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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 β200β and β160β are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When youβre a kid, you donβt realize youβre also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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That's not what theyre for. Thats the thing we tell strangers. The guns are for shooting slaves.
In the 21st century, we're all slaves.
Liberal equality!
Slavery never ended. The country merely transformed into one giant open-air slave plantation. One whose walls are not stone or iron, but raw distance and culture itself.
"well regulated militia" means "a militia the state approves of"
While i highly recommend watching all 3 parts, specially if you're non-murican, this guy nailed it.
see also FD Signifier's video about how american conservatism is a death cult
"shall not be infringed" means the federal government has no authority over that right.
It's another thing the states were meant to handle. The standing army and us imperialism is an extension of this failure of following the constitution here imho too
everything really went to shit when Andrew Jackson just broke the constitution because he hated the Cherokee so much
Thats what i said.
no i know. this is just something i have to explain frequently to people who bought the NRA propaganda
nah scotus said the militia dont count no more
Or do we really just not the militia part strongly enough? Should states themselves have much stronger rights in creating their own independent militaries? Should California - The State of California political entity - have the right to build the bomb?
Specifically cause Patrick Henry was scared of what he knew deep down he deserved.