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A Bathroom Book for People Not Pooping or Peeing but Using the Bathroom as an Escape
Listening length: 15 minutes
From popular Adult Swim comedian Joe Pera and artist Joe Bennett, A Bathroom Book for People Not Pooping or Peeing But Using the Bathroom as an Escape is a funny and calming illustrated guide for people who are so stressed out that they're hiding in the bathroom...
Joe Pera goes to the bathroom a lot. And his friend, Joe Bennett, does too. They both have small bladders but more often it’s just to get a moment of quiet, a break from work, or because it’s the only way they know how to politely end conversations.
So they created a functional meditative guide to help people who suffer from social anxiety and deal with it in this very particular way. Although it’s a comedic book, the goal is to help these readers:
1. Relax
2. Recharge
3. Rejoin the world outside of the bathroom
It’s also fun entertainment for people simply hiding in the bathroom to avoid doing work.
A Bathroom Book for People Not Pooping or Peeing But Using the Bathroom as an Escape will be waiting in the bathroom like a beacon for anxious readers looking to feel calm, confident, and less alone.
From popular Adult Swim comedian Joe Pera and artist Joe Bennett, A Bathroom Book for People Not Pooping or Peeing But Using the Bathroom as an Escape is a funny and calming illustrated guide for people who are so stressed out that they're hiding in the bathroom...
Joe Pera goes to the bathroom a lot. And his friend, Joe Bennett, does too. They both have small bladders but more often it’s just to get a moment of quiet, a break from work, or because it’s the only way they know how to politely end conversations.
So they created a functional meditative guide to help people who suffer from social anxiety and deal with it in this very particular way. Although it’s a comedic book, the goal is to help these readers:
1. Relax
2. Recharge
3. Rejoin the world outside of the bathroom
It’s also fun entertainment for people simply hiding in the bathroom to avoid doing work.
A Bathroom Book for People Not Pooping or Peeing But Using the Bathroom as an Escape will be waiting in the bathroom like a beacon for anxious readers looking to feel calm, confident, and less alone.
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First published November 16, 2021
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December 25, 2021
Merry Christmas! My gift to all of you is the following:
- holiday spirit year round
- the ability to gently smile anytime you want
- the greatest television show ever to air
- an inescapable affinity for the Buffalo Bills.
All you have to do is google Joe Pera. Or read this book.
A lot has already been made of the wonder of Joe Pera's comedy, in New York Times profiles and on countless podcasts and in a bajillion tweets with between 1 and 4 likes, but not enough, if you ask me, has been written on this hellsite.
And this hellsite is my specialty.
Joe Pera has a quiet, kind sense of humor that almost escapes you before you laugh just in time. His show is nonsensical and perfect, made for soft-spoken people and introverts and weirdos, without having the horrible cringey pat-yourself-on-the-back style of most content in that niche.
I kind of can't even describe it to you, really. If you like people, and long for the simplicity of a bygone era, and are sometimes (or all the time) shy, and bean arches are something you could spend between 10 minutes and a year's worth of time on, interest wise, you're in the right place.
But basically, to everyone - welcome! And read this book.
Bottom line: It's taking everything in me to give up on the idea of gatekeeping Joe Pera.
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pre-review
i love joe pera and i love this book.
review to come / 4.5 stars
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currently-reading updates
i think being at an event so uncomfortable that you have to hide in the bathroom qualifies as "spooky"
clear ur shit prompt 9: a spooky book
follow my progress here
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tbr review
there is nothing i love in this life more than the comedic stylings of Joe Pera. except for books.
finally, they are one.
- holiday spirit year round
- the ability to gently smile anytime you want
- the greatest television show ever to air
- an inescapable affinity for the Buffalo Bills.
All you have to do is google Joe Pera. Or read this book.
A lot has already been made of the wonder of Joe Pera's comedy, in New York Times profiles and on countless podcasts and in a bajillion tweets with between 1 and 4 likes, but not enough, if you ask me, has been written on this hellsite.
And this hellsite is my specialty.
Joe Pera has a quiet, kind sense of humor that almost escapes you before you laugh just in time. His show is nonsensical and perfect, made for soft-spoken people and introverts and weirdos, without having the horrible cringey pat-yourself-on-the-back style of most content in that niche.
I kind of can't even describe it to you, really. If you like people, and long for the simplicity of a bygone era, and are sometimes (or all the time) shy, and bean arches are something you could spend between 10 minutes and a year's worth of time on, interest wise, you're in the right place.
But basically, to everyone - welcome! And read this book.
Bottom line: It's taking everything in me to give up on the idea of gatekeeping Joe Pera.
