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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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I’ve read every word. You’re being absurd.
You also spend way too much time watching other people’s children.
Do you have any of your own?
Well, you forgot what I put in my very first comment on the thread, so...doubt.
Way to make it sound creepy, but yes I see children when I go to zoos, aquariums, museums, national parks, banks, stores...etc.
No, but it doesn't matter. You probably agree with me that slavery is wrong? But have you ever had a slave? You don't have to personally experience abuse to recognize abuse.
Abuse.
Holy shit.
Clearly nothing I say is going to sway your opinion on this.
Well...
I guess you could provide a practical scenario where it is both necessary to bring a child along, and essential that they are leashed, but I have yet to see anyone actually propose this.
Because you’ve made it very clear no one is going to sway your mind on this in any degree.
You’ve left no room for discussion. All you’re interested in is judging.
Do you want to just whine, or do you want to take a swing at it?
It's already been answered, you just dismissed it because it didn't fit your narrative
Whine
I guess you've sharpened your rhetoric down to its most abstract level, huh?
I guess you've made 2 replies specifically to my comment and chose the whine option.
If you wanna keep whining, go for it I guess. If you can't provide a scenario where it is both necessary to bring along a child, and necessary to leash a child, then I feel pretty secure in stating that I don't believe such scenarios exist.
If your want to whine, whine, but without a defending statement or new point to argue, there is no need to comment further.
I did have a point. And your response was simply to sum up the content of your previous comments as "whine".
This
Nope.