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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.

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Million seconds → ~11.6 days
Billion seconds → ~31.7 years
Trillion seconds → ~31,700 years

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[–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s interesting that the numbers per se are meaningless to us. Yes, billion is a thousand times more, but what is 11 days thousand times? No idea, long. Turns out it’s 31 years long! Nice thought.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

How? I refuse to believe this and people just aren't thinking it through.

11 days × 1000 is 11 000 days

Theres 365 days in a year so it's about 30 years.

Don't even need a calculator to do this math.