Tommy's Thursday Thoughts: Vol. 42 - The Extra Hour Myth
-When completing an online order, filling out your billing address has never mattered for any reason whatsoever.
-Day Light Savings time ends this Saturday night when we move our clocks back an hour. People love to say that we get an extra hour of sleep, but I don’t believe in that. If your body clock is naturally programmed to sleep for, say, eight hours, then you are going to still sleep for eight hours. You will wake up an hour earlier than usual and can try to go back to sleep, but there’s no guarantee that you will. Besides, you likely have nowhere to be on Sundays so you can try to fall back asleep for an extra hour on any Sunday if you really wanted to. I just don’t buy into this extra hour hoopla.
-Is it socially acceptable to take your phone out at bars just to Shazam a song? Because I do it quite often.
-One of my hobbies is trying to find body doubles when watching a movie or show. They are used quite often and not just for action scenes. I feel accomplished whenever I point one out.
-I have a gripe with a line in the song “Don’t Trust Me” by 3OH!3. The lyrics read “Tell your boyfriend if he says he’s got beef. That I’m a vegetarian and I ain’t fucking scared of him.” This makes no sense. Vegetarians do not consume beef. If the girl’s boyfriend did have “beef,” then the singer would have no interest in engaging, as he has an aversion to beef. The line would better read “Tell your boyfriend if he says he’s got beef. That I’m a vegetarian but will still welcome a confrontation with him because I am not defined by my food and lifestyle choices.”
-On Halloween, there’s no suspense on if it’s going to be a “trick” or a “treat” when you go to someone’s door. It’s always going to be a treat. It’s 100% treats and 0% tricks. Unless of course you get like poisoned, then that definitely counts as a trick.
-When the snacks and drinks come around on the plane but the person next to you is sleeping, what’s proper protocol? Do you just think “Not my problem” and not say anything. Do you nudge them awake so they don’t miss out? Do you just grab something for them? How is all this impacted by if you know the person or not? It’s a lot to think about.
-People are always surprised when I say I haven’t seen the Titanic, but I see no reason to watch it. The ship sinks. I don’t need to waste three hours of my life to find that out.
Audience Thought Of The Week
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From @abes1024
-From a mathematics perspective, it’s outrageous it goes quarterback – fullback – halfback.
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