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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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    • 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.
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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago (5 children)

And then there are big brains with bidets

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

As a bum gun user, this. Never need the paper unless you want to pat to dry, and then the paper is clean anyway.

Toilet paper is for sneezing, picking up bugs, or dinner table napkins.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

You can get fancy bidets that have blow dryers in them if you want the drying part

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

As a European watching Japanese toilet technology I really do feel like a caveman sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

Get one. Your bum will thank you for it

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm just happy that the newest electrical code is allowing electrical outlets closer to bathtubs. Otherwise I'd never be able to have a powered bidet on my toilet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd have to go look up the exact wording, and it's on my drive that I don't have hooked up right now. GFCI was required for any outlet in a bathroom, but there was still a ban up until the most recent edition on any outlet within the... shoot, the word/phrase escapes me, something like 'shower space,' which includes the area with four horizontal feet of the edge of the bathtub. I have a toilet right next to the shower/tub combo, and a door next to the toilet, which meant no outlet allowed near the toilet and thus no electrically powered bidet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

We ran a power cord under the door. It is too important

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Had a bidet going into the pandemic. I'd bought a big (grocery store big, not Costco big) package sometime before the runs. I'm still not quite through that pack.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Wife is not a fan of bidets, I wonder if having a toilet do the same is reasonable? I donno never tried it but always wondered