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pre-review
i love joe pera and i love this book.
review to come / 4.5 stars
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currently-reading updates
i think being at an event so uncomfortable that you have to hide in the bathroom qualifies as "spooky"
clear ur shit prompt 9: a spooky book
follow my progress here
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tbr review
there is nothing i love in this life more than the comedic stylings of Joe Pera. except for books.
finally, they are one.
April 19, 2022
What a fun book! Just a free flow of ideas! But remember: FOR PEOPLE NOT POOPING OR PEEING! You are on the honor system - very important that you follow the rules! But (not so) seriously, if you like the humor of Joe Pera you will really like this book. It now has a place in my bathroom!
November 5, 2022
Gün geçmiyor ki dolandırılmayayım!
Sinirleniyorum ben böyle şeylere arkadaş! Evrensel bir derecelendirme mi yapacaksınız artık, bir seçici tavsiye kurulu mu kuracaksınız bilemiyorum; bir şey yapın, beni şu aşırı sanatlı gibi basit çizimlerin altına kısa kısa cümleler yazmalı "ay ama çok post-modern bir kitap buuu" bokundan kurtarın.
Seth Meyers ve Conan'dan tanıdığımız, Amerikan Late Night Show ekolünden komedyen Joe Pera da, çok post-modern bir dandik olduğundansa demek- "e benim neyim eksik?" diye diye yazmış bunlardan bir tane daha. Kapı tokmağı kadar zekaya sahip, dandik liberal Birleşik İlletler kuşak da kendini yırta yırta, atleti donu sıyırıp kitabın üzerine fırlata fırlata okumuş okumuş övmüş, duramamış bir daha övmüş kitabı. Biz de yüz küsur sayfa boyunca, Amerikalı mini celebritylerin dandik ve önemsiz dertlerine maruz kalıyoruz sayesinde. Çizimleri de Codemy Central ve Adult swim'den tandığımız Joe Bennett yapmış ki keşke yapmasaymış.
Kitap, şu anda bilmem nerede bir tuvalettesin, gözünü kapat, rahatla, olmadı bi duş al demek için yazılmış, en az Joe Pera'nın kendisi kadar komik olmayan ve son derece basit ve önemsiz tespitleri arka arkaya sıralayıp üzerine iki üç resim çiziktirerek cool takılan bu yeni nesil Amerikan havalı, çakma entelektüel, jointten beyni erimiş lümpen yarı ünlü tayfanın bok yemesi. Arada da daha önce iki kez nişan yüzüğünü klozete atıp sifonu çektiğini yazarak cayır cayır yanan sınıf kinimi harladı sağolsun. Umarım kendisini markalı markalı giyilebilir teknolojik ıvır zıvırı ve cebindeki sadece yüz dolar nakiti (çünkü kesin apple pay falan kullanıyordur götüm, "çok fazla nakit" taşımıyordur) için bıçaklarlar New York sokaklarında da, devamını falan yazmaya niyetlenmez daha.
Biz gerçek insanların tuvaletle ilgili asıl dertleri, "acaba bu sifon gerektiği gibi çalışacak mı?" veya "buraya şimdi bırakırsam ve o gitmezse ne yaparım?" yahut "Ya tuvalet tıkalı çıkar da bütün banyoyu bir güz öğleden sonrası gibi kahverengiye boyarsa?" iken, bunların dertleri tabii dandik dandik partilerdeki anksiyeteleri filan fıstık. Joe da aslında daha geçen akşam gittiği partideki tuvalette, o aynadan kokaini çeken dalyo sanki kendi değilmiş gibi, hüzünlü hüzünlü dandikliği, mimik oynatmayan komikliği yazmış işte.
Lan bir de şu kitabın (kitap diyorum ama kitap da değil yani, burada kitabı primat gibi düşünün. Plesiadabiforme da primat, Rob Halford da gibi.) Türkçe'sini kimse ekleme gereği bile duymamış ya Goodreads'e. 2021 Aralık'ta çıkmış ama kimse de alıp, bakıp yazacak kadar sallamamış. Sağolsun Mahirzade'den rica ettim de o ekledi. Adama da rezil etti beni Joe... Ulan bir alan ben miyim şunu koca ülkede? Tek geri zekalı olarak beni mi buldunuz? Bir de hayvan gibi övülmüş, yarın yok gibi övülmüş, evrenin sırrını vermiş gibi övülmüş. Zevksiz pezevenkler, basmış yıldızı, vermiş puanı! Siz anlaştınız da mı geldiğiniz koçum, ne ayaksınız? ŞİRKET MİSİNİZ ASLANIM SİZ? Beni salon beyefendiliği çizgimden çıkartacak mısınız lan zorla? Oğlum bak siz bilmiyorsunuz beni, tersim pistir benim...
