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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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For example:

Face/butt labeled towel

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[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Perfectly cleaned with soap does not equal sterile. I don't want e. coli in my eye.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

if you have skid marks on your towel, you either need to wipe better or have constipation.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Or should find a new place to buy your towels.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

Or stop leaving them out when guests come over. And also, get new friends.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 8 points 22 hours ago

I mean regardless of cleanliness I think most people would consider licking a finger they've scratched their butt with less preferable than licking any other finger even after having a very thorough shower.

[–] thingAmaBob@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

I use my towel in the opposite direction of what’s shown here. Although there shouldn’t be an issue if you’ve cleansed thoroughly (and I do), I personally cannot get past the thought of drying my ass and face with the same exact part of the towel. Luckily, I let my face air dry for skincare purposes.

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 110 points 1 day ago (24 children)

Yes. People have a very disturbed picture of hygiene of their body in general. The genitals are one of the cleanest things on your body, by far - after a good scrubbing under the shower they get put into a (idealy) freshly washed piece of underwear, until the next shower. Your hands, hands, mouth, face, feet and legs touch so much stuff constantly. Phone screens are the dirtiest surface in your whole aplt, probably. Yet you'd rather lick that than eat a nice ass.

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 18 points 23 hours ago

once you fart the bacteria released largely spreads within that undergarment. Your genital areas are much less clean than you think.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 94 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The genitals are one of the cleanest things on your body, by far...

I don't know if I'd go that far. It's not very open to the air (bacterial and fungal dream) and the anus is like right there. After a long sweaty day, shit migrates.

But I don't get the fear when using a towel immediately after a shower.

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