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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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No idea what the fuck you're reading, because the Wikipedia page doesn't seem to say any of that...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden
Belgium isn't even mentioned on the Wikipedia page. And France is mentioned specifically from an interview in 2019 where Snowden said he had requested asylum in 2013, but it was denied under President Hollande. A second request later was received favorably by Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet under President Macron, but no other members of the French government expressed support. That's not at all refusing help from either of them. In fact there are multiple sections in there about his asylum requests to dozens of countries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden#Flight_from_the_United_States
In fact, the Wikipedia page goes pretty in depth about his intended travel out of Hong Kong. The US revoked his passport, it wasn't lost.
His plans upon leaving Hong Kong never had anything to do with US allies, it very specifically avoided them because of US leverage.
So where, on Wikipedia, are you reading the exact opposite of what the Wikipedia page says?
I'm pretty sure, the comment of Something Burger was related to Mehran Karimi Nasseri
That's a lot of words for someone with poor reading comprehension skills
Little aggressive, but in your defense, pronouns with limited context can be difficult sometimes.
Unless this is supposed to be a shit post, in which case, bravo.