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People used to shower all the time pre-pandemic because we had to. It was the polite thing to do if you’re going to be working at an office. But with the pandemic, we’ve all been showering less, if at all. No longer is there a need since we’re all just working from home.
As showering habits have changed in the lockdown, scientists have noted the environmental and physical benefits of not showering. We’ve all been showering less in lockdown and it might be making us cleaner. Showering less might be better for you.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 220 | August 17, 2021 2:38 AM
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In the year since the pandemic took hold in Britain, we have been both washing more – our hands, at least – and probably washing the rest of us less. In February a YouGov survey found 17% of Brits were showering less often than before (although 10% were showering more), while nearly a third said they were less likely to put clean clothes on, and a quarter were washing their hair less frequently. Sales of deodorant are in decline – according to figures from the retail analysts Mintel, 28% of people have been using less. For younger people, this is even more marked – 45% of generation Z and 40% of millennials are dodging deodorant. A survey for GSK Consumer Health found only 9% of people had improved their oral health routine, despite snacking a lot more; 5% said it had declined. We have become the great unwashed.
Working from home, shielding, not socialising or just losing the will to blow-dry appear to have had many of us questioning whether our pre-pandemic personal hygiene and grooming habits were really necessary. And, with routines disrupted, it is perfectly possible to get to the end of the day before wondering if you have brushed your teeth. Or putting off your morning shower until you have done some lunchtime exercise, and then not bothering to do that either.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 2 | April 23, 2021 10:02 AM
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Yes, I still shower, but sometimes not everyday. But even when I do shower, I had been shaving very infrequently sometimes once or maybe twice a week. More recently, I have grown facial hair. I don't know if you call it a beard, but it's more than just stubble. I was seeing so few people and going to the grocery store with a mask, so shaving became quite unimportant. Surprisingly, my facial hair requires a fair amount of maintenance, which wasn't the point of growing it, but I do like to keep it presentable even if it's only me looking at it.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | April 23, 2021 10:27 AM
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Ill grow the beard until it is more trouble to maintain it I had already dropped deodorant for the most part. I keep some in the locker at the gym and a stick at home I rarely use. NEVER use antiperspirant.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | April 23, 2021 10:44 AM
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Yes, mostly but not always, and only the, uh, dirty bits. I'm also in a cold climate so happy to take a pass when it's freezing af.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 23, 2021 10:54 AM
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Yes, not everyday now only twice a week I do wash my face crotch and feet everyday. This is better since my skin doesn't dry out during the cold weather.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | April 23, 2021 12:08 PM
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I shower on Sunday, Wednesday and Friday nights. I'm in the house by myself the majority of the time. If I go into the office, I will shower that night, even if it's not one of my usual nights. If I work out and sweat, I will shower. Otherwise, I don't see a reason to shower every day. I'm sitting on my ass, responding to emails and taking phone calls. I'm not a lumberjack or steel worker!
Now, Summer will be a different story. When it gets hot, muggy, and sticky and I do sweat more, I'll shower more often. Plus, nothing feels better than a cool shower on a hot and humid night.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 23, 2021 12:22 PM
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Everyone knows who isn’t showering
by Anonymous | reply 9 | April 23, 2021 12:28 PM
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I go for a 4 mile walk every day so yes.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 23, 2021 12:37 PM
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Pre-Covid, I had thought that as I had gotten older, I no longer had underarm smell. Now that I go for weeks at a time without showering, the underarm stench is so overpowering that I think it might turn my stomach. Ten times worse than any homeless person. My concern is that I’m not sure I can get sufficiently clean again.
Cold weather has been nice, because I can encapsulate myself in a zipped-up jacket if I have to go inside somewhere. I’ve been doing mainly curbside pickup and home delivery to avoid the smell problem.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | April 23, 2021 12:51 PM
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Everyone please note that when you are out and about, DO NOT use air hand dryers in public toilets. They create vast aerosols and spray bacteria and viruses everywhere. Warning from a doctor.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | April 23, 2021 12:53 PM
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I still take a shower every day, even though I retired a year ago.
Without putting too fine a point on it, I like a clean ass, and as long as I'm going to be cleaning that part, I might as well jump in the shower and take care of everything else. A long, steamy shower opens up my sinuses as well.
I bought some silly, overpriced shower gel that I liked when I used it in a hotel, and to he honest, now that I'm not working, what else do I have to do?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 14 | April 23, 2021 1:02 PM
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Daily showers have become weekly or bi-weekly showers. Will become monthly in cold weather.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | April 23, 2021 2:04 PM
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I love taking a daily shower. I do it for me. Also I work out most days and get grimy from garden work.
You need to wash your clothes and bed linen much less if you maintain a clean body.
I have found that I have stopped using deo and fragrance because I dont have to get close to people at work.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | April 23, 2021 2:39 PM
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Article from the UK, it figures, no telling what that stank sleeve is like either. Poor things can hardly afford water, Brexit is taking its toll I guess, pity.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | April 23, 2021 2:58 PM
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[quote] You need to wash your clothes and bed linen much less if you maintain a clean body.
I don’t know if that is true or not, but you definitely don’t need to wash clothes and bed linen as frequently if you shower less often, since it won’t make any difference. I’ve been wearing a shirt and underwear for a week at a time, and only put on pants if going outside.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | April 23, 2021 3:06 PM
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I shower every day. Not more than 5 minutes at a time. Quick in. Quick out. Just soap and rinse. Special attention to head, face, ears, pits, crotch, and feet. I might do a more major scrubbing every few weeks.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | April 23, 2021 3:12 PM
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Yes, daily, even if I'm working from home. I have found it's nice to keep a routine while the world has been so out of sorts.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | April 23, 2021 3:16 PM
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409 is the new “it” cologne for the modern man who’s never on the go.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | April 23, 2021 3:50 PM
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I still like having sex with my husband, so I bathe daily.
