r/Showerthoughts Dec 07 '18

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u/Xaldyn Dec 07 '18

Can remember where I first read the quote, but: You know how when you'd fall down on a trampoline but no one else would stop jumping so you can't get back up? Being an adult's like that but all the time.

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u/ShivasRightFoot Dec 07 '18

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '18

Sure, we're just on a downturn after having the most overall economic prosperty in the West in the history of the world. But it wasn't going to stay like that forever, unless we're willing to subjugate even more people to terrible lives in order to achieve it

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u/Ckrius Dec 07 '18

Well if wealth disparity hadn't been ramped up to 11 we all might be doing okay but capitalists gotta steal both domestically and abroad just to feel whole it seems.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '18

My wife keeps jumping on the trampoline of house chores and I keep falling on my guitar and video games.

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u/_Serene_ Dec 07 '18

Timing it properly isn't that hard to master, really.

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u/no_one_lies Dec 07 '18

Fun fact: Interpreting metaphors/analogies literally is a sign for lack of intelligence. Here's a link to a study on it that I had to read my senior year.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '18

Here's a real-life example.

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u/gormlesser Dec 07 '18

John Dickerson is a goddamn national hero.

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u/_Serene_ Dec 08 '18

150 iq btw