alt.hn

2/26/2026 at 7:58:42 PM

Increased urination urgency facilitates impulse control in unrelated domains

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21467548/

by u1hcw9nx

2/26/2026 at 7:58:42 PM

TL;DR Having to pee makes you better at video games

by u1hcw9nx

2/26/2026 at 8:05:05 PM

This feels like a corollary to Cunningham's law.

"The best way to get someone to read something is to post a TL;DR that seems like it can't be right."

by rkomorn

2/26/2026 at 8:41:14 PM

The effect goes away when the urge exceeded intolerable level.

Holding a shit has same effect: Defecatory urge increases cognitive control and intertemporal patience in healthy volunteers https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nmo.13600

by u1hcw9nx