If I were single, working at home and social distancing, I would not bathe daily. I would be disgusting and not care.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | April 23, 2021 4:02 PM
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I have made a solemn promise that I will shower when Eurydice Colette Clytemnestra Dido Bathsheba Rabelais Patricia Cocteau Stone eats.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | April 23, 2021 4:06 PM
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A daily morning shower is part of my ritual, and I have not deviated. It makes me feel good physically and psychologically.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | April 23, 2021 4:07 PM
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Daily shower and shower before sex. I'm with 3 other roommates and we fuck so...............
by Anonymous | reply 25 | April 23, 2021 5:46 PM
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Every other day...sometimes I put on makeup and stuff.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | April 23, 2021 8:03 PM
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Why would anyone want to see around filthy? Gross.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | April 23, 2021 8:05 PM
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[quote] Daily shower and shower before sex. I'm with 3 other roommates and we fuck so...............
You fuck them?
by Anonymous | reply 28 | April 23, 2021 8:06 PM
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I shower every day but don’t always wash my hair. I shave on Mondays and if I have an important Zoom call. I will wear the same clothes (not socks or underwear that is changed daily) 3 or 4 days in a row unless I spill something on them. I often forget to brush my teeth in the morning but usually remember at some point. Pre-COVID I was fastidious about hygiene and grooming.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | April 23, 2021 8:31 PM
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You can’t smell stanky people if you’re wearing a facemask. And they can’t see if you’ve got beard stubble
by Anonymous | reply 30 | April 23, 2021 8:35 PM
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So many of you are fucking disgusting. I have taken a shower twice a day since I was in elementary school. What the actual fuck with only showering a few times a week (or a month?)
by Anonymous | reply 31 | April 23, 2021 8:37 PM
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OP, please don't confuse the general populace with you and your fellow shack-squatters.
By the way, you stink.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | April 23, 2021 8:39 PM
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I shower twice a day no matter what. I can't leave my house in the morning without a shower and I can't get into bed at night without a shower.
On the rare occasions I've gone a whole day without showering (for various reasons) I feel like a disgusting garbage pile and I cannot stand it.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | April 23, 2021 8:41 PM
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I’ve found hot showers are very soothing during the pandemic.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | April 23, 2021 8:41 PM
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I know I don't get dirty enough to need a daily shower, but I have to do it for psychological reasons. I can't stand feeling "not clean" even if I am clean. I could never shower only once or twice a week. WTF is wrong with some of you? That is just nasty.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | April 23, 2021 8:51 PM
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I only shower now every few days, or after the gym, but it's quite the ritual.
Firstly, if I'm going to shower it will be in the morning. As a result, I brush my teeth and follow-up with mouthwash in the shower. Then I move on to shampooing my hair and use one of those scalp massagers to invigorate the follicles and wake me up. Next, I do a preliminary dousing of my entire body with micellar water to gently cleanse the skin and prepare my body for what is to come. I then apply exfoliating agents to my face and body, and I go to work with a great scrub brush all over. Next, I spread moisturizing body soap all over my body, clean every crevice, then rinse off. Once I am done, I dry off and apply a vitamin rich moisturizer and shea butter to my skin.
I come out squeaky clean and I feel luxurious for the rest of the day!
by Anonymous | reply 36 | April 23, 2021 8:51 PM
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OP, I can smell you from here.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | April 23, 2021 8:51 PM
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OP. you have no choice. You have to move to France.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | April 23, 2021 8:57 PM
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A nice wake up shower in the morning is a wonderful thing. One of life's pleasure. I start off every day with a shower.
And during the summer I also love another shower before dinner.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | April 23, 2021 8:57 PM
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Once or twice a day for me. I like feeling clean after a shower and I love being in the shower with hot water all over me. Feels so good. I wash my hair every day, too because if I don't it gets oily and gross. Since the pandemic, I don't bother to blow dry my hair unless I'm going out.
The people who don't shower every day are gross as fuck.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | April 23, 2021 9:05 PM
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The subject of some DLers' questionable hygiene habits comes up again....
by Anonymous | reply 41 | April 23, 2021 9:12 PM
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I lift nearly every day and my pits annoy me so I shower.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | April 23, 2021 9:13 PM
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Not showering makes me feel depressed. So I shower. I have gone 3 days without a shower a few times this last year but it seems to have coincided with feeling low.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | April 23, 2021 9:22 PM
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If you’re not rolling around in dirt and not engaging in dirty maintenance work, then you’re not “filthy” if going without showering for an extended period of time. The only problem is the invisible stench that clings to the body, but you can easily become nose blind to that, so you don’t necessarily feel any sense of uncleanliness.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | April 23, 2021 9:32 PM
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I bathe every night - I don't like getting into bed dirty. I don't know how people who wash in the morning do it.
But, my hair. I look dreadful without professional care.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | April 23, 2021 10:09 PM
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Yuck! What is wrong with people? Lockdown or not, take a damn shower. Someone in that Guardian article copped to showering once a month! Taking a shower has nothing to do with seeing or not seeing other people. If no one comes to your house do you just not bother to clean it? Showering takes five minutes. Lazy slobs just finding a reason to come out of the shadows. Lockdown or not, friends, family, lovers, co-workers or not, wash your ass!
by Anonymous | reply 47 | April 23, 2021 11:42 PM
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I'd like to hear more from R25.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | April 23, 2021 11:44 PM
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I had a bi roommate once. He was mostly into girls, but if he was horny enough he'd knock on my bedroom door and we'd get it on. Versatile and a great dirty talker during sex. It was some of the hottest sex I've ever had.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | April 23, 2021 11:56 PM
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No.
