Adrianna TanIf a young person were to ask me ‘what’s the most important thing you’ve learned’ I’m going to say, ‘whenever you feel you have to pee, go.’
TunafishTiger@skinnylatte You forgot to hashtag this #careeradvice, aunty
We Are All Minnesota@skinnylatte I feel like this is up there with the 2000 Year Old Man's appreciation of Saran Wrap
David J. Atkinson@NickGates @skinnylatte Mel Brooks. I knew it.
Dan (he/him) 
@skinnylatte first rule of road trips: if we stops we pees.
veer66@skinnylatte I watched a movie in which an ex-prisoner asked for permission to go to the toilet when he worked at a supermarket. It reminds me what I was trained in a primary school.
Theresa@skinnylatte good advice, no joke!
Sometimes I think about all the historic events in our lifetimes, space travel, Olympic wins, wars, epic performances and wonder "what did they do when they had to go to the bathroom?" Did they plan their food and drink in advance to delay the need?"
Our biological needs are so significant to our actions but they're almost always hidden in the stories we tell. How many events ended differently because the protagonist was hangry or had to pee really bad?
@TheresaReason @skinnylatte Really interesting point. I don’t think this has been addressed in any movie, work of literature, or historical record.
(This is Mastadon so surely someone will pop up and cite a hieroglyph or Mel Brooks).
(I wonder if that’s why it’s called, “The Battle of Waterloo”…)
@TheresaReason I also think that people who were socialized as young women are often told to put their needs last. So much BS like ‘only going at the right time’ or ‘when no one can see me’ or just generally feeling like your needs don’t matter.
@skinnylatte it's true, there's also a different social shame put on women for their biological needs.
Specific to peeing, I have seen in my life probably hundreds of men pulled over, peeing nonchalantly off the side of the road, back to traffic, obviously no embarrassment or perceived need to hide.
I have seen zero women peeing publicly in the same way.
thepoliticalcat@TheresaReason @skinnylatte I will admit to having publicly peed all over various places in California. I have no shame about it. Why should I? Men piss all over public spaces like they own them. Ladies? Let that pee fly free!
@thepoliticalcat @skinnylatte URINATION LIBERATION!!
@TheresaReason @skinnylatte Absolutely! Why should the boys have all the fun? Get yer PortaJanes out, girls, and aim for their shoes!
Coles Street Pothole@TheresaReason @thepoliticalcat @skinnylatte
Free the pee.
Get a Lady J.
@thepoliticalcat @skinnylatte one of my all time embarrassing moments was pulling over on a rural road to pee on my way home with a first date, not realizing we were near an intersection. A car pulled up while I was mid stream and shone their high beams on me where I thought I was hidden🤣😭
@TheresaReason @skinnylatte Honestly? Me being me, I would have waved and made a little heart with my hands. But that's me, I'm sure you were brought up properly to be ashamed of such acts. 😂
@thepoliticalcat @skinnylatte that is the right attitude😆
@TheresaReason @skinnylatte I'm hearing all my ancestors in the back screaming, "Wah! Not shy, ony!"
NilaJonesI totally do this! Because fuck those rules
It is a bit scary if I am alone, though
@skinnylatte @TheresaReason Women have ALWAYS had to shrink themselves to fit into the few spaces that men allowed them. And if that means you don't pee until you absolutely have to or die, then that's what you do.
Chris Petrilli@skinnylatte the difference between knowledge and wisdom
john.brown_typeface@skinnylatte My advice to young men mirrors that. “Believe her. Stop the car.”
Twotired@skinnylatte Someone gave me this advice about cycling, and it’s served me well: Eat, drink, pee, downshift—Do them before you have to.
Flauschtext@skinnylatte wise words
Snippety Snap (she/her)@skinnylatte
If I spot a public restroom, I go in to pee, even if I don't think I need to pee.
Spoiler alert: I always pee. I always have pee in me.
Thee Mighty Peculia 🍄@skinnylatte This! Drink water. Make pee. Write this down, kiddies.
Moe Lassus
Murray - Paperposts@skinnylatte that reminds me, there's a grave in Coalville UK (seen by partner IRL) that has :
Wherever you may be
let the wind go free
for it was the wind
that killeth me
Wherever you may be
let the wind go free
for it was the wind
that killeth me
David Schuetz ** looking for work **@skinnylatte Literally 15 posts later in my timeline: https://newsie.social/@TheNeedling/116341548965795792
Also, I agree 100%. A useful corollary: never expect that “just 20 minutes” trip to actually be that long. (It usually will be, but be prepared if it doesn’t)
The Needling (@[email protected])
“I had just shoved my Jimmy Dean into this Gatorade bottle after my third hour in traffic and thought that there’s got to be a better way,” said Travis Morris, newly appointed Tourism Director for the City of Fife.
nestah yes, The Incident That We Don't Talk About.
@skinnylatte
when i was in 3rd grade i pissed myself at my desk 'cause the teacher thought we were going to the bathroom too often and so she wouldn't acknowledge me
i think that might have been when i officially gave up on authority as a concept
Mx. Chara Aznable (they/them) of Pnictogen@skinnylatte disallowed by parents and schools all over the country! "mom I need to pee" "no you don't you're just making excuses not to listen"
Jeffrey D. Stark@HCBunny @skinnylatte as long as you aren't in bed when you do
suzanne@skinnylatte
I have literally given this advice to new parents specifically. If you need to pee and you are able to, go right away. Don't put it off, you never know what might happen in the next few minutes.
I have literally given this advice to new parents specifically. If you need to pee and you are able to, go right away. Don't put it off, you never know what might happen in the next few minutes.
RE 🇨🇦@skinnylatte I'll never forget the time when I was in grade 7 or 8, and I needed to go at the beginning of class, but my teacher wouldn't let me. I spent the entire class doing nothing because I was in so much discomfort and trying so hard to hold it in.
Brandon Rohrer
Zillion@skinnylatte When I was in first grade, we had to sign out to pee, and we were allowed only once. That was when I learned forgery.