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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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Exactly this. Misogynists don't talk about that shit with men who they don't already know share the same views. They are universally fragile and insecure. They don't want their beliefs challenged especially not by another guy. The way it works is, if they don't know you they will say something that teeters on the edge of misogyny without being egregious enough that they will get called out for it. If you entertain whatever they say then they'll start going mask off around you because they know you're "safe". If they get rebuffed then they keep the mask on around you.
I've known a couple of guys where various women have said that they were sexist creeps but I never got that from them. But in hindsight for both of those guys I remember an interaction where they would say something about a woman or women in general which just verged on inapropriate withough going into "dude wtf" territory. Both times I essentially just gave them a weird look and they never got near that line with me again.
This is why most guys don't see misogyny nearly as often as women do. When a misogynist "tests the waters" with another guy they do it in a way that is subtle enough to seem entirely innocuous in the moment.