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Showerthoughts

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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:

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The expression would make sense if used when you genuinely mean someone who has citizenship, but its current usage is just a synonym to “elderly folk”.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Someday OP....

Someday you'll learn that some words have different meanings in different contexts...

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Which reminds me, why don't more people refer to Elon Musk as an African American?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Because that would imply that it's a human.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago

This whole borrowed/discovered outrage at normal terms from people who aren’t even the subject of the supposed slight (in combination with people who ARE the subject, and ARE NOT offended) is so tiresome.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't usually hear people referring generally to senior citizens in other countries though, and even if they did, wouldn't they still be senior citizens, just citizens of their respective country instead of America?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Definition 2 of Citizen from Merriam-Webster:

an inhabitant of a city or town especially : one entitled to the rights and privileges of a freeman

The term is used out of respect, not out of nationalism.