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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: 1

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

If it's floating, it has too much fat in it, so it's not the product of anyone with an especially healthy poop.

Fecal transplants have actually surprising potential.

But yeah there's a lot of dangerous pathogens as well.

[–] LouNeko@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

This gonna be your super hero origin story?

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago (2 children)
[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Oh shit man!

[–] LouNeko@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Public Restroom Unflushed Poop Man

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 3 points 8 hours ago

A little dab'll do ya.

[–] bahbah23@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And we will absolutely, positively never know.

[–] Rivalarrival 24 points 1 day ago

Well, not with that attitude.

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

In mother Russia, poop does you!

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It also might have tapeworms.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago

Or a few hundred other nasty things

[–] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

Or it could kill you

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 4 points 19 hours ago
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 points 22 hours ago

I don't care; I ain't eating it. 😬

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Excited DIYers running out before doing research: please note that in a medical setting something like half of potential donor poops wind up rejected because of unsuitable bacteria living in the gut that could make you sick.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

"What do you do for a living?"

"My poops are the right kind of poops. So doctors pay me to take my poops so others can eat them."

"...what?"

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 2 points 6 hours ago

"They're the best poops. Really, I don't know anyone who has poops as good as me. And all the people, all the doctors, the committees, everyone agrees, everyone knows, my poops are the best. The best for me, the best for America."

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 3 points 22 hours ago

Yup, see also the specimen preparation section of the linked Wikipedia article

[–] I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Poseidon's Kiss might have healing powers if you're lucky.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

The IRL holy grail is a toilet.

Drink from the wrong one and you forfeit your life in the most horrid of ways.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)