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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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[–] krizzico@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

UI idk - when you eat a leftover that may be a little too left-over, I think there have been a few times where I poo'd when it was peepee time

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 1 points 4 hours ago

Ahh good point. There are exceptions to the rule. I guess it's more of a theory than a rule

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is FALSE.

I remember I was once very sick, and I pooped. No pee.

I remember distinctly going 'oh shit does that mean I'm dead?'

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

That's like really bad. Because the laws of this universe are pretty clear. (B⇒P)∧¬(P⇒B)

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

looks around

Yeah, no I did read this title right. That's the topic.

Someone took time out of their day to post this. Intentionally.

sigh

Now, OP, let me ask you this. Did you mean for all those words to come out of you in that order, or were you just as surprised as the rest of us?

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I peed. I didn't poop.

I pooped and I did pee. It's science at that point. You can't deny science.

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I'm picturing this conversation as a debate in a public plaza in Ancient Greece, surrounded by wizened old men wearing bedsheets and looking really pensive.

Edit: Socrates is there, too, he's wearing a bleu ciel one with a repeating feather print pattern. It's laundry day...

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Some poor kid in the corner being burdened to document the whole conversation lol

"... so it was 'if you poo in the shower, then you never have to flush?' Or was it pee? And what's flushing? Oh, no, Diogenes is staring at me again..."

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why the youtube link? Am I missing something?

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I just wanted to add something absolutely random that had nothing to do with the title. This is obviously a shit post (lol) but I didn't want to leave it blank. I got some serious laughs out over this post.

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

ha, cool, fits the post

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You can pee first, the poop without peeing as a separate transaction

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

transaction

I just imagined something going wrong and then the whole transaction is rolled back

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The bank never approves one without the other.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago

The federal reserve is reviewing your social security number as we speak.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I, a man, once discussed this with a pair of women. I was surprised to learn this was the case for them. At the time I thought it was an anatomy difference, but I'm starting to worry I'm a mutant.

[–] Karl@programming.dev 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

More like you can control the flow of poo during pee pee. But not the flow of pee during poo poo.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

Sorry for me it's binary. It's one of both.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

Wait what? You can't N2 without also doing N1????

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The effort and strain of pooping is more than urinating, so it essentially triggers the bladder as a side effect.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

Yes from my extensive testing and research spanning well over 30 years. I can concur.

[–] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I tend not to poo in my shower, though.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is it really a shower if you're not emergency storming shit down the drain hole while your mom is asking why the door is locked?

[–] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You're disgusting. One shouldn't just throw away perfectly good shit like that!

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Could always put it back and save it for another session.