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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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I specified TODDLER. You keep only saying kid. There's a difference. I know you know that. But your are determined to have a completely different conversation than I am here
I didn't say you had to do anything special. That's my point. It's really fucking easy to find videos that are completely off topic from the conversation.
Guess what?
Leashing toddlers is wrong too...And reality doesn't give a fuck about what you specified. You don't mean shit to nearly everyone on the planet.
Yes it is really easy to find video and media of children not on leashes, which conversely shows how hard it is to find videos of children (or even toddlers, why the fuck not) who are on leashes, because it's not fucking common.
If you said "Amputees are common" and I said "If they're so common, show me some media with a bunch of amputees in it" and you have to fucking dig for it, while I can pick a piece of media at random and expect it not to have any amputees in it, it's probably a really good fucking indicator that amputees aren't fucking common, right?!
Maybe your parents should have leashed you, maybe you'd wander off the fucking topic less.
HOW is giving your toddler exercise when they'd otherwise be out in the stroller wrong? They're not embarrassed by it. They often enjoy it. Where is the harm? This is you PROJECTING your own stupidly conceived feelings into someone else who isn't feeling those things.
You still can't grasp your video thing isn't indictive of literally anything. You looking at videos of shit where the topic wouldn't be occurring will obviously show that thing not occurring. How fucking dense are you that you think this proves Jack shit? Common also doesn't mean literally everyone is doing it.
Baseless ad hominem.
Do you think it is possible to get your toddler some exercise outside of the stroller without using a leash? Hint: most parents don't use leashes on their kids?
It's much more indicative of my point than the video that you found supporting yours!