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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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It's by design.
The spread of the superhero (Übermenschen) to ubiquity in pop culture, especially Hollywood, the punishing and assumption of evil within destitute people, the indoctrination of children (pledge of allegiance et al), the selective curricula that largely keep the general education from showing the populace of the US that their country is more closely related to a self styled African dictatorship than a modern social democracy. Usanians frequently utter "it's not personal, it's business". That is the hallmark of declining hegemon and roughly translates to "fuck you, got mine".
In the US you much more frequently hear it the other way around: "I got mine, now you fuck off." Until they "get theirs" they maintain the pretense of sociability.
You mean, like Superman (1938), Flash Gordon (1936), Captain Marvel (1941), etc.?
Except in those days they were considered cheap entertainment and they certainly didn't dominate cultural output the way they do now. There was also a difference of treatment. The ubermenschen is not just about explicit super heroes, it's more about the shift toward heroes with a destiny so manifest, and plot armor so thick, that they are morally justified in doing anything. The John Wick style "fuck you i'll shoot up a night club cause some guy shanked my dog" which is written to feel entirely justified to the audience. And he's right cause he wins in the end, just like the 80s action guy who's totally justified in crashing dozens of cars during rush hour cause he kills the one bad guy in the end. It's pretty distinct from comics culture which was actually pretty moralistic, at least that's how i understand it.
Axel Foley is my hero!
It's all entertainment - what I will never comprehend (though they are so simple it's easy to understand) is how a glimpsed female nipple is a bigger problem "for the children" than GI Joe spraying a village with napalm and bullets.
This mentality is such an ingrained part of corporate culture, and our culture has been centered around corporate life since around when Reagan came into office. The top suggestions for how to survive in this USA culture is to cut off empathy. What's worse is I think a lot of people have. There's an air of cruelty to every aspect of this society, from politics to police to medical to social media. Everyone wants a break from the reality of their shitty life, and many are willing to step on others for the hope of an opportunity.