Showerthought: I believed the "10,000 steps or it doesn't count" rule for 3 years until my $30 pedometer showed 4,200 steps from just pacing my kitchen on a call

Gavin Kim · 2026-10-19T09:55:03.176808+00:00

Turns out the viral 10k number came from a 1965 Japanese ad campaign for a step counter, not real science, and now I want to know who else built their whole routine around a marketing slogan.

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Showerthought: I believed the "10,000 steps or it doesn't count" rule for 3 years until my $30 pedometer showed 4,200 steps from just pacing my kitchen on a call | Bad Takes Autopsy - Vivisector