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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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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CBT as a kink may be an evolutionary adaptation to protect men's most vulnerable (and evolutionarily useful) body part. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have no idea why it's out there, but I suppose abusing it a bit may help toughen it up enough to ensure you can still have children when an accident happens.

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 6 months ago (2 children)

We’re taking about cognitive behavioural therapy and brains, right?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Nah, CBT is just your good old Cock and Ball Torture. I don't think there is any evolutionary advantage, source: I've never seen any other species perform it (trust me I've looked). But I do think some men pay for it rather than paying for therapy so there's that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

they kinda slap tho https://youtu.be/cgGEwqaZLKc

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I was really trying to wrap my head around CBT as a kink and came up totally blank.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Just imagine how horny you could be right now if you changed your thinking just a little bit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

conditioning is already a part of many kinks, like discipline, corruption, or hypno