Why You Really Need to Think Twice About Holding In Your Pee

There are three things all humans know to be true: (1) The sky is blue, (2) the grass is green, and (3) you're supposed to urinate when you feel the urge to. That said, we are all guilty of holding it unnecessarily. The above video from SciShow explains exactly why that's a bad idea.

To be fair, holding your pee is only really bad for you if you "do it frequently and for a really long time," the video's host explains, but if you Netflix and literally chill so hard you don't pee for hours on a regular basis, you're messing with your body's ability to empty your bladder completely. This is called "urinary retention" and it's Not Fun.

There are other ways not peeing when you have to is messing with your body. Do you want to fux with your sphincters, bro? Does that sound like something that's going to end well for you? (Do you want to learn more about sphincters though? That could be fun — look!)

Anyway, watch the video above — but not as an excuse to further delay your trip to the bathroom. Didn't I scare you enough with my sphincter jokes? I see you over there still procrastinating. I see you.

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