This, but every evening a week straight until the bottle is actually empty and then I walk around with greasy hair until I get weird looks from people at the mall, at which point I remember to buy it.
this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2025
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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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- 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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Thank you for making laugh in the middle of my life loathing rant 😂
Laugh at what?
It's a shower thought
Right but it isn’t funny.
Then you put the extra bottle you bought away, and realize you really should have checked the cabinet, and now you have 3.
There’s a reason trash like this was banned from the reddit one.
And then forget in 5 minutes cause I was in the shower.
Then remember immediately the next time you get in the shower. Vicious cycle.
Rinse and repeat
Diluted shampoo
Or just rinse, save some shampoo for tomorrow.
I do this with tooth paste.
I’ve started buying two tubes at a time because I can’t be trusted
My husband buys the toothpaste. When mine runs out I take his so that he will always know if the closet stock is empty. If I took one from the closet, and it was the last one then we might be left without. When we get low, it's a game where we are constantly stealing the tube back and forth . I like to think this game helps him remember to get some more.
This is why I set the bottle in the bathroom sink after having this thought. Its hard to ignore something so out of place and in the way
Then when you go to use the sink you set it aside cause you need to use the sink and it's promptly forgotten again.
Toss it over the curtain so that it clatters to a weird spot that is hard to miss.
Hard, but still doable.
Source: personal experience
“Hey [Siri|Google|Alexa|Jarvis] add shampoo to the grocery list”
I've seen a lot of shower thoughts, but this thought is the showerest
What about "welp, time to poop"?
shower turns on
Why do naked people periodically stand in my space and start the moisture
I gag
oh right
good thing humans do this I mean..
shower noises
This, right here, is the highest quality "Shower Thought" I've ever encountered. You win!
What do they win? Hopefully shampoo
Conditioner!
Took me about 5 seconds to get this.
So....not a LONG time, but I'm still ashamed it wasn't instant.
In two years, only these two guys thought of buying more shampoo.
Back before covid, like June of 2019, I bought a whole bunch of soap, shampoo etc. figuring that stuff has a very long shelf life. I'm actually still working through the stocks I bought, I've probably got enough bath soap to last into the 2030s.
I decided not to buy a bulk lot of toilet paper, not knowing I live in the dumbest timeline.
This is why I subscribe
Shower thoughts in the shower? Hmm...
And how many bottles are still in your closet? Because that's always the first thing you should check after thinking that particular thought.
I have three bottles, still sitting neatly in their half of the 2 pack packaging. It hurts.