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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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- All posts must be showerthoughts
- 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
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Hard times create strong men
Strong men create good times
Good times create weak men
Weak men create hard times
The cycle continues
While this sounds very cute, it's wrong. Times are always hard for most people. Point to a good time in history and I'll point to the people whose backs it was resting on.
No.
I have come to the idea that its, hard times makes scammers which eventually people close fisted with their money are less likely to be scammed.
But eventually people become loose with their money when they feel they have enough and use it poorly and then we have an abundance of overpaid charlatans.
And right now we are still seeing so many with such an endless amount of money they can't even feel the draining of their wealth by scammers. So the cycle is not working so well.