Nobody showers anymore, OP
by Anonymous | reply 50 | April 23, 2021 11:59 PM
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I only, wash and/or condition my hair once or twice a week but I shower every single day. I have had situationally depressive periods where I was probably going to wind up suicidal if things didn't turn around but no one ever suspected because I never looked that depressed because I showered every day. If you don't groom, people ask questions has been an ongoing motto in my life. why stop now?
by Anonymous | reply 52 | April 24, 2021 12:51 AM
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Beyond the smell, how do you all stand feeling oily and grimy?
by Anonymous | reply 53 | April 24, 2021 1:36 AM
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I can only imagine what my ass and crotch would feel like after several days without showering. Gross!
by Anonymous | reply 54 | April 24, 2021 1:37 AM
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These people who don't shower must not feel themselves and they certainly aren't being felt by anyone else, R54.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | April 24, 2021 1:40 AM
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I'm still going to work as usual, so I've increased bathing to twice a day and wash all my clothes daily (except PJ's and coats).
by Anonymous | reply 56 | April 24, 2021 1:50 AM
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I have maintained my shower and self care routines. Shower almost every day, shampoo every other day. I exercise outdoors, so need to bathe regularly.
Wash under arms, groin, ass with Au Lait Milk scottish soap bar. Then use loofah and body gel. After shower, moisturize body, face. I have several products I rotate.
Once a week pedi, nails.
I enjoy feeling fresh and smelling good.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | April 24, 2021 2:21 AM
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The prisspots are going to scream, but I use Irish Spring soap and Head and Shoulders shampoo. I feel clean as a whistle afterwards.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | April 24, 2021 2:44 AM
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A shower is just how I start my day. Covid-19 didn't cause me to stop enjoying being clean.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | April 24, 2021 2:52 AM
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I went camping a few years ago. Outside in the woods for two days with no way to bathe. By the time I got home I could've knocked a buzzard off a shitpile, I stank so bad. I took a long hot shower and when I was done it was such a great refreshing feeling.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | April 24, 2021 2:58 AM
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This thread is so depressing. But explains 80% of the people that populate this site.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | April 24, 2021 3:29 AM
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I shower daily, sometimes twice daily when it's hot and humid. One of the few things in life that really feels good and costs pennies.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | April 24, 2021 3:37 AM
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[quote] I've increased bathing to twice a day and wash all my clothes daily
You’re the reason why we’re in a drought. Stop wasting water.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | April 24, 2021 6:16 AM
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Bitch I have well water and I live in the Northeast. You can go get fucked, drought isn't a issue here.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | April 24, 2021 6:31 AM
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I go five or six days, sometimes but rarely seven, between showers. I usually do it when my butt itches so bad I can't stand it anymore. And I get weird scabby things on my scalp that seem to only come on when I don't wash it.
In the summer or when I'm seeing someone, it's every day or twice.
The pandemic did weird things to me.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | April 24, 2021 6:32 AM
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2 showers a day - 1 before leaving the house and 1 after the gym. You guys are nasty. I hope you air your homes out. Some eldergay homes makes you want to vomit with smell.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | April 24, 2021 6:46 AM
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Since I don't have to go to work I've developed a strange bathing schedule and not my usual morning shower.
I tend to fall into my work in my boxers with a cup of coffee and before I know it it is lunchtime. So now on most days I bathe in the late afternoon after I take my post lunch nap
by Anonymous | reply 67 | April 24, 2021 7:27 AM
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Hey guys: please do shower, if "only" for yourself. I'm single and shower at least once per day.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | April 24, 2021 7:14 PM
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Some dirty-ass motherfuckers up in this thread. A shower only takes three minutes, no excuse not to wash your nasty asses every day.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | April 24, 2021 7:32 PM
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You are gross if it only takes you 3 minutes to shower. You’re wetting yourself without properly cleaning which makes things worse. Bacteria thrives in wetness. And your towels will be so disgusting with this minute shower. Might as well not shower.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | April 24, 2021 7:36 PM
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r70 a three minute shower is sufficient if your thoroughly scrub yourself.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | April 24, 2021 7:38 PM
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You may think you're alone but you've got just as many bacteria on you as ever. If you don't feel like showering, take a bath.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | April 24, 2021 7:40 PM
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r72 you're not too bright.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | April 24, 2021 7:49 PM
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Even before the pandemic I was only having a whore’s bath twice a week. Now a month seems like nothing.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | April 24, 2021 7:50 PM
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Exactly! All these shrieking Marys have no idea what they’re talking about. They just psychologically need a shower twice a day like they’re a lemming robot. I’d rather trust science and the dermatologists.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | April 24, 2021 7:55 PM
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I'm a total grease pit if I don't shower every day.
