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[Zen_Arcade]

You can skip a day if you're not a very active person, but if you're going multiple days without showering you're just gross. You shouldn't even skip the one day, but you can still do it without smelling bad.

 

[Wellscha]

 

[GodofWine]

You can seriously shower in 5 minutes...start to finish, water on in the sink while undressing..this brings the hot water within 5 feet of the shower, get in, water on..its hot immediately now, get wet, soap everything, rinse everything, get out, dry off.

That is not a 20 minute process.

 

[Arkeband]

If I don't take a shower in the morning I feel utterly disgusting.

Also, it's very easy to tell when someone isn't showered because of oily hair.

 

[keltickennedy]

I know I'm not alone.

It's just a big pain in the ass. Get undressed, get cold, wait for water to warm up, wash and enjoy for 5 minutes. Turn off water, be freezing, dry yourself, leave bathroom, be freezing. Wait to dry, get dressed.

A 20 minute process that most people don't even need. I sit at a desk all day and don't sweat at all. My heart rate is not elevated one time. I shower every other day at best.

I'm not a scumbag, I'm just not a stinky person.

FYI I'm married and my wife gives me shit sometimes, but it's not the end of the world. If I was stinky that'd be another problem.

She gives you shit....cause you stink and wants you to be clean. She is your wife, not your mom. Take more showers OP. I hope you don't go to conventions cause if so, YOU are part of the problem. lol.

 

[John Kowalski]

i'll never understand people who shower in 5 minutes, that's like eating in five or pooping in one

enjoy it

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

I only shower two or three times a week.

Showers are silly, I just take them when I feel dirty or sweaty and rarely happens, I take a shower maybe 2 or 3 times every week.

Gross

 

[Amentallica]

Wait. You take a shower after you poop?

You clean your armpits and hair after you take a poop?

I clean off what I feel is dirty, but I am still technically showering. If I went to the gym and sweated, then yes, I am cleaning off my entire body again. However, if I took a crap, then I'm primarily cleaning my ass and legs. Every other routine shower is to cleanse my entire body and all hair.

And yes, I shower after every time I poop.

 

[FyreWulff]

I shower every day but it's like damnit i have to do this half awake.

Need the Jetson-style conveyor belt body car wash so i can check email and watch stuff while getting clean

 

[Kittygirl]

Just remember, by the time you can smell yourself, everyone around you has been smelling and gagging for 2 days.

 

[Owari]

Mmmm yes, a delicious poo sauna.

That's how I roll.

Spoiler

courtesy flush obvs

 

[ApharmdX]

I know I'm not alone.

It's just a big pain in the ass. Get undressed, get cold, wait for water to warm up, wash and enjoy for 5 minutes. Turn off water, be freezing, dry yourself, leave bathroom, be freezing. Wait to dry, get dressed.

A 20 minute process that most people don't even need. I sit at a desk all day and don't sweat at all. My heart rate is not elevated one time. I shower every other day at best.

I'm not a scumbag, I'm just not a stinky person.

FYI I'm married and my wife gives me shit sometimes, but it's not the end of the world. If I was stinky that'd be another problem.

Your wife is trying to help you out. You stink. Other people are too polite to tell you, so you are getting the wrong idea.

This should be written into law- shower every other day, or daily, if you use the bathroom daily.

 

[Owari]

I shower, at minimum, twice a day, when I wake up and when I go to sleep. Every other shower occurs if I've done physical activity or taken a shit. So that is about three to four on average for me.

You need to invest in some butt wipes

 

[keltickennedy]

I clean off what I feel is dirty, but I am still technically showering. If I went to the gym and sweated, then yes, I am cleaning off my entire body again. However, if I took a crap, then I'm primarily cleaning my ass and legs. Every other routine shower is to cleanse my entire body and all hair.

And yes, I shower after every time I poop.

Wasn't something like this in a Seinfeld episode? Didn't a person get completely naked when they took a dump?

 

[Fox Mulder]

I take two showers a day, love it.

 

[Busaiku]

I go all cold all the time.
Hot is lame.

 

[thenexus6]

I read the OP in george costanza's voice? Anyone else?

Some tips:

1) Turn on shower and let it heat / steam up first
2) Dry yourself either in the shower (if you got room) or the bath room. That way its still warm.
3) ???
4) Profit!

 

[LosDaddie]

OP's wife settled for him

 

[gdt]

I love these "I shower every 2 or 3 days and I don't stink" threads.

It's just so fucking weird man.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

You should thank people like my wife and I who shower infrequently. We save a ton on water. So while you're wasting it with your daily shower, we're helping to ensure your children having water when they grow up. You're welcome.

That is not how the water cycle works.

 

[MikeHaggar]

OP's wife settled for him

lol this thread is awesome.

 

[Amentallica]

You need to invest in some butt wipes

Not enough and I don't feel clean.

Wasn't something like this in a Seinfeld episode? Didn't a person get completely naked when they took a dump?

Most of the time I am, especially since I shower after every poop. Easy hop into the shower.

 

[FStop7]

I know I'm not alone.

It's just a big pain in the ass. Get undressed, get cold, wait for water to warm up, wash and enjoy for 5 minutes. Turn off water, be freezing, dry yourself, leave bathroom, be freezing. Wait to dry, get dressed.

A 20 minute process that most people don't even need. I sit at a desk all day and don't sweat at all. My heart rate is not elevated one time. I shower every other day at best.

I'm not a scumbag, I'm just not a stinky person.

FYI I'm married and my wife gives me shit sometimes, but it's not the end of the world. If I was stinky that'd be another problem.

Every smellyguy insists he's not a smellyguy

 

[StoneFox]

I love these "I showe every 2 or 3 days and I don't stink" threads.

It's just so fucking weird man.

Believe it or not the body is capable of self-cleaning. It's just that when everyone started smelling like febreeze suddenly a normal body smell is "bad".

 

[Orkidea]

You have access to something a lot of people don't. Use it. What's 20 mins out of your day..

 

[RELAYER]

This type of thinking is emblematic of the infantile, modernist conception of the body as nothing more than a carrying-case for the mind, obtrusively requiring inconvenient upkeep every now and then which gets in the way of ego-masturbation and the all-important cultivation of the powerfully individualistic and astoundingly special I. The goonest of philosophies.

 

[Amentallica]

Believe it or not the body is capable of self-cleaning. It's just that when everyone started smelling like febreeze suddenly a normal body smell is "bad".

Yea... I don't think so. Sure it maybe able to be clean to a certain extent on its own, but I don't think that a natural body odor isn't stinky. Some people are worse than others. Yes, we smell much better thanks to products, but that doesn't suddenly make someone who wreaks of body odor smell good.

 

[acevans2]

You can disrobe after the water is already warm if the cold is that big of a problem.

Smellyguy gonna smell

 

[Quick]

It's just a big pain in the ass. Get undressed, get cold, wait for water to warm up, wash and enjoy for 5 minutes. Turn off water, be freezing, dry yourself, leave bathroom, be freezing. Wait to dry, get dressed.

Your problems can easily be solved. Waiting to dry...what the hell. lol

Let the shower heat up before undressing > soap up and wash off within 5 minutes > turn the water off > grab a towel to dry up > get dressed.

I'm pretty sure this is how a majority of people handle bathing.

 

[vpance]

dry yourself, leave bathroom, be freezing. Wait to dry, get dressed.

Huh?

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Also, maybe turn up the thermostat a couple of degrees. The however long it takes to disrobe and step into the shower shouldn't cause you to freeze.

 

[gdt]

Believe it or not the body is capable of self-cleaning. It's just that when everyone started smelling like febreeze suddenly a normal body smell is "bad".

Mmhmm good luck with that

 

[Cipher Peon]

I go all cold all the time.
Hot is lame.

I love the feeling of burning hot water. Depending on the shower I go to, I immediately put the handle as hot as it goes....

...but it's awful for my dyed hair

So I have to suffer through cold water for portions of my showers. I do squats before I turn the water cold so at least it's refreshing!

