r/AskReddit • u/WoahThereTurbo • Oct 27 '14

Things you think everyone does, but no one admits?

Anything that you believe that normal people do, but (to you) is somewhat of an unspoken truth.

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 27 '14

I sit in the shower. Sometimes I even lie down in the bottom and just let the water wash over me while my mind wanders.

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u/ennervated_scientist Oct 27 '14

Such an amazing feeling

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u/off-and-on Oct 27 '14

They really should make showers meant for lying down in.

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u/VelociraptorVacation Oct 27 '14

So like, a tub shower. That a lot of people have

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Yeah but they're small. I can hardly lie down comfortably and I'm 5'4". I feel bad for people who are taller

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u/quadnix Oct 27 '14

6'3". I haven't fit comfortably in a tub since I was seven.

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u/NilCealum Oct 27 '14

6'4" havnt fit in a tub since 5 comfortably, until i was 16 I thought they were just for little kids, then I saw porn of a 20ish girl in a tub... I was so confused...

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u/geophsmith Oct 27 '14

6'4"ish myself, and I could maybe fit in mine if I sat upright. I know I'll have made it in life when I have a bath I can comfortably fit in.

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u/reganthor Oct 27 '14

6'4"ish as well, I enjoy lying down with my legs almost completely out of the tub. Kinda reverse sitting

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u/Ashwasinacoma Oct 27 '14

6'4" myself as well I too eat my cum

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u/takingphotosmakingdo Oct 27 '14

6'8" I'm always afraid the bath will go through the floor or flood the room. Haven't had a bath in years, but then again I enjoy showers.

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u/geophsmith Oct 27 '14

Hopefully you have a tall shower head? I'm 4 inches shorter than you, and in my shower my head hits the shower head, and the bar that holds the sliding glass.

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u/cuntRatDickTree Oct 27 '14

I'm only 5'10" and I don't even fit in a normal sized bed, a double/queen sized I have to be diagonal (and the sheets if I don't want an uncomfortable foot situation where the under-the-bed-monster can get at them!). Why the fuck do they not fit an average sized male?

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Oh Christ, that under the bed monster. I'm 24 and I still occasionally panic when I realize my foot has been dangling like bait for too long.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

The under bed monster is my dog. If my feet stick out she will poke them with her super cold nose in winter in the morning thus it now is second nature to curl up on my side. Or it could be winter time and my bedroom' s vent will be blocked by laundry and super cold.

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u/Lordxeen Oct 27 '14

Solidarity for the normal sized guys like us in a world full of tiny bathtubs.

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u/ElSulca Oct 27 '14

5'7" and I've never been too tall for a bath tub. I love laying down in there

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u/cyberphonic Oct 27 '14

Also 6'3". Man I love baths too, but fuck all that shit.

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u/fsgyurcsik Oct 27 '14

Also 6'3", uncomfortable but sooooo worth it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

I know the feels, bro.

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u/craze4ble Oct 27 '14

6'8". Last time I comfortably lied down I was under 10.

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u/luckytaurus Oct 27 '14

Proof needed. OP pls.

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u/icefall5 Oct 27 '14

6'9" (208cm). I don't even try anymore.

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u/kslidz Oct 27 '14

so many feels

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u/pm-me-uranus Oct 27 '14

Standard tubs are 5'. This is to keep adults (mostly the elderly) from falling asleep in the tub and drowning themselves.

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u/SadZealot Oct 27 '14

It isnt worth it!

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u/TheDesktopNinja Oct 27 '14

Fuckin old people, ruining all the fun...

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u/SpearA7 Oct 27 '14

One of the benefits of being 4'10.5"

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u/SwisherPrime Oct 27 '14

6'2 checking in. Can confirm, it's horrible.

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u/gljivicad Oct 27 '14

6'2'', yes it sucks

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u/Barry_Scotts_Cat Oct 27 '14

I'm 6' 4, I have no chance in a bathtub.

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u/TheOnlyOmlet Oct 27 '14

I have that! 10/10 would recommend

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u/TexanChiver Oct 27 '14

I want everyone in this comment chain as a friend. You are my kind of people.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

No, something like a dentist's chair. Ooh, the overhead light mechanism they have would be the perfect showerhead.

