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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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USA seems to be very high-school obsessed generally. It seems that there really is a strong nostalgia for a time when you had time and ambition and potentially could be anything and were finding your real self and navigating your first relationships. Also, I wonder if comics used to be solely of interest to teenage boys at some point decades ago and it was much more successful to write stories they could relate to. Older readers would be able to relate to a time they've lived through anyway.
Teenage stories have a place, but I agree it's way overdone. I enjoy the more grown up superheroes a lot more. Peter Parker is much more interesting when he's an adult. Daredevil is much more interesting for being a working lawyer and this complementing his superhero work.