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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.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Never heard "half bath", and I always called those washrooms.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

It is common in the US, frequently they will be listed as 2 & 1/2 baths if they have two with tubs and one without.

Haven't paid enough attention to know how they list multiple 1/2 baths but pretty sure they don't add up like regular fractions...

I always found the term 1/2 bath weird.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And a room with a toilet, sink, and shower stall is a 3/4 bath.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Anything to avoid the metric system!

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

I’ve never heard of this before. I have what you describe as 3/4 bath, but it was listed as a full bath in MLS.

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

I did real estate for 12 years and never came across the term "3/4 bath".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It's been common knowledge since I bought my first house.

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

If you put a bedpan and a washbasin in your closet, it's a 1/8 bath.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A litter box and some hand sanitizer in a wheelbarrow is a 1/16 bath.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Hole in the ground next to a pile of wet leaves? That's a 1/32 bath.

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

Imagine getting a half bath but only the back half so you don't even get a faucet

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

half a sink, half a toilet, half a shower.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Haven't paid enough attention to know how they list multiple 1/2 baths but pretty sure they don't add up like regular fractions...

They'd either list them separately or as a whole and then clarify. E.g. "two full- and two half-baths"or something like "four bathrooms - two full"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

that's some realtor math. they are known to magically inflate surface before you buy it, and shrink it back once you bought / rented it. Mathematicians can't explain that !

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Whatever we call them, it's always some euphemism hiding the fact tha it's the pooping room.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We call it the poop stick room.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Wafflestomp emporium

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Commonly called called a 'powder room' in australia.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

or "water closet" in the UK

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Powder room is where you store amino.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Maybe it's a class difference thing but I've more commonly heard it referred to as "the shitter," "dunny," or "toilet."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I’m in the US and powered room is used in places I’ve lived. But on real estate listings it is common to call it 1/2 bath.

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

It's a way to conveniently talk about the number of bathrooms. You can say a house is "three bedroom, two and a half bath" and you convey that there are two bathrooms and one "washroom".

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

Or 5 powder rooms and zero bathtubs

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Sure, it could mean that, but I don't think any could person would go to that conclusion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

What gets confusing are these large homes, or McMansions that list 5 bedrooms and 7 and a half baths. So are they listing 3 powder rooms at 1.5 baths? I can’t afford them, so I only see it online; but that part gets weird. I have seen descriptions that then list full and partial though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Real estate term.