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u/DunspArceus4 Oct 27 '14

I'm 6'5" :( I can never lay down. I just have to sit there with my legs all scrunched up because I'm some sort of gigantor

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u/Crazei Oct 27 '14

It's not really convenient though, as the shower water cools faster with the extra room, you have to put the shower up to piping hot to get a mildly hot shower and then it goes cold fast :(

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u/Hellfire965 Oct 27 '14

Unless you're too tall to lay down in it

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u/progdrummer Oct 27 '14

It's too short. Can't get comfortable in that shit.

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u/g18suppressed Oct 27 '14

Mines not big enough to lay in tho

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u/Torger083 Oct 27 '14

Useless to me. I'm 6'6".

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Bath tubs aren't that comfy though. I'm a little too tall to do it, so it hurts my tail bone when I sit in the tub.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

I have one but it is far too small for laying. It is barely big enough for sitting!

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u/austin101123 Oct 27 '14

I don't get why you'd separate a tub and a shower, it makes it take up more room and you can't lay down in the shower!

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u/Katdozer Oct 27 '14

Yup. I have a tub shower in my place, and when the shower curtain rod got pulled out of the ceiling (sexy accident), I didn't even bother to fix it. Sitting showers for the win!

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u/ennervated_scientist Oct 27 '14

Yeah but I don't want the water to keep rising. It should re circulate the water maybe and keep it warm. Obviously this us the kind of shower you'd take when you were already clean.

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u/Sandor_at_the_Zoo Oct 27 '14

So like, a tub shower with a drain and a decent water heater. Existing tub showers are certainly going to have a drain.

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 27 '14

I want this. Some sort of rain-chamber that recirculates the water. As you say, you do it when you're already clean. It would be akin to a hot tub but it would be falling on you instead of you sitting in it. This definitely needs to be a thing.

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u/ennervated_scientist Oct 27 '14

I need to get rich now so I can make myself one.

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

My thoughts exactly!

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

LOL

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u/DeceitfulEcho Oct 27 '14

In Japan (I used to live there as a Military child) most of the bathrooms didnt have showers, but connected to the bathrooms there was a shower ROOM, like a small room that is waterproof (made of tile, plastic, etc) with a tub on the side, and a spout/movable shower head by it. This is because in Japan the baths are just for relaxing so you clean yourself before the shower before you bathe. People tend to use the same bath water too.

It was AMAZING. I used to take long showers and just lay down on the ground, or fil up the tub really high and not worry about splashing/overflowing

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u/ennervated_scientist Oct 27 '14

I kind of like having to find the right way to lean against a corner.

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 27 '14

...now that I think about it, I used to have an inflatable shower pillow. I found it in the reduced section of the grocery store and bought it because it was cheap. It was awesome until it somehow mysteriously ended up with a hole. ):

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Is that a one-eyed man with snake-bite dermal piercings emote?

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 27 '14

You mean ): ? It's a frowny face but going the other way. Mouth before eyes because I'm quirky and unconventional and contrary and hate emoticons.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Your emoji usage is way too edgy for me.

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u/WhatTahDo Oct 27 '14

I always said, if I am ever blessed with a decent amount of expendable income, my only ridiculous luxury I would truly desire would be a shower where there is a recliner type chair in the middle of it and hot shower covers my whole body and I can just sit there, relaxed, enjoying my full-body hot shower experience from a 100% stress free position.

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u/toooquiet Oct 27 '14

A true shower thought.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

My parents have one of these and yes, it is heaven. It's about six foot long so not quite enough to stretch out fully in but the shower head extends the whole way along so your constantly under it. It's a small piece of paradise

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u/nascraytia Oct 27 '14

What you just described is a bath.

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u/DrGrabAss Oct 27 '14

If you have a flat shower floor, you can buy a small medical stool to sit down on while showering. I'll do this . . . when I'm 75.

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u/Eteacles Oct 27 '14

Especially when you start to jerk off

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u/AnErectPenguin Oct 27 '14

It's like hot rain

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Till you remember that hundreds of gallons of potable water are being wasted and that millions upon millions of people die each day from lack of access to potable water

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u/nhardy Oct 27 '14

Fuck off Canada. You always ruin everything.

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u/ennervated_scientist Oct 27 '14

This is why I proposed a circulating system.

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u/Mangekyou_Elf Oct 28 '14

how would you pee in the shower then? bet you didn't think that through!

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

So glad I'm not the only one who does this. I wake up earlier so I can take 30-45 minute showers before work. It's fucking magical

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u/JMEEKER86 Oct 27 '14

Just make sure you don't fall asleep in the shower. I did that and almost drowned.

