I also spent some replying
this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2026
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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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- 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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Finite but not fixed, maybe the time spent on this caused me to miss some rendezvous with fate I otherwise had and so gained a great many seconds by it.
Thanks for wasting my time!
/s
This, but serious.
"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." — Bertrand Russell or something. Also while finite, it is still very big number.
Another point, I am already on lemmy, I am here exactly for this purpose. Gonna read all comments too.
Are you going to read this one?
And reply too
Jokes on you, I'm here doubling down, spending more seconds posting this comment:
Have a great and fruitful rest of your life, dear internet stranger!
Eh, I wasn't using them.
You were worth every single second
Eh, I watched Tron.
*is a finite number of seconds
Either is correct because the sentence can be read with either number or seconds as the subject:
There are (a finite number of) seconds…
There is a finite number [measuring the] seconds
I was shitting at the same time, so whats your point? 😀
Yeah, it was this or the shampoo bottle label
You bastard, you stole 14 seconds from me! I want them back, do you hear?!
You don't read too good, do ya?
It took you 14 seconds to read that!?!?
It's alright if it's company time.
Thanks dick
You're welcome.
Seems worthwhile.
3 times in the last 3h
I’ve done worse.
I now spent some more fantasizing about your mom.
But there are Infinite intervals between second and the next.
At some low point in my life I binge-watched the entirety of "How I Met Your Mother"... Trust me, you cannot hurt me the way I've hurt myself. 😔🤣
Is everything dumb a complete waste of time?
Always has been.
Conversely, you can do some pretty cool stuff with the (arguable not that important) life you've been given, and you can enjoy wherever you're at.
But nothing anybody ever does will matter that much on a cosmic scale. So no stress.
Yeah I think the fact that nothing matters makes your subjectivity what actually matters. So you get to decide what is a "waste of time" and what isn't.
Waste of time, implies time has a dollar value, and that friendly tactic was brought to you by capitalism. Therefore I propose, Waisting your time is anarchy. Imma just stare at the wall, nobody can stop me.
Forgive me the sin of linking to YouTube, but this came to mind:
Yeah, but I'm also watching a movie at the same time!