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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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Well some historians say the 2nd amendment isn't about guns, which everyone already had back then, but says states should have their own military.
"Bear arms" means militarization. Not owning a gun. But using a gun.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/how-nra-rewrote-second-amendment
It actually was the nra lobbying that changed public and legal interpretation.
Owning a gun does little against tyranny.
But a state militia does.
That's what it actually meant.
If not for that comma this would be a lot easier to understand.
That comma is a point of much debate.
Doesn't seems like it say "firearm" as well, so right to bear arm could just mean having a bear as a friend.
Or just his arms, but bears ain't got no arms therefore you get no rights.