Back when we lived without phones, we used to read instruction labels on all and any household cleaning products that were stored in the bathroom.
I bet there too was some obscure newspaper column that advised against that.
Yet, lo and behold, we survived!
huhtenberg
If pooping is the only time you spend away from your phone, you're not spending enough time away from your phone.
Retr0id
Who read this while in the act?
brtkwr
Pooping is interesting. Having a toddler reminded me how pooping is this uniquely vulnerable, sensitive time for humans. I think a lot of us use books/phones/etc to distract ourselves from a sensorily intense activity. I'm not saying that's a good or bad thing, just noting it.
I will say that playing my Nintendo DS on the toilet many years ago gave me hemorrhoids that still persist decades later. Don't camp on the toilet.
01100011
But there aren’t enough shampoo bottles to read.
Waterluvian
From an evolutionary perspective, this is a super vulnerable moment and are in a state of hyper vigilance.
ozten
Flip side: more sitting on the toilet ensures a more complete emptying and less rushing/straining.
sethammons
My parents had the Desiderata 'poem' on the back of the toilet door when I was growing up, so I read it a thousand times.
Being older and reading it again, it's a beautiful sentiment and something that, I think, seeped into my subconscious and made me a better person.
My favorite line:
"You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here"
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I bet there too was some obscure newspaper column that advised against that.
Yet, lo and behold, we survived!
huhtenberg
Retr0id
brtkwr
I will say that playing my Nintendo DS on the toilet many years ago gave me hemorrhoids that still persist decades later. Don't camp on the toilet.
01100011
Waterluvian
ozten
sethammons
Being older and reading it again, it's a beautiful sentiment and something that, I think, seeped into my subconscious and made me a better person.
My favorite line:
"You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here"
https://www.desiderata.com/desiderata.html
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spottedmarley
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