Twit atacağı şeyden kitap yapmış adam, derdi de bize düşmüş. Bu arada okuduktan sonra kitabı aldığım yeri aradım, dedim "bok gibi kitap bu, geri vermek istiyorum." Dediler "hangisi?" Yanıtladım şudur budur. Vay bir de meta şaka yapmaz mı bana adam, "tamam abi" diyor, "normal işte" diyor. Vay SİZ BENİ META ŞAKALARA ATTINIZ, Boyunuz posunuz devrilsin!
Baktım dün, tam 74.57 lira para vermişim şuna, Gün itibariyle iki şişe Carlsberg parası(lan bira niye bu kadar pahalı Luke Skywalkerdığımın ülkesinde? Aklımı yitireceğim!) Ama yazdım oğlum sizi, o puan veren, coşkuyla yorum yazanlar, tek tek not aldım oğlum hepinizi; VERECEKSİNİZ O BİRALARI BANA GERİ . Kendimi bıçaklayacağım sinirden; PUUH! Misliyle çıkar işallah çoluğunuzdan çocuğunuzdan! Evinize Yog-Sothoth dadanır, Shub-Niggurath'ın spawnları götünüzü yer işallah!
Sinirleniyorum ben böyle şeylere arkadaş! Evrensel bir derecelendirme mi yapacaksınız artık, bir seçici tavsiye kurulu mu kuracaksınız bilemiyorum; bir şey yapın, beni şu aşırı sanatlı gibi basit çizimlerin altına kısa kısa cümleler yazmalı "ay ama çok post-modern bir kitap buuu" bokundan kurtarın.
Seth Meyers ve Conan'dan tanıdığımız, Amerikan Late Night Show ekolünden komedyen Joe Pera da, çok post-modern bir dandik olduğundansa demek- "e benim neyim eksik?" diye diye yazmış bunlardan bir tane daha. Kapı tokmağı kadar zekaya sahip, dandik liberal Birleşik İlletler kuşak da kendini yırta yırta, atleti donu sıyırıp kitabın üzerine fırlata fırlata okumuş okumuş övmüş, duramamış bir daha övmüş kitabı. Biz de yüz küsur sayfa boyunca, Amerikalı mini celebritylerin dandik ve önemsiz dertlerine maruz kalıyoruz sayesinde. Çizimleri de Codemy Central ve Adult swim'den tandığımız Joe Bennett yapmış ki keşke yapmasaymış.
Kitap, şu anda bilmem nerede bir tuvalettesin, gözünü kapat, rahatla, olmadı bi duş al demek için yazılmış, en az Joe Pera'nın kendisi kadar komik olmayan ve son derece basit ve önemsiz tespitleri arka arkaya sıralayıp üzerine iki üç resim çiziktirerek cool takılan bu yeni nesil Amerikan havalı, çakma entelektüel, jointten beyni erimiş lümpen yarı ünlü tayfanın bok yemesi. Arada da daha önce iki kez nişan yüzüğünü klozete atıp sifonu çektiğini yazarak cayır cayır yanan sınıf kinimi harladı sağolsun. Umarım kendisini markalı markalı giyilebilir teknolojik ıvır zıvırı ve cebindeki sadece yüz dolar nakiti (çünkü kesin apple pay falan kullanıyordur götüm, "çok fazla nakit" taşımıyordur) için bıçaklarlar New York sokaklarında da, devamını falan yazmaya niyetlenmez daha.
Biz gerçek insanların tuvaletle ilgili asıl dertleri, "acaba bu sifon gerektiği gibi çalışacak mı?" veya "buraya şimdi bırakırsam ve o gitmezse ne yaparım?" yahut "Ya tuvalet tıkalı çıkar da bütün banyoyu bir güz öğleden sonrası gibi kahverengiye boyarsa?" iken, bunların dertleri tabii dandik dandik partilerdeki anksiyeteleri filan fıstık. Joe da aslında daha geçen akşam gittiği partideki tuvalette, o aynadan kokaini çeken dalyo sanki kendi değilmiş gibi, hüzünlü hüzünlü dandikliği, mimik oynatmayan komikliği yazmış işte.
