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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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Back in my day, you had to know exactly how long, in minutes, three separate movies were in length to see if they'd fit on one cassette.

Recording VHS tapes was a unknowingly wild time in human history.

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[–] PlasticExistence 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The same was true for making mixed audio tapes. You'd need to know the total length of all the songs you wanted on it if you wanted all of them in totality.

Actually that was still true for burning your own CDs and DVDs. I made DVDs of my favorite Futurama episodes from the official DVD releases and had to ensure that they'd fit (of course with a PC it was easier to reprocess the episodes to make them take up less room).

I honestly had lots of fun doing my own mixes back when, but having a media server now is way better.