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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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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Actually curious, what is that figure?

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Number of excess deaths from COVID.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago

Excess deaths are typically defined as the difference between the observed numbers of deaths in specific time periods and expected numbers of deaths in the same time periods.

That's pretty horrific. I have an American friend explaining to me as well how he could be plotting a fascist takeover