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Smashingpmkns
09/19/21 2:10:27 PM
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariko_Aoki_phenomenon

The Mariko Aoki phenomenon (, Aoki Mariko gensh) is a Japanese expression referring to an urge to defecate that is suddenly felt after entering bookstores. The phenomenon's name derives from the name of the woman who mentioned the phenomenon in a magazine article in 1985. According to Japanese social psychologist Shozo Shibuya, the specific causes that trigger a defecation urge in bookstores are not yet clearly understood (as of 2014).[1] There are also some[who?] who are skeptical about whether such a peculiar phenomenon really exists at all, and it is sometimes discussed as one type of urban myth.


It's a real thing not an urban myth
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Kanaya413
09/19/21 2:11:00 PM
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wtf
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FurryPhilosifer
09/19/21 2:13:37 PM
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I wonder if it's a combination of people hearing about the phenomenon, and worrying about it, and needing to poop from thinking about it when they enter a bookstore, or just attributing "oh I need to poop, must be because im in a bookstore!" to the phenomenon.

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Axiom
09/19/21 2:16:02 PM
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FurryPhilosifer posted...
I wonder if it's a combination of people hearing about the phenomenon, and worrying about it, and needing to poop from thinking about it when they enter a bookstore, or just attributing "oh I need to poop, must be because im in a bookstore!" to the phenomenon.
I feel like it's probably people that already need to shit and usually use a book when doing so going into a bookstore and their body just responding
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indica
09/19/21 2:53:14 PM
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To be real though, there are a lot of little book or magazine stores throughout Japan. I just read an article on here yesterday about a guy shitting in a supermarket in the U.S. Maybe we just need more public bathrooms...

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KainWind
09/19/21 2:55:45 PM
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This used to happen to me in video game stores

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Heartomaton
09/19/21 2:56:30 PM
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So that's what I can blame for the time I left a turd between the pages of War and Peace.

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Background_Guy
09/19/21 2:57:00 PM
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I guess the Japanese really don't like books
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spanky1
09/19/21 2:58:42 PM
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Its probably because its a calm, quiet place, so your butt thinks its a safe place to poop
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Notti
09/19/21 2:58:54 PM
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I think it's just the woman gets excited about her fav hobby, books. And this leads to the side effect in some people of more tense bloodflow.
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Tyranthraxus
09/19/21 3:04:33 PM
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IDK about this but somehow I always have to piss really bad as soon as I get home from whatever it was I was out doing

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smoke_break
09/19/21 4:27:53 PM
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The fuck, lmao.

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