r/shittyaskscience • u/Soda_Straktid • 1h ago

If we all agreed to shorten ham sandwich to “hamwich,” how much time and energy would we save ourselves collectively?

I’m talkin time saved AND calories saved per year/decade/millennia

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u/Glinth A real mathologist 1h ago

The time we save by cutting one syllable would be cancelled out be the time wasted by snickering about what a damn silly word "hamwich" is.

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u/Putzlol 1h ago

I like hamwich. I'll be using it from now on. What about a fried chickwich? That saves a whopping two syllables

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u/tinypoem 1h ago

A hock of a lot!

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u/Starsky137 1h ago

The "SandHam" Lobby will never let this happen.

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u/TheeFearlessChicken 46m ago

I think if cheese is added we're talking about at net increase.

"Hamwhich and cheese"

4 syllables.

"Ham and cheese"

3 syllables

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u/junklardass 41m ago

If you worked in a deli you could leave early.

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u/paraworldblue 35m ago

5 minutes per minute. We would travel backwards in time if we all started calling calling them hamwiches

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u/SourFix 6m ago

14.8 billion joules each year