Re:Don't use your phone while you poop
by minifridge on Saturday August 08, 2026 @12:04PM
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You are not alone! Starting with Freud and the anal stage, many psychologists have concerned themselves and linking this not with sexual but with mortal aspect of the human condition
We address the vulnerability by retreating to a private space. The phones come out just to address boredom. Sitting on the toilet is boring.
> 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.
Right. People spending 30 minutes sitting on the toilet are clearly not feeling all that vulnerable. But, yeah. Don’t do that.
Yes, the only other closest parallel is maybe giving birth without reducing the intensity of an experience of child birth…
Re:Don't use your phone while you poop
by conmod278 on Saturday August 08, 2026 @11:16AM
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> pooping is this uniquely vulnerable, sensitive time for humans
GRRM chose that vulnerable moment to kill off a character.
I remember Nintendo doing a commercial about that!
Re:Don't use your phone while you poop
by goobatrooba on Saturday August 08, 2026 @12:32PM
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And yet the toilet is one of the most connected places in the house. I love this BBC "Thinking Allowed" podcast episode on toilets that makes the point powerfully:
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.