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:
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.
Food contains sugars and other things that cause plaque. Food gets stuck in between teeth. Bacteria love that shit.
Toothpaste is an abrasive cleaner that can contain things that kill bacteria. Tooth paste is usually minty, making your mouth feel fresh.
Sodium Laureth Sulfate is what makes toothpaste foam and what makes your mouth “feel” clean.
Also humans lack a stable tooth-friendly microbiome in their mouths. At least not ones in modern societies, I mean maybe someone in remote areas of the world (who has never eaten refined sugar and never used mouthwash, still eats unprocessed+fibrous foods etc.)?
It doesn't. It's mainly the toothbrush that cleans the teeth.
Yes. Imagine how filthy your teeth would be if you just chewed the toothpaste, and skipped the mechanical cleaning of brushing/flossing.
Probably the same person who insists that rubbing soap on my dishes is "safer" and "cleaner" than dipping them in cheese sauce.
I mean other than the chemistry around the issue, it's obvious that one breaks down your teeth and the other stops it from happening. Or, one exacerbates it and the other slows it.
I take it you brush your teeth during showering :)
Sweating makes my body dirty, why the hell does showering in water make it clean?????
Like who tf made up that rule? Maybe it's just different kinds of dirty???