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Warm water feel good

Basking in the hot water

Getting away from all you people that question why I take long showers of course.

I'm dissasociating for a bit leave me alone. Also I have exceedingly long and thick curly hair, takes forever to go through my process.

What, is it a fucking race?

A couple minutes while the water heats up to undress and brush tangles outta my hair.

A couple minutes to rub in shampoo, massage into the scalp, and rinse.

A couple minutes to rub in conditioner, brush it through my hair, massage into the scalp, and rinse.

A couple minutes to scrub my body with soap and rinse.

A couple minutes to enjoy the warmth of the water and make sure everything is fully rinsed off.

A couple minutes to rinse stray hairs and soap suds off the shower walls.

A couple minutes to dry off, maybe 4 or 5 if I really wanna get my hair dry.

A couple minutes re-brushing the tangles outta my hair.

A couple minutes putting oil in my beard/hair, then coming/styling my beard/mustache.

A couple minutes brushing my teeth.

A couple minutes putting clothes on.

At minimum it's a 22-minute affair, but let's round up to 30 because it's the first thing in the morning and I'm not moving as fast as I could be yet. What's the problem with any of the stuff on that list? What am I doing that's too slow for the 10-minute showerers (whom I never question for taking 10 minute showers, btw)?

Substituting for the warmth of human contact.

ENJOYING A RARE MOMENT OF FEELING GOOD.

I got a heat pump water heater damnit, let me enjoy the fruits of its efficient labor.

Crying

What are YOU not doing? Ain't no way you're washing yourself good in less than 10 min. Get outta here.

Disassociate

Why do I take long showers? Because I know in the future, I won't be able to due to the water wars. And whether I, personally, take long showers or not will neither hasten, or slow, that timeline.

Nothing bad can happen in the shower. It is the safest liminal space imaginable, and its pleasant to just be there. Im gonna linger for as long as i can

Its how some people meditate even if they aren't aware that's what they are doing.

Takes some time to wash the silt of the times, from my soul.

Also, the whole fast pace / no rest / ultra productive mindset has been around for eons, basically the rich don't believe the poors are entitled to any rest, relaxation or even just taking time with things, because that takes away from the money you're making them, so therefore you'll see that sentiment, seeded into culture, consistently, (I can't for the life of me think of the current buzz words this early in the morning, and sans coffee). There's always new buzzwords for it. Read any "I can do this faster than you" as them, the bourgeois, ordering you back to work.

I'm dirty and must be scrubbed. Y'all who shower in sub 5 minutes discounting dress/undress times, how well do you actually clean yourself? Because I can't see more than a passing sigh. Get in, wet, shampoo, soap, scrub, rinse, condition, rinse, like unless you're just slipping soap on yourself instead of actually scrubbing I dunno how you could be in and out so quick.

It takes me 2 minutes to brush my teeth. Nearly 6 to floss.

I am not ashamed that it takes me 10 minutes to scrub, 5 minutes to shampoo, 5 minutes to condition, 5 minutes to face-shave, 10 minutes to rinse, and a few more minutes for using the artificial pumice stone.

Waterfall meditation

While I'm in there I see visions of stories that don't exist.

Usually I just sit down. Let the water hit my head, and think. I process all of my thoughts in a soothing environment where I can sort them out and solve problems I've been struggling with.

Relaxing. Nobody can bother you in the shower and it's a legit excuse to anyone. It's just so nice feeling that hot water

Ruminating

I call it my "liquid blanket"

Sit in the tub and browse Lemmy and flirt on discord

Contemplating the nature of reality. The history of every molecule of water that's running over me. The future of them. The vast similarities and differences. Masturbating lazily without reaching conclusion because that mysterious and wonderful element is not a lubricant.

When you have so much body hair it provides +5 light armor you take more time to dry.

Pooping

Long showers are nice and relaxing, sometimes I lay in the tub with the drain in to make it a shower bath, after cleaning myself off

If you've ever had long hair, and lived in a place with hard water, you would not be asking this question.

When I was healthy but had butt-length hair and shaved and washed my face with separate soap it took me 45 mins.

When I was almost fully disabled, had short hair, didn't shave, and didn't wash my face it took me an hour an a half.

I'm doing much better now, have short hair, don't shave, and rarely wash my face and it takes 20 mins, but I hate it bc I can't stand up in there long enough to just enjoy the warm, gotta hurry and scrub and get out.

all of that in 10 feels like one of those white people things, no washing the lower part at all just relying on flow of water doing all the work.

Once had a housemate who would take two hour-long showers every single day. I have no idea what he was going in there, but he was either shaving or wanking in there.

It takes longer than 10 minutes just to dry my hair properly