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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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Edit: My bad, forgot rich == evil.
Ehhhhhh, some, sure.
But on the flip side, you have folks like Bill Gates who has more or less devoted his life to saving as many lives as possible.
Or Buffett who last I heard had donated some 50 or 60 billion to different foundations.
Even Musk, for all his recent evil got rich trying to reduce our dependence on gas cars. As much as I dislike the man, I imagine the electric car industry would be pretty far back in his absence.
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Maybe they are happier than OP suspects - I'm not them so I can't really comment on that. As far as your framing of their motives and achievements though... Hard disagree, especially Musk and Gates. All three fucked over tons of people to get their obscene wealth.
I'd go into great depth as to why I feel that way and how they are unworthy of any praise, but it usually ends in nothing being learned and a lot of my time wasted so I'll just hard disagree and bow out.