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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:

Rules

  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
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

we do call them megagrams?

It's all either Megagrams / hectare or tons / acre in my work...

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[–] tunetardis@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I've often wondered why the kilogram was not called the gram when the former is commonly cited as the official unit of mass? I guess it doesn't really matter much since it's easy to convert between units. That's sort of the point of metric, but still…

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Apparently it was going to be, but they chose the kilogram instead.

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[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

A self-referencing metric tonne should be called a Metagram.

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I love that 'ton' has different meanings in different contexts. Sometimes life isnt exciting enough

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