this post was submitted on 16 Feb 2026
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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:

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • 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
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

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How to produce shower thoughts ?

Rate my routine :

  1. Shower but no soap, just wet the body
  2. Remove dripping water from body with the small towel
  3. Wet small towel with cold water and remove excess water from the towel
  4. Go to sauna for 12 mins using cold towel
  5. Rince the sweat off from body and towel in shower
  6. Cold water bath
  7. Wash full body and head
  8. Hot water bath
  9. Wash full body and head
  10. Dry with towel
  11. Exit bath area and change back.
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For a public onsen, I’m fairly certain “scrub down, with soap” is absolutely intended to be the first step.

[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Pretty bad if you only use water and no soap. You will still have a layer of dirt on your body when you go into the bath.

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Strictly speaking this breaks rule 2 and probably rule 1. But I get that it's meant to be meta so I'll leave it up to see if people complain.

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

If i complain will I get coupons or at least get to see somebody get fired? Because I may want to speak with a manager about this....