• smashboy@kbin.social
    89·
    8 months ago

    The time between these Saddam Hussein memes is always just long enough that they surprise me again and are still funny.

    • Ignotum@lemmy.world
      14·
      8 months ago

      Nothing to be shamed of, i also used to spend 45 minutes crying, but through hard work and dedication I’m now able to finish crying in as little as 25 minutes!

      So just keep at it!

  • Damaskox@kbin.social
    18·
    8 months ago

    Luckily I have managed to spend less time in the shower.
    One thing that (at least I think so) affected the time reduction greatly was using a stopwatch to see, how much time I use.

    But sometimes it just feels so good to just stand there under! Especially if you feel cold!

  • Epzillon@lemmy.world
    15·
    8 months ago

    The second I close my eyes in the shower I am immediately having 5 different arguments or ideas and when I open them 10 minutes have passed

  • MudMan@kbin.social
    101·
    8 months ago

    This is the tamest version of this meme possible. I do have to say, despite the lack of sex stuff it is not inaccurate.

  • BlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.world
    112·
    8 months ago

    If you’re a poor fart like me who has children who like to spend way too much time using up the hot water doing said things…

    https://showersavingtimer.com/products/showerwizard-1

    The price made up for itself in 3 months in my house lol.

    The wife hated me when I got it too, but at least I don’t have paint bubbling walls anymore and they aren’t taking $1 showers every day twice a day. Don’t forget to turn off your bathroom fan to get it extra warm and humid then close the door after getting out and still not turn it on…

    Being able to shit in the nice toilet is a nice side bonus so people aren’t hogging the good bathroom for an hour at a time.

    Check your state’s website for free LED bulbs, shower heads, air sealing, even furnaces if you’re low income.

    • Holzkohlen@feddit.de
      612·
      8 months ago

      Who the hell showers for 6 minutes or longer? I get wet, turn of the water to soap up and then rinse myself. The whole thing takes like 5 minutes. And the water is on for half that time. You people have issues.

      • meowMix2525@lemm.ee
        8·
        8 months ago

        It helps to use more than one type of soap (shampoo, conditioner, body wash, face wash) and then also have to shave your lower extremities. I have an exfoliation cloth I use that I don’t get quite clean without. I’m pretty sure that’s not even a high maintenance routine when it comes to women.

        Easily 15 minutes for me, 30 if I take time to enjoy (distract myself with) the warm water. That’s not counting all the stuff I do after the shower. I have pretty bad ADHD though so time tends to melt away for me in general.

        Sorry mate, best I can offer is less frequent showers and keeping an eye on the dirty bits a la mila kunis and ashton kutcher. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ my hair doesn’t tolerate daily washing anyways.

      • BlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.world
        5·
        8 months ago

        It’s because they get distracted like above or just use it to ‘relax’.

        Tubs really need to be larger so people can lay in them. Even then, it still takes about 15 gallons of hot water to submerge someone. If I ever get even marginally richer, it’ll be one of the first things I do. A properly sized tub you can lay down in. Making your knees hurt from having to stay bent or having your entire torso stick out of the water sucks.

        People shit on Shower bath shower, but Faye had the first 2/3s right. Get the quick gross shit off, plug the drain. Let it fill while you shower then fill the rest if need be. The water will stay hot longer and you can actually lay back and relax.

        Edit: The main thing is people feel like they use less water when they shower. But it does nothing when you stay in that long. Seeing a tub full of water is way more visceral. I just invite people to plug the tub next time you start showering and see how much you actually use up in those 30 minutes.

        Most low flow shower heads are 2.5 gallons per minute. It’ll only take about 15 minutes to fill your tub enough to submerge yourself.

        Meanwhile women also like their showers at roughly the temperature of the surface of the sun to scrub away all that self imagined sin and yuck so it’s like 3:1 gallons hot to cold vs 2:1 for normal people.

      • Mothra@mander.xyz
        51·
        8 months ago

        As a woman I can confirm. Sometimes I skip my hair or shaving, but when I need to do both there is no way I’m taking less than 6 minutes. 10 minimum.

    • Lev_Astov@lemmy.world
      101·
      8 months ago

      Thankfully water falls from the sky and our residential use of it barely amounts to a single digit percent compared to industrial and agricultural consumption of water. Unfortunately some regions charge residents way too much for it and have the gall to try to convince the populace that reducing personal use of water will have any meaningful impact. All so they can get back 0.1% of the total water used so they can spend a few more minutes watering lettuce they’re growing in the desert.

    • naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      103·
      8 months ago

      If you are concerned about water usage then animal ag is the big thing to remove from your life.

      Generally just consuming less, huge amounts of water get used making completely unnecessary shit like softdrink.

      In terms of energy usage generally the vast majority of a household’s energy usage is driving. So my advice?

      Walk or cycle where you can, go vegan, buy less junk, and guiltlessly enjoy long hot showers outside of drought conditions.

      If you like absurdly long showers look into mist showers (saves water not energy) or just water shaving shower heads.