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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 most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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If you shave your body hair you can probably get dry (other than your hair) with like 3 washcloths for most people. Isolating to the US its probably closer to 5 to handle the extra surface area. Maybe 6 if they're out of shape enough to start sweating while they dry off.
You're not wrong with the increased surface area, maybe even lowballing it lol
Some people are also just cursed. I had manager get mad at me once when i worked fast food for how many paper towels it took to actually dry my hands, my skin just clings to water like crazy
A tip for that: shake your fingers into the sink 12 times before drying. You should only need one paper towel this way.
An important addition to that, fold the paper towel in half, it absorbs additional water between the layers.
But never 13 times
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Yeah, most towels are unnecessarily big, for the amount of moisture they're required to absorb. I simply folded the towel in half (as wash cloths are double too), which fitted 4x5 of them haha.