who shower barehanded
There is another way…?
What? What kind of heathen doesn’t have a pair of heavy duty work gloves for showering? Am I the only civilized one among us?!
Personally I never get in the shower without my circular saw
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Wtf did I just watch… and why did I watch the whole damn thing!?
Same reason I did. If you figure it out please let me know.
This is wonderful
I know toasters are for bathing, but hadn’t heard circular saws were better for showers. TIL.
Personally I never shower.
My local supermarket sells these “exfoliating gloves” that you wear in the shower and basically just use like a wearable washcloth. They’re awesome.
I love these, it’s the best of both worlds. You get the scrubbing and exfoliating of a wash cloth with all the ease and precise control of hands.
They’re like $4 I highly recommend them to everyone.
Arc welding is my favorite shower activity. You need ppe
What if you only have PP? Where to get the E?
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you dont wear shower mittens?
the people on this federation, i fucking swear.
I imagine they mean without a cloth, poof, or loofa. As a kid I would put body wash in my hand, lather, and rub it over my body. But it tended to use up soap quickly so either I had to add more soap part way through or the things I washed last didn’t get washed well. Which is why I switched to a poof.
A “washandje” of course!
a washandje
That sounds like something you ask for at an unlicensed massage parlour
I use the korean version of that
Wash cloths?
I have some stupid questions from someone who rolls barehanded…
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How do you get the soap to lather well when using a wash cloth? I tried it once but it didn’t work all that well.
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Are you supposed to use a new washcloth every time you shower? If yes, how many washcloths do you go through a week and how much does this add to your laundry bulk. If no, aren’t you kind of grossed out by a used, wet, bacteria filled rag being rubbed all over you?
I once saw a post from someone not understanding how bare handers could possibly get clean from only using their hands. But…it’s not like you use a washcloth when you wash your hands and no one is grossed out by that. Why are people then randomly grossed out when you apply that to showering? The action of soap with mechanical disruption, be it with your bare hands or a washcloth, does well to remove grime and bacteria.
To the OP, I lather in my hands with a bar of soap and then wash my body with my sudsy hands…going back to the bar of soap and even “washing my hands” often enough when necessary.
How do you get the soap to lather well when using a wash cloth? I tried it once but it didn’t work all that well.
It lathers better than soap/hands for me.
Are you supposed to use a new washcloth every time you shower? If yes, how many washcloths do you go through a week and how much does this add to your laundry bulk.
Not I. I change mine weekly. Even if I did daily, they’re tiny, so 7 would be about the same mass as a shirt.
If no, aren’t you kind of grossed out by a used, wet, bacteria filled rag being rubbed all over you?
Not anymore than rubbing a used, wet, bacteria filled bar of soap being rubbed all over you. Or used, wet, bacteria filled hands.
I use an exfoliating washcloth like this. It lathers really well. Scrubs off the dead skin and it’s long so you can scratch your back. It air dries fast.
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First time I heard of that. What is the advantage they have compared to just using your hands, besides the lathering abilities mentioned in one of the replies to this comment which is something I never had a problem with?
I lather up a washcloth and scrub that way.
That’s the way all our great-grandparents did it. But with a bowl of warm water.
Uses just a fraction of energy & water. With the abundance of cheap energy, affordable piping and heating became affordable for the masses.
I mean, I also use an actual shower for the rinsing and hair, I just use a washcloth instead of my bare hands or a bar for soaping everything up.
I use soap bar bags… I can’t figure out if that qualifies as barehanded or not
You can also get shower brushes, mostly for dislodging dead skin cells…
I wash myself with a rag on a stick.
Soap on hands; hands on body.
I remember watching a black comedian many years ago and his bit started “Why don’t white people use washcloths?”, and it got me thinking. I started using washcloths and noticed I came away cleaner, soap on a hand doesn’t cut the skin oils and dirt like soap and gentle abrasion can. I also noticed, because I’m hairy, that I get lots of ingrown hairs, especially on my legs. Switched to one of those “poofs” and now I vigorously scrub my hairy bits and no ingrown hairs. Exfoliating helps.
Use a washcloth and don’t forget to brush your tongue, you filthy animal.
