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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

12, but I do 7 or 8 usually.

And yes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why 12? 12 apostles. 12 tribes. 12 zodiac signs. 12 months. The one I like the best it's the biggest number with one syllable.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

It's also a superior highly composite number, which is a lot of words to say it has many factors. That means it can be divided easily.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

It just gets a lot of water drops off your hands and the air drying helps

[–] Honytawk 1 points 1 week ago

Is it also the guy who ends with the joke that his next talk will be how to do the same with toiletpaper?