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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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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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I have convinced a few people in my life to close the lid by telling them. Stand completely naked by an open toilet then flush it and just feel all that water splash for that time. Repeat again with closed lid if need be. Most the water you don't see but can feel it land on you. Now just think about all the stuff it lands on and you touch in your bathroom like your toothbrush.
The one thing that really bothers me is when I see people walk up to a urinal and flush it and just stand there letting all the stuff get all over themselves from the last guy. Also on the same note people who fake washing their hands then particularly don't dry them. Like WTF all you are doing is making little pools of bacteria to have a spa day. Then you leave those little pools on every thing you touch. I rather you not fucking wash your hands at all. And yes people notice you acting like a 5 year old who doesn't want to wash his hands because mommy told him to. Your a 35 year old grown ass man Jerry. Wash your hands for real. WTF.
BTW I'm a guy if you haven't guessed and I thank you for reading about my thoughts as I fall asleep.
That water and whatever bacteria is in it can not hurt you in any way. Your immune system is much much better at protecting you than that.
While yes for the most part. It doesn't keep me up at night. The point of washing your hands is to well wash your hands. Would you let a surgeon operate on you saying na its cool I rinsed them off? Would you wipe your ass then just rinse them off then lick them? ( wait I take that back some people are into that) Washing your hands is one of the most simplistic and easiest things we can do to help prevent people from getting sick. Its not hard just wash your hands, Jerry you already did the hard part by walking to the sink getting your hands wet now add soap and scrub then dry your hands the towl is right there.
Also some peoples immune system is not the best thing in the world. I don't like being sick. I feel like we learned nothing from covid.
I was more refering to the part about droplets coming out of your toilet when you flush. Sure people should wash their hands, but the miniscule amount of bacteria coming out of your toilet does not matter in any way.
Awe my bad thought you where talking about the drops of water left by people who fake wash their hands. But it doesn't keep me up at night, well to much.
Yea that stuff is just ridiculous and disgusting.