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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 “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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Hey, man, I agree on about 90% of that. I want to not give a shit about people's genders, sexuality, race, whatever. And for the most part, I don't.
But if I saw someone I didn't know getting the shit kicked out of them on the street, I don't think I can say "I don't give a fuck." And in some form or another, the equivalent is happening to people of particular genders, sexuality, race, whatever. So I may not give a fuck about any individuals gender, sex, race, whatever, but I do care that those people are being shit on.
So if you're the type who walks by while somebody gets beat up, you may be able to tell youself you're better than the people offering up a beating by not giving a fuck, but not the person who comes by afterward to try to stop it.
Took me a second to figure out where I implied I would ignore someone getting attacked. Then I realized you took the part about me not joining their fight to be a physical fight.
What I meant by that is there are people who judge you for buying anything at chick fil a. Why? Because they're anti-LGBQ. So they don't shop there. That's fine. That's their choice to not shop somewhere because of their own beliefs. But then they judge you if YOU shop there. Because they're in a fight with chick fil a. They expect me to join their fight. And I stay out of it. Now at the moment, I've been on a diet for the past 2 years. So I'm not eating there anyways, but it's more due to calorie watching than a moral crusade.
But yeah, if I saw some guy getting jumped I'd be happy to throw down. Mostly because it's the right thing to do, but theres also a small part because I've got a violent side that loves fighting, that almost never gets justification to do so. Combine that with the fact that I took up gym workouts recently, and I am just pumped. Almost all the time.
It was more of a more immediate example. You can not give a fuck about people's gender, orientation, or whatever, but ignoring the government and people doing the equivalent of beating them in the streets (e.g. denying them access to medical services, sending them to ~~torture~~ conversion camps, cops beating and/or murdering them) is like walking by while they are getting beat up on the street because you don't give a fuck and it's not your fight.