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Why Are Bathtubs So Small? It's Complicated | Mental Floss (www.mentalfloss.com)

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[–] [email protected] 264 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Tl;dr:

Bathtubs started small due to size constraints of rooms, but got smaller because it's cheaper to manufacture and handle smaller tubs.

#savedyouaclick

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Oooh and I though it was complicated.

Oooooooh maybe it's click bait?,?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 158 points 5 months ago (3 children)

That doesn't sound complicated at all

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Vocab lesson.

It doesn’t sound complex at all. But it is complicated, by the use of an entire article to explain it when two bullets do the trick.

Complex is natural, complicated is some effort’s effect on a thing

[–] [email protected] 61 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

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