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[–] Hubi@feddit.de 311 points 1 year ago (9 children)

who shower barehanded

There is another way...?

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 190 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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?!

[–] finthechat@kbin.social 106 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Personally I never get in the shower without my circular saw

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 23 points 1 year ago

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[–] fulcrummed@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] konalt@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This is wonderful

[–] halvdan@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

I know toasters are for bathing, but hadn't heard circular saws were better for showers. TIL.

Personally I never shower.

[–] MegaUmbreon@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My local supermarket sells these "exfoliating gloves" that you wear in the shower and basically just use like a wearable washcloth. They're awesome.

[–] norbert@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Arc welding is my favorite shower activity. You need ppe

[–] Helix@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What if you only have PP? Where to get the E?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Vanuatan pharmacies are a popular choice

[–] mojo@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago
[–] TheAndrewBrown@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

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.

you dont wear shower mittens?

the people on this federation, i fucking swear.

[–] protput@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

a washandje

That sounds like something you ask for at an unlicensed massage parlour

[–] norawibb@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use the korean version of that

[–] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Ahh yes the manhwash

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] dingus@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I have some stupid questions from someone who rolls barehanded...

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

[–] marron12@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

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.

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.

[–] Faresh@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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?

[–] Zorque@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I lather up a washcloth and scrub that way.

[–] heeplr@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Zorque@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] heeplr@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

That's what I thought, hence I mentioned the bowl of water. Which was heated with wood or coal which had to be carried manually... in buckets... Imagine that :-)

[–] zappy@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

I use soap bar bags... I can't figure out if that qualifies as barehanded or not

[–] Knusper@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

You can also get shower brushes, mostly for dislodging dead skin cells...

[–] aperson@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I wash myself with a rag on a stick.