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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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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If you play Skrillex's Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites, it will also repel mosquitos so they won't lay eggs in the water.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Deal. Can we party afterwards inside your Honda?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Doesn't work for gallstones, unfortunately.

I miss my gallbubble buddy.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Main difference is most people don't have kidney stones. But also in most countries it is already super routine to take care of them if you do have them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think I just exposed how expensive and rare I think kidney-stone treatments are…

Edit: clarity

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It would definitely be rare to have cranial kidney stones

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

You’re young aren’t you?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If that were true, rollercoasters would destroy your teeth.