How can you tell that you “come out cleaner”? I don’t exactly have motor oil all over my body or anything when I shower.
How do you clean your ears, bellybutton, toes? And hopefully in that order. Some stuff needs extra attention, and some people have different skin types than you. Go scrub out your toes.
Soap bar bags are the superior option, they save you money too
You are correct.
Huh… I’m a huge proponent of brushing your tongue (it doesn’t take much, just a brush with a scraper on the back makes a big difference). I’ve never really tried washcloths, but now I’m going to give them a shot
On the flip side, my skin is weird. I get hives for literally no reason, I tried one of those plastic poofs and it makes me itch like crazy.
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Yes, but whose body?
I shove the bar of soap strait up my ass and just express the foam into my hand from there until I’m done.
Dat special scent from Yankee Candle
A yes, the Gere technique
The way this question was phrased killed me. lmao
The same way you wash your hands
Someone out there is rubbing the bar all over each hand and then just rinses. Knowing humans this has to be true for someone.
If there’s a betting pool I’ve got $5 on Florida.
What I do is I take several guns and a baseball bat with me when I shower so that I’m never caught barehanded ever.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who was wondering what on earth OP was taking about
It’s like interdimensional cable but for internet forums. In my version of reality, we get completely naked when taking a shower, not just our hands. We have these kind of lay-down-showers called baths too, but that’s a whole other thing. Also, the chemical element with atomic mass 207.2 g.mol ^ -1, which may seem like a useful building material, especially for shower pipes, is actually dangerous to life that is based on the chemical element 12.011 g.mol ^ -1. Figured I should include that in case OP’s reality hasn’t figured that out yet. In exchange, consider sharing something dangerous your reality has discovered that might not be obvious to us yet.
Maybe op has only used shower gloves and has now seen the light…
There’s liquid soap, you know. Didn’t need to shove anything inside anywhere to stay clean.
Liquid soap is a bitch to rinse properly.
I’ve never once found that to be the case, and I love those super lathery ones too
Astroglide is not a brand of liquid soap
Liquid soap/body wash is a sham. It’s just the company selling you less soap by diluting it with water. Bars of soap are more economical.
I’m old enough to remember when body wash was not the normal and now soap bars seem to be used less than body wash.
I mean, yeah?? I just put the soap wherever it needs to go??
The soap isn’t dirty folks. Half of the time all I’m showering off is sweat and dead skin cells anyways. And if any bugger dares reply to this with some clever comment about taint smears, I’ll inform you beforehand I do not speak with bidet-less miscreants.
I mean… doesn’t the soap get washed as you use it to wash yourself?
Exactly
Same here, I use a washcloth. When I was single, I always used just soap but then I got marries and the wifey forced me to use a washcloth. I’m divorced now and continue with the washcloth ritual.
I answered the wrong thread, maybe I’m getting drunk?
I answered the wrong thread, maybe I’m getting drunk?>
That explains your username.
It’s soap. It’s self cleansing.
Yes, but think about the last thing I wash and the first thing you wash.
I just set the shower to massage setting and then point the end at my asshole.
We need to invent a slur for bidet-non-havers
You bidetless purveyor of fecal particulate!
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I use a bar of soap that is exclusive to me. I lather somewhere hairy, like my stomach, to build up some suds.Then, I soap everything with the suds and soap.
It wastes a ton of soap compared to a washcloth. And when I’m done I wash the bar off and wash my hands one last time. It’s the quickest way I have found to shower. I am usually out in about 15 minutes.
15 minutes is a pretty long shower
I legitimately don’t know how people shower quicker than that. Like, if I’m in a rush I can, but I know I’m missing areas and not getting as clean as I could be.
But to be honest I have OCD that mostly manifests as germaphobia/obsessively sanitizing. I’m not good about understanding how normal people clean themselves.
I just need a washcloth, liquid soap and 4 minutes max.
I can’t even thoroughly rinse the shampoo out of my hair in 4 minutes. And I’m mostly bald.
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But how much of that 4 minutes is you having a disassociating / existential crisis?