And all of you who don't shower every day stink. People are just too polite to tell you.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | April 24, 2021 8:01 PM
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For the seniors here, unless you get dirty, bathing daily dries your skin too much. But please don’t wait until you’re stinky.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | April 24, 2021 8:04 PM
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Not if you use a good moisturizer r77.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | April 24, 2021 8:06 PM
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For all the nasty asses bathing on a weekly or monthly basis (yuck), there's a reason personal hygiene and sanitation were invented, and are promoted for good health.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 79 | April 24, 2021 8:08 PM
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I don’t shower anymore but I still go swimming. That’s enough wetness for me.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | April 24, 2021 8:11 PM
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Bathing twice a month? What is this the fucking Middle Ages?
by Anonymous | reply 81 | April 24, 2021 8:30 PM
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Before the pandemic it was every day, but now that I don't go into the office I might skip a day. Still, after 24 hours I'm pretty filthy.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | April 24, 2021 8:53 PM
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a three minute shower is not even possible if you are showering correctly. My showers take between 15-20 mins. You should shampoo your hair, rinse, then apply conditioner and leave on while you clean your body. Using a washcloth, lather it up, wash your arms and torso, rinse the washcloth. Lather it again. Wash one leg and your foot. Rinse the washcloth. Lather it again, wash the second leg and foot. Rinse the washcloth, lather again and wash your genitals Rinse washcloth, lather again and wash your butt and asshole. Then rinse whatever hasn't rinsed off. Rinse the conditioner out of your hair completely. Wash your back with a brush with a handle and soap.
Shower complete. Anything less is fucking disgusting.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | April 24, 2021 9:07 PM
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[quote] Pre-Covid, I had thought that as I had gotten older, I no longer had underarm smell. Now that I go for weeks at a time without showering, the underarm stench is so overpowering that I think it might turn my stomach. Ten times worse than any homeless person. My concern is that I’m not sure I can get sufficiently clean again.
As I've aged, my underarm odor can become unbearable in just 2 or 3 days. I have to use deodorant regularly. It's our body's way of reminding us that we're almost dead.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | April 24, 2021 9:07 PM
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[quote] Shower complete. Anything less is fucking disgusting.
R83 that’s because you shower once every few months. If you shower daily 2-3 minutes is enough.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | April 24, 2021 10:27 PM
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Stop sex-worker shaming R74.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | April 24, 2021 10:45 PM
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r83 you're an OCD prisspot. A wet-down, lather and rinse is all that's really needed.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | April 24, 2021 11:04 PM
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R83, don’t be ridiculous, one can absolutely take a complete and thorough shower in 3 minutes or less.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | April 24, 2021 11:23 PM
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Yes, with my Speakman showerhead that I've taken with me to three apartments and four houses over the years.
It's an Anystream 2000.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | April 24, 2021 11:25 PM
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I may be an OCD prisspot, but I'm cleaner than most of you pigs.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | April 25, 2021 12:58 AM
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r90 your shower routine is not necessary to get yourself clean. It's really extreme.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | April 25, 2021 1:12 AM
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Not really, r90. It's called washing your body. You need soap and a washcloth to get clean. Anything else is just surface buffing.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | April 25, 2021 2:51 AM
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I love how these nasty ass motherfuckers then want to school people on douching etiquette in other threads.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | April 25, 2021 2:58 AM
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R83 I shower every day and take a good 15 minutes because I like being under the water but scrubbing my skin everyday would be too much for me.
One thing I'm particular about is that I need freshly cleaned clothes everyday. I never wear the same socks or underwear or shirts from one day to the next. Pants are an exception but even then, I more often than not wear a fresh pair.
The pandemic has not changed these habits.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | April 25, 2021 3:20 AM
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I always used to shower before bed and would shower and shave at the gym in the morning before work. Since I no longer go to the gym or office, I am down to one shower a day, usually in the morning. However now that the weather is getting nice and I am spending time outside, I need to wear sunscreen so will want to wash it off at night before bed.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | April 25, 2021 3:28 AM
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r83's prisspot Silkwood shower routine had me laughing out loud.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | April 25, 2021 3:47 AM
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Showering in this country is completely overdone. I shower one a week in winter, twice a week in summer and go into the office M-F.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | April 25, 2021 4:02 AM
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What has me laughing, r96 is how so many people were never taught how to properly bathe. There's a reason I'm a lesbian.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | April 25, 2021 4:06 AM
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r98/83 your shower routine is ridiculous.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | April 25, 2021 4:09 AM
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Bitch, hell no. I literally can’t fall asleep if I haven’t showered before bedtime.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | April 25, 2021 4:13 AM
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I get that not showering everyday may work for some people. But how about the hole? It must always be presentable.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | April 25, 2021 4:13 AM
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R83 I like [italic]most[/italic] of your routine - similar to mine - but I find the whole leaving the conditioner on until the end bit gross.
Nothing should remain on the scalp after one has begun to wash one’s body. Otherwise, you’re just dousing head rinse all over a perfectly clean body.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | April 25, 2021 4:22 AM
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That might be true for skinny people but not fat people in humid climates.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | April 25, 2021 4:23 AM
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I recently read a book which claimed that the French aristocracy built big mansions and palaces without bathrooms because they only changed their clothes to be 'clean'.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | April 25, 2021 4:23 AM
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Conditioner needs to be left on for about 5 minutes to work. Nothing wrong with leaving it on while you clean your body.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | April 25, 2021 4:28 AM
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R105 I brush my teeth while I do that.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | April 25, 2021 4:30 AM
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[quote]I recently read a book which claimed that the French aristocracy built big mansions and palaces without bathrooms because they only changed their clothes to be 'clean'.
The Palace of Versailles was notoriously filthy. People who visited from other countries wrote about what a cesspit it was. There weren't enough chamber pots or water closets, and the Palace was always full of so many people that they relived themselves in stairwells, potted plants, behind furniture etc. The whole place stank of shit and piss.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | April 25, 2021 4:33 AM
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Using a washcloth invites all sorts of bacterial growth. Yuck.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | April 25, 2021 4:40 AM
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R83 would have a very hard time in the service, prison, and drought areas.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | April 25, 2021 4:43 AM
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I use bar soap and my hands. Your hands are a natural exfoliant.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | April 25, 2021 4:45 AM
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Well r111 I'm always clean as a whistle and people tell me how good I smell so I guess my hands work magic.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | April 25, 2021 5:02 AM
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How does using a washcloth invite bacterial growth, r108. It's a clean, white washcloth . You use it once, let it dry, then wash it with bleach. You can buy them in large packs at Target for about $3. Unlike those plastic ball things which totally invite bacteria since you use them over and over.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | April 25, 2021 5:11 AM
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by Anonymous | reply 115 | April 25, 2021 5:14 AM
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Using your hands gets you perfectly clean as long as you don't have dirt and grime on you.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | April 25, 2021 5:18 AM
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What in the living fuck is wrong with you?
