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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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Everyone talks to their phones instead of typing now, and like microphones and cameras are everywhere.
And we have let all infrastructure start to fail as long as it isnt a shiny thing rich people interact with.
I dunno man its getting pretty 1984.
1984 forced all of that.
Brave New World, people LOVE it and can't imagine any other way to live.
Brave New World is the nightmare dystopia we CHOOSE, not the one that gets forced on us.
Oh for sure people view the idea of being reduced to an object of the state apparently shockingly happily enough.
But we have a department of war that our dear leader of just got a peace medal and awards. Like the doublespeak is here. And we dont spit people out of bottles already premade for their role.
Department of education is run by an entertainer who also cuts budget for schools.
Its definitely a mix of them.
I think the world is 1984, but the vibes are desperate for the fake utopia of Brave New World.
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