This is interesting for the novelty. I like the little coffee stain as a visual element. I found the changing text to be a bit visually jarring on first look, though
//<10 seconds
'A single frame of a film': 100ms,
'It would take light to go around the Earth': 133ms,
'A blink of an eye': 400ms,
'The time it takes light to reach Earth from the moon': 1255ms,
'The fastest Formula 1 pit stop': 1820ms,
'The fastest 1/4 mile drag race time': 3580ms,
'The fastest Rubik\'s cube solve': 4221ms,
'The fastest 40-yard time at the NFL Combine': 4240ms,
'The fastest 1 liter beer chug': 4370ms,
'A skippable Youtube ad': 5000ms,
'A full bull ride': 8000ms,
'The fastest 100m sprint': 9580ms,
//10 Seconds
'The Wright Brothers first flight': 12000ms,
'The fastest 200m sprint': 19190ms,
'The fastest 50m freestyle swim lap': 21300ms,
'The Westminster Kennel Club dog agility record': 28440ms,
'A typical television ad': 30000ms,
'The fastest NASCAR lap at Daytona': 40364ms,
'The fastest 400m sprint': 43030ms,
'The fastest NASCAR lap at Talladega': 44270ms,
'The fastest 100m freestyle swim lap': 47050ms,
//1 Minute
'"Just a minute"': 60000ms,
'The fastest Formula 1 lap at Monaco': 74260ms,
'The fastest Formula 1 lap at Monza': 81046ms,
'The fastest 800m sprint': 100910ms,
'The fastest 200m freestyle swim lap': 102960ms,
'The fastest Kentucky Derby time': 119400ms,
'An NHL penalty box time for slashing, tripping, or holding': 120000ms,
'How long it takes to drive across the Golden Gate Bridge (without traffic)': 135000ms,
'The duration of the "Millenium Force" roller coaster': 140000ms,
'The longest Super Bowl national anthem': 156000ms,
'One round of a boxing match': 180000ms,
'The average song length on Spotify': 183000ms,
'The fastest 1,500m run': 206000ms,
'The song "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley': 215000ms,
'The fastest 400m freestyle swim lap': 220140ms,
'The fastest 1 mile run': 223130ms,
'The duration of the "Steel Dragon" roller coaster': 240000ms,
'The duration of "The Beast" roller coaster': 250000ms,
'The song "4:33" by John Cage': 273000ms,
'The longest sky diving freefall': 276000ms,
'The Any% speedrun of Super Mario Bros for NES': 294948ms,
//5 Minutes
'An NHL penalty box time for fighting': 300000ms,
'The average duration of a typical sky dive': 330000ms,
'The average time for a drive-thru order': 356800ms,
'The time it takes Jeff Bezos to make $1 million': 402000ms,
'The fastest race car lap around the Nurburgring': 403300ms,
'The time it takes light to reach Earth from the sun': 500000ms,
'The time it takes a rocket ship to reach outer space': 510000ms,
'A typical marching band show': 515000ms,
//10 Minutes
'The length of the first space walk': 600000ms,
'The longest a human has held their breath (non-oxygen assisted)': 695000ms,
'The average duration of popular Youtube videos': 702000ms,
'The time it takes an average human to walk 1km': 710000ms,
'The fastest 5K run': 757350ms,
'The average time to bake a pizza': 810000ms,
'1% of the entire day': 864000ms,
//15 Minutes
'A typical commute in the United States': 960000ms,
'The fastest superbike lap of the Isle of Man TT': 1002778ms,
"MLK's \"I Have A Dream\" Speech": 1020000ms,
'An average baseball inning': 1200000ms,
'The song "2112" by Rush': 1233000ms,
'Th...
The URL parameter for seeing a time seems to be hardcoded assuming you're in America?
If I put in the suggested placeholder time of 11:38am (it is 2:12pm NZT at the time of writing), the timer tells me that the starting time is actually 5:38am which is very confusing for anyone international
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[ 4.8 ms ] story [ 47.1 ms ] threadIf I put in the suggested placeholder time of 11:38am (it is 2:12pm NZT at the time of writing), the timer tells me that the starting time is actually 5:38am which is very confusing for anyone international
Also this is ridiculous and fun. Love it.