Lan bir de şu kitabın (kitap diyorum ama kitap da değil yani, burada kitabı primat gibi düşünün. Plesiadabiforme da primat, Rob Halford da gibi.) Türkçe'sini kimse ekleme gereği bile duymamış ya Goodreads'e. 2021 Aralık'ta çıkmış ama kimse de alıp, bakıp yazacak kadar sallamamış. Sağolsun Mahirzade'den rica ettim de o ekledi. Adama da rezil etti beni Joe... Ulan bir alan ben miyim şunu koca ülkede? Tek geri zekalı olarak beni mi buldunuz? Bir de hayvan gibi övülmüş, yarın yok gibi övülmüş, evrenin sırrını vermiş gibi övülmüş. Zevksiz pezevenkler, basmış yıldızı, vermiş puanı! Siz anlaştınız da mı geldiğiniz koçum, ne ayaksınız? ŞİRKET MİSİNİZ ASLANIM SİZ? Beni salon beyefendiliği çizgimden çıkartacak mısınız lan zorla? Oğlum bak siz bilmiyorsunuz beni, tersim pistir benim...
Twit atacağı şeyden kitap yapmış adam, derdi de bize düşmüş. Bu arada okuduktan sonra kitabı aldığım yeri aradım, dedim "bok gibi kitap bu, geri vermek istiyorum." Dediler "hangisi?" Yanıtladım şudur budur. Vay bir de meta şaka yapmaz mı bana adam, "tamam abi" diyor, "normal işte" diyor. Vay SİZ BENİ META ŞAKALARA ATTINIZ, Boyunuz posunuz devrilsin!
Baktım dün, tam 74.57 lira para vermişim şuna, Gün itibariyle iki şişe Carlsberg parası(lan bira niye bu kadar pahalı Luke Skywalkerdığımın ülkesinde? Aklımı yitireceğim!) Ama yazdım oğlum sizi, o puan veren, coşkuyla yorum yazanlar, tek tek not aldım oğlum hepinizi; VERECEKSİNİZ O BİRALARI BANA GERİ . Kendimi bıçaklayacağım sinirden; PUUH! Misliyle çıkar işallah çoluğunuzdan çocuğunuzdan! Evinize Yog-Sothoth dadanır, Shub-Niggurath'ın spawnları götünüzü yer işallah!
July 30, 2021
Please look past the title and READ THIS BOOK.
Specifically, LISTEN TO THE AUDIOBOOK. If you’re not familiar with Joe Pera’s work, he’s what would happen if Mr. Rogers had gone into comedy instead of children’s television. This book surprised laughter out of me a few times, and its through-line of sincere positivity and thoughtful observations is classic Pera.
Also, the audiobook only takes fifteen minutes to listen to including credits. Thanks to Libro.fm for the free review copy!
Specifically, LISTEN TO THE AUDIOBOOK. If you’re not familiar with Joe Pera’s work, he’s what would happen if Mr. Rogers had gone into comedy instead of children’s television. This book surprised laughter out of me a few times, and its through-line of sincere positivity and thoughtful observations is classic Pera.
Also, the audiobook only takes fifteen minutes to listen to including credits. Thanks to Libro.fm for the free review copy!
November 28, 2021
I've listened to this three times and basically consider it a guided meditation at this point.
Read
February 11, 2023Borderline grotesque illustrations mixed with Pera's soothing abusrd humor. Girlfriend gave this to me for my birthday. What more could you ask for?
June 14, 2024
"Reading this book will make you feel better while you sit on the toilet with the lid down, avoiding whatever's on the other side of that door."
May 19, 2024
warm peas 🫛
February 6, 2022
Very relaxing
March 20, 2022
Well obviously, if the book is entitled “A Bathroom Book for People Not Pooping or Peeing but Using the Bathroom as an Escape” I have to read it because I am that people who is guilty of the above title.
February 2, 2023
The bathroom book was hilarious and strangely poignant. I have just finished “Joe Pera Talks with You” on HBOMax; I needed a little more Pera.
February 26, 2021
Heh-heh, guess who won a partial ARC of this beloved new book coming soon? That's right, folks. Finally, we can get a book discussing the bathroom situation!
Sigh, for anyone who has social anxiety or social problems, we've all been there. If you've had something scary and stressful going on, you've probably gone straight to the bathroom. I remember back in elementary we were forced to do these presentations in my class. I just raised my hand and got to the bathroom. There I occupied myself in a stall for eternity (and awkwardly) as I hoped the period would pass by quickly. Alas, my teacher found me and took me back to class. Where, thankfully, I didn't have to present in the end.
Life is a struggle. And even more, if you're not good with the whole socializing thing. It's scary as fuck, to go out there and face your fears. I think this book is especially needed for us, the people who face these issues, in our day-to-day lives. It can show us that even though we're hiding in the bathroom, it's that single moment that counts.
And whether you decide to get out of the bathroom or stay in, you're safe in this bathroom. You don't have to worry. Life will still be life.
