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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.

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…we (me and my family members) think in terms of fractions when dealing with large numbers and differences when the numbers are small.

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[–] iii@mander.xyz 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

In my native language % means "per cent", meaning per hundred.

So it reads as 125 per 100 times 40000.

Is that not the case in English?

[–] bent@feddit.dk 1 points 2 days ago

I've never seen anyone write it like that in English. It is understandable when you explain it, but it would normally be written simply as 1.25