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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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- The entire showerthought must be in the title
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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
- Posts must be original/unique
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You do know that when Peter Parker said "I missed the part where that's my problem", that was meant to be a bad thing and he learned a lesson that he should help others in need. You don't deserve to be a superhero fan if you don't understand that good people help others when they can
Don't talk to him about Spider-Man, he thinks Uncle Ben dying was a stupid reason to become a superhero and he should be alive in future versions.
Dude probably thinks that Superman's parents in the 2025 movie were right to instruct him to spread his superior genes and dominate inferior humans
They did of course forget to remind him to not be a creep and only do it with women of the exact same age and financial situation. Maybe they thought it was obvious.
But it's not a "bad thing". Some things are objectively not your problem just because you CAN help someone in need doesn't mean you HAVE to, and it doesn't make you a "bad person".
Let's be real: most people don't help others in need even when they are able to. People who donate to St Jude Children's Research Hospital or volunteer with homeless people do so for performative reasons or to just look good in front of someone; in the end, they are doing so for their own self-interest.
Oh, the bot can answer!
Still a bad bot. I refuse to believe that a human being can be so fundamentally inhuman and broken.