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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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Your phone's clock is your default time. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Think about when the last time you used a wall clock or even a public clock pole/tower or something. My brain doesn't even register them anymore, I just look at my phone and reset brain to whatever magic hand box says.

To think there used to be a time where you had to physically go outside and look at a clock tower if you wanted accurate ish local time

edit: hourly workers who live by the time card, disregard this post

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[–] e0qdk@reddthat.com 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

For you, maybe, but for me it's my desktop's clock -- with my microwave as the fallback (e.g. when I'm playing a fullscreen game).

I basically only check the time on my phone if I'm out and about (which is... rare) or when I'm getting up/going to bed -- which also serves as a check for messages (since I have my phone on Do Not Disturb 24/7).

I actually bought a physical wall clock earlier this year thinking that I could stick it somewhere more convenient to read than the microwave, but the ticking was too damned annoying.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

the ticking was too damned annoying.

If you still have the clock you can get a replacement "sweep" movement instead of the more common "step" movement.

You can buy them online from all sorts of places for ~15 dollars, e.g. clockshop.