Unless you're either a major depressive disorder patient or comatose, shower.
by Anonymous | reply 117 | April 25, 2021 5:23 AM
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The older generation used to take “a bird bath” which meant, I gather, filling the sink or basin and scooping water and soap to splash about the body. We are lucky to have the luxury of a long hot shower when we want.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | April 25, 2021 5:24 AM
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OP is full of shit. If I go even one day without a shower, I'm a mess... hair is greasy and itchy, skin is greasy and gross, and I feel awful. Showering once a day is a requirement for me. Period. I can't even show my face in public if I haven't washed my hair.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | April 25, 2021 5:32 AM
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And yet, as has become apparent from this thread, people still don't bathe R118. It only took a year for everyone to regress back to medieval bathing habits.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | April 25, 2021 5:33 AM
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Are you people who don't shower often total recluses who are never around other people and never have sex?
by Anonymous | reply 121 | April 25, 2021 5:52 AM
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No, we’re around people all the time and have plenty of sex. We just don’t have it with total prisspots who require the world to be completely sanitized. Do you pump Purell up your 🕳 too?
by Anonymous | reply 122 | April 25, 2021 5:56 AM
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I shower three times a week. Never longer than 7 mins. M/Thurs/Sun.
It's perfect for conservation, cleanliness, and sustainability.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | April 25, 2021 6:01 AM
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r122 it's about basic cleanliness. Not showering regularly is just gross. And yes you DO smell.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | April 25, 2021 6:05 AM
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If you are really fat do you have someone hose you down and perhaps use a "warsh stick" to clean the hard to reach places?
How does all that work during covid lockdown?
Asking thd fatties out there.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | April 25, 2021 9:43 AM
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Sometimes I shower daily, and sometimes it's every other day. I live alone. I haven' t done anything for a year but occasionally go the grocery store and get my haircut once every three months. Showering every other day is enough.
by Anonymous | reply 126 | April 25, 2021 10:12 AM
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21.7% of you are filthy fucking pigs.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | April 25, 2021 10:18 AM
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We're not all working from home
by Anonymous | reply 128 | April 25, 2021 10:46 AM
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I hate tubs. I can't imagine sitting in a pool of my own filth then having to stand up after bathing and showering all the dirty water off me. I had the tubs in my bathrooms removed back in the mid 90s when I did a massive renovation of my apartment and replaced with walk in showers.
by Anonymous | reply 129 | April 25, 2021 10:51 AM
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Yes, but aside from general hygiene, it's due to my lower back pain. A hot shower is awesome for it.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | April 25, 2021 11:07 AM
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I do, but not every day now.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | April 25, 2021 11:29 AM
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Why do the Karens of DL care if people they’ll never meet haven’t showered? Is the need to control the lives of other people that great?
by Anonymous | reply 133 | April 25, 2021 1:26 PM
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R133 Why do you care if people you’ll never meet care if people they’ll never meet haven’t showered?
by Anonymous | reply 134 | April 25, 2021 1:47 PM
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Do it as a matter of principle. It’s called rectitude.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | April 25, 2021 2:14 PM
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R135 The rectum must always be washed thoroughly.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | April 25, 2021 4:59 PM
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In CA, there is a major drought, the less water we use the better. Cutting back on showering is a perfect place to start, as there is no need to shower ever day.
by Anonymous | reply 137 | April 25, 2021 5:56 PM
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Some people are just dirty bitches. Just like there are those of us who like showers, I have a female friend who hates showering. You have to tell her, bitch go take a shower and she's not an old, ugly cat lady. She's like a Burning Man party girl. Whatever floats your boat. Showering is such a pleasure to me.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | April 25, 2021 6:09 PM
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Some just always look dirty.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 139 | April 25, 2021 6:12 PM
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[quote]Do you still shower?
Do you not? You type like you smell OP
by Anonymous | reply 140 | April 25, 2021 6:14 PM
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[quote]as there is no need to shower ever day.
There is for most people. I fucking STINK if I don't shower daily. My hair is a grease pit and my armpits and crotch could peel paint.
by Anonymous | reply 141 | April 25, 2021 6:32 PM
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Yuck r139! He is so gross. Why did he think anyone would want to see his nasty body?
by Anonymous | reply 142 | April 25, 2021 6:34 PM
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I shower daily. But, every other day, it's an abbreviated shower: face, pits, groin, and feet. I have a handheld shower head and I blast my feet with that.
When I lived in a colder climate, during winter, there were days I was tempted to not shower. My skin was so dry.
by Anonymous | reply 143 | April 25, 2021 6:43 PM
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I have water saver hand held shower heads in all of my showers and each one has a button that will stop the flow of water without turning the water completely off. There is absolutely no need to have the shower running while you're soaping up and washing yourself. You wet yourself down and then turn the water off while washing. Then you turn it back on when you're ready to rinse. Water saver shower heads should be required by law at this point. These ridiculous rainfall shower heads should be illegal.
by Anonymous | reply 144 | April 25, 2021 6:44 PM
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^ Getta load of Greta Thunberg.
by Anonymous | reply 145 | April 25, 2021 6:59 PM
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[quote] But, every other day, it's an abbreviated shower: face, pits, groin, and feet. I have a handheld shower head and I blast my feet with that.
