cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/28480950
In 2015, Cookie Monster filmed a viral video titled “Simply Delicious Shower Thoughts with Cookie Monster” for the Mashable YouTube channel. In the video, he explores various New York City museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim, while pondering deep “shower thoughts” about food.


Pretty sure my stomach does not think.
Not just your stomach, but your entire digestive system actually. It’s called the enteric nervous system, and it’s absolutely fascinating (the disfunction of which has recently been linked to a lot of different diseases and disorders). From Wikipedia:
The stomach and heart both have neurons in them.
Only in the sense that the gut is deeply tied to your emotional state. Example: “that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach”
Your stomach hires your brain to think for it.