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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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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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    • 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
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[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 29 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Your mouth is directly connected to your anus the same way New York is directly connected to Miami.

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

In name only… and, uh, not even that.

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[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Fun fact: Mammals(iirc) pretty much start growing at either end; some start at the mouth, others at the ass.

So every human ever started life as nothing more than an asshole, and some never grew out of it.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

All mammals are deuterostomes, they all have the trait of the anus developing before the mouth.

All vertibrates in fact, among others.

The other side of things are the protostomes. They all develop a mouth before the anus at some point in development.

These include insects, bugs, snails, etc.

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Thanks! I wasn't sure and was gonna put "creatures" originally.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Great - now I can’t think of the womb as anything other than a 3D printer…

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Today, on How It's Made: Anuses

Have you ever wondered where anuses come from? It all starts with a hole.

So I get this is just a funny thought, but my inner pedant is itching to say this....Sphincter is not your anus, it is a type of muscle. We have several. So, like, no, because the mouth doesn't behave the way sphincters do. ok thanks for that, carry on with the assmouth jokes lol

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Your anus is your butt mouth.

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago

Ace Ventura's ass would like a word with you.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

Nature is beautiful.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait until you find out how many other sphincters are in your body.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So we're all just a bunch of assholes?

[–] Maiq@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

How many assholes we got on this ship anyhow? I knew it I'm surrounded by assholes.

[–] regdog@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Now here is a fun and disturbing thought: The skin of your lips is the same type of skin as on your sphincter. Have a good night.

[–] northernlights@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] tomiant@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] tomiant@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

It’s debatable which end of him spews more shit.

[–] baller_w@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] tomiant@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

Now there's an image

[–] a_jeering_serpent@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago
[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

you need to watch human cenepede.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

When all is said and done that is still technically just a face anus connected to a butt mouth, only longer

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We're all just tubes tubin' around.

[–] forestbeasts@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago

Totally tubular, dude!

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I think you need to look up what the word "directly" means.

[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

If you go full topology, it's actually a single hole.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Directly through the hole.

Hole to hole.

It's the same hole.

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fam, you would have RULED 8th grade recess.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

I still rule 8th grade recess

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago
[–] thanatotus@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Kindly disconnect your internet :[

[–] awmwrites@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 week ago

Hey, an actual shower thought

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 week ago

We are essentially a coiled tube, surrounded by a system maintenance apparatus.

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Iceman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Which is why i kiss and eat ass.

[–] bryndos@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

I think my eyeballs technically have sphincters in them too.

It's a really good chat-up line to comment on someones beautiful eye-anuses.

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

I enjoy touching my sphincter to other people's sphincters. Sometimes in the heat of the moment, I also like touching my sphincter to their sphincter.

[–] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Hey, OP. Stop talking so much shit!

[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The mouth is the anti anus

[–] Illogicalbit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Unless you're a politician.

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks doc! Cs get degrees!

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

C for effort

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