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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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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It wouldn't have been rare at all because it wasn't rare.
Yes, you wouldn't be video chatting (and still shouldn't be... it is a plane for crying out loud). But emails were 100% a thing and I had plenty of gchat conversations with colleagues that included the phrase "We are about to land, Ill get back to you when I am at my hotel".
Okay, THIS I need someone with a more reliable brain to chime in on. But I want to say it was actually easier to IM on a plane (assuming your employer paid for the wifi which was expensive as hell) than in an airport due to a mix of cell phone dead spots and shit APs in most of the major airports.
Yeah people are talking like 2016 was 2006.
Like remember how much better Skype was in 2012 than any of the crap we have now?
Xfire's corpse in the corner: ...
Holy shit, xfire... That's a deep cut.
Ventrilo was cool too
VENT! Ha, I remember using that back in the Counterstrike days.
I'm supposed to say 'fun times', but I sucked at Counterstrike. Not actually that much fun for me.
Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA
I feel you man
Whoop whoop! D-d-d-d-DotA!