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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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There are postal organizations outside of the US.
It's the same when you ask an American where they are from when you meet abroad and they reply with a state name like Texas instead of a country.
They're abroad so they must know that other countries exist yet still reply with their state name.
I don't think knowledge is the problem anymore, it's ignorance.
If someone is from the UK and you ask where they're from and they answer Scotland, do you roll your eyes?
If someone is from Paris, do you get mad that they didn't say France?
People expect others to know a little geography, so if you're from one of the bigger states, you can assume most people have heard of it. After all, there's a pretty big difference between the average person from California, and the average person from Arkansas.
I'm in the USA and I have talked to multiple people who are also from USA who have never heard of RI lol. Asking if it's part of New York. I'm sure there's European countries I would have no clue about and I can't tell u every country in africa or Asia either. Most people don't memorize 180 counties and their locations, one hemisphere is enough lol.
I'm in the USA and I have talked to multiple people who are also from USA who have never heard of RI
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That's insane, I never knew that!
I always assumed my ali-epxress packages where launched via cannon, and landed on my doorstep 10,000 miles or so away.