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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 haven't yet had the opportunity to vote in someone I actually liked.
That's not necessarily a ding on politicians. Representative democracy requires a political meat grinder that few people get out of still mostly intact. Those are the candidates you get to vote on. It takes a certain kind of person to survive the meat grinder long enough to be on a ballot. There are 350 million people in the US, for instance. There are maybe a half million people seeking office from local to federal. That's about .15 percent of the entire population. It's a sheer numbers game that you haven't voted for anyone you liked.
Many good people don't want to enter the meat grinder in the first place, skewing the result further. That's why democracy is mostly about voting for the least bad.
Well, the system actively opposes the values I hold. A couple of candidates with those values have broken in (in other states) but they have done that with the strong opposition of the system.