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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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There's so much negativity here... Don't let it take away your hope.
Things are looking really bad right now, yeah, but losing hope only ensures misery.
"Hope for the best, prepare for the worst."
I understand your perspective and agree that it would be best to do the following.
But you gotta understand how it feels for most Millennials.
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What's not included in this meme are: USA's Unjustified involvement in two Middle East countries with our armed forces and bombs, 1 Trillion dollars collectively "spent" on those two involvements, "Resurfacing" of mass racism, Mass false news/information, The never ending inflation of everything, and the lie that if we all went to college and got a degree, that everything would be alright later on. (Let me know if I missed any.)
So yes, giving up hope is not wise. But nor is letting us live our lives as if this isn't some of the most corrupt, asinine, 'fight amongst yourselves while we the ultra rich keep taking from you in any way we can,' period of time.
I definitely feel that pain. I was lucky enough to buy a house, but that's all I've got going for me. Otherwise I'm just paycheck to paycheck, living every single day on the verge of losing everything.
I hate it, but I believe in us.
Yeah there is, I get it though. I've noticed that in myself I have a much shorter fuse now. I try not to take it out on people because I recognize it's just misplaced frustration.
Part of the reason I made this post was to just let people get all of their vitriol and upset feelings out, if even a little.
It's of course not helpful to shout in the void but it also alleviates some of that frustration people feel. I thought it may be a bit therapeutic to give strangers a little spot to direct some of that negativity to.
Thank you for the kind words and your quotation perfectly sums up the response I'm trying to maintain in my mind, if only for my own sanity.