Yeah, no. I shower every other day and it's fine.Every day. It's mandatory if you want to function in todays society.
Yeah, no. I shower every other day and it's fine.Every day. It's mandatory if you want to function in todays society.
I'd be curious to see a blind study to see how many people can actually tell the difference between someone who showered in the last 48 hours and someone who showered in the last 24 hours.
To everyone who skips days and thinks it's fine, the rest of us know who you are and are just being polite.
Down here near the Gulf of Mexico, where the humidity reaches into the 90% on a daily basis in the summertime, you bet my ass is in the shower twice a day.
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Wait wait wait wait, what is this. As someone who lives in a humid area this might be relevant to my interests.
Putting 'once' and 'or more' into the same vote is unfair as 'once' is normal and 'or more' is heading into strange territory.
You're absolutely right. Lived in Houston my entire life until college. Going to A&M was a cesspool too. But working and living overseas, and experiencing dry air for the first time, was amazing. Stepping into a air conditioned building, and my glasses not fogging up, was a treat. But now I'm back. If I'm not wet from the humidity I'm wet from the rain. I love H-town. But now I know why some people call it the Armpit of Texas. 😞I lived in Houston almost my whole life. I remember when I went to Austin for college, all my friends from west texas thought Austin was the most humid place on earth, while I felt like Austin was dry as hell in comparison lol. Also, waking up and finding the grass NOT soaking wet as though it had rained all night every morning was a mind trip. I literally thought that happened everywhere.
I shower every morning before I leave for work. Even on weekends I immediately go to the shower the moment I wake up. How is this even a question?
I lived in Houston almost my whole life. I remember when I went to Austin for college, all my friends from west texas thought Austin was the most humid place on earth, while I felt like Austin was dry as hell in comparison lol. Also, waking up and finding the grass NOT soaking wet as though it had rained all night every morning was a mind trip. I literally thought that happened everywhere.
You're absolutely right. Lived in Houston my entire life until college. Going to A&M was a cesspool too. But working and living overseas, and experiencing dry air for the first time, was amazing. Stepping into a air conditioned building, and my glasses not fogging up, was a treat. But now I'm back. If I'm not wet from the humidity I'm wet from the rain. I love H-town. But now I know why some people call it the Armpit of Texas. 😞
I'm retiring to the hill country in a few years. Some where between Kerrville and Fredericksburg. I won't miss the gridlock traffic, the noise, the crime, the pollution, the humidity, or those damn mosquito spray trucks going up and down the streets going "zzzzzz" and smelling up the place with chemicals.Also, the secret worst thing about living in a humid area is the mosquitos. I was unaware of how swarming houston was until I went outside of it. I just thought swarms of mosquitos was natural for night. Like, there are mosquitos almost everywhere, but in a swamp there are a thousand times more.
Wait wait wait wait, what is this. As someone who lives in a humid area this might be relevant to my interests.
I'm retiring to the hill country in a few years. Some where between Kerrville and Fredericksburg. I won't miss the gridlock traffic, the noise, the crime, the pollution, the humidity, or those damn mosquito spray trucks going up and down the streets going "zzzzzz" and smelling up the place with chemicals.
You're absolutely right. Lived in Houston my entire life until college. Going to A&M was a cesspool too. But working and living overseas, and experiencing dry air for the first time, was amazing. Stepping into a air conditioned building, and my glasses not fogging up, was a treat. But now I'm back. If I'm not wet from the humidity I'm wet from the rain. I love H-town. But now I know why some people call it the Armpit of Texas. 😞
Wait, talcum powder on the entire body and not just sweaty areas?Basically baby powder for adults. For the same reason you use baby powder - prevent rashes from exposure to moisture by keeping the skin dry. Except instead of keeping the groin dry from piss, it's keeping it dry from sweat. It also kills bacteria which causes odor and yeast infections. So, in short: Keeps you dry, and prevents bacteria. I shower first thing in the morning, and keep the talcum powder in the bathroom with me. When I step out of the shower, as I dry off, applying talcum powder to my entire body is pretty much part of my daily routine.
I buy them in bulk, I try to get the menthol-scented ones. Gives you a cold full body tingle when you apply it.
Wait, talcum powder on the entire body and not just sweaty areas?
I've heard this stuff championed around for a while. I just need to find a place to buy it in Australia easily and in large quantities.
Not really. Twice a day is pretty normal for those that exercise or live in a crazy hot/humid climate.Putting 'once' and 'or more' into the same vote is unfair as 'once' is normal and 'or more' is heading into strange territory.
If you have sex regularly or workout or both you better be showering everyday.
Your local chemist (pharmacy) should have it.Wait, talcum powder on the entire body and not just sweaty areas?
I've heard this stuff championed around for a while. I just need to find a place to buy it in Australia easily and in large quantities.
Last time I looked it was for a specific brand, but it looks like there are some like Imperial Leather and such that are popular. May have to go to a Chemist Warehouse instead of a Big W for it.I might go overboard, but I sweat a lot, and with the humidity in Houston going without it will literally soak my clothes by the end of the day. So I put it on my chest and belly, and especially on the groin. I treat it like full body antiperspirant.
I dunno about australia, but it's sold everywhere in the US. Walmart, CVS, etc. It's in the same sections you'd buy shampoo or deodorant. The most known brand is probably either Johnson & Johnson or Old Spice, but I buy the generic brands.
Last time I looked it was for a specific brand, but it looks like there are some like Imperial Leather and such that are popular. May have to go to a Chemist Warehouse instead of a Big W for it.
I'm not in the sub-tropical area of Australia but I'm also not in the coldest southern regions either. It gets pretty hot but when it gets cold (like it is now that it's winter) I don't think it has even gone below 0 C. So Texas can actually get colder than Australia. I've been gone so long I'm actually starting to forget what Texan weather was like.
Yeah in school I remember them telling us that Texas had one of the largest amount of biomes in one state. In Dallas it snows a lot but only occasionally sticks, in South Australia I've never seen it snow, we don't even get frost on plants in the morning. The heat on the other hand...Well yeah, but Texas is also like the size of a good chunk of western europe. Like, here in Houston, I can count on one hand the number of times it snowed in the 30+ years I've lived here. And that's counting any snow flurry, not the times it "stuck to the ground." But up in Dallas? It snows almost every year. So it's kind of impossible to define Texas weather, because it varies from area to area. Some places are plains, some are grasslands, some are marshes, some are deserts. There are even mountain ranges in Texas. That Houston and Lubbock can be in the same state is pretty mind blowing honestly. That's yin and yang right there. 0% humidity year round vs 100% humidity year round.
I legitimately think Texas is a beautiful state. I've been to just about every inch of it, I adore long drives so it's the state for me. When you're driving through some rural country side and the sun is setting, and you see untouched land for miles all around, it's just some really beautiful stuff.Yeah in school I remember them telling us that Texas had one of the largest amount of biomes in one state. In Dallas it snows a lot but only occasionally sticks, in South Australia I've never seen it snow, we don't even get frost on plants in the morning. The heat on the other hand...
I'm definitely going to try and switch to talcum. I've tried those medical strength anti-perspirants and I don't feel like they work when I'm out and about. They dry my armpits out but I still sweat through. Might have to do the full body thing.