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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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I think north America only switched this last weekend?
Had a non standard difference last week.
Yeah, the US and Europe do DST a couple weeks apart, presumably because of latitude differences but it could also be spite, I guess.
It used to be the same but them W. Bush extended summer time on both ends to really make things confusing
We should extend it more. Maybe an extra two months on each end.
I hate the opinion that we should switch to DST all the time. Why should we get to be special little guys with a weird time zone?
Well you wouldn't call it DST anymore, so it's just as arbitrary and weird as most other timezones at that point.
Yes. Instead we should have micro-timezones. And hopefully our clocks auto adjust based on gps or township/city longitude.
The United States changed about 15-20 years ago to always be after Halloween, so that kids can trick-or-treat longer and people will have to buy more candy.