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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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This Showerthought has become a tradition!
Rip Alakazing
I also think the older one (peer pressure) is more apt than "bullying."
never was
You mean, this is traditional?
I feel this way about religion.
It is literally being bullied by a supernatural creature that doesn't even exist. Do X, do not do Y, else the entire wrath of the Almighty will be upon you.
And at the same time the Almighty can do absolutely anything they want - mass murder people, sleep with anyone, get everyone drunk, tell father to kill the son - because what, are you gonna defy or question someone who else destroys you and tarnishes your soul for the rest of eternity?
The good is replaced with compliance, because an authoritative voice says what's good and you better obey. 1984 type shit, invented millenia before.
Depends on the tradition and insight of those who are alive
Tradition as in "we do this, because our ancestors did" is insanity, no questions there
„we do this, because our ancestors did and because it‘s fun/ brings us joy“ is a completely valid reason however :)
Yeah, "because fun" beats everything else :)
Just today I got yet another insight about my own life along the lines of "it doesn't matter that much what I do, but rather how and why, and with what level of awareness"
In a modern society, generation by generation, we choose what tradition is acceptable to keep and what is not. We've abandoned many more traditions than we have kept, so they aren't inherently sacred and unquestionable.
Anyone who wants to keep a tradition that causes harm is just malicious.
But there were plenty of traditions out there that just add richness to a culture, that stuff is good as long as no one gets hurt
Tradition is innovation that survived long enough to stop being questioned.
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Tradition is a solution that forgot the problem it solved.
Yours feel unnecessarily disrespectful.
I get the sentiment, though doesn't it seem unfair to assume all tradition has such grounding? Plus, disrespect is the mechanism for weeding out harmful or redundant traditions. It's fine.
Saw this on Reddit years ago. Looks like posting it has become something of a tradition!
Tradition is brainwashing younger people that they should keep doing what you did even after you're gone.
Not that every tradition is bad, or that everything should be done differently. Humans learn from the previous generations, that's a fundamental of our existence. But the way some traditions are imposed onto the young despite all issues with them sucks. It's about balance and not being dogmatic, I guess.
Speaking of brainwashing, its just do easy for a parent to abuse their position of power and like manipulate their children however they want.
Like if you got born into a crime family, you would have no choice but to live your childhood/teen years doing their bidding...
You could be born into a family of racists, a family of terrorists (think: Bin Laden), or a morally corrupt rich family (like: every politician ever)
Brainwashing is even more effective when you show affection 50% of the time.
But I think I just have a better "sus meter" than my mom anticipated, I detect her her bullshit all the time. Mom thinks I'm a gullible little servant that will obey her for the rest of her life. I guess being birthed by a manipulator naturally give you that BS Detector DNA?
But my brain is so weird... I get weirdly attached to my... emotionally abusive mother... I think I might have a bit of stockholm syndrome... I think I just really fanticise about the idea of family that I always desired...
yes, most people have mommy/daddy issues. they say the first step towards true personal growth is identifying/dealing with those issues
also, yes, most people want that happy family dynamic
I will eat lasagna every year for Christmas dinner until I am in the grave, and I am perfectly fine with the fact that I was bullied into this by all the Italian ancestors who came before me because lasagna is delicious.
what sauce did italians use before tomatoes were brought over from the New World?
Given how they eat now, probably olive oil mixed with herbs. Hell they still eat that, and it's delicious tbh
The blood of our enemies.
It’s the living people who carry on traditions
Were you browsing 9gag in the shower or what?
Tradition is loving your ancestors’ wisdom.
OP needs to see Fiddler on the Roof, multiple times.
Even Tevye didn't know why they kept up their traditions.
I like this one. It's an amusing way to think about it.
Beau of the Fifth Column introduced me to this quote, not sure if he started it.
what went with him? Is he in rehab or something?
Something with mental health & workload I believe. His wife is running the channel now which is okay but it's different. I really hope he's doing well but understandable that any youtuber could get burned out, especially with the subject matter he was covering.
Anything done more than once is tradition.
Tradition is something silly. Endlessly redoing the same things at a fixed time just because...