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[โ€“] [email protected] 39 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Now add in a plot for time it takes to convince yourself to take a shower.

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

Most programs won't render slices thin enough for the "Shower" portion of that...

[โ€“] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think your skin technically is expanding

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I feel it happening in the moment

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

It probably is something you can feel if your skin is dry and/or cold. It does stretch and become more pliable when warm and wet.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Elevate the experience with a towel warmer and/or space heater in the bathroom

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Two words: underfloor heating.

When walking around barefoot, warm tiles are so much nicer than cold ones.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Poor person's solution is living in a place with plastic flooring.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

Love to see i'm not the only one who puts visual emphasis on the word "warm", just to encapculate the feeling ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

I feel attacked!

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is this an autism thing? I thought everyone did it?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Maybe. I think everyone shares some traits, but the hypersensitivity to physical sensations and dislike of transitions probably makes us do it more often than others.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I shower with cold water. Refreshing and ready to go in like five minutes.

Used to shower pretty hot around two years ago but now I actually prefer cold, even in winter.

I have very good skin so neither affected it negatively, but I think cold is better as it feels like the skin can retain its moisture better when using cold water.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

I used to shower cold. I mainly do luke warm and then finish off cold.

Showering in the gyms messed me up because they only have one temperature and it's really hot so it messed up my gauge. I think cooler water is better in general too, not sure about the moisture stuff itself but I found myself itching less in winter after doing so. I also used to be afraid of stepping out of the shower because of the cold and it feels just fine now.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I want to like hot showers, but it dries out my skin so badly, and it makes me feel like a pierogi that's been left out too long; without any butter or sour cream

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Also the sound

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Taking a bath, doubly so

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Ooh, I love warm showers UNTIL IT SLOWLY STARTS GETTING COLD, REQUIRING A TEMP INCREASE

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

what I'm doing when I spend 30 minutes in there

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago