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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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Yes I've heard of that and I'm happy for you all over there.
But are you allowed to just lay around doing nothing in a public space?
Whatever the case, laying around doing nothing in public is pretty much illegal in the United states. It's considered loitering, which is a crime. Except for on beaches.
Define "doing nothing"'. I'm actually working on my PhD as we speak. Standing around is part of my process
Technically true, but iny entire life, I've never known anyone who's gotten a ticket for loitering.
Loitering is one of those "catch all' laws, that cops can pull out in almost any situation if they want to escalate. If they want to give you a hard time for running your mouth, they can always hit you for Loitering or Resisting Arrest.
Don't lump the entire country in with wherever you are, because I can go to plenty of places within walking distance of my home -- in the United States -- and just hang out, hard, and it's fine.
It's much more nuanced than that. What is illegal is:
Simply just hanging out in public is perfectly legal.
My friend was thinking about buying a house in one of the suburban neighborhoods, and once went there to walk around and see if he likes it (as if he could distinguish one suburban neighborhood from another). He had cops called on him, and they threatened to cite him for loitering. For walking on public sidewalks.
Can you clarify: your friend isn't white and took a walk in some known for being ultra white pieces of shit neighborhood (he never knew about it, because what for, in healthy person's mind) and some dudes or gals saw him out of the windows of their caves and took preventive measures against... dreadful sidewalking crime? And cops were [n]ice scum and they were ultra chinazi kkk? 0 sarcasm here unfortunately btw Just curious about em details
The fun part is, he's white af, not American by birth, but white. Nobody told him why he was harassed, cops just told him that loitering is a crime, asked him where he lives and where his car is, and checked that he actually drives away.
In Norway anywhere in nature 100 meters from houses is free reign. Just leave it as you found it.
Well yeah, even here in the UK the police or anyone won't bother if you're just sitting somewhere in public and not causing a breach of the peace... I mean when the sun eventually comes out, you'll see people laid out on every available bit of green space to soak it up.
Your legal system seems very... antisocial?
I loved summer in the UK. It was a very nice week-end. Cheers