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Here's Why You Shouldn't Urinate in the Shower
newsweak ^ | Aug. 16, 2021 | KATE FOWLER

Posted on 08/19/2021 7:47:59 AM PDT by PROCON

It might not be easy to admit, but a lot of people pee in the shower. In fact, a 2020 survey by Showers to You found that 76% of people let loose in the cubicle.

However, pelvic floor therapist Dr. Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas says that showers aren't the place to pee, for legitimate health reasons.

Dr. Jeffrey-Thomas, who has a doctorate in physical therapy, told her 400,000 TikTok followers back in April that there are two main reasons urinating in the shower isn't a good idea.

The video can be seen in full here.

Dr. Jeffrey-Thomas explained that the first reason applies to everyone and cited the famous "Pavlov's Dog" experiment, in which dogs were conditioned to associate various stimuli with getting food, and so would salivate at the sound or sight of them alone instead of the food. Instead, Dr. Jeffrey-Thomas said we humans are essentially conditioning ourselves to associate the sound of running water with needing to urinate.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: pee; peeing; shower; takealeak; urinate; urination; urine; yellowflow
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To: PROCON

Only Protestants get out of the shower to pee.


21 posted on 08/19/2021 8:00:47 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: PROCON
People with vaginas...

You mean... women?

22 posted on 08/19/2021 8:00:53 AM PDT by Egon
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To: PROCON

Next, they will tell me I need to stop bathing in the toilet!


23 posted on 08/19/2021 8:02:01 AM PDT by Codeflier (Please stop calling these violent totalitarian collectivist Democrats, liberals. )
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To: PROCON

We probably don’t want to ask to take a shower in the home of a formerly third-world inhabitant, and if you are fond of toilet paper - I suggest you refrain from using the facilities of a Muslim.


24 posted on 08/19/2021 8:02:04 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: bk1000

And do NOT marry a woman with 3 or more sisters. My wife has six sisters, and they’ve dominated my life for 35+ years. I’ve given that advice to my nephews, and they think I’m a genius. Lol, they know the score, those seven women are their moms or aunts. They’ve lived with the craziness their entire lives.


25 posted on 08/19/2021 8:04:25 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Navy Patriot

I had to pee somewhere - and the sink was full of dishes.


26 posted on 08/19/2021 8:04:27 AM PDT by FirstFlaBn
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To: PROCON

Well hell, I sure wouldn’t want my pelvic floor to collapse. I’ve had it ever since I can remember. And I’m having enough Pavlovian trouble trying not to puke every time I see a story about Joe Biden as it is.


27 posted on 08/19/2021 8:04:30 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: PROCON

Folks who end their warm showers with a 45 second blast of cold water will attest to the fact that the bladder will empty immediately.


28 posted on 08/19/2021 8:04:33 AM PDT by BrexitBen
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To: moovova

“My urine, my choice.”

LOL! *SNORT*


29 posted on 08/19/2021 8:05:05 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: PROCON

Just remember: You never truly OWN a beer, you just rent it! ;)


30 posted on 08/19/2021 8:05:37 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: PROCON
Wow, a doctorate degree.

And they don't realize that most people already feel an urge to pee when hearing running water. For some, seeing a line at the restroom is enough to summon the urge to urinate. Wow, a doctorate and they don't realize we've already been Pavloved.

31 posted on 08/19/2021 8:06:22 AM PDT by jmclemore (There Is No Hell For Those Who See God Where Ever They Look. )
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To: PROCON
I'll quit peeing in the shower when they pry my cold dead hands off my . . . . . .
I'm not quitting is all I'm saying.
32 posted on 08/19/2021 8:06:59 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I thought it was okay to leave my trash here. The sign said "Fine for littering".)
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To: All

I think Homer Simpson said it best, as usual:

“I take a whiskey drink, I take a chocolate drink, and when I have to pee, I use the kitchen sink!”


33 posted on 08/19/2021 8:09:59 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: FirstFlaBn
You must not be Shanty Irish.
34 posted on 08/19/2021 8:10:33 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: PROCON
Good catch!

In his novel 1984, even Orwell did not envision a Newspeak project that would eliminate the very useful distinction between men and women.

In fact, the book's Appendix titled "The Principles of Newspeak" explicitly refers to "man" and "woman" in the context of Newspeak's recognition of essential sexual differences.

The fact is that the elites of American institutions are well and truly insane totalitarians even more possessed than The Party elites of the most dystopian 1984 that could be imagined in 1948.

Any wonder why soldiers in Afghanistan don't risk their lives for gender studies and gay disco? Any wonder why Chinese people generally -- elite and common -- ridicule the "white Left" with the pejorative baizuo?

35 posted on 08/19/2021 8:10:34 AM PDT by Skepolitic ( )
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To: PROCON
" we humans are essentially conditioning ourselves to associate the sound of running water with needing to urinate."


36 posted on 08/19/2021 8:11:22 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: PROCON

Straight to the good old FR comments!!!


37 posted on 08/19/2021 8:13:24 AM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: Night Hides Not

“ And do NOT marry a woman with 3 or more sisters.”

I agree with you 100%! My fiancé has one estranged brother, no sisters, grown children, no drama. I told her I was interested in her, not her family. She’s cool with that.


38 posted on 08/19/2021 8:13:31 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Spok

Was your Lab that color when you got it? Or, was he standing to close ;^}


39 posted on 08/19/2021 8:14:06 AM PDT by GOYAKLA
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To: Spok

Was your Lab that color when you got it? Or, was he standing to close ;^}


40 posted on 08/19/2021 8:14:25 AM PDT by GOYAKLA
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