You people who take abbreviated showers are so gross. When you wash your groin and ass, fecal matter drips down your legs yet you don’t soap up or wash your legs. You just dry off and go. Disgusting. Even worse than if you never showered. Either shower correctly or don’t at all, none of this abbreviated crap.
by Anonymous | reply 146 | April 25, 2021 9:04 PM
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I also wet shave in the shower. I don’t know why beards are so popular these days—they’ve been shown to harbor coliform bacteria. Poo hair on your face. Ew-w-w-w!
by Anonymous | reply 149 | April 25, 2021 9:15 PM
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I’d love to kiss you, but I just washed my hair...
by Anonymous | reply 150 | April 25, 2021 11:24 PM
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Jane Birkin raged in her diary about Serge Gainsbourg: "'No bath in four months and filthy black feet.'"
by Anonymous | reply 151 | April 26, 2021 12:03 AM
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WTF with an "abbreviated" shower? Just get in the damn shower! You'll be done in less than five minutes.
by Anonymous | reply 152 | April 26, 2021 12:13 AM
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Who has the sexiest unwashed grungy look? As an eldergay, Mel Gibson as mad max.
by Anonymous | reply 153 | April 26, 2021 12:17 AM
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I don't even want to know how often you Neanderthals clean your bathroom. Because nothing less than once per week is an acceptable answer.
by Anonymous | reply 154 | April 26, 2021 1:50 AM
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I spot-clean my bathroom pretty much daily, so there's no need for a big cleaning job. Spot cleaning as you go along makes things much easier. Hint: Keep Clorox wipes (or equivalent) under the bathroom sink, so they're in easy reach and you can do a quick wipe-down of floor, toilet and counter (using separate wipes for each, of course). That really helps, and it only takes a minute.
Of course, I'm sure some of these pigs who only shower once a week also have bathrooms that are Biohazard zones.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | April 26, 2021 2:16 AM
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I shower twice a day to feel fresh - sometimes 3x a day. I’m obese and fungus can take hold in the skin folds, especially those that rub together. You can get a white, cheesy substance in places like the ass crack, thighs, stomach. You’ve got to rub lots of special antibacterial soap on the raw, red places, then slather them with triple antibiotic cream. Of course, the antibiotic cream gets overwhelmed by the multiplying bacteria in the skin folds, so you have to shower & scrub off the gelatinous residue formed by remnants of cream from a tube & cream from your pores. Don’t forget to pull up loose balls of fat to shake some gold bond medicated powder (which isn’t really medicated), underneath the fatty skin globules in order to make a paste. This will absorb your perspiration for a few hours until it slides off the skin and into your clothing. That’s when you know it’s time for another shower.
I’ve tried to go with only showering every other day but I begin not fell as I’d something is crawling one me
by Anonymous | reply 156 | April 26, 2021 9:25 PM
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How is hole washed? Outside or a soapy finger inserted?
by Anonymous | reply 157 | April 26, 2021 9:25 PM
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I found anal cancer by sticking my finger into my butthole. Just do it.
by Anonymous | reply 158 | April 26, 2021 10:06 PM
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I work from home. I shower every 3-4 days unless I'm seeing people. I go for long walks every day but don't get smelly.
In the winter, I feel I could go longer as I don't stink but just shower as matter of self-respect. Unless you're working in sewers or running five miles a day in the heat, there's no reason to shower daily and it's a huge waste of resources.
by Anonymous | reply 159 | April 27, 2021 8:02 PM
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R159 do you also wash your hole every three or four days?
by Anonymous | reply 160 | April 27, 2021 9:18 PM
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R26 - you put on makeup at home?
by Anonymous | reply 161 | April 27, 2021 9:38 PM
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One of the funniest things a friend of mine said to his room mate back in the day just before we were all about to go out to the bar was "did Febreze come out with a body spray?". He went into the bathroom and pretended to take a shower, ran the water and didn't actually do it, and we all knew it.
by Anonymous | reply 162 | April 27, 2021 9:48 PM
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It's so weird that in modern society, where a huge chunk of jobs if not most jobs require NO physical labor, we shower more than we ever have in history. Twice daily showers are nothing but anal retentive wastefulness from prissy queens.
by Anonymous | reply 164 | April 27, 2021 10:21 PM
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I have been getting depressed, drinking and smoking more (need to stop as last few medical investigations came back good and I don't need to destroy my health at 43). I was showering every other day but that got disgusting after the first month. My roommate buys some really amazing lavender and maringa bath products so I run the water, run the hot water all over, lather up head to toe, scrub my self in some good smells and rinse off. I really do feel too lazy but force myself every day and I feel so good afterwards. One thing I can't explain is why I have gotten lazy about it since the pandemic. Used to be super fastidious because I was raised that way.
by Anonymous | reply 165 | April 27, 2021 10:33 PM
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Anyone else find they smell more since the pandemic? It may be that I don't wear the same variety of clothes and shoes, stay too long indoors in my house clothes despite walking briskly, drink and smoke more. However, I feel like I smell worse and just need to shower and clean more.
by Anonymous | reply 166 | April 27, 2021 10:36 PM
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I still take hot showers regularly. I have lower back pain from sitting at my desk all day as I'm older. But I don't have to do laundry as frequently, Just basic stuff like sheets, socks, towels, t-shirts, shorts, boxers, etc...
by Anonymous | reply 167 | April 27, 2021 10:52 PM
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I can't get into bed at night unless I've had a shower, and I can't start my day in the morning until I have a shower. I need to feel clean.
