Showerthoughts

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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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Shower thoughts are wasting water. (aussie.zone)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My city is in the middle of the worst drought in recorded history. My showers are typically under 2 minutes and I have to shower with a bucket to catch otherwise wasted water to use to flush the toilet. I also shut the water down when I am wet enough so I can scrub myself without having unneeded water flowing then start it back up to rinse.

Plus, water is damn expensive!

Who here really has the time to stand, think and waste in the shower?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So, when you take a shower, all you think is "scrub, scrub, scrub, scrub, rinse, rinse, rinse, rinse"?

When I shower, it's all pretty automatic and muscle memory kinds of actions. My mind wanders all over the place, usually while listening to music /podcasts /audio books, but rarely do I think about the actual act of bathing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Thoughts taken:

Is the water running into the bucket when heating?

Is the water warming yet so I can get my head under comfortably and wet it to get shampoo in?

Quick, get the shampoo rub it in before I need to add cold so I don't get burnt.

Water is perfect now, that's nice. Turn and rub it in.

Is it warm enough in the bathroom so I can afford to turn off water and lather myself?

Ok, now i'm lathered, let's get those hard to reach places.

Turn on the water. Try to aim for taps to be at the same position so I don't get burnt. (I have temperature variation from solar hot water)

Rinse, quick, let's rinse. Dont fall over the bucket Gnugit!

Turn off taps now and quick, dry your hands so you can reply to Sprunt on lemmy.

Oh, the shower timer only says ~1/4 of 4 minutes this time, that was efficient.

Hmm, maybe I can finally make a post to c/showerthoughts...