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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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In the US, you go to a post office, and you have to hand over the physical, original copy of your proof of citizenship when apply for the first time so the postal worker can attach to the packet of stuff they send to the US Department of State... and they only give it back after they finished processing your passport application...
So while waiting... (takes a few weeks to process) you have:
-No Passport -No Certificate of Citizenship/Naturalization or Birth Certificate...
Meaning no proof of Citizenship...
Which means its kinda awkward if you get approached by government agents during this time... and have no proof of your claim to be a US Citizen...
Apparantly for people with birthright citizens, they can just get a birth certificate for like $10-$30, which I didn't know before... TIL
But since I'm foreign-born and naturalized (or technically speaking, it's Citizenship via Derivation under the Child Citizenship Act of 2000, but its too complicated and I don't wanna write a paragraph on that), I would need to file a N-565 to get a replacement copy of my proof of citizenship...
And it's $500 for the filing fee...
Yea I don't think people are gonna really wanna spend $500 just for an extra "backup copy" they statiscally don't need, unless it actually gets lost in the system and then they'd have no choice but to pay $500...
And that also takes time to process...
(And before you ask: Yes it is night time here, but I don't really feel like sleeping right now lol)
wtf! here we just go to a place, the person takes my picture, looks at my documents (most are already online anyways) and I just go get it in the same place a week later. Wouldn't be easier and safer for citzens to have those little kiosks?
Best of luck with your passport application. Hope things go smoothly.