yeah I don't get it. i have amazing thoughts all the time but rarely in the shower
this post was submitted on 13 Apr 2025
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Sir. You appear to be lost. This is a Wendy's.
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Remember your towel protocol:
If you're part of the Bidet Master Race and have a stack of mini butt/genitals-towels for use after bidet-ing, the whole towel becomes face-&-body with no worries
All those times the kids at school called me butt-face... look who's complimenting me now. Ha, suckers.
Indeed, it is always wise to be a hoopy frood.
You dry your entire body at the exact same time? I start at my head and work my towel down towards my feet. And then I throw the towel into the laundry.
You use your towel once and throw it into the laundry?
Yes, at least the one I use for showering. But I don't shower daily, to save water.
You could try reusing your towel a few times in order to save even more water, along with some electricity. Just hang it to dry in between.
My washing machine is not using less water because there's less laundry in the drum.
Is it on a fixed schedule?
You should really wait until it's full before doing the laundry... That way you use it less often and use less water.
My two full loads every week is not going to hurt the environment, no matter how much I get downvoted.
In a hotel, sure, I'll reuse towels, but at home, no thanks.
White for hands, brown for feet, green for torso, thighs and seat. And in the cupboard beneath the stair...
...you'll find the red for pubic hair.
Worst flag ever.
Clean yourself right and anywhere is good
If you actually clean yourself in the shower this is unnecessary.
Are you being paid by e.coli?
They're in a pocket if Big Soap, coercing god fearing christians into cleaning their asses thus making them gay
If it brings people comfort to not use the same towel, it's probably not worth trying to push them away from that habit. It's one thing to know it intellectually, and another to feel off-put by the idea.
It is however very important to push people into cleaning themselves properly. The amout of dirty asses around us at all times is staggering and terrifying.
I still don't want my face to indirectly contact my own clean butt.
I want my face to directly contact someone else's clean butt.
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Did I wash my hair? That's when I know I'll need extra coffee that day.
Put a few strands between your fingers and pull. If it squeaks, it's been washed.
Biggest mistake is not repeating the wash-rinse twice. Ask a hairdresser why they do it that way.
It's 1:30 A.M. and the 24 hour hairdresser hotline (1-800-cut-hair) was shut down years ago, maybe you could explain.
If you read your shampoo label, it probably says the same thing.
Rinse, apply a small amount of shampoo, wash, apply some more shampoo, wash again.
This way, you first remove most of the oil from your hair, and the second time you actually clean it and the scalp.
In a way, it's like a dishwasher works with a pre-wash cycle.
I just looked at my head and shoulders bottle and it does recommend rinse and repeat. It does not however discuss why. I was more pointing out that the first person I was replying to could have just shared the information that they seem to have rather than saying ask someone.
Wash, rinse, repeat... It's an infinite loop, there is no exit statement. How many repeats? Sounds like "Big Hair" just wants us to buy more product.
I wash my hair once a week with water only, and it's fine.
Doesn't smell, doesn't look greasy, and my scalp is much healthier than when I still used shampoo.
Why don't you save everyone some time and say it yourself?
9 out of 10 hairdressers agree, what explanation is there needed
To get you to buy more.
I use far far less if I use a very small amount twice rather than a lot once. The shampoo will mix with oils in your hair and when you wash once you just keep rubbing the oil and detergent mix back onto yourself. Using a small amount and rinsing it off will make it function far better.