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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.

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I see your bet and raise you asparagus

[–] trashcroissant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

Does it not just smell like delicious coffee? Has nothing to do with black or mixed.

[–] mr_anny@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I think thiss effect tells you something about your bodily functions.

I drink about 20 cups of black coffee daily. No smelly urines.

[–] remon@ani.social 10 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

I assume you are not a big asparagus eater?

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

If you have that gene. Not everyone can smell asparapiss

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

I eat asparagus rarely but I can always smell it in my urine. I drink black coffee regularly and I've never smelled anything of note in my urine afterwards.

[–] Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 0 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I've compared the two, big black coffee is worse

[–] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Live a little.

Eat a meal of asparagus and drink 20+ ounces of black coffee.

Hold your pee as long as possible.

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 hours ago

If you drink piss, does it end up smelling like black coffee?

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I have been drinking black coffee for a decade and have never even noticed a smell. Might be telling on yourself friend

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 14 hours ago

Try smelling piss after eating asparagus.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

counter point: I like how fruity it smells

which makes me wonder if it's about the quality of the coffee you're drinking (I roast my own green beans and always have really fresh and delicious coffee, I never buy pre-roasted coffee anymore)

maybe I should keep a log of my coffee piss and compare different coffees and how they affect my pee smell

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

If your urine smells sweet you should get your A1C checked.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

around a year ago my A1C was 4.4%, more recently it was 5% - it's been a 5 for many years.

It's not a sweet smell, but a fruity coffee smell that only happens when I pee after I drink coffee.

fun fact: doctors used to diagnose diabetes by tasting the patient's urine for sweetness :-)

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

fun fact:

Not if you were the doctor.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 11 hours ago

we don't know what the doctor is into, I don't judge

[–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Someone will find your piss collection - it will be a very awkward encounter.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I would probably just launch into my findings and results and ask them to share their observations about their coffee pee smells

[–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

ok fair but I don't care how good of friends we were, I'm not draining those jars after you die. Browser history, fine, pee jars, hard pass FYI.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 12 hours ago

then how else are my trees going to get fertilized? 🥺 👉 👈 🫙

[–] Emotional_Engi@lemmy.zip 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Somebody was peeing in the shower...