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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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My bad, I meant to say cheaper. McDonald's looks to be the cheapest fast food shake near me in Chicago.
Wendy's, Jack in the Box, In-n-Out, Raising Cane's, Burger King, Dairy Queen, and Foster Freeze all are cheaper by almost 2 dollars. I didn't check Taco Bell; do they even have shakes?
I wonder if it has anything to do with how local the dairy itself is. I am in the central valley of california surrounded by dairy farms.
Taco Bell has some abomination of a cookie flavored slurpee, I think it’s the closest they’ve gotten. It’s four bucks.
Maybe. Chicago is fairly high CoL, but so is CA. And we have a lot of dairy just north of the cheddar curtain, it's usually priced either the same as other goods or cheaper.