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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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People born in the year 2000 don't have to try and calculate how old they are when people ask them their age (lemmy.ca)

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I was born in 1989 and the math is HARD some days.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The hardest is my parents' age.

1965 to 2000 -> 35
2000 to 2023 -> 23
35 + 23 = brain leaking

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I usually add 50 to their birth year and add/subtract the remainder from that date. So for 1965 I'd say they were 50 in 2015, so that makes them 58 in 2023. Makes the mental math easier for me.

But I never even realized that was how I did it until I saw your version written out and was like "huh, that's really confusing"