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Or less controversially: "Everybody pees in the shower". No, sorry. I know you want to feel justified for doing so. But no.

mcphage 9y ago
Well, shit. I started doing that ‘cause I heard everyone else was, too...
- themaninthedark 9y ago
  I started because it saves time, urine is sterile when expelled and I am using soap to wash the rest of me which should clean everything after up. Makes sense to do it then, rather than use an extra couple gallons to flush 500ml of liquid to what is ultimately the same place. I also regularly clean the shower.
  - 1000units 9y ago
    I feel the same way and have even been encouraging my girlfriend (who finds it gross) to try.
  - lostlogin 9y ago
    > urine is sterile when expelled No it isn’t. There are loads of studies saying this, here is one. http://jcm.asm.org/content/early/2013/12/19/JCM.02876-13 http://jcm.asm.org/content/early/2013/12/19/JCM.02876-13
  - cobbzilla 9y ago
    Oh jeez, the whole "is urine sterile" debate. Enter on one side, the purists: "sterile means absolutely, positively no germs" Enter on the other side, the realists: "if I pull open my festering sore, and you piss on it, will I get your illness?" The purists say, "well maybe, the probability is not zero, you can't say that is sterile" The realists say, "Run the experiment it 1000 times, and if no one gets infected, what do you call that? What do you call it if 1 out of 1000 gets infected?" What do you say?
    - 1000units 9y ago
      And the romantics, "Does this have more germs than the saliva I gladly drink out of my lover's mouth?"
itsJustPipes 9y ago
Uh, what’s your issue with pee in the shower? Of similar quandary: Is it actually controversial? How do you put a stop to it? How do you detect it? Are there practical reasons for it being a real problem, and not mere squeamishness?
booleandilemma 9y ago
As long as you’re alone in the shower I think it’s ok.
- MikeTheGreat 9y ago
  Ok, I'm going to say the following after I issue my caveat that I never expected to see a discussion about peeing in the shower here on HN BUT of all the places on the Internet HN is one of few places mature enough to handle such a discussion. :) I'd like to offer the counter-point that for those people who enjoy peeing together (as a kink) the shower seems like a great place to pee together.

mcphage 9y ago

Well, shit. I started doing that ‘cause I heard everyone else was, too...

themaninthedark 9y ago
I started because it saves time, urine is sterile when expelled and I am using soap to wash the rest of me which should clean everything after up. Makes sense to do it then, rather than use an extra couple gallons to flush 500ml of liquid to what is ultimately the same place. I also regularly clean the shower.
- 1000units 9y ago
  I feel the same way and have even been encouraging my girlfriend (who finds it gross) to try.
- lostlogin 9y ago
  > urine is sterile when expelled No it isn’t. There are loads of studies saying this, here is one. http://jcm.asm.org/content/early/2013/12/19/JCM.02876-13 http://jcm.asm.org/content/early/2013/12/19/JCM.02876-13
- cobbzilla 9y ago
  Oh jeez, the whole "is urine sterile" debate. Enter on one side, the purists: "sterile means absolutely, positively no germs" Enter on the other side, the realists: "if I pull open my festering sore, and you piss on it, will I get your illness?" The purists say, "well maybe, the probability is not zero, you can't say that is sterile" The realists say, "Run the experiment it 1000 times, and if no one gets infected, what do you call that? What do you call it if 1 out of 1000 gets infected?" What do you say?
  - 1000units 9y ago
    And the romantics, "Does this have more germs than the saliva I gladly drink out of my lover's mouth?"

itsJustPipes 9y ago

Uh, what’s your issue with pee in the shower? Of similar quandary: Is it actually controversial? How do you put a stop to it? How do you detect it? Are there practical reasons for it being a real problem, and not mere squeamishness?

booleandilemma 9y ago

As long as you’re alone in the shower I think it’s ok.

MikeTheGreat 9y ago
Ok, I'm going to say the following after I issue my caveat that I never expected to see a discussion about peeing in the shower here on HN BUT of all the places on the Internet HN is one of few places mature enough to handle such a discussion. :) I'd like to offer the counter-point that for those people who enjoy peeing together (as a kink) the shower seems like a great place to pee together.