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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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Edit~ While you are taking a shower.

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[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 75 points 4 days ago (16 children)

I don't shower 4-6 times a day.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 94 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Nobody said anything about taking a shower.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 53 points 4 days ago

I drink a whiskey drink, I drink a vodka drink

And when I have to pee I use the kitchen sink

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[–] toynbee@piefed.social 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (7 children)

When I was a kid, I perused a book called "Are You Normal?"

I'm not sure whether that's it. My copy was blue.

Anyway, reading it, I was surprised to learn that 4-6 times a day is apparently not a normal amount of times to pee.

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[–] bstix@feddit.dk 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's better to piss in the shower than to shower in the piss.

It's better to shit in the sink than to sink in the shit.

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[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 16 points 3 days ago

My mother in law used the old English saying to explain an uptight / unfun person "they don't even pee in the shower" in conversation. My mother was incredulous "WHAT? People pee in the shower?!" the other dozen people in the room were like "um, yeah, that's normal" and she instantly thought we were all gross, and then switched to being extremely called out. That was a fun Christmas

[–] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 60 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Pooping in the shower is 1000x worse though.

[–] Janx@piefed.social 28 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ctrl-F "waffle stomp"

Ah, there it is...

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[–] teft@piefed.social 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

Only if you're at a 1-5 on the Bristol Stool Scale.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This was supposed to be an escape from work and you ruined that for me

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[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

you can shit in your hand and throw it in the toilet from the shower 👍

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

You don't have a shower scoop?

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 16 points 4 days ago

We're a waffle-stomping household 'round these parts.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 days ago
[–] foodandart@lemmy.zip 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Of course it is, if you enjoy the scent of hot steamy piss.

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[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Toilet is easier to flush. Unless I'm actually showering at the time, I'd much rather use the toilet than the shower.

[–] Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah I guess to clarify I mean when you are showering.

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[–] Bademantel@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (5 children)

The piss vapor hitting me in the face is really not magnificent.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Please come back. :-( My life has come to a halt.

[–] Bademantel@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I'm always there, lurking in the shower.

I was really surprised about the response. I posted it right before going to bed and was too tired in the morning to respond. As you didn't know what I was referring to let me clarify: You know how there's water vapor all around you when you shower? You can see it on your mirror if ventilation in your bathroom is insufficient. If you now take a piss in the shower, and especially if there's warm water in you tub that didn't drain yet, some of the piss will also be vaporized. It's probably more accurate to say it mixes with the vapor. I can smell that and it's not amazing.

The response tells me not everyone experiences this. That's probably a combination of me not drinking enough while also enjoying very hot showers with the water not draining fast enough.

I respect your curiosity and hope your life can now continue. Enjoy your next shower.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

It's not just that the phenomenon isn't familiar to my experience, it doesn't even theoretically correspond to physics as I understand it. Probably you know the things I'm about to say and are speaking informally, but for clarity and to establish common vocabulary I'm going to nail some stuff down according to science.

You can't see water in its vapour form. You can see when vapour condenses back into tiny liquid droplets in midair (fog, mist, or colloquially "steam" but not really steam) or on cold surfaces (like when it fogs or "steams up" a mirror).

Water vapour can't carry substances with it when it goes through the phase transition from liquid to vapour. Anything that is dissolved in the liquid water remains behind as residue. When water vapour condenses back into liquid, it is pure water. This is how distillation works. Piss is just water with stuff dissolved in it. If you evaporate piss and then condense the vapour in a separate container, you get pure water.

(Things get complicated when there is something dissolved in the water that has a similar vapour pressure, like alcohol or solvents, but those shouldn't be present in your urine.)

I think maybe you just have pee that has an unusual or unusually strong odour, and the hot, continuously agitated water makes the smell more obvious than when you use a toilet or urinal. But the scent doesn't mean you are being bathed in piss vapour, it's just a normal smell.

[–] Bademantel@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Ah, I see. Yes, I was too loose with the terminology. It was oversimplified and exaggerated for comic effect. But I can see now how that can be difficult to decipher. You won, I concede.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 47 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Are you pissing into a fan?

[–] Bademantel@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (6 children)

No but into the draining warm water in the tub creating a piss vapor. You're telling me you don't know what I'm talking about?

[–] Forester@pawb.social 25 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 25 points 4 days ago

Missing neon yellow for “took a multivitamin”

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 9 points 4 days ago

I don't see "vapor" on that chart.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 18 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Oh man, I've pissed in the shower most days for years and have never once taken piss vapor to the face. What am I doing wrong?

[–] prex@aussie.zone 13 points 4 days ago

Not enough helicopter.

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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I think you might have bad kidneys

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 4 days ago

Nah, I've got bad kidneys, and I manage not to piss in my own face 🤷🏼‍♂️

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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I have no idea what you are talking about. And brother, I have been pissing my entire life.

Edit: I really need you to come back here and explain "piss vapor".

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[–] tomiant@piefed.social 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Pissing in the shower makes it smell like a urinal.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 days ago

Top tip: turn the water on.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

drink more water and it won't. your pee should not have a strong smell unless you are dehydrated.

[–] AffineConnection@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Asparagus would like to speak with you.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 14 points 4 days ago

nobody puts their bare feet in the toilet. eww.

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Some places collect grey water and use it for flushing toilets. Adding urine to the grey water makes it smelly.

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[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

As much as I hate splashback, I just cannot agree with this. Even if it's while I'm already showering... ain't no way. Why can't so called "modern" housing just invent a decent bathroom for humans with dicks? How is it that I can piss without concern at a fucking Dave & Busters but in the privacy of my own home, I always have to try not to piss on the floor by accident? Seriously, this shit can't be that hard to figure out.

Truly a showerthought. Not a good one but it involves showering.

[–] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's called a p trap for a reason

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[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

No edit. Bad smell? Drink more water. /jk

[–] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

You do you but I'll never have showerpissers under my roof.

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

And yet peeing in a dry tub feels so wrong

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