become nearly unbreakable by any realistic means. A civil war is not realistic without outside support from other countries. And that's not realistic. Smaller countries can have revolts because they don't have the systems the US has in place. They aren't militarized and policed to even a fraction of the amount. The US public only worsens the issue because it has been purposefully de-educated over many decades. We are staring a steel reinforced dystopia in the face and doing nothing because there is nothing we can do.
The world has not been this way before.
Yeah it has. It's been way worse, actually.
But don't let history get in the way of your doomer beliefs I guess.
Tell me when and tell me how.
And I'll just add, you people, who are minimizing how bad things have become are only making things worse by nurturing a culture of complacency.
You mean I'm not a delusional internet revolutionary who thinks using Linux and making internet comments is going to bring about a communist utopia? Yeah, I'm one of 'those people'.
Only person making your life miserable is you.
2 days later... still waiting.
I'll be waiting for your explanation of when and how it was worse.