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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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They didn't even mention Black Panthers... meanwhile, BP should get more credit than MLK and Malcolm X together.
They weren't "peaceful protestors", so not even brought up.
That was a long ago, has anyone here been taught differently? My school was shit (obviously)
Definitely read the book This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed.
Non-violence by the SCPP is now treated as not only their only tactic, but the only valid tactic ever. But that's historically just not true. Even Dr. King and others realized that their tactic of non-violence was working with other groups who were not pledged to non-violence - and in the setting where the US was worried about its image versus the USSR in the third world. Nor was it the primary driver of what limited success the movement had.
I was homeschooled for the first decade of my life. Specifically, I visited the city's library and took back books to my rural homestead. Larry Gonick made a long running series of history books, and the United States entry certainly mentions the unsavory aspects of America.
Larry Gonick drew heavily from A People's History of The United States, to his credit. I gave these to all the kids in the family.
If you haven't read The Cartoon History of The Universe, I cannot recommend it enough.
Got the whole series, plus some other ones about other topics, like chemistry and sex. About the only downside of Gonick's work, is that the older volumes are a bit dated - the archaeology and whatnot starts from about the 80's or thereabouts.
Wish I was a billionaire, so that I could commission remakes and an animated series for all to freely partake in.
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Speaking of comics, there are assorted manga that tackle the sciences or historical eras. For example, 'The Manga Guide to the Universe', which covers stellar phenomena, how to calculate distances, and so forth. Bride's Story is a slice of life about a steppe people - roughly in Mongolia, I think. Practices for marriage, how to bleed out an animal, and more are presented. Meanwhile, 'Spice and Wolf' is about mercantile economics for Medieval Europe, such as currency debasing.
Manga is very good for pairing a slice-of-life narrative alongside education.
heh yeah - his Cartoon Guide to the Computer actually has one of the best explanations of how basic circuts are translated into boolean logic of ANY source out there, still.
I loved these books so much when I was a kid!