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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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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- 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
- Posts must be original/unique
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They are particles that came out of your ass. It’s not like you just magically smell fart when someone rips without something traveling from their butthole to your nose.
Edit: How in the world am I being downvoted for something that is unequivocally true. Mercaptans are particles. They come out of your ass.
Organic molecules aren't dangerous or infectious in any way. They might have smells but they are chemically identical to other sources of the same particles.
If particles bother you, you are gonna have a hard time.
You're getting downvoted because you're trying to make a somewhat scientific argument about a thing that is completely a subjective feeling of disgust. It's totally valid and honest to say you have that feeling, we all have irrational feelings about things. But many of our problems in the world come from people trying to write stories to explain their irrational feelings rather than shrugging and saying "It's just how I feel, I know it doesn't make sense."
I didn’t say they were dangerously or infectious, where the hell did you read that? I said there’s clearly stuff coming out of your butthole all the time, it’s not a clean location, no matter how much you clean it. Acting like putting some soap on it means it’s clean in an hour is completely disingenuous and scientifically inaccurate. And the example I gave was of one single thing coming out. If one thing is coming out then more is as well.
This is irrational, you may be on an OCD spectrum and I don't say that to be a snark but many people learn they have issues from exchanges like this when they realize the stories they write for themselves to explain things aren't normal or rational.
Huh??? What are you talking about?
There's no such thing as a part of your body that "won't get clean no matter how much you clean it" you have to understand that is an irrational statement and if you don't understand that, you're going to have a lot of issues in life with understanding how hygiene works and what "clean" even means.
I implore you to understand how the world works a little deeper or you're going to be that insufferable partner who bases their ideas of what's "pure" or not by vibes and tradition.