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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:

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Also "accessibility" is abbreviated as "a11y" which I think is very charming.

And "two" and "too" both abbreviate to "t1o", which I feel does more to confuse the situation.

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[–] kutt@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

I’m sorry but that isn’t abbreviation, that’s straight up encryption

Edit: ok I was lost, I read the Wikipedia page and it makes sense now lol

i18n: 18 stands for the number of letters between the first i and the last n in the word internationalization

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 19 points 6 days ago (2 children)

What psychopath invented this nonsense? I want to send them my next therapist bill.

[–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Some psychopath that loves crosswords.

[–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] kutt@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Yeah this is total g7h…

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

that’s straight up encryption

If it's one-way and destructive, it's more like a hash value than encryption.

[–] kutt@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

True, however when I wrote this I didn't know how it worked and I thought it was reversible :)

I should've seen that t1o could be two or too as well...