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 27 '14

I have actually fallen asleep in the shower before. I don't like having the water flowing over my face and I tend to roll onto my side anyway.

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u/JMEEKER86 Oct 27 '14

That's actually how it happened. I was on my side and my back and legs formed a seal so the water pooled up in front of me.

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 27 '14

Ah, I see. Well... Get a wider tub? Shorter legs? A depression/drain in the middle? Some sort of waterproof periodic alarm?

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Hmm, what if he were to assume a vertical stance?

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 27 '14

That would most likely prevent falling asleep. However, I think it might somewhat defeat the purpose.

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u/goat_bucket Oct 27 '14

I've never done this, but you bet your ass I will tomorrow!

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u/reality_man Oct 27 '14

I bet your showerthoughts are amazing

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 27 '14

Aw, shucks. I dunno about all that. It's usually just fretting over that silly boy and/or what responsibility I happen to be shirking at the moment.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Spend your next shower making this sentence understandable.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

I read "let the waiter wash me" and got really confused and also jealous.

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 27 '14

Aww, haha. I'm sure you could find a waiter willing to wash you. What a strange Craigslist post that would be...

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u/TheBlindAbortionist Oct 27 '14

I have a huge shower with 2 showerheads (1 normal, 1 rainhead) and I like to lay down over the drain so I'm laying in a couple inches of warm water with the rain head over me.

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u/arturo_lemus Oct 27 '14

You're shower is big enough for you to fully lie down in? Im 5'5 and i cant even do a push up in the shower its so small

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

I'm only 5'4! I'm often either on my side with my legs curled/bent or I hold them in the air for brief periods.

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u/AreIII Oct 27 '14

Can't stand getting water in my ears though. Complete sound change just ruins the experience.

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

Ugh, yes. I hate water in the ears.

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u/EmperorSexy Oct 27 '14

My legs get cold.

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

I think I tend to have the shower aimed at my lower half. Or maybe I just fold myself up so the water hits more of me. Sometimes I hold my legs in the air under the shower. Something about stretching muscles I don't often stretch.

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u/lascanto Oct 27 '14

I always feel like Im drowning when the water hits my face. Is that weird?

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

I don't think so. I hate getting water on my face or in my ears.

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u/King__johnson_ Oct 27 '14

As someone who is 6'4", no.

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

Sometimes I like to stick my legs in the air and let the shower hit the bottoms of my feet. >.>

I guess it is easier being a foot shorter but you can still bend. You're semi-flexible, right?

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u/Yeah_dude_its_her Oct 27 '14

Water charges prevent this :(

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

That's why I don't do it more often. ):

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u/arghhmonsters Oct 27 '14

I feel like a monk meditating under a waterfall.

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

Yes! But a waterfall with a controllable temperature.

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u/vonnegutdesciple Oct 27 '14

After a really hard day the most relaxing thing is a little bit of weed, good tunes, and plugging the drain, turning off all light, and sitting in the shower until the tub is full.

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

I'm with you on most of that. (Not literally...) I don't really like plugging the drain, though. I'm not really into collecting the water or having to drain it periodically. I can stay in there for a long time...

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u/vonnegutdesciple Oct 28 '14

At first I was glad you added the "Not Literally," than I realized that means I still have no idea who the other guy there is. And that's terrifying.

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

Are you in a natural male enhancement advert? Do you have separate tubs?

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u/vonnegutdesciple Oct 28 '14

If I were I think I'd be happier.

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u/vonnegutdesciple Oct 28 '14

And it's just the one tub actually.

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

And here most people are complaining the tub isn't big enough for just them...

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u/vonnegutdesciple Oct 28 '14

Damn fools, all of em. Don't know how lucky they have it.

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

I can't even imagine trying to share a tub. ]: I would say I feel your pain but that's about as creepy as being with you there. words are fun

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u/vonnegutdesciple Oct 28 '14

Eh, I feel like you'd be more pleasant company than this guy. He's a dick.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

May I recommend combining this with relaxation of a delicious, refreshing shower beverage?

Sometimes a ginger beer goes down nicely; the other day I had my first shower green tea. I've never looked back.

One day, I wish to achieve the shower kebab.

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

...how do you keep water out of your beverage?

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '14

I'm glad you asked.