All in all, I rate this book five stars. I think we all, social problems or not, seriously need a book like this, right now in our lives. The pandemic has ruined things for us, that's for sure. We barely socialize anymore. Some of us are staying in our houses. Some of us are doing online school. Some of us have lost loved ones.
Whatever happens next, it's the single moment that counts. Make it count however you'd like :)
Sigh, for anyone who has social anxiety or social problems, we've all been there. If you've had something scary and stressful going on, you've probably gone straight to the bathroom. I remember back in elementary we were forced to do these presentations in my class. I just raised my hand and got to the bathroom. There I occupied myself in a stall for eternity (and awkwardly) as I hoped the period would pass by quickly. Alas, my teacher found me and took me back to class. Where, thankfully, I didn't have to present in the end.
Life is a struggle. And even more, if you're not good with the whole socializing thing. It's scary as fuck, to go out there and face your fears. I think this book is especially needed for us, the people who face these issues, in our day-to-day lives. It can show us that even though we're hiding in the bathroom, it's that single moment that counts.
And whether you decide to get out of the bathroom or stay in, you're safe in this bathroom. You don't have to worry. Life will still be life.
All in all, I rate this book five stars. I think we all, social problems or not, seriously need a book like this, right now in our lives. The pandemic has ruined things for us, that's for sure. We barely socialize anymore. Some of us are staying in our houses. Some of us are doing online school. Some of us have lost loved ones.
Whatever happens next, it's the single moment that counts. Make it count however you'd like :)
December 10, 2021
Not only was this an easy way to pad my number of books read this year… it was also possibly my favorite reference to Jane Goodall.
November 6, 2024
Been spending a lot of time in the bathroom in this season of life of chronic illness. This book has brought humor to moments of pain. Would read it again. Probably won't log it though.
January 13, 2022
Excellent audio
October 14, 2023
Short and funny with a little bit of Joe Pera poignancy. We saw him last night (!) and bought the book. I read it today while eating a pancake.
April 17, 2025
Perfectly captures the Joe Pera vibe in a funny and heartwarming little book, ideally read in the bathroom but just as good in other rooms too.
December 30, 2021
Solid for when you're dropping a solid
January 14, 2022
stop this was cute and funny aw
March 18, 2022
If you’re a fan of Joe Pera you’ll want the audio version. In a better world Joe Pera would provide the narration for every audio book.
maybe
January 25, 2023I do not actually wish to feel seen while on the can.
February 22, 2023
I love Joe Petra’s comedy so I figured I would give this book a try. I can honestly say that it’s the closest thing we have to a perfect book. You want to know why? Go read it.
June 18, 2025
Joe Pera je emoční uvolnění uprostřed oka hurikánu.
December 16, 2021
Cute, quick read for your escape of life in the bathroom. Funny drawings. I liked it very much.
June 17, 2023
Perfect 🍅
July 10, 2024
What a cute little book that makes you feel so much more human.
July 3, 2021
Thank you to libro.fm for the audio ARC of the best book of 2021. It was a 15 minute listen, but damn right I'm going to count all 128 pages in my competition with Rhiannon.
December 16, 2021
Joe Pera is a treasure.
November 16, 2021
I know, the title. Forget the "p" words (which are in extra-small print on the cover, anyway). This short audiobook is for anyone that can relate to feeling anxious and needing a time-out to regroup.
I'm a big fan of Joe's gentle comedy and his brilliantly comforting "Joe Pera Talks With You" television series. If you haven't seen it, it's an odd, funny, and relentlessly sweet spiritual successor to the shows that Fred Rogers and Carl Sagan created. Calm and meditative (if a bit quirky), directly addressing you while celebrating life's everyday joys with sincere appreciation and wonder, even throwing in the occasional history lesson for good measure.
The music and sound design essentially make this a bonus episode of the show. The audiobook is only fifteen minutes long but they're all surreal, warm, and weirdly reassuring.
I'm a big fan of Joe's gentle comedy and his brilliantly comforting "Joe Pera Talks With You" television series. If you haven't seen it, it's an odd, funny, and relentlessly sweet spiritual successor to the shows that Fred Rogers and Carl Sagan created. Calm and meditative (if a bit quirky), directly addressing you while celebrating life's everyday joys with sincere appreciation and wonder, even throwing in the occasional history lesson for good measure.
The music and sound design essentially make this a bonus episode of the show. The audiobook is only fifteen minutes long but they're all surreal, warm, and weirdly reassuring.
May 30, 2021
Love Joe Pera, and a bathroom companion authored by him sounds like the perfect idea. But I found this short book that can easily be read in one “sitting” somewhat hit or miss.
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