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[–] [email protected] 308 points 1 year ago (19 children)

who shower barehanded

There is another way...?

[–] [email protected] 189 points 1 year ago (6 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?!

[–] [email protected] 106 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Personally I never get in the shower without my circular saw

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[–] [email protected] 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.

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[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago

you dont wear shower mittens?

the people on this federation, i fucking swear.

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[–] [email protected] 121 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I shove the bar of soap strait up my ass and just express the foam into my hand from there until I'm done.

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[–] [email protected] 106 points 1 year ago (7 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I mean... doesn't the soap get washed as you use it to wash yourself?

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[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 year ago (10 children)

...I'm supposed to wear gloves in the shower?

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[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just rub the shower gel bottle over myself. It's lasting me ages

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Soap on hands; hands on body.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (8 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 year ago

The way this question was phrased killed me. lmao

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don't shower barehanded. I wear gloves at all times as to not scuff my jorts.

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The same way you wash your hands

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Someone out there is rubbing the bar all over each hand and then just rinses. Knowing humans this has to be true for someone.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm glad I'm not the only one who was wondering what on earth OP was taking about

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (7 children)

There's liquid soap, you know. Didn't need to shove anything inside anywhere to stay clean.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Liquid soap, problem solved.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

Anywhere skin-on-skin contact occurs (butt, balls, armpits), I use a small amount of benzoyl peroxide facewash. It kills the bacteria responsible for BO and for 24-48 hours body odor is impossible.

You apply it, wait 5 minutes and rinse well. If you don't rinse well you can bleach your towel or clothes.

As far as body soap goes, I use a a fragrance free body wash with salicylic acid. Heavy mechanical exfoliation is not necessary when using a chemical exfoliant. Also, loofas are just a bunch of plastic waste.

After the shower, I use a lightweight gel moisturizer with cerimides. I use a thicker moisturizer on my hands and weenis.

That's just the body. I--of course--have a completely seperate routine for my face.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

This guy showers

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Those of you who shower barehanded.

Huh?

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Have you ever heard of shower gel?

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I lather everything on my belly and then spread it across my body.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Use beard as soap distribution hub.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Barehanded as opposed to what? I just rub the bar of soap all over and Robert's your mother's brother.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (15 children)

15 minutes is a pretty long shower

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

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 leaves me smelling fresh.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

I just put shampoo on my head and t-pose

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

That soap does what it's told or it gets the hose again.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Step out of the water, lather up hands, scrub, then back into the water to rinse. Face, then hair, the upper body then lower body - with a good spray of the undercarriage (shower heads are supposed to be removeable, not stuck to the wall).

It's a pet hate of mine that people often miss the step of rinsing when cleaning. The whole point is that the soap picks up the muck, then rinsing it removes it. This is a particular problem with dishes, where people leave (sometimes very dirty) dishwater on the plate to drip dry, with much of the residue remaining. My dishes fucking sparkle, and that's because I rinse them clean.

In contrast, with showers I think some people lather up in the water, which dilutes and rinses the soap away before it even cleans anything.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I don't care about any of that. What I really want to know is do you wash your legs?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

No, I have people for that

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

Two words: pube loofah. The mons pubis is a great place to lather up. Then I just scoop up soap with my bare hands and bring it where it needs to be.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Lather my hands and hit my crevasses.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago
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