Y'all are some dirtyass motherfuckers on this thread.
by Anonymous | reply 168 | April 27, 2021 11:54 PM
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No, but I douche regularly.
by Anonymous | reply 169 | April 28, 2021 12:07 AM
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Can't say my showering has decreased in any way during the shutdown. Why are people assuming this is wide=spread? I think haphazard or decreasing grooming is a sign of a mental inbalance or an emotional disorder. I definitely associate it with periods of depression in my life. I wouldn't take such a thing casually.
Are you all okay?
by Anonymous | reply 170 | April 28, 2021 12:17 AM
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I'm not surprised at the number of DLers who are dirty and unclean. There are a lot of mental disorders in this forum, and many recluses.
by Anonymous | reply 171 | April 28, 2021 12:33 AM
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Once a week now. I feel disgusting. Dead inside really.
by Anonymous | reply 172 | April 28, 2021 4:12 AM
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I had a in-person meeting this afternoon, so I had to shower for the first time in two weeks. I washed my underarms twice, but I just have body wash and it doesn’t leave me feeling clean. I need to find old-fashioned soap that does a deep clean. I might try dishwashing soap. I use that to wash my hands because it can clean well.
by Anonymous | reply 173 | April 28, 2021 4:23 AM
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Body wash washes you better and cleaner than any bar soap and certainly better for you than dish soap. Your idiotic and baseless perceptions and "feelings" about being clean are pure bunk.
by Anonymous | reply 174 | April 28, 2021 4:33 AM
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A shower shouldn't take 20 minute unless you are jerking off in there or having sex in there. Turn on the water, step in when it's warm, soap up a washcloth (10 seconds) with a moisturizing soap, like Dove , run it quickly along your arms and under the pits, down your torso (30 seconds), rinse and resoap washcloth, clean crotch, run washcloth down legs, on and under feet (35 seconds), get hair wet, use pump shampoo, shampoo hair (20 seconds), use washcloth to soap face, take soapy hand and clean ass, rinse hair, and make sure body is fully rinsed. 3 minutes and you're out of there, fully clean and ready to face the world smelling good and looking and feeling clean. Less water than you use doing a load of dishes. Soap and shampoo suds running down from your hair and wherever you use a washcloth is more than enough to get your back and most of your skin clean without scrubbing unless you are caked in dirt from working in a coal mine. A 3 minute shower a day is not going to use up all the water in California. 3 minutes a day is 21 minutes a week, shorter than some of the showers some of you are describing.
by Anonymous | reply 175 | April 28, 2021 4:55 AM
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R175 I'm gay and I have a lot of creams and lotions and tonics and elixirs I use in the shower to purify my body. It's time consuming I assure you.
by Anonymous | reply 176 | April 28, 2021 4:58 AM
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[quote]Body wash washes you better and cleaner than any bar soap
No it doesn't. Bar soap does the job nicely.
by Anonymous | reply 177 | April 28, 2021 5:15 AM
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I see Dial soap is still for sale. I might try that.
by Anonymous | reply 178 | April 28, 2021 5:27 AM
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I shower daily and sometimes twice when I go to the gym. I wash my hair daily.
Those who don’t shower are gross.
by Anonymous | reply 179 | April 28, 2021 5:28 AM
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Body wash is mostly water. It works, of course, but it doesn't get you "cleaner" than bar soap.
by Anonymous | reply 180 | April 28, 2021 5:32 AM
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[quote] I had a in-person meeting this afternoon, so I had to shower for the first time in two weeks. I washed my underarms twice,
Same here. I just had a job interview and showered for the first time this spring. I had to soap up twice just to make sure I don’t smell, which I never do.
by Anonymous | reply 181 | April 28, 2021 5:39 AM
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Hey neighbors, shower with us, the Beekman boys.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 182 | April 28, 2021 5:54 AM
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[quote] Body wash washes you better and cleaner than any bar soap
Body wash is a marketing ploy.
by Anonymous | reply 183 | April 28, 2021 5:58 AM
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r183 some people are just suckers for marketing. They're the same ones who buy the anti-aging creams at the drugstore, thinking they will work.
by Anonymous | reply 184 | April 28, 2021 6:03 AM
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R183 - some are and some aren't. For example my roommate got a gift card to The Body Shop. She got.two Maringa soaps from and I used it in the shower and it smelled nice but light. She uses the body wash and I can smell it if I pass by her bathroom. It's far more potent. Obviously, too perfumey for me, but hey, if a parfumey shower is a way to get some of you to finally bathe...just shower.
by Anonymous | reply 186 | April 28, 2021 8:59 AM
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Also, since I started posting here last summer (cuz R170 and R171 are right..it's a recluse life since COVID until I am fully vexed along with friends) I noticed most of you bitches are bottoms. I 100% get where R172 is coming from...feel the same a good chunk of the day most days, but have some mercy and wash your asses.
by Anonymous | reply 187 | April 28, 2021 9:04 AM
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There's no difference between body wash and bar soap you may think the body wash gets you cleaner since you probably pour more soap on your washcloth. you won't rub as much soap from bar soap onto the washcloth since it takes more effort to put the same amount of soap on the washcloth.
by Anonymous | reply 188 | April 28, 2021 11:07 AM
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^^^ That’s right. It makes you use more soap.
by Anonymous | reply 189 | April 28, 2021 11:10 AM
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Not since June last year.
by Anonymous | reply 190 | April 28, 2021 11:40 AM
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R177, bar soap is wasteful, bacteria laden, and really gross if you have more than one person using it in your household. And it's hell on your skin. I can't believe people still use bar soap in this day and age.
