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iTanooki t1_iwlhiqt wrote

By definition, doesn’t everyone poop their pants “after holding in their stool as long as they can”?

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NebXan t1_iwlntle wrote

No, everyone holds their bowels for just as long as they need to in order to get to a toilet without shitting themselves.

How long a person could hold their bowels is another story.

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Awellplanned t1_iwlzyet wrote

Check out “The Mule” it’s a movie about an Australian guy who smuggled drugs and they kept him in a hotel until he pooped them out.

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neotericnewt t1_iwm61q1 wrote

The way you wrote this makes it sound like this scene is the main part of the movie. Like the whole movie is just this guy in a hotel while people wait around for him to poop out drugs.

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M-S-S t1_iwml3hd wrote

I am writing this as a one-act stage play now. Thanks for the ideas.

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Ok_Concentrate_75 t1_iwn611h wrote

Please write a monolog where the person discusses the irony of others ingesting something he just pooped out

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darvs7 t1_iwn7o7m wrote

The Mule (2018) USA 1h56m

A drug smuggler for a Mexican cartel is kept in an hotel room until he poops.

IMDb Rating: 7/10.

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dragon_bacon t1_iwn3x01 wrote

That is the large portion of the movie, it's disgusting and thrilling.

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Brbcan t1_iwo3nv1 wrote

Look, Australian cinema isn't exactly high-budget...

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Jjex22 t1_iwmpxog wrote

That does sound like a low budget aussie film tbh

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edstirling t1_iwnqz0l wrote

Its all in one take too. A work of art.

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willengineer4beer t1_iwo0mwd wrote

Luckily they shot it more than once.
The first take was left on the cutting room floor.
The theatrical release was “take number two”.

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RalphieGlick t1_iwms1s9 wrote

I think what you mean to say is that the whole movie is just this guy in a hotel room until he develops the condition widely known as encopresis

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TheMcNabbs t1_iwo4qx7 wrote

The... clint eastwood movie? That takes place in America?

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Cuillin t1_iwligqe wrote

I think the “as long as they can” part isn’t necessarily true.

Some people receive the ol’ signal and go to the porcelain throne straight away.

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InappropriateTA t1_iwlkkt1 wrote

He didn’t say that everyone holds stuff in as long as they can. Just that when the outcome is pooping your pants, the holding of your bowels preceding that is always as long as you can.

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ThingsIAlreadyKnow t1_iwlmrmg wrote

I think you both mistook the statement.

  1. Hold your bowels as long as possible
  2. Poop happens next.
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blsterken t1_iwlnla2 wrote

As someone who has a todler at home, and who works with developmentally disabled adults, this is definitely not true for all individuals.

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Cuillin t1_iwlzk1m wrote

No, there’s a difference between releasing when you sit down, and “holding it in as long as you can”

When you sit down isn’t necessarily as long as you can hold it; you could probably hold it in longer.

Taking a shit is just taking a shit, but holding it in as long as you can implies there’s a certain kind of um… emergency.

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InappropriateTA t1_iwmj6r5 wrote

Right, what the guy above is saying I took to mean that people who are in an emergency situation where they have to hold it in and then end up pooping their pants, have held it in as long as they could.

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Cuillin t1_iwmlx9v wrote

But that’s not what they said. They suggested ALL BM’s are the result of holding it in as long as you can

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InappropriateTA t1_iwmqvrf wrote

> By definition, doesn’t everyone poop their pants “after holding in their stool as long as they can”?

I’m not reading it that way. The qualifier about pooping pants is important.

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welshmanec2 t1_iwnozyf wrote

I had a dodgy belly one time, didn't feel like I needed to poop right at that moment, certainly wasn't holding it in or anything - but I casually coughed and sharted my pants there and then.

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NolanSyKinsley t1_iwnoixe wrote

It isn't just pooping your pants once after holding it in. It is loss of bowel control for a longer period after the passage of the bowel impaction caused by holding it in for as long as possible.

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Azudekai t1_iwn2m61 wrote

Sometimes they just take a chance on a dodgy fart

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Thin-Rip-3686 t1_iwlhjpo wrote

My little boy had this. His refusal to eat anything with fiber was key to this problem.

And it’s not “loses control” as in everything comes out without warning, it’s a steady drip drip while he walks around carrying a rock hard tennis ball sized turd jammed up there.

