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Showerthoughts

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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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[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Eh, yes and no.

People often don't really appreciate how much freedom they have until it's taken away.

But even with no money at all, I have a bike, and I can ride it as far as I care to in any direction I want (well, at least until I hit a border). And that is so much more freedom than I've had at other points in my life.

[–] xep@discuss.online 1 points 14 hours ago

Hard to ride a bike when you don't have your health, sadly.

[–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Okay... but what happens when you're hungry and broke at the same time? Just gonna ride your bike until you happen to come across someone handing out free food? The 'ability to bike around the block' isn't the kind of freedom that OP was talking about, it's the freedom to do what you want with your life without being forced to do something else (make money) first

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 points 17 hours ago

And what I'm talking about is that when you don't have ‘ability to bike around the block’ freedom, that really puts things in perspective for you.