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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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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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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.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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[–] lauha@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Lid should go down unless you want all the poopy microparticles coming from your toilet when flushed.

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Amazing that people think shit aerosolizes when flushed.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

A quick internet search shows that having the lid up or down doesn't matter for bathroom surface contamination

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yet, people are down voting me because of the feels.

It's not like the lid seals the toilet hermetically. There's a massive gap.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Trilogy3452@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Although they do mention there it's not harmful

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I probably should have phrased that differently such as "because we all watched Mythbusters?"

In my defence, it was late/early and I want thinking good

[–] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

Should be easy to test, but I have to acknowledge the only evidence on the subject I use comes exclusively from the show "Mythbusters" lol

[–] lauha@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not literally the shit but the shitwater does splash more when the lid is up

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 1 points 2 weeks ago

And it does not matter in the slightest.