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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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If you can separate out the politics, America really is a beautiful country. So is China, I've been to both. Everyone should see both at least once.
I'ma hold off till yalls stop it with the outrageous political tourist vetting.
A couple points that media routinely skips right past because the current drama is great for clicks and views.
The current "escalation" of immigration hostility is only slightly more aggressive than it's always been. Not counting the performative stunts ICE is doing in cities and neighborhoods, those are also just isolated cases that most people will never see in person, even ones who live in areas that have news reports showing fires and riots and standoffs... these kinds of things are happening in areas like, one square block at the most. Not downplaying it, but I do want people to have an accurate perspective.
And that percentage of bad cases and horror stories against tourists is very, very small to begin with. At least compared to the HUGE number of people flowing in and out of the country every hour. This is why the whole spectacle being played out by this administration is so ludicrous and pointless. More people were still deported under Biden. More people still stay in the country illegally just by overstaying their permits or travel visas. Most will never be caught or prosecuted.
I'm not a Trump fan. Any review of my socials will reveal some pretty 'strident criticism'. Do you still recommend I chance losing 5k to 10k of bookings and weeks of leave on the chance I'll get detained and deported?
I already cancelled my Hawaii trip in Feb and my trip to Miami in April.
Nah fam you should probably wait until Trump dies, which won't be much longer.
My point was only that a lot of the news is a little hyperbolic, you should check other sources to see exactly what people in your situation are facing, I ain't passing out financial or travel advice, just providing perspective.