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

Re: Poll: How often do you bathe?

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Post by madmask » Tue, May 20, 2025, 1:34 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.

Apparently not because I am fine

Re: Poll: How often do you bathe?

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Post by alistairSH » Tue, May 20, 2025, 1:34 PM UTC

Tuperoir wrote: post #3

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

I've been led to believe the daily shower is a mostly American thing.

Myself, I shower most days, but that's largely because I'm either in the gym or cycling most days. Sometimes, that means 2x showers, because I'll hit the gym in the AM and cycle in the PM.

Re: Poll: How often do you bathe?

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Post by jollyllama » Tue, May 20, 2025, 1:35 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.

You don't have to use soap every time.

Re: Poll: How often do you bathe?

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Post by isoprophlex » Tue, May 20, 2025, 1:35 PM UTC

Every day I soak myself in an extremely hot bath, just bobbing around like a spineless deep sea creature. Sometimes I watch old star trek episodes from the bath. An indulgence, a waste of energy and drinking water, is not very nice from a sustainability point of view. But it is one of the day's great pleasures, a nice way to unwind, the dual to my first cup of coffee of the day.

Re: Poll: How often do you bathe?

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Post by lkbm » Tue, May 20, 2025, 1:35 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.

Yeah, when I was biking to and from work in Texas, I was showering 1-2 times a day during the summer. I'm now working from home in a cooler climate, so it's more like 1-4 times a week.

Re: Poll: How often do you bathe?

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Post by burgerrito » Tue, May 20, 2025, 1:36 PM UTC

I can definitely say that on a hot day I shower like three times a day

Re: Poll: How often do you bathe?

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Post by tokai » Tue, May 20, 2025, 1:36 PM UTC

jollyllama wrote: post #13

tokai wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

You don't have to use soap every time.

Why do you think I specified "with soap"?

Re: Poll: How often do you bathe?

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Post by BLKNSLVR » Tue, May 20, 2025, 1:36 PM UTC

sgt wrote: post #5

Tuperoir wrote: post #3

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

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.

Re: Poll: How often do you bathe?

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Post by jonwinstanley » Tue, May 20, 2025, 1:36 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.

Presumably it's also heavily influenced by climate, job and location?

Working in dirty or dusty conditions for example, or if you have a long commute in and out of the city on a train, you don't really want to skip having a shower.

Re: Poll: How often do you bathe?

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Post by Freak_NL » Tue, May 20, 2025, 1:36 PM UTC

BLKNSLVR wrote: post #2

I voted 10 but it's closer to 15. Wednesday (night), Friday (night), Saturday (afternoon), Sunday (morning - depending on physical activity, which depends mostly on weather). They're all based on sports activities. For some lucky reason, I don't naturally stink - and I do work with people who would definitely let me know if I did, plus family members where various judgements are pretty no-holds-barred.

15 is a common data point too, because that effectively puts you at once every two days. That's my natural rhythm; any longer and I feel grubby (shaving in particular). I just don't sweat that much I guess.

This is a weirdly posed poll though. Per week is much more aligned with people's recurring schedules. I know I shower 3 or 4 days a week, but it's weird to consider this on a monthly basis.