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GO-KARRT t1_iwm9vm6 wrote

My daughter was like this until about a year ago. Just a little would come out at a time. We had to coach her to poop and then she’d unleash these turds the size of her lower leg once every 4-5 days. Like a toddler version of opioid abusers. All good now though, thankfully.

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vahntitrio t1_iwojs46 wrote

For those with toddlers - the probiotic gummies will really help soften a toddlers poop if they constantly are trying to push out tennis balls.

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devlear t1_iwll0vy wrote

The funnest part is going to a doctor to get a suppository to loosen it up.

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Thin-Rip-3686 t1_iwlwfbu wrote

Doctor does not work that way. Go buy miralax and go use that, she said. In the end it took three or four different classes of laxatives, including the suppository, which I’ve never used on myself before, let alone a child.

The suppository went in, and no more than 3 seconds later the toilet was too full to flush.

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devlear t1_iwlxhwk wrote

I mean it worked that way for me. I think the only reason the doctor was involved is because my mother thought it was appendicitis, but the doctor gave us pills that had to be used for 3 days afterwards. In my case the doctor forced me to wait 30 minutes after delivering the pills.

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Rustymarble t1_iwn5j2x wrote

Or having a hospital stay to clear out the massive impaction. They use a tube through the nose to the stomach to get the laxatives in that way, then a tube up the butt for enemas of various liquids that I can't remember anymore.

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Bromm18 t1_iwnq3wy wrote

Ever hear of the "Swamps of Dagobah"

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ryeaglin t1_iwp7ev3 wrote

Yes I have. That story is far worse then this.

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Gemmabeta t1_iwliv5r wrote

That's a pretty classic malignant bowel obstruction, and that can kill you.

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Thin-Rip-3686 t1_iwlkjuh wrote

It wasn’t a bowel obstruction. It was more extremely annoying than anything.

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VLenin2291 t1_iwvrw01 wrote

Why was fiber his aversion?

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Thin-Rip-3686 t1_iwwa3i6 wrote

Not around a whole lot of kids, are you? Some of us are saddled with picky eaters, and it’s not like juvenile picky eaters refuse to eat anything but kale and uncooked turnip greens. Whole wheat pasta in his Mac and cheese is a bridge too far with this kid, and I know he’s nowhere near as bad as some.

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Rustymarble t1_iwnqbiy wrote

My kid got to Volleyball with nerve damage! Fun times!

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backstage13 t1_iwlnf6c wrote

You must live in splender.

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Thin-Rip-3686 t1_iwlwozk wrote

Comes with being a primary caregiver. Joke’s on him though. In 30 years we’ll switch up who has to use the suppository.

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[deleted] t1_iwm7r3k wrote

My daughter does this and it’s an absolute shit show. Just laxatives every day now.

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EatRaspberries t1_iwn1d8h wrote

I knew a young man who was deathly afraid of bm's. He would cry in pain, having to go, but would refuse Finally, his bowels would release when he fell asleep.

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schoonerw t1_iwlhyh6 wrote

At least it’s not called prisencolinensinainciusol.

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VividLifeToday t1_iwmielk wrote

Going away with your new GF for a three day weekend. You need to map out bathrooms not in the hotel room otherwise Encopresis

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Dapper-Bluebird2927 t1_iwmtstl wrote

Had this as a kid. Embarrassing and shamed for it.

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NeedleworkerEvening3 t1_iwo9io6 wrote

I’m sorry you went through that. My brother did as well and carried a lot of a shame over something he had no control over. I hope you’re doing well and living your best life.

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GoGaslightYerself t1_iwnr84b wrote

Reminds me of the time I got food poisoning at a restaurant and had about an hour ride home. Got about 45 minutes away from home and thought, "Hmm, I'm gonna need a bathroom before long, wonder whether I can make it home."

About 30 minutes away from home, I realized, "Nope, gonna need a bathroom DAMN SOON."

See a rest stop off the highway JUST IN TIME "That's got my name on it."

Turned into one of those deals where the closer I got to the toilet, the pressure in my bowels increased logarithmically.

