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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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5318008 is what I do.
I vaguely remember one of those joke story things where you're doing math on the calculator while telling this long story and eventually end up with the punchline of "55378008." (Boobless)
Don't remember the whole joke, tho. Just the punchline. 😮💨
I just saw that joke on Silicon Valley last night. It's on one of the episodes of the last season. It only shows the end of the joke as well, though.
You could use the prime factors as you work your way through a story of work
If one were so inclined you could have many 5318008s on the screen back in the TI-84-85-86 days. Or write a graphing formula to draw them.. my teachers didn't appreciate that very much.