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

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[–] PoopingCough@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Even worse than that imo is 'quarter of'. I swear to god it's been used to mean both before or after whatever hour they're talking about

[–] Willy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago

mfrs think I know what hours its close to when I probably don't know the day and am lucky to know what month it is.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Anyone using "quarter of" to mean X:15 is just incorrect. That's "quarter after".

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.world -2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

When you say quarter of, you are supposed to say the next hour. Quarter after 4 is a quarter of 5.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

That's... I guess that makes sense but that's really weird and ambiguous.

[–] bobagem@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Quarter after four is 4:15.

Quarter of five is 4:45. Also quarter to five and quarter til five.

I'm seeing other comments that suggest I might be wrong. Especially in regards to other languages.

[–] thistledown@rblind.com 1 points 8 months ago

I would not have guessed that meaning of "of." I think we should stick to "til" or "past" for clarity.