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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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 49 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

You can already get kidney stones pulverized. They basically put you in a special bathtub then use ultrasonic waves to blast the stones into pieces. The waves pass harmlessly through the water and your soft tissue, but the stones basically shake themselves apart because they’re too hard to flex with the waves.

Given, you’re still pissing jagged sand afterwards. But that’s better than pissing a jagged pebble. Most of the pain from kidney stones comes from the ureter stretching around the stone, so pulverizing it helps mitigate a LOT of the pain.

[–] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Oh… I wonder how expensive using that bathtub is. Are they rare? Like, would almost any hospital have one?

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

For $20/hr I'll let you sit in a 40gal tote and play dubstep really loud out of the speakers in my Honda Accord. Pretty much the same thing

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

Doesn't work for gallstones, unfortunately.

I miss my gallbubble buddy.

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

You’re young aren’t you?

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The cheap advice the doctor gave my cousin when he had kidney stones was to: chug a 6 pack of cheap beer and ride some rollercoasters.

The rollercoaster was supposed to break things up, then the added water from the beer flushed things out. Plus the beer helped a little with the pain.

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 0 points 10 months ago

If that were true, rollercoasters would destroy your teeth.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

you know the dentist just sell the creme right back to restaurants.