15 feet from the toilet -- bowel pressure: 200 psi

10 feet from the toilet -- bowel pressure 20000 psi

Like one of those thriller movies where the timer on the hydrogen bomb is counting down the seconds

Kick open the stall door fever chills up my neck oh please oh please oh fuck LOOKOUT

Pull down my pants halfway -- Houston we have liftoff

Thank God nobody was around because that shit went EVERYWHERE. I tried to clean it up but really it needed a high-pressure hose (and long-handled mop to reach the ceiling of the rest stop)

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SEND_PUNS_PLZ t1_iwlkisp wrote

Joke’s on you, I can do this without even holding in my stool first

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ranak12 t1_iwlx5bv wrote

It also gets you out of the draft; Just ask Ted Nugent.

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afriy t1_iwm6hcz wrote

Ah yes suddenly I know what I had as a child and that article even lists the reasons 😂 I usually didn't want to interrupt my focus (or couldn't), aaaaaand of course I'm autistic and got ADHD

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DUDDITS_SSDD t1_iwmrtof wrote

That time limit is severely lessened once you lose your gallbladder.

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serenityx77 t1_iwo85e3 wrote

That’s not actually the definition of it. It’s what happens when someone is severely constipated for so long that their intestines stretched and can lose muscle control of their bowls resulting in a “leaky” bum or actually have entire bowel movements without being able to stop it or feel it until it’s too late. Quite a few children end up in ER with this, including my granddaughter. It can take months to years of good bowel program to be able to recover full control.

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Hot_Dog_Cobbler t1_iwmk7yj wrote

Working on that today. Fuck big lunches during the work week I'll tell you that for free

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JeepMan831 t1_iwmumue wrote

In a deterministic universe, everyone is always holding in their stool for as long as they can.

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hangryhyax t1_iwo476n wrote

I once had a Drill Sergeant who told us “If you have to push, you don’t have to go.”

This reminded me of him, nearly 15 years later.

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LooseWateryStool t1_iwloxk6 wrote

And whomever holds it in the longest is rewarded with winning stupid prizes.

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brock_lee t1_iwlgks4 wrote

"It's ... percolating, Jerry!"

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angryshark t1_iwln8t4 wrote

TIL the fancy name for shitting my pants.

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backstage13 t1_iwlno7u wrote

Three day weekend here comes the splendor of you.

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Jjex22 t1_iwmqj81 wrote

Once again reddit is telling me that a whole bunch of you are just shitting your pants on the reg

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MyerShift t1_iwnyxzf wrote

That's not really a condition

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ghaelon t1_iwnzjui wrote

she cannae hold no more, captain! its too much shite!!!

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willpowerpt t1_iwo1a5m wrote

Nebraska, that sounds right.

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BoxedIn4Now t1_iwo6rre wrote

I know, I saw The Human Centipede. Unfortunately. I was warned, but didn't listen.

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CandyAssedJabroni t1_iwp3gsl wrote

I don't know that that's a "condition." You hold it long enough, it's going to have to come out whether you like it or not. You can't hold that shit forever.

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maniBchef t1_iwpdkwo wrote

Chef please! I got the encopresis wicked hard!

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sfsolarboy t1_iwws7ia wrote

This sounds like me every morning trying to finish making my cup of coffee before my morning constitutional, almost didn't make it a few times.

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crayfl t1_iwnbefe wrote

This isn't a TIL, it's a TMI! Nasty!! 🤢🤢🤢🤢

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pkma2 t1_iwo6w75 wrote

AKA Overflow syndrome

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TheRealBobbyC t1_iwojtvo wrote

Jim Jeffries knows a thing or two about this

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rtfry4 t1_iwo0jru wrote

“TIL” - Sure.

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spidermanngp t1_iwmofls wrote

You just today learned that you'll shit your pants if you hold it too long?

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SweetPrism OP t1_iwmzvkz wrote

This is a chronic condition wherein the sufferer is constantly leaking fecal fluid, or shitting randomly, due to fear of passing an extremely hard and painful bm. They don't ever go under normal circumstances. I read about a lady whose sons had it and they shit on the floor in church.

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Acceptable-Cod7214 t1_iwn1oj1 wrote

Yes, and can also be a result of anxiety, depression or some developmental differences. The child may retain feces since she has learned the lessons of potty training all too well and fears being disciplined for going. Or the child is hyper-focused on a task and doesn't want to interrupt it by heading to the loo. Source: former primary school educator.

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spidermanngp t1_iwnei3y wrote

Oh... Well that sounds awful. Guess I should've read it before spouting off. Sorry.

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