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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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The word "itchy" is close, but is still a little weird.

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

Is “pressure on my bladder” too close to just saying it?

[–] YICHM@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sometimes I want to piss even when my bladder is mostly empty

[–] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Did you not upvoter your own comment??? Why?

He lets the People decide

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It feels like someone is inflating a balloon full of urine inside me

...and not in a good way

[–] dabster291@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

This comment implies the existence of a good way I'm not quite sure I'm comfortable with

[–] Bongles@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

Pressure? Whether it's inside the bladder, or elsewhere on the way out, I feel like it's always some kind of pressure.

[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago
[–] gajahmada@awful.systems 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, I just realized that English didn't have a word for this.

We have word for both want to go number 1 and 2 in my native language.

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] gajahmada@awful.systems 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It's Indonesian.

Kebelet = Pee Mulas/mules = Poo

It's the colloquial meaning. The dictionary define kebelet as "yearn for" or "great desire" and mulas as "any stomach discomfort" but in 99% of our daily comfo it means we need to go to the bathroom.

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

Interesting! I yearn for a wee. I don’t necessarily desire to drop a deuce, but I am uncomfortable, so I will.

[–] Ddub@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

My teeth are floating is a common one where I'm from, or busting/bursting

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

How to describe needing to piss without using the word piss.. It’s an anxiety attack.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

UNEXPECTED ITEM IN BAGGING AREA

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

Tingly. That’s my closest word for the feeling.

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

"I need to drain the lizard."

[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 1 points 1 week ago

When I was little, my dad told me it's called "bladder hurting".

When my cousin's three-year-old needs to use the toilet, she says "The wee wants to come out!"

I gotta take a leak so bad, I can taste it

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

"I'm bursting." Is what we'd say round my way. or "bustin" also.

[–] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

My penis is hard?