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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.
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- 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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Well it is.
They are called boomers now and blamed for everything despite of the things they did.
While the movement is piece of the past, I would argue that the fight for equal rights continues to this day.
What you said thought doesn’t add up to my knowledge though — Civil Rights was fought for roughly from 1950-1960s. The Civil Rights Act was signed in 1964 when Boomers were turning 18 and the last year of their generation. This would mean that the people in the streets protesting and/or voting weren’t boomers but the silent generation and their parents.
That is indeed your limited knowledge.
If you want to cherrypick one thing (1964).
There was still a lot to do and done after that.
Vietnam after that for one.
Black Panters didn't even exist.
Also, 'the fight for equal rights continues to this day'
It should but it doesn't really.
A lot of complaining and embarrassingly weak and lame stuff.
Looks like the regime won and the population has been pacified.
If you're going to troll from overseas you aught to work on your English a bit. I'd suggest reading up on your American history too but it's pretty clear that's not super important to whatever message it is you think you're sending.
That is typical level of petty I expect from a butthurt american.
My English is fine, especially compared to the embarrassing literacy level of that banana republic.
So you can quit being pretentious.
And writing facts is not trolling.
Instead of your baseless accusations you might have offered some yourself.
I probably know more than americans about their own awful history, which they don't learn about in their backward and propagandized schools.
So do you have anything of substance to add or is pathetic slander all you have?
So you're saying you sound like a crazy person without a single coherent thought because you intend to sound crazy and incoherent?
you're dumb, boring and annoying, nothing will be lost by blocking you.
go fuck yourself americunt peasant