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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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The vietnamese tell their kids the chinese will steal you, the chinese tell their kids the vietnamese will steal them.
IDK how safe China was 20 years ago, but children running around independently today isn't uncommon. It's not like Japan, but parents seem less helicoptery than America.
I've had a few motorbike accidents, including skidding into the opposite lane going around a blind corner after the morning rain deposited silt that had dried, and a few close calls like someone turning across my lane to go left, coming up on a blind corner and having to brake and get near the wall after hearing a bus honking from the other side, stalling my bike at an intersection as an incoming dump truck failed to slow down, etc. But like your "I could have fallen on the subway", the situations weren't dangerous with proper judgement.
Ever seen someone die?