 

[……forgetit]

I only shower two or three times a week.

Showers are silly, I just take them when I feel dirty or sweaty and rarely happens, I take a shower maybe 2 or 3 times every week.

I guarantee you everyone who sees you knows. You really should shower every day unless you're fine with smelling terrible. Next you'll tell me you don't wash your bed sheets.

 

[Arkeband]

However, if I took a crap, then I'm primarily cleaning my ass and legs.

You aren't supposed to shit all over your legs!

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Gross

I've been in their situation. Sometimes you don't have the time and it isn't entirely necessary.

 

[gosox333]

the trick is to only shower whenever you're gonna be in front of people who's opinion you actually care about

date? yes
bros? no
work? trick question, I don't give a shit what any of them think I smell like. no
family? lol no

in the end, only shower for the opposite sex

 

[FStop7]

2 showers a day crew 4 life. Once in the morning when I get ready for work and again after I work out in the evening.

 

[Rootbeer]

I find getting dirty and gross inconvenient. Showering isn't the problem it's the solution to one!

I can go a little over a day without showering before things go bad. By 36 hours i'm starting to feel pretty gross. Not everyone is like that, but for me that is the case. I have to bathe regularly or my body feels so oily it's not even funny.

Besides, it's very meditative and relaxing for me.

Now my daily commute? Now THAT is a fucking inconvenience. Showering is a true joy in comparison.

 

[FloatOn]

this is the best thread backfire of all time

 

[Amentallica]

I guarantee you everyone who sees you knows. You really should shower every day unless you're fine with smelling terrible. Next you'll tell me you don't wash your bed sheets.

The last time there was a thread similar to this, I believe one or more individuals claimed to wash their towels every few months because they let them air dry and that was sufficient. My air dried towels after four or five uses start to smell, so I wash them. I can't even imagine what a towel that hasn't been washed for several months smells like. LOL

 

[Shaanyboi]

Take a goddamn shower OP. You may not think you stink or sweat, but you do.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

this is the best thread backfire of all time

how is it a thread backfire? You don't make this thread without expecting people to call you out on it. His wife calls him out on it.

 

[DOWN]

Every stinky person to ever stink has thought to themselves "Well, it's a good thing I don't smell bad, or this would be really annoying!"

This

 

[gosox333]

I demand actual proof that OP stinks after a day of them not taking a shower

 

[Nokterian]

pro-tip: turn the water on and let it warm up before undressing.

That's what i do and i shower twice a day in the morning and when i am at home after work also OP you stink people at your work are not saying it but you are. We had something similar at my job and we did say something about it and now he doesn't stink anymore because it is fucking disgusting.

 

[Amentallica]

how is it a thread backfire? You don't make this thread without expecting people to call you out on it. His wife calls him out on it.

He was implying that his wife is wrong for giving him shit for not taking a shower since he doesn't smell, and it seems as if he was looking for people to agree with him and disagree with his wife. I think that's a backfire since we agree with his wife and disagree with him. lol

Oh, and I don't even let the water get warm (which it does quite fast anyway) before hopping in. I don't let it run from the faucet for the bath to warm up before turning on the shower head. I turn on the shower head immediately and jump right in. The transition from cold water to warm water is amazing.

 

[spootime]

I shower 14 times a week.

 

[CosmicQueso]

drink a beer while you shower

it's the best

Is there a particular type of beer that showers best? Thinking that a nice hoppy IPA sounds alright in the shower.

 

[TheGrue]

I know I'm not alone.

It's just a big pain in the ass. Get undressed, get cold, wait for water to warm up, wash and enjoy for 5 minutes. Turn off water, be freezing, dry yourself, leave bathroom, be freezing. Wait to dry, get dressed.

You know you can run the water before you get in there and it will heat up, right? Also, if you're only in there for 5 minutes, you're not giving yourself the full potential. I coul sit in a shower for 30 minutes...it feels wonderful.

Also, as soon as the water turns off, I dry myself and put my underwear and bottoms on. Not much time to be freezing.