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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
  3. No politics
    • 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
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Sir. You appear to be lost. This is a Wendy's.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 73 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That seems more like a pre-shower thought.

[–] deur@feddit.nl 18 points 1 day ago

Idk its definitely a pre-being-done-showering-thought that could definitely preceed a shower

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Remember your towel protocol:

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day 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.

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day 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.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours 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.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are you being paid by e.coli?

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

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

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

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

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day 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

[–] Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

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

[–] peetabix@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

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

[–] microbe@lemmy.myserv.one 7 points 1 day ago

Worst flag ever.

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 4 points 1 day ago

Clean yourself right and anywhere is good

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[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

yeah I don't get it. i have amazing thoughts all the time but rarely in the shower

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

At this point, all the stuff in the shower is sort of automatic. I’m usually thinking about other stuff.

[–] razorsoup@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lucky you. I have to actually try to get anything done

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 day ago

I have to try to remember what I did while I was spacing out so I don’t wash myself three times.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 4 points 1 day ago
[–] Goretantath@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"ok, do the hair first, now the pits, now the arms, now the torso, now the crotch, now the legs, now the feet-carefull dumbass you dont wanna slip again!"

[–] Willy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Legs and feet are good with the run off.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Ew! That's nasty! What if some girl meets you at a coffee shop, and wants to suck your toes??? You just gonna have nasty toes that "dirty shower water has run over them, so it's fine"??? She'll never want to deep throat your foot with that attitude!!!

So I feel slightly bad about this now, but I know there was a solid year where I didn't wash my calves and below. I had been moved to a 0330 hours start time, and I was just a zombie when getting ready for work. I finally had adjusted everything after that year, and then it just hit me one day that I hadn't been washing my calves or feet. I would just get in the shower, and then go head to thigh and get out. Neither the spouse or I shave the legs, so it's not like that was taking care of the problem either.

And you know what? No one noticed. Not me, not coworkers, not the spouse, not the kids, not the dog (well, I don't really know if the dog noticed), not extended family members that I saw once in a while, and nobody that ever said anything at the beach/pool. My skin looked the same, I didn't have any extra odor... So I don't know. I'm just one data point, but I sort of get the whole 'no bathing' movement. It's maybe possible to get to the point where simply rinsing off muck and obvious grime is enough without having to scrub or clean. My personal opinion is that it would be nearly impossible in the more 'yucky' areas, like the groin and armpits, and you definitely want to have good care of the oils on your face and back/shoulders.

Sucking toes may not have been in there, but plenty of feet intimate moments did occur without issue. /shrug

[–] Akip@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Leave it to Matpat to take an issue that nobody knew was an issue, and then overanalize EVERYTHING!!!

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

That would bath time. I don’t want some girl sucking my coffee shop toes regardless of shower water or not.

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[–] klemptor@startrek.website 5 points 1 day ago

Dude no. You have to actually wash them, what's the matter with you?

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[–] SpaceWater@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago
[–] raynethackery@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did I wash my hair? That's when I know I'll need extra coffee that day.

[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

Put a few strands between your fingers and pull. If it squeaks, it's been washed.

[–] tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can you get mine while you are at it?

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Take a piss for me while you're up?

[–] db2@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago
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