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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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  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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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
  4. Posts must be original/unique
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[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 22 points 1 month ago

I take solace in the fact that there must be minute traces of my own piss in there as well.

[–] BigBrownDog@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And when you swim, you're swimming in Elton John's jizz.

[–] BucketBong@p.hobo.social 9 points 1 month ago

Fuck, I need to get a pool!

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I always swim in T. rex blood…. Well more like homeopathic dilution of it but that only makes it more potent.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Maybe it all travels together so one person gets the full Marilyn before passing it on.

[–] Miller@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

This is clearly nonsense, some people don't shower every day.

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 month ago

Every glass of water you drink is basically statistically guaranteed to have a free sample of hydrogen atoms that were once sold as gamer girl bath water by Belle Delphine

[–] Wrongdoer2@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Don't whant to judge but: What a strange thought mate, are you OK?

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

No, I'm not ok. But that also has nothing to do with this showerthought

[–] crimson_iris@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

WHO ARE YOU TO ACCUSE ME

[–] JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just MM's pee floating around in our water supply the past 60 years? Nobody else's pee? What's going on?

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Oh you're a people person eh? Name every people then!

[–] Pudutr0n@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Interesting train of thought. When you considered this, what were you doing in the sh... umm... You know what? Nvm. Just wash your hands when you're done.

[–] BoosBeau@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

But every time I wash my hands I get piss on them!

[–] HyperfocusSurfer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Reminds me of a thought experiment, which, with some assumptions, calculated that the final solution while preparing a homeopathic "medicine" contains more Hitler's piss than whatever the active ingredient was originally. Y'know, in case the fact that, in quite a few of those, a molecule of said active ingredient corresponds to more molecules that are estimated to exist within the observable universe isn't enough

[–] isyasad@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

calculated that the final solution while preparing a homeopathic "medicine"

You can't call it the final solution 😭

[–] crapwittyname@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago
[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago

Which proves homeopathy. I bet you haven't been plagued with Marilyn Monroe recently.

[–] BitUnWise@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's likely that there's some water molecules that were part of her piss, but it's definitely not piss anymore

[–] Pattylay@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Boooo fuck you!

[–] emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Also Marilyn Manson's. And not just piss.

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

We're also inhaling her recycled farts..

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
[–] JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bill gates drank water that was filtered from raw sewage and I will never forget that.

[–] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Where do you think your tap water comes from?

[–] JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

From Bill Gates' asshole juice, obviously.

[–] Eric@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I am reminded of those water bottles that have encouragements to drink water printed on them. This could be a powerful source of motivation for some

[–] 5in1k@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

My friends and I say lakes are Napoleon’s Urine.

[–] Mowcherie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Assuming 1.5 L/day for 36 year and Earth’s freshwater volume of 3.5 × 10¹⁹ L, that would be a concentration of ~0.00000000056 ppm, if perfectly mixed.

A 50 L shower has ~1.7×10²⁷ water molecules... assuming perfect mixing of her water in Earth's freshwater.... roughly 1 trillion Monroe-source water molecules per shower.

And now I am regretting my life decisions.

[–] underThunder@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 weeks ago

And I'm happy to do so.