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Showerthoughts

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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: 1

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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Because 2:00 = 1:60

Or are we going to implement metric time?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

The French tried to, briefly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I get the 2:00, but shouldn't it be 120? Or am I dumber than I thought? 60+60 still = 120, right?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

1:60 = one minute and 60 seconds, or two minutes.

120 would be parsed as one minute and 20 seconds, or 80 seconds.

Took me a bit to get too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You can also punch in 90 to get 1:30. I may have been extra lazy a few times to learn that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

It's not really lazy until you're putting in "88" to save a keystroke and extra finger movement.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

It's not 160 (seconds) it's 1 (minutes) **:**60 (seconds). My microwave always keeps the : when I input time.