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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.

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At home it would be more accurate to say you sent a poop. You didn't take a poop. Where are you taking it? And why?

But that's not actually true if you fly on an airline. Because you DO take your poop to your destination. Same thing on things like cruise ships. Oh, I guess also RVs and those buses that have bathrooms. Oh, and trains.

Ok, now I'm trying to think if I missed any....

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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

With starship earth you’re taking your poop on a tour of the solar system…

[–] EtherTide@aussie.zone 3 points 3 days ago

and the local stellar, and the galaxy, and the local galactic supercluster, and of lots of other places depending on the reference frame.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Theatres hate it when OP takes a seat.

[–] Blackout@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago

Or when you shit while taking a walk. If dogs can do it so can I.

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip -4 points 3 days ago

Dad's suspiciously silent

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I've always wondered why Americans "take" things so much. "Take a shit", "take a shower", "take a look"

You "go for" or "have" those things in OG English.

[–] emmanuel_car@k.fe.derate.me 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Typical Americans, always take, take, take

[–] WongKaKui@piefed.ca 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Except when it comes to healthcare and UBI, apparantly Americans don't want to take any of that... 👀

[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

That's technically giving. And to the poors too. Disgusting.

[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Take = to make something yours

Have = something you already possess

I'm going to have a shower

I'm going to take a shower

Both describe in some capacity making the shower yours.

Take a shit

Have a shit

Here shit is actually acting as a verb like shower, not a noun

Take a look

Have a look

Again both describing a action that you personally doing, just different styles of the same construction

[–] AbidingOhmsLaw@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

Defiantly not going into a restroom and taking a poop, if there is a poop I'm not touching it! I came to leave a poop.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

Thank you, language superhero!

[–] Pirtatogna@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Unrelated somewhat, but one similar swedish expression is "ta en titt" (literally "take a look", not "grab a boob"). But then the swedes also have "Slutstation" ("End station" in public traffic) and "Utfart" ("drive out").

[–] elgordino@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago

And when ordering in restaurants “I’ll take…” which always seems a bit rude

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

You take it from wherever you are to the toilet.

Also on a less pedantic note, sometimes doctors will have you collect a home stool sample and take it to them.

[–] Alvaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 days ago

I would argue that the only time you are NOT taking a poop, is when you are pooping. At any other time you are taking all of your poop with you.

that there's an RV.

[–] AbidingOhmsLaw@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

Since you have poop inside you, your always taking it somewhere. Unless you've just had a colonic irrigation.

[–] Arcanoloth@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

/me walks onto the poop deck :-P

[–] glups@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

Or poops on to the walk deck

[–] s@piefed.world 2 points 3 days ago

I’m not taking the poop with me. From my inertial reference frame, I’m sending my departure point on Earth away from me.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

"I take all my poops done on planes. for later study" -RFK

[–] THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I think George Carlin talked about this.