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[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 56 points 1 month ago (5 children)
[–] svc@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 57 points 1 month ago

They don't have doom to scroll

[–] ileftredditforthis@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I mean, you don’t HAVE to wipe!

[–] happysplinter@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not if you do a deep enough squat!

[–] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Or you could get some helping hands to spread those cheeks further

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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why wipe? Shitting yourself is the new path to power in 2026.

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

The President does it, after all

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They can also just take a dump where ever they stand

I tend to wait till i can get to a restroom

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[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I need more fiber in my diet :\

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Be careful with that shit, it's powerful magic.

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nah, go hog wild on it. Eat an entire box of high fiber cereal and then go do naked jumping jacks.

[–] Kenny2999@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Two to four words: sugarfree gummibears

[–] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 10 points 1 month ago

There was a very unholy good review website about 15 years ago. The author had a lengthy and vivid description of their experiences after eating way too many of these. It was so disturbing, I never actually ate sugarfree gummies myself

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Fiber regulates, sugar free... lets things free.

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[–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 42 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Boss makes a dollar,

I make a dime.

12 seconds to shit?

Not near enough time.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Either you learn how to shit in 12 seconds, or AI will take shitting away from you. Sorry, that analology got away from me at the end.

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I wonder if they’ll try to get away with bathroom cameras using AI because it’s not a person watching you

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Don't you dare tell my boss that. Don't take my time away from me!!

[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 month ago

I make a nickel Boss makes a dime I go poo poo On the company’s time

[–] Kcap@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] sundray@lemmus.org 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Look, it's not a race, okay?

But if it were, I lost.

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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Given my numbers, the median must be like 0.12 seconds. If your legs aren't asleep by the time you finish, did you even poop?

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[–] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I always told my teachers that I'm way above average but they never believed me....

VINDICATION!!

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[–] wabafee@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Tonight's news, Amazon limit on bathroom break for 12 seconds based on this study.

[–] ThunderChunk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 month ago

Tell that to the dog named Oliver who lives with me...I swear that guy will take like 5 to 7 minutes some days...sheesh

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

TIL I am an extreme outlier.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Is it longer if there is a dog staring at them the whole time?

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Tell that to Ron from Accounting

[–] s@piefed.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My name is Constipation Georg and I live in a cave and take 12 hours to poop per day and I am an outlier and should not be counted in the averaged data

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My name is Low Sleep Stress Coffee Cream Cheese Shit Hubert, and I live in a cave, and take 12 seconds to poop and 11 hours 59 minutes 48 seconds to wipe per working day and I am an outlier and should not be counted in the averaged data.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

When everything is working as it should, it doesn't take me much longer. That's a rare day, though.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Today I learned that I am well above average.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can do half by having dragon fruit last night. I swear that thing is an artifect of poop god.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[–] moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub 6 points 1 month ago

12 seconds? I struggle to finish in 12 minutes.

Damn IBS.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

TIL I’m an average mammal.

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

12 seconds to poop, sure, if you don't count all the time for bathroom clean up, a shower, laundry, etc...

[–] Pringles@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm afraid to ask, but just how the fuck do you poop exactly? Do you helicopter poop it hippo style in the middle of the bathroom?

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Thank you for giving me the giggles.

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

You'll save a lot of laundry time if you pull your pants down before pooping.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 1 month ago

I'm pretty high above average then. 😤

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i'm just putting this out there, if you take too long to poop the toilet alligator gonna eat you

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[–] 0oWow@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I feel sorry for the person(s) that had to watch in order to know this.

[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

There are worse jobs in the world than watching wildlife poop

[–] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Scientists get to choose what they study.

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[–] Marthirial@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Taco Bell: Hold my taco...

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