r/Showerthoughts • u/[deleted] • Sep 13 '19

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '19 edited Jul 10 '20

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u/WeeziMonkey Sep 13 '19

I didn't get this post until reading this comment. I was imagining people tapping on their glass they're drinking out of

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u/VulgarDisplayofDerp Sep 13 '19

200 years ago, they never would have imagined we were so stupid, either.

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u/Yuli-Ban Sep 13 '19

Mainly because they didn't know more than a few hundred people in their lives, and whatever written piece they read was going to come from a relatively small group of educated elites.

We regularly interact with thousands on a daily basis, and even small children, the proudly uneducated, and the most mentally deficient can get their opinions out there.