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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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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The "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't. (leminal.space)
submitted 11 months ago by josefo@leminal.space to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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[–] Nougat@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Jraphics Interchange Format.

[–] nublug@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

we say jay-peg for jpeg, pee en gee for png, and ay tee em for atm. none of these are based on the pronunciation of the words they represent.

[–] misophist@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Most of those are the way I commonly hear, except I've always heard PNG pronounced "ping".

[–] shizomou@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I call them pong files

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