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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's inefficient is what I'm suggesting.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (3 children)

It is a one syllable difference, at most. Fif-teen versus Quar-ter-Past. Or Thir-ty versus Half-past. And for-ty-five versus quar-ter-till.

But it is also about precision. If I say "Let's meet up at 4:45" that implies a lot more specificity than "let's meet at quarter to five". The firmer is an exact time people should meet at and the latter is "around that time".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeopkvAP-ag goes into the difference between analog and digital time and what that means with thought processes. But a lot of it boils down to thinking in terms of "parts of a whole" versus "specific times".

[–] joel_feila 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm curious why it got the name digital time.

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

Because it is expressed as digits (numbers)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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

it's not like people generally pronounce it fully anyways, it'll come out as "qua'tr" or "quartah" depending on dialect

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

All of which is still two syllables?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

The most inefficient part of human brain is having to consciously process things. So going with whatever patterns you're used to is always going to be faster