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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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why don't people say mega meters (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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How come people say 5,000 km and not 5 Mm?
why not just say millions of meters or Mega meters?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How many petameters is that?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This sounds like some electronic device they'd roll out in the UK used to detect pedophiles.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

No need to worry, it us just your everyday AI system