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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.
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- 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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IME the term “feminazi” never meant “female Nazi”, but was meant to insult feminists who stood up and strongly defended feminism, sometimes even going to extraordinary lengths to do so… a term often used by those who disagreed with them.
Nazis, who were female were always just called “Nazis“.
This. Plus we don’t need to attack Nazis further because they’re women. The delineation is pointless.
It's like russians using "ukronazi" to push the narrative of "liberating" the ethnic minorities in Ukraine.
Pretty sure "feminazi" was used to describe women who dyed their hair and went on to talk shows to blame men for all their personal issues, and literally verbally said men should be treated like second class citizens and only exist to provide for women.
It's been a while so maybe people have forgotten how first-wave and second-wave feminists were disgusted at third-wave feminists.
Edit: Now that I think about it, weren't some of these women also TERFs?
Yes. It fell out of use because when the chuds hearing the term online started trying to use it in real life they got a reality check. Its not so much a dog whistle someone's a mysogynist so much as a shouted confession.
Not because Nazis are more prominent now or something.