Poll: How often do you bathe? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: How often do you bathe?

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Post by thrance » Tue, May 20, 2025, 1:38 PM UTC

tokai wrote: post #8

Tuperoir wrote: post #3

Thanks for this poll, I'm baffled to see people not showering every day, but what do you know !

Showering everyday is connected to atopic eczema and allergies. Your skin is the first element of your immune system and showering every day with soap is unnatural and damaging to your skin.

Showering period is unnatural. I am not doubting that showering too often can be damaging to your health, but this argument feels weak.

Re: Poll: How often do you bathe?

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Post by eappleby » Tue, May 20, 2025, 1:38 PM UTC

Surprised to so many people showering more than once per day. For people that do that, is that due to morning showers coupled with post-activity shower?

Re: Poll: How often do you bathe?

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Post by Freak_NL » Tue, May 20, 2025, 1:39 PM UTC

BLKNSLVR wrote: post #18

sgt wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sometimes I just throw some water in my face, shave using the machine, then off I go. Next day I'll shower. Also, remember that fresh underwear and clothes is almost the same as a shower.

I do the cold-water face splash every day, it wakes me up good. Can recommend. I can't shave without showering afterwards though, I get itchy (maybe only psychologically) from the (idea of the) little shaved bits dropping on my skin and staying there under my clothes all day. It's one of the very few things I'm "funny" about.

I can't shave comfortably without showering first. Get the hairs soaked for a smoother shave. I wet shave, so all shaved bits get gathered in the razor which gets rinsed of in the basin.

Re: Poll: How often do you bathe?

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Post by benoau » Tue, May 20, 2025, 1:40 PM UTC

Seems to me that if I go to bed dirty then I will be contaminating my bed with all the bacteria and viruses and stuff I've accumulated throughout the day.

Re: Poll: How often do you bathe?

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Post by brandon272 » Tue, May 20, 2025, 1:40 PM UTC

tokai wrote: post #8

Tuperoir wrote: post #3

Thanks for this poll, I'm baffled to see people not showering every day, but what do you know !

Showering everyday is connected to atopic eczema and allergies. Your skin is the first element of your immune system and showering every day with soap is unnatural and damaging to your skin.

Could be that if I stopped showering for an extended period of time these issues would resolve, but… if I don’t shower daily my eczema quickly explodes out of control, worsening with each day.

Re: Poll: How often do you bathe?

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Post by Enginerrrd » Tue, May 20, 2025, 1:40 PM UTC

eappleby wrote: post #22

Surprised to so many people showering more than once per day. For people that do that, is that due to morning showers coupled with post-activity shower?

Yes.

The activity can be anything from exercise to manual labor, or being exposed to various bodily fluids. (I have kids.)

My wife is a nurse and so she usually has a shower after work in addition to a morning shower.

Re: Poll: How often do you bathe?

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Post by downboots » Tue, May 20, 2025, 1:40 PM UTC

barrkel wrote: post #4

I think it's hard to draw conclusions from this level of data without being able to correlate with daily levels and degrees of social contact and intimacy, regional climate and weather, activity levels and exercise, and so on.

Or GitHub repo stars

Re: Poll: How often do you bathe?

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Post by criddell » Tue, May 20, 2025, 1:41 PM UTC

eappleby wrote: post #22

Surprised to so many people showering more than once per day. For people that do that, is that due to morning showers coupled with post-activity shower?

Yes. When I ride my bike to work, I shower when I get there. If I do yardwork, I shower when done. Before I go to bed, I shower or take a bath. Sometimes when I'm working from home and stuck on a problem, I'll take a shower to think about it.

Re: Poll: How often do you bathe?

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Post by datadrivenangel » Tue, May 20, 2025, 1:41 PM UTC

BLKNSLVR wrote: post #18

sgt wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sometimes I just throw some water in my face, shave using the machine, then off I go. Next day I'll shower. Also, remember that fresh underwear and clothes is almost the same as a shower.

I do the cold-water face splash every day, it wakes me up good. Can recommend. I can't shave without showering afterwards though, I get itchy (maybe only psychologically) from the (idea of the) little shaved bits dropping on my skin and staying there under my clothes all day. It's one of the very few things I'm "funny" about.

Shaving towel to catch any bits. Like a food bib.

Re: Poll: How often do you bathe?

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, May 20, 2025, 1:41 PM UTC

tokai wrote: post #8

Tuperoir wrote: post #3

Thanks for this poll, I'm baffled to see people not showering every day, but what do you know !

Showering everyday is connected to atopic eczema and allergies. Your skin is the first element of your immune system and showering every day with soap is unnatural and damaging to your skin.

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