Showerthought: I measured my actual desk space vs what I thought it was

I was rearranging my dual monitor setup last weekend and got out a tape measure for kicks, turns out my desk is only 47 inches wide not the 52 I'd been bragging about for years. That missing 5 inches explained why my cable management tray never seemed to fit right and my tower was always hanging off the edge. Anyone else ever discover their desk measurements were totally off after you thought you had it all figured out?

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caseyfox18d ago

Man, that's a rough way to find out you've been living a lie for years. Honestly, that extra five inches was probably just the desk equivalent of "I'm 6 feet tall" denial. Ngl, now you've got me paranoid about my own tape measure.

the_wren17d agoTop Commenter

Calibrating mine against my phone's level app saved me from the same kind of shock.