Author: showerthoughts

Kind people are often kind because they know firsthand that life isn’t

Seeing one Helicopter in the sky is perfectly normal, but seeing a lot of them is fucking terrifying

Random compliments from strangers feel more genuine than from friends, even though we trust our friends more

Even though premature death does occasionally happen, every single one of your personal ancestors – back to the dawn of our species – survived to at least childbearing age. Every one of us is the direct descendant of an unimaginable number of survivors.

You exist because of a string of perfectly timed sexual encounters dating back thousands of years

Monitoring incoming nuclear strikes might be the only job you’re glad it’s boring