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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: 1
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I mean as bad as those things were, none of those things come close to recent events. Look at your examples and compare them to "worldwide virus kills millions and the entire planet goes into quarantine for a couple years" or "president of the United States fails to get reelected so he foments a literal coup on the US government and his rioting mob breaks into the capitol building trying to stop the transfer of power. And then 4 years later that criminal gets elected to be president again".
AIDS has killed many more than COVID-19, albeit slower. Gingrich and Justice Thomas are responsible for a lot of the degradation of our institutions that allowed for trump and his ilk. Gay and Trans rights were essentially non-existent compared to today.
We are worse off in many many ways, but for me personally that last one means I am much better off at this moment (this may not last).
And most of history is worse than any of that. Other than climate change, we are not living in unprecedented times.
I'm gonna be kind to you even though you're acting like an asshole. Comparison of bad things between eras is LITERALLY what this whole page topic is about, and it's also LITERALLY what you did in your original comment that i replied to.
Don't care. The original post was about the 90s. Bye
hmmmmmmm
Somebody get this guy a snickers
NGL. I'd fucking love a Snickers rn
God damn dude....
Am I wrong?
On so many fucking levels that it's going to be best for my mental health to just block your dumb ass and move on with my day.
Sounds good 👍