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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.
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Remember your towel protocol:

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you're part of the Bidet Master Race and have a stack of mini butt/genitals-towels for use after bidet-ing, the whole towel becomes face-&-body with no worries

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

All those times the kids at school called me butt-face... look who's complimenting me now. Ha, suckers.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Indeed, it is always wise to be a hoopy frood.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You dry your entire body at the exact same time? I start at my head and work my towel down towards my feet. And then I throw the towel into the laundry.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You use your towel once and throw it into the laundry?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, at least the one I use for showering. But I don't shower daily, to save water.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You could try reusing your towel a few times in order to save even more water, along with some electricity. Just hang it to dry in between.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My washing machine is not using less water because there's less laundry in the drum.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is it on a fixed schedule?

You should really wait until it's full before doing the laundry... That way you use it less often and use less water.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

My two full loads every week is not going to hurt the environment, no matter how much I get downvoted.

In a hotel, sure, I'll reuse towels, but at home, no thanks.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

White for hands, brown for feet, green for torso, thighs and seat. And in the cupboard beneath the stair...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

...you'll find the red for pubic hair.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Worst flag ever.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Clean yourself right and anywhere is good

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

If you actually clean yourself in the shower this is unnecessary.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are you being paid by e.coli?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

They're in a pocket if Big Soap, coercing god fearing christians into cleaning their asses thus making them gay

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If it brings people comfort to not use the same towel, it's probably not worth trying to push them away from that habit. It's one thing to know it intellectually, and another to feel off-put by the idea.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

It is however very important to push people into cleaning themselves properly. The amout of dirty asses around us at all times is staggering and terrifying.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I still don't want my face to indirectly contact my own clean butt.

I want my face to directly contact someone else's clean butt.