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

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[–] [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)

Welcome to clickbait title school. This is your first lesson.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I heard the second lesson will shock you.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Few can make it to the third lesson.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

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

We can’t all be super smart like you