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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:

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  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • 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.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
  4. Posts must be original/unique
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Everyone arguing about date formats, yet no one yelling about a dozen being an outdated measurement because it's not base 10.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

All you guys do is complain about how much the price of 10 eggs has gone up.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s shrinkflation!! 10 eggs for the price of 12!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Oh no, a dozen eggs used to be € 1,09 here, about 9 cent per egg. Now ten eggs are € 2,89, about 29 cent per egg. The world isn't fair.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

12 is a far superior number to 10. It is sacrilege that we started using 10 instead of 12.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

People already have problems comprehending orders of magnitude with base 10. At base 12 things would only be worse.

If anything we should go binary to better understand the difference between a billion and a million. 🥸

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I really don't think the problem with people not understanding large numbers has anything to do with the base. It's just lots of people not having a good maths education.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

United we stand, though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The future is now old man! Ditch your antiquated base 10 numbering system and embrace the future of hexadecimal!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Base 64 rules!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I only go by bakers dozen

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Base thirteen gang just wants to see the world burn.