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:
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So, a Martian Congressional Republic? It does sound like something those damned dusters would pull.
What next? The denizens of the asteroid belt calling for more rights and designating an Outer Planet Alliance, while a mysterious proto-molecule wreaks havoc on the Solar System?
Oye kopeng, beltalowda need dem OPA to protect our rights. Sasa ke?
Not terribly far off the plot of one of the great works of science fiction
And then they all start talking like Texans, until the ring gates open.....
Alternately, a buggalo ranch, named the Wong place.
We’d be lucky to even live to see a human on Mars.
Only if they name the colony "Elon is a little bitch", but in Chinese. (Translation?)
I actually don't know enough curse words / insults.
Maybe like: 伊隆係個死八婆 (Cantonese for "Elon is a dead bitch", in Cantononese, they add "dead" in front of curseword nouns to make it more dramatic lol, its shall not be construed as an actual threat, legally speaking)
Or maybe: 埃隆有小鸡鸡 (Mandarin for "Elon has a small dick" ? Idk I heard other Mandarin-speaking classmates say it.)
Deal. Is there a phonetic pronunciation you can help with?
They already have a few of those right now. They don't seem too keen on letting them go.
Tbf, distance between Earth and Mars is way farther than England and American Colonies. A Martian revolution has much higher chance success.
This is assuming a lot about China's capability of creating a self sustaining life support system on a dead planet.
Down with Ultor! Glory to the Red Faction!
All I can think of is that meme of those 2 star wars characters. "Now there are two of them!"
and after a while a regime change leaves an ousted guy running to mars to exile and then use its labor forces as cheap labor for american capitalists who then attempt to pretend mars was never chinese anyway.
Why China tough? They would just be walking in the footsteps of England at that point? Totally lame!
Would be way cooler if you built a chain of rebellions: Rome -> Britannia*/England -> America -> Mars. That’s like next level independenception or something.
*caveats: Britannia did rebel, but independence came when Rome just couldn’t afford to rule Britannia any more. They weren’t kicked out.
Because I'm ethnic Chinese and I'm biased and I wanna see people like me build a place of freedom, a democratic country, a country that I don't get discriminated in. Would be cool, no?
“A new life awaits you in New Taipei”
Yeah, it’s cool to colonise a new place, but what about the day when the colonists bite the hand that feeds them? In many sci-fi stories, Mars eventually rises against Earth.
History repeats itself, like the episodes of Power Rangers. The writers had only one script, and hardly any creativity, so they just made minor tweaks here and there and turned that napkin into a series.
What a take, lol. China is "not free" but the West has either hick Gestapo or German/British police officers arresting grandmas and beating up brown people to their hearts' content... These Chinese Martians wouldn't just randomly become restless, confused, unstable Westerners, btw. 🤷