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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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No.
But a lot of people choose to be because it gives them a built-in excuse for their perceived failures and faults. I notice with people who 'struggle' at life that they continue blame their parents for their failures, and then often end up moving back home anyway and 'settle' for a mediocre life because living on their own was 'too hard'.
I am nothing like my family members because I choose to be different than them. Not the same with many of my peers I grew up with... most of my high school friends were poster children for bad choices or refused to leave the 'nest'. However, as I have gotten older the limits of my background have been made very obvious to me and as i got even older, I have faced straight up discrimination I hadn't felt earlier. I 'pass' as being two social class above where I was born, but among the upper classes, accomplishment doesn't matter much and birthright is everything.
That said, I'm talking from a western viewpoint where independence from your family is the goal. There are different cultures where trying to get away from your upbringing/family is consider sacrilegious and families are much more dependent on one another. I had friends who lived at home until 30 and even then their parents dind't want them to leave, but they were eastern.