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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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For example:

Face/butt labeled towel

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[–] 30p87@feddit.org 115 points 2 weeks ago (22 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.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 100 points 2 weeks 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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[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You are so wrong about my ass eating priorities

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 40 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Username checks out thoroughly.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago

Your hands, hands, mouth, face, feet and legs touch so much stuff constantly.

You think my hands touch more than my dick? Pssshhhh!!!! Yeah, ok. Shows what YOU know! Here, hold this........it's my dick.

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 weeks ago

I'm gonna guess you don't live in a hot country.

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[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 49 points 2 weeks ago (13 children)

Given we learned way too many men think it’s gay to wipe your butt after popping

I very much doubt they’re washing their ass either

[–] SalamenceFury@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

"I'd rather have an itchy asshole, skid marks, and a smelly ass than BE GAY, that's worse than any of those things!!" and then they wonder why they're single 90% of the time and if they ever get a woman it's from an arranged marriage.

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[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 24 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

We did? I thought it was like one social media post meme floating around.

[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is unfortunately is a very real thing you can encounter while just dating random dudes

If it was fake so many women wouldn’t have personal experience with this

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

Like I said I’ve only ever seen the meme mention this. You’re the first person I’ve ever seen say this directly.

But if that’s your experience, that’s your experience. Im still trying to get used to the idea that some people apply bars of soap directly to their body instead of making a lather.

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

As a former massage therapist (not “masseuse”)… I’ve encountered dozens of men who would show up with a dirty ass. Skid marks when they get up off the table. WTF. Got expensive throwing sheets out.

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago
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[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Besides myself I’ve met plenty of women who dated or were still dating men who don’t wipe their ass. It ranges from not wiping at all to barely wiping

And no, none of them had good high fiber diets or I wouldn’t have heard the stories to begin with

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Wait.....I'm a guy. I wipe my ass. Am I supposed to be not wiping my ass? Is that a womens thing? Like crying at movies and drinking tasty mixed drinks, uh, I mean fruity mixed drinks?

Ok. Fine. I'll stop wiping. Maybe that's why I'm single. Women think I'm gay because my pants lack brown streaks.

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I make the lather with the bar of soap. I rub it on me until I get the lather going. Then I stick the bar inside my butthole until I get a lather in there.

I poop bubbles, bitch!

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[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

It's obviously not gay to wipe your butt but every time you poop is excessive. Unless you have some kind of GI issues, once every ten poops is plenty. Anything more than that is just wasteful

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 weeks ago

Welcome to Lemmy, Ken M. You've been missed.

[–] PoastRotato@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

I hate that I actually can't tell if this is a joke

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's why I have a poop counter so I can keep track

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds over-engineered, unless your “poop counter” is nine brown smears on the toilet lid.

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I make those smears with the poop knife

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[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 6 points 2 weeks ago

That is some quality mild trolling, the best kind

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[–] markz@suppo.fi 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] wesker 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why not just start drying top to bottom, and completely avoid the need for the labels?

[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 16 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

This helps only if you wash your towel after each shower.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

People switch towels after every shower?

I've heard of people taking multiple showers a day, but not switching towels after each shower.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 4 points 2 weeks ago

If you're a hairy man living in a humid climate, this can be necessary. We're entering the rainy season now and I've been cycling two towels for a few weeks already. One might be used only for sponging sweat, with no need for a shower

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[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Nah, it forgot by the time it is dry.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Or should find a new place to buy your towels.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

WTF at a face butt towel.. then again who us our president?

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[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 12 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] termaxima@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This towel doesn't account for something like 90% of your body surface x)

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[–] python@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

There's this youtube video where a lady checks the bacterial density that accumulates on a towel as it is used for several days in a row: https://youtu.be/4NWxU5RIUnI

TL;DR is that it's completely fine for the first 9 days or so

[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

My routine:

  1. Quick rinse of everything with just the hot shower water
  2. Hair shampoo and face wash
  3. Conditioner so that it can sit until final rinse
  4. Phase 1 pass of rear with body wash using just my bare hands, washing hands afterwards
  5. Loofa with body wash over everything aside from face and hair, this includes phase 2 of the rear. Really can go to town back there since phase 1 has been completed
  6. Final rinse
[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 9 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)
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