Seriously! A regular shower for me takes around five minutes. With a face shave, it’s still less than ten. Wtf else is there to do? Standing there staring at the wall?
staring at the wall after I’m clean is like my zen moment man
Shower beer. Amazing after a hot day mowing / at the pool / exercising / etc…
Earlier today i had a shower vodka pink lemonade. It’s 100f outside and my ‘cold’ water is about 85°. Shower cocktail = 👍.
“Regular” shower, boss. I’m not talking about extracurricular showers. The other commenters were amazed that anyone ever takes a less than 15 shower. Which is ridiculous that their bar for a normal shower is that long.
Some people shave other parts of their bodies, some have skincare routines, some have special hair products. If you are just washing with soap and using shampoo it is going to be quicker than someone who has different face and body washes and multiple hair products.
It’s like different people have different needs or something.
I hear you there. Personally in the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial masque which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.
Masturbate, with easy cleanup
I have really long, thick, curly hair. My showers can easily take 45 minutes to an hour because of everything I need to do to wash, detangle, and finish my hair routine.
Me too, I always assume it’ll take at least 30 minutes, but only 5 if I don’t wash my hair
I don’t spend 15, but I do spend more than 5. In my case most of the time spent is lathering up, i.e. the time when the water isn’t running. Do you count that in your five minutes? And how do you shave in the shower? Do you have a mirror in there? How doesn’t it get all fogged up?
Edit: Now that I think of it, a small mirror in a shower could work, you simply have to pass it through cold water when you want to shave.
Not when you shave your head in the shower. Shit takes time and focus
Amateur. With the power of the Seifensäckchen, I manage to shower within 2-3 minutes.
I raw dog bar soap all day ery day. I don’t lather it up, just rub it on my body. Wash clothes are a PITA and I honestly don’t see an exfoliating benefit. Loofahs are gross. I prefer dove. Very cost effective and leave me smelling fresh.
What’s gross about loofahs?
I just imagine that they really enjoy rocking a layer of dead skin.
I definitely did not misread that as lawyer amd pictured a very cursed Saul Goodman
Do you wash loofahs like you can a washcloth? If no, it just sounds like it could get gross like using an old dirty sponge.
You mean the plastic ones or the real ones? The plastic ones you can hand wash but I wouldn’t stick it in a washing machine (you probably could if you used a laundry bag and put it on low spin)
I just replace mine often (each week) since they’re only like a dollar or two, personally.
Those of you who shower barehanded.
Huh?
Without a cloth or loofah, or whatever.
…I’m supposed to wear gloves in the shower?
How are you supposed to thoroughly clean your butthole?
My butthole is self cleaning.
If you ever do check that theory for its veracity, you moght be surprised.
Shampoo
With a potato, in my anus…
Wait, are we not all wearing gloves?
what gloves
Fancy lady gloves with lacy cuffs.
I don’t care about any of that. What I really want to know is do you wash your legs?
No, I have people for that
I’m a proud leg washer. I make sure to personally attend to everything on my bod and that means legs, between the cheeks, and soles of my feet.
How can you not? Wear some sort of special shower trousers? The soap just runs right down them, they practically wash themselves.
Just letting the soap run down then doesn’t sound like washing to me.
You wash your legs?
That bar of soap goes wherever it needs to go. I’m mean it’s made out of soap. So it self cleaning as far as I’m concerned.
Want that an argument between Joey and Chandler in friends? Chandler’s position was the same as yours, Joey’s retort was “Next time think about the last thing I wash and the first thing you wash.”
Problem with this is then you end up with body hair and pubes all over the bar of soap which is disgusting. I have a family member who does this and it’s really unfortunate on the rare occasion I have to share a bathroom with them.
I mean, if you’re not a heathen you don’t.
I feel like this is how you get a whipping case of pinkeye xD
That’s why you wash in the right order. Head > arms > torso > legs > pits > crack > let the soap sit for 24 hours to let it “heal” and disinfect its self.
Go in wrong order and yes, pink eye is the result
People who use exfoliating gloves and wash clothes are fine and all but it’s not like the majority of the world works in high viscosity grease factories. I roll bare-handed and never stink or feel dirty during a typical day.
I think logic for it is to exfoliate skin… Not remove grease.
Exfoliation is also bad if done very day. I usually exfoliate once a week
