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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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[–] meekah 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Any idea how the 8gb from another comment might be achieved?

Edit: I guess zipping it should work pretty well

[–] joneskind 4 points 1 year ago

TBH I have no idea

I just took a look at what my app is saying, but I didn’t dig into it

[–] calcopiritus 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's probably only the text. Images and videos weigh a lot more than text.

[–] meekah 3 points 1 year ago

According to my app, the whole English Wikipedia with pictures weighs 102.62GB, down to 60,06GB without.

60GB is still more than 8GB

[–] LuckyBoy 1 points 1 year ago

The other comment checked a 10 year reddit link but didnt notice the date untill it went to search for it again because of this thread. Dumbass!

Source: it was I, the guy that did the comment.