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People should take more baths (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 day ago by socrates@slrpnk.net to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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With respect to intangible advantages and water efficiency.

Showers tend to be seen as a water efficient option to wash oneself. Rarely are baths usually taken, to my knowledge.

Here is why this is wrong.

An efficient shower head spends 10 litres per minute. At 10 minutes, 100 litres are consumed for a shower.

A typical bath, depending on size, can consume 100 litres flat.

Therefore, with the exception of showers strictly less than 10 minutes in duration, baths become more water efficient per minute.

Now a shift in focus.

Many people suffer from a chronic shortage of focus. This is no surprise, given the fast pace of modern life.

Get up at 7, be ready by 8, commute to work. Commute back home, optionally cook, eat dinner, sleep, and repeat.

There is no time to slow down. No time for ourselves. No time to bring back focus on what matters.

I argue that people should take more baths as a time and place to think. In quiet and peace. For 10 minutes, or 20, or as long as you need.

Are baths the answer to all our problems? Of course not. It is a way to exercise control over how we spend our time. A signal to ourselves that we are not in a race, and can take a moment for ourselves if we wish.

For any concerned about being soap-free after a bath: stand under a shower for 10 seconds.

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[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I’m not sure what math you’re using here. Just as a test one time while I was taking a shower i put the plug in the tub. Just to see how much water would actually accumulate. I used way way way less water during the shower. My showers last typically about 10 minutes, Maybe less.

[–] wattanao@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago

I started doing this as sort of a paranoid fear that I was wasting water, so I wanted to use as much of the water as I could. 10-20 minutes in the shower, the water doesn't even get above my feet. But it's enough to soak them which feels kind of nice.