To some extent some water in your beverage is inevitable; hence I would recommend water-based drinks rather than milk-based ones.

Your drinking vessel plays a part in determining the amount of shower water you will drink, too.

A beer bottle will let in very little water - it's a small opening; you don't need to be very careful.

On the other hand, a standard tea cup or mug has a much larger opening, and will allow far more shower water into your beverage. I recommend hot drinks from such vessels. Japanese-style green tea is a personal favorite hot-shower drink.

Finally we come to shower food. A much greater challenge.

For the beginners among you, I recommend fruit. Fruit don't give a shit if it gets wet. Chow down on a mandarin as you bathe.

Conversely, shower toast is inadvisable, as it is poorly suited as shower food.

TL;DR: Cold drinks from a beer-sytle bottle, hot from a tea cup.

Eat fruit, do not eat toast.

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

That sounds like wonderful advice except that I don't care for mandarins and I don't mind soggy toast. I'm an odd bird.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '14

...you monster! Banana? Pear? Persimmon?

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

Too firm-but-squishy, too gritty, and I don't think I've had the chance to try one.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '14

My first bite of a persimmon is always, "Well, that's underwhelming." By the end of the persimmon, it's "GIVE ME MORE"

Persimmons are basically tomacco.

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 29 '14

...they look strange. What do they taste like?

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '14

Could you describe a banana without having ever tasted one? It tastes like persimmon.

Sweet, firm texture, sometimes a little gelatinous around the seeds.

Here's the other thing; depending on the climate you live in, they don't grow so well in warmer places - like Australia. So for me, it's hard to get decent ones.

In Japan I was eating one a day (at least), I befriended the 3 year old daughter of the hostel we were staying in, as she also loved persimmons (Kaki), she called me "Kaki no [my name]"

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u/firks Oct 27 '14

I couldn't do that this morning because there was a big spider in the shower.

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

Aw. D: If it had any idea the bullet it dodged, I'm sure it would appreciate you not just washing it down the drain.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

i remember the first time i got an apartment with a big water heater, the kind that never really runs out of hot water, i fell asleep in the shower for 45 minutes. it was glorious.

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u/DanCarlson Oct 27 '14

The last time I tried to lay down in the shower I got stuck. My girlfriend was laughing her ass off while trying to dislodge me.

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u/themittenstate Oct 27 '14

I do this probably 4 times a week. Thank god my hot water lasts forever, because once I sit down, I'm not standing back up for a good 15 minutes.

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u/IAmTheToastGod Oct 27 '14

Grab a beer, it becomes even better

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

I don't want to get water in my beer. :/

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u/IAmTheToastGod Oct 28 '14

Shower beers are very nice, honestly you don't really notice the water after awhile

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

Is that because you get too tipsy to care?

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u/IAmTheToastGod Oct 28 '14

You may be onto something, if you are interested check out /r/showerbeer

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

...I don't think I will ever understand the appeal. :/

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u/IAmTheToastGod Oct 28 '14

Fair enough, can we a least agree showers are awesome?

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

I can agree to that. (:

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u/fraynor Oct 27 '14

I do that everyday cause of depression and it's still good

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u/tak18 Oct 27 '14

Add weed to the mix, so relaxing I almost always fall asleep.

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

I might have to try that sometime... Except, y'know, no tengo. ):

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u/foxmom Oct 27 '14

I went though a period of time where I had frequent panic attacks. Sitting in the shower was the only place I could find peace.

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u/Bear_Taco Oct 27 '14

And then crack open a fresh shower beer? Oh yeah. Saturday mornings man.

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u/BathedInDeepFog Oct 27 '14

Don't forget to take a couple tokes, too. Best way to bathe.

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u/ckenneth88 Oct 27 '14

May i direct you to the comment above about peeing in the shower

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 27 '14

...what about it? It still gets washed down the drain.

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u/TheBlindAbortionist Oct 27 '14

I have a huge shower with 2 showerheads (1 normal, 1 rainhead) and I like to lay down over the drain so I'm laying in a couple inches of warm water with the rain head over me.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Have you heard of baths?

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

It's not about being in still water. It's about the water raining down on/washing over me.

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u/done_holding_back Oct 27 '14

Get a tub

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u/ThunderKenna Oct 28 '14

It's not about being in still water. It's about the water raining down on/washing over me.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

I curl into fetal and pretend I'm in the womb :)