Showering is wasteful and often unnecessary

Years ago, this scientist at the Metseschaussettes Institute of Technojolie devised a bacterial spray to put on his skin, instead of showering. He of course sells this product… Mother Dirt.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3223432/amp/Dave-Whitlock-MIT-Cambridge-doesn-t-shower-instead-sprays-live-bacteria-skin.html

Get with the times. They’re discontinuing Lynx Africa!! It’s back to the hand basin for you!!!

OP got showered with insults in the beginning of this thread. It got cleaner near the end of it.

When i live in Spain , in hot weather i shower twice a day , in Ireland, twice a week , with wash hand basin in between, on the advice of a professor of dermatology. If i was doing a heavy duty , dusty DIY job then Once a day . Dirty smelly bastard .

Some funny claims from OP. I just took down an instant shower in a property and it was installed in 1984 yet he thinks they were only a thing in the 90s. It was also in a wet room. This was not a fancy flat. I can only guess they lived in some area that was deprived to have heard of things so late

I went to boarding school in the 70's. Can't remember how often I had a shower!. Certainly not daily, closer to weekly I reckon. I can't remember anyone ever complaining about B.O., maybe because we were all on a 'level playing field'.

My parents also built their house in the 70's. We had a bidet in the bathroom. Don't know what my parents were thinking, but it was never ever used. It sat there as an 'ornament' until the house had a mid life upgrade a few years ago when it was removed.

Surely it wasn't that 'hard'?

A shower minimum once a day is a must.

Unless you have medical issues then there is no excuse.

A lot of this "sweaty bastard" stuff only comes about because people insist on wearing clothing that's inappropriate for whatever they're doing. If you're expecting to sweat while running/cycling/gymying, WTF are you putting on clothes for? Oh, yeah, because "it's expected …" But there's really no good reason to wrap yourself in lycra when you know you'll be pouring sweat ten or fifteen minutes later. Oh, and then slathering yourself with various chemical concotions after showering to make yourself smell good … Wasn't that the whole point of the shower in the first place?

On the other hand, when it comes to water-wasting installations in the "wet room"/en-suite bathroom, the toilet is far and away the worst offender. Or rather the people who insist on giving it a maxi flush after every use. I grew up in an age when it was still considered fairly okay to wee in a (shared) bucket when you were camping; nowadays, there are people having a conniption when children wee in the bushes beside the playground (if threads on Boards can be believed).

Meanwhile in France - where I live, and spiritual home of the bidet - getting rid of flush-toilets is increasingly common. Or at least supplementing them with at least one dry/compost toilet in the house. Probably because we have to pay for every litre of water we use, so flushing 60 of them down the drain every day (literally) seems like a pretty stupid use of one's disposable income.

Ouais, le progrès, ce n’est pas dans la surcomsommation, au point où nous sommes.

What did they do with the bidet? Y

Sorry am I reading this wrong or are you saying we should all exercise naked to avoid having to shower?

Fan of the Greeks, are we?

upon reading this thread I’m putting how many showers and toilets my house has on my CV going forward. I expect this will in turn raise my status symbolism and as a result I will be offered the correct amount of remuneration.

Thank you Brian I was totally unaware that not being a dirty pig meant I was better than other people and deserved more status.

Very good.

I only learned this today, and this is the second time I’ve come across it! 😂

OP, I bet you pee in the sink as well..