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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Before getting in the shower, what is keeping you from getting in?

[–] [email protected] 48 points 3 days ago

The warm blanket I'm in and the commute that comes after the shower

[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago

Executive dysfunction?

I still will as I feel weird if I don't, but on my days off when I have nowhere to go it's not as easy if I don't in the morning.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago

When I'm at zero I don't wanna get to 1 and vice versa.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

I suspect op to be a cat.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The issue with the shower for me is being cold, and especially cold and wet, which is why I like to put the heating on before getting in, so at least the bathroom is warmed up first.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

100%, gym showers are so much easier because i'm already warmed up from the workout and the water starts pretty warm too

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Are you maniacs just getting in the shower and then turning on the water? Who doesn't turn it on first and wait the 10s for it to warm up?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

obviously i don't just blast myself with cold water lol, but that doesn't make it pleasant.
I'm still standing there for 10 seconds in cold air with cold water splashing around me, plus i have to dial in the water temperature and for some insane reason humanity seems unable to design a water mixer that doesn't go instantly from scalding to freezing.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

The shower curtain is a major barrier to entry for some