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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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I used to mark buried utilities. I was one of the guys who came out when you "Call 811 before you dig". My normal area was in upscale neighborhoods with two and three story McMansions. The people who lived in these neighborhoods were often times rude, sometimes they got mad when I showed up. (which is silly because they called for a locate) Sometimes they called the police. I had one homeowner who tried to get their hulking German Shepherd to attack me. (Which was funny, they had some infrastructure in their yard, I knew the dog very well, and he knew me as the guy who had leftover mcnuggets in my vest pocket)
Sometimes I'd be on call, and I'd end up in those "uNsAfE gHetTo" areas, and without exception every single person I interacted with in these "bad" neighborhoods was polite, helpful, and friendly. I had to work on labor day once, and was marking a yard next to a house that was having a barbecue. The man with the grill was visibly distraught that I was working labor day, and he MADE me take a hamburger and a soda with me when I left. I was never threatened, never had the police called on me, but I was offered water, beer, or weed any time I went to the poor neighborhoods.
This is because the "poor" can't and won't afford to make every interaction transactional.