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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.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You understand nothing.

I'm talking about trade using the ISO standard exclusively, and being punitive to any entity from the US that merely uses SAE guidelines in their production and QA.

If any reference to non SI weights and measures can be found in the production process, there's an embargo against it.

But go on, explain to me the concept of relabeling stuff, as though I'm unfamiliar with the concept.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

That would be ridiculously difficult to enforce. Also, most manufacturing, American or not, is already done in metric. It would be trivial for companies to swap units. There are many, many better ways to tariff American goods.