by Anonymous | reply 191 | April 28, 2021 2:06 PM
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Bar soap is not bacteria laden and who the hell shares a bar of soap?
by Anonymous | reply 192 | April 28, 2021 2:52 PM
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How the hell is bar soap wasteful? It's a bar of soap. What about the big plastic bottles body wash comes in?
by Anonymous | reply 193 | April 28, 2021 2:53 PM
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It's clear many people in this thread need to be hosed down, disinfected, debrided, and dried off. Half the people on this thread are going to start a whole new plague with their lack of personal hygiene.
by Anonymous | reply 194 | April 28, 2021 2:58 PM
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R181, seriously? You went for weeks, if not months without cleaning yourself? You sound horrifyingly disgusting!
by Anonymous | reply 195 | April 28, 2021 3:38 PM
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R195 - I think some posters are exaggerating, drunk, or cavemen posting from the Great Beyond. No way these people didn't shower in a year. That being said, the German actress Freddie Mercury lived with told me when I met her (before her death in 2002) that in his last year there, after he broke up with his boyfriend and moved in with her she had to wash him because otherwise he suddenly stopped washing at all. Maybe after a trauma or shock it's a symptom of something...otherwise I can't imagine gay men would be so unhygienic. FFS!
by Anonymous | reply 196 | April 28, 2021 4:17 PM
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I thought most of you would be at your lake houses by now - taking an early morning dip in your lakes followed by mug cradling and meditations helpfully broadcast to your fourteen followers on live journal....
by Anonymous | reply 197 | April 28, 2021 4:34 PM
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R193, it sits there evaporating, or sitting in water dissolving, less than half of it actually gets on your body as you sit there lathering with it.
It's also generally really bad for your skin, unless you're using a Dove bar or something like that. That tight, dry, itchy feeling is soap scum and residue that doesn't rinse off, and the result of poor pH balance. Body washes are just infinitely better for you and anyone denying this is denying obvious reality.
by Anonymous | reply 198 | April 28, 2021 5:56 PM
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I've used both bar soap and body wash and they're pretty much the same. The OCD freaks on here who insist that soap doesn't get you clean are nuts.
[quote]it sits there evaporating, or sitting in water dissolving, less than half of it actually gets on your body as you sit there lathering with it.
That's what soap dishes are for, a bar of soap isn't sitting in water. What do you think happens with body wash? Most of it doesn't get on your body.
by Anonymous | reply 199 | April 28, 2021 6:33 PM
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For some reason, bar soap is a contentious topic on DL.
by Anonymous | reply 202 | April 28, 2021 7:40 PM
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R202 - right on the heel of draining pasta and the necessity of daily showers.
by Anonymous | reply 203 | April 28, 2021 7:43 PM
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Some of you people need to rethink your carbon bootprint. Two showers a day + body wash in plastic one-use bottles?
My dermatologist told me to use Dove on my body and face, a good moisturizer on my face, and Vaseline on my body to moisturize.
by Anonymous | reply 204 | April 28, 2021 7:43 PM
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Vaseline is another contentious topic.
by Anonymous | reply 205 | April 28, 2021 7:54 PM
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Dove (the pink one) is my favorite soap.
by Anonymous | reply 206 | April 28, 2021 7:56 PM
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R205 - let's not even start a Vegan/Vegetarian versus the omnivoric queens or the site may crash.
by Anonymous | reply 207 | April 28, 2021 8:05 PM
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[quote] [R177], bar soap is wasteful, bacteria laden, and really gross if you have more than one person using it in your household.
Exactly, Chan. Think about the last thing I wash (my ass) and the first thing you wash (your face).
by Anonymous | reply 208 | April 29, 2021 6:25 AM
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What kind of people share a bar of soap? That's just nasty.
by Anonymous | reply 209 | April 29, 2021 6:32 AM
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Uh, roommates? But it’s a moo point.
by Anonymous | reply 210 | April 29, 2021 10:03 AM
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Bar soap is self-cleaning.
by Anonymous | reply 211 | April 29, 2021 10:09 AM
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I just took a shower a few hours ago. I realized it's been more than a week since I last showered.
by Anonymous | reply 212 | April 29, 2021 10:14 AM
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r212, the planet thanks you, especially if you also urinate in the shower to save even more water.
by Anonymous | reply 213 | April 29, 2021 10:20 AM
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I've gone 2 weeks without showering a couple of times due to depression. I would not recommend, made the depression worse. So now I shower every day, sometimes I skip a day here and there. I can't go more than 2 days or I will smell too bad in my pits and mussy.
by Anonymous | reply 214 | April 29, 2021 10:36 AM
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I can’t believe people still shower & brush their teeth.
by Anonymous | reply 215 | April 30, 2021 1:09 AM
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It seems this is normalized now. Jake Gyllenhaal, Ashton Kutcher, and Kristin Bell don’t shower and say it’s good for you.
by Anonymous | reply 216 | August 16, 2021 5:00 AM
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Should I use Vaseline on...?
by Anonymous | reply 217 | August 16, 2021 5:10 AM
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R216, they're over privileged idiots who people won't tell the truth too: that they stink.
by Anonymous | reply 218 | August 16, 2021 2:25 PM
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My master bathroom has no bathtub, just a large shower. I’ve thought about a remodel to include a walk-in tub, but at this point I don’t think that it would be practical. So I shower.
by Anonymous | reply 219 | August 16, 2021 2:32 PM
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I've been ordered to self isolate this week and I've found myself having two baths a day. It helps keep the anxiety at bay.
by Anonymous | reply 220 | August 17, 2021 2:38 AM
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