My city is in the middle of the worst drought in recorded history. My showers are typically under 2 minutes and I have to shower with a bucket to catch otherwise wasted water to use to flush the toilet. I also shut the water down when I am wet enough so I can scrub myself without having unneeded water flowing then start it back up to rinse.
Plus, water is damn expensive!
Who here really has the time to stand, think and waste in the shower?
Maybe true but water is essentially free around here apartment doesn’t charge we have plenty of water. 30 min showers are minimum for me
To be honest, most of my shower thoughts are actually “shitting on the toilet” thoughts.
My toilet is in my shower room so I suppose that would only be two meters from the truth. Close enough.
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I’m blessed in this regard by living in the rainiest city in Europe. It has it’s downsides, but hey… free water.
Wales by any chance?
Bergen, Norway. But we have stong competition from the British isles :)
Bergen, or is there a Scottish city that has more rain?
Bergen :)
To absolutely minimise the water usage you could do a more old school “shower” by just putting some water in a bucket with a sponge.
- Put some water on your body with a quick sponge rinse.
- Apply soap.
- Use sponge to rinse off soap.
Then later use the bucket as toilet refill.
Well I live in a rainy part of the UK, and we basically had rain all month, so longer showers are probably more likely helping avoid the reservoir flooding over here
I guess the one upside to this situation is our water isn’t even metered, we just pay a flat rate every quarter
a rainy part of the UK
Well that’s a bit redundant, isn’t it?
Innit?
bruv
Oi, you got a loicense for that?
My telly is not connected. I only use it for watching downloads.
Okay, fine, rainier part
I live in the wettest region of south west australia nearby the historically coldest, wettest town in the state. We normally get 9 wet months a year but we’re are half way through the season and so far only had 1.5 wet months.
Clime change deniers: this is fine
Dam
Nah that’s in the Netherlands
Who here really has the time to stand, think and waste in the shower?
People not in a drought. It’s been quite wet here in Switzerland recently :-D
Lucky you. The rising temperature has driven the low pressure systems south and they mostly seem to be bypassing the whole south of australia. I hope this doesn’t mean now we will start getting cyclones where we are at…
Are you limited to either having a thought or moving your body at any given time? I hope you don’t drive cars or perform other activities that require more than zero thoughts at once.
I just had a shower and while I was in there I was thinking about how I could become more like you. Could you give me some advice please?
That’s very astute of you but have you ever had a shower in under two minutes and washed your whole body? There isn’t much time to think past the focus of scrubbing, rinsing and ensuring maximum water goes into the bucket.
You must be truly exceptional.
have you ever had a shower in under two minutes and washed your whole body?
Yes. My first thought was whether there may be a “best practice” way of showering efficiently and which professions may have suggestions on that (either jobs that are very time-constrained or jobs that are tight on resources?) and whether there were more effective ways of catching the water than a bucket (maybe some elaborate tarp placement? probably not feasible. the ultimate tarp placement would be one just around the body like one of the shields in star trek or star wars. maybe one of those bubble soccer balls upside down filled with water and one showerer? rolling down a hill in a plastic hamster ball full of water would be fun. also terrifying and basically dynamic waterboarding, but fun) and that was when the two minutes ended.
I bet astronauts are great at showering.
I believe you’re looking for thoughtsaboutshowers.
But… Thoughts about showers aren’t also shower thoughts?
Only if they happen in the shower, and there’s no way you had time to think about all that during a drought.
You caught me out, it was while I was dressing after my shower.
I’m the problem. I take 30 min+ showers. It’s my best place to cry and think about my life.
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Depends on the definition of “wasting”
There’s always a way to spend less water, even less than you currently do.
But normally spending more water translates to comfort, as well as better washing.
It’s how dishwashers work: more cycles = more rinsing, then later rinse it all off.
You could do a quick pre-wash, then a long cycling of water, and lastly a rinse with clean water.
I don’t use a shower, rather, I have a bucket (or two) of water and a dipper. I can ruminate and think about things while giving myself a thorough scrubbing, and not consume any water.
I can take as much time as I need (much to the irritation of people I live with) without consuming any more water.
The Reassurance Bucket thoughts.
It’s bucket time!
And then he bucketed all over the place
So, when you take a shower, all you think is “scrub, scrub, scrub, scrub, rinse, rinse, rinse, rinse”?
When I shower, it’s all pretty automatic and muscle memory kinds of actions. My mind wanders all over the place, usually while listening to music /podcasts /audio books, but rarely do I think about the actual act of bathing.
Thoughts taken:
Is the water running into the bucket when heating?
Is the water warming yet so I can get my head under comfortably and wet it to get shampoo in?
Quick, get the shampoo rub it in before I need to add cold so I don’t get burnt.
Water is perfect now, that’s nice. Turn and rub it in.
Is it warm enough in the bathroom so I can afford to turn off water and lather myself?
Ok, now i’m lathered, let’s get those hard to reach places.
Turn on the water. Try to aim for taps to be at the same position so I don’t get burnt. (I have temperature variation from solar hot water)
Rinse, quick, let’s rinse. Dont fall over the bucket Gnugit!
Turn off taps now and quick, dry your hands so you can reply to Sprunt on lemmy.
Oh, the shower timer only says ~1/4 of 4 minutes this time, that was efficient.
Hmm, maybe I can finally make a post to c/showerthoughts…
Bro, I freaking feel you, I am in the same situation as yours, it has been better these days, thanks to a fucking cyclone lol (Alberto).
We literally had no water for 2 weeks, and the longest I remember to be without water since I have memory is no more than a day or two.
Lots of blocks were waterless and my dad (and many other persons) started to hunt for water in regions where they had (water was disgusting and with very low pressure though), so it was normal to watch lots of vehicles with “Rotoplas” attached to them, very very Mad Max like.
I fucking laugh when I read people recommending a bidet instead of toilet paper all around here on Lemmy or Reddit, like dude, I was taking a fucking shower for two weeks (I know this might sound like rookie numbers in some other places) with a freaking Carl’s Jr plastic glass of “The Batman” movie LMAO (Batman to the rescue), also with not so good quality water too, I’d rather keep with toilet paper and wipes.
Nowadays the city is kinda flooded thanks to the storm, and the lagoons have gained some of the level they lost (they were almost dry) which is kinda dystopic to me to have these extreme changes in a matter of several weeks (talking about climate change huh).
Damn, it sounds like your area needs some good reservoirs.
This is when you keep with the same infrastructure of 1900 something in an ever growing city lol.
Why? Doesn’t you city council or similar organization want to take care of its citizens?
Until this day there hasn’t been a statement from that man about the matter, and he just won as a federal deputy in the recent elections smfh.
Also the state president allegedly said that he would not declare this situation as an emergency situation because this is the way of how to live nowadays, and he is very proud he sent “tons” of pipes to the people LMAO (it could also be fake news from Facebook, but I would not be surprised, also ppl said those pipes were for show off, and they were empty lol).
Anyway nowadays there is sufficient water, or so it seems, that some crocodiles are walking on the streets LMAO (if you wanna guess where I live, I would not blame you).
If you enjoyed it, is it really wasted?
As it turns out, yes
I can get behind this, I often count little things that cost and justify it by expenditure on entertainment.
