Adrianna Tan13h ago
If 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.’
Show threadTheresa

@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?

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Show threadDavid J. Atkinson13h ago

@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”…)

Show threadTheresa10h ago
@meltedcheese @skinnylatte lol🤣
Show threadAdrianna Tan13h ago
@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.
Show threadTheresa10h ago

@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.

Show threadthepoliticalcat10h ago
@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!
Show threadTheresa10h ago
@thepoliticalcat @skinnylatte URINATION LIBERATION!!
Show threadthepoliticalcat10h ago
@TheresaReason @skinnylatte Absolutely! Why should the boys have all the fun? Get yer PortaJanes out, girls, and aim for their shoes!
Show threadColes Street Pothole10h ago

@TheresaReason @thepoliticalcat @skinnylatte
Free the pee.

Get a Lady J.

Show threadthepoliticalcat10h ago
@ColesStreetPothole @TheresaReason @skinnylatte How helpful! Thanks, checking it out r n!
Show threadTheresa10h ago
@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🤣😭
Show threadthepoliticalcat10h ago
@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. 😂
Show threadTheresa9h ago
@thepoliticalcat @skinnylatte that is the right attitude😆
Show threadthepoliticalcat9h ago
@TheresaReason @skinnylatte I'm hearing all my ancestors in the back screaming, "Wah! Not shy, ony!"
Show threadNilaJones10h ago

@TheresaReason @skinnylatte

I totally do this! Because fuck those rules

It is a bit scary if I am alone, though

Show threadthepoliticalcat10h ago
@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.