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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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[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 46 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

Reminds me of that old TV trope of saying "over and out". This is not how you end a radio transmission. "Over" means that you are finished talking and are now awaiting a reply, "out" means that you finished talking and are going to stop listening for a reply. Saying both together is contradictory, you only say "out" when you're done.

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 35 points 3 weeks ago

Ah, so "out" is like an EOF!

[–] Draegur@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 weeks ago

... feels kinda like someone saying "period full stop"

it's like they're doing a mic drop >_>

[–] teft@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Same with roger wilco. Roger means i understand the message. Wilco means i understand the message and will comply.

[–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

When I learned this in JROTC, it ruined me and I get so upset when I hear it in media now. Been like 30+ years and I’m still angry when I hear it.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 27 points 3 weeks ago

Or like saying "And uhhh... Yeah." at the end of a voice memo.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"Copy" is essentially 200-OK

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Draegur@lemmy.zip 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"Come on over!"

"Come on WHAT? Over."

[–] ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Stop making a fool out of me.
Why don't you come on over, Valerie?

[–] BleakBluets@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

126Saying "over" is the old radio protocol. The new radio protocol is starting by saying the number of characters in the message.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So is “uhhhhhhhh” on a pilot announcement STX?

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's the keepalive message for when there's a delay in the data query to prevent the passengers from closing their connections.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 7 points 3 weeks ago

~~passengers~~ clients

[–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

So you are saying that we should refer to the null as the over byte?

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 weeks ago

Did you know that HTML has something similar.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Reminds me of some TV show where a rookie cop tended to forget that and the cop on the other end just stubbornly waited for an answer, every time.

Of course you can always just stop listening after n bytes, no need for a null byte then.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

You always add a timeout. It's a basic safety.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

What's your 20? Semi-colon.

[–] raldone01@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think a semicolon is semantically correct in this case. It suggest you want to add something. That's why it is used in programming. You are making statements.

Maybe we should use a . after return statements to signal the end of our statement stream.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You say "over" to signal that you are done talking and it's the other's turn. Much like how a semi-colon is used to indicate the end of a line in many programming languages.