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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] 27 points 1 month ago (7 children)

"Pocket-Sized Portable Computer with Telecommunicative Radio Capability" is quite a long name, people would just get tired of saying that and call it by a simpler name.

Oh wait.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Portable Handheld Omnidirectional Networking Equipment is also pretty long, we could probably shorten it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

This guy phones.

[–] darkstar 3 points 1 month ago

We could make that an acronym!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Maybe since you can do your entire Job on it we can call it a hand Job

Or perhaps since we have it in our face all day we can call it a facial.

Or since we watch so much porn on it we can call it a video player.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Germans call it a handy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Ironically the Brits got this right with “mobiles”. What’s the key characteristic of a cellphone? That it is portable and mobile.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

but the key characteristic of a car is also the mobility.

🤔

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Not if c/fuckcars gets their way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

🎵Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me...🎵

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Is the term "Pocket PC" still trademarked? Let's start calling them that.

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

To pull terms from a couple different sci-fi book series I like, we could go for Hand Terminals or Scribs. I like both, the former when I'm being grandiose and the latter when I'm feeling cute.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Didn't we had Personal Digital Assistant before?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Hand Terminals imply you no longer have local storage, which wouldn't describe smartphones today.

Also, I hate the idea of a "Hand Terminal" where everything is on the cloud. I mean...

spoilerEros Incident, comms all dead. Screen doesnt even turn on.

With actual phones, they could've used something like Briar!