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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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- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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Our president is a felon rapist pedophile.
That's absolutely going to have an influence on young, impressionable minds.
The president is....well, used to be...a person that, among other things, acted as a role model. Now kids are going to be looking to that role model and seeing a felon rapist pedophile that reached the top of our societal structure and they're going to emulate.
Our society was already sick. Now it's terminal.
Remember when we used to say someone is "acting Presidential", back then it didn't mean tweeting a bunch of derogatory things and grabbing women.
The idea that the president used to act as a role model is so bizarre to me as a Swede. We've had prominent political figures that have had very good reputations, but I can't imagine anyone considering a politician as a role model. They're just people that, hopefully, are doing their job. Wanting to emulate a politician, like a prime minister, or a president, just feels scarily like hero worship. Very culty.