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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.
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- 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'm sure that England has been glad to be rid of us for quite some time. We haven't been very good allies in my lifetime, let alone before that.
I'm also equally sure plenty of Americans today would rather be somewhere in the UK.
Post WW2 America has dragged us into far more conflict than we should have been part of. I think the only conflict the UK has entered of it's own accord is the Falklands war. Other than that it's been UN peacekeeping forces, NATO operations, or (and these are the problem ones) trying to make US operations not look unilateral (e.g. Iraq 1 & 2).
They've also made sure all our innovation goes to them first.
Now I'm sure there have been benefits to having the US in our corner, but I think we've been exploited in a lot of ways for the sake of the "special relationship".
If the Brits had never lost the US, it would now be a similar country to the other anglosphere countries i.e. much more stable and normal with a parliamentary system. Wouldn't necessarily not have a president - there are former colonies with Presidents but they still work with a parliamentary system. The States could still have their own governments and have their own rules, and a federal government too (like Australia). You could still celebrate an independence day - when you severed ties from being British subjects (like in Australia - also same day the first fleet arrived in Botony Bay and set up the internment camp so it's "invasion day" to the First Nations folk understandably) or when you signed a treaty with the indigenous folks (NZ) or when you decided to become a confederation of states (Canada). Honestly it would've been great to have kept the US in the British Empire for longer as you'd have kept the British sense of humour.
That is a great question,
Easy you would say Caucasian USAns should be from Caucasian Englanders, but look at what each country has become. I who much rather be prefer to have earned our independence from post 1970s’ Denmark, or another Scandinavian Country.
Obviously The Indigenous & Black Peoples of USA are not, the way The Indigenous people were forced by The USA into new form of their nations & The Original Black USAn People stolen/forced from original Black Indigenous Countries.
Every 4th of July ‘Democracy Now’ does an awesome episode on “Where is my” Boack People’s “4th July” speech Federick Douglas.
That was a tough read.
The Douglass speech was “What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”
Thanks,
I wish Lemmy was independent of Americans.
I mean, Truth Social is just mastodon defederated from everyone else. You could stand up an instance of Lemmy, ban all the Americans and defederate from every instance that has Americans on it; no-one can stop you.
I hope to one day.