• ewigkaiwelo@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    There are two camps on this one, both have valid points:

    1. different bacteria live on different parts of the body, makes sense to use different towels for different parts of the body that don’t come into contact much
    2. if when you leave the shower you feel that you can’t use one towel for the whole body you should go back to the shower
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      12 days ago

      What about the bacteria in the towel?

      If you are using certain sections of a towel specifically for certain body parts, you dont know what germ theory is.

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      12 days ago

      Counterpoint to 1: Your microbiome is massive. You are constantly emitting bacteria. It surrounds you in a cloud like Pig Pen from the Peanuts comics. The reason you have different bacteria on your face and balls is not because they can’t get from one place to the other; it is because they can’t survive/compete there.

      If you’re still hung up about your own towel, have you ever considered the implications of oral sex? How is it too whatever to intermingle your own bacteria upon yourself, but it’s perfectly acceptable to subject your partner to an even more invasive bacterial exchange. And if even that extent of biome crossover was sufficiently meaningful, why doesn’t my face smell like pussy yet?

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    10 days ago

    The butt is the dirtiest part of the body so I usually just remove yesterdays towel from my ass and then insert today’s towel right up there while shaking like a dog to air dry

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            10 days ago

            and you leave it hanging in the bathroom until next time you use it, ever done research on how much shit… both literal and metaphorical, gets launched into the air every time you flush?

            a closed lid reduces, but does not entirely prevent it, either.

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              10 days ago
              • No clothes remain hanging in the bathroom.
                • Towels have a separate hanging place in an airy place (at least I wish they did. I just make do with the gymnastics bars)
              • Toothbrushes are taken out after use and air dried (or momentum dried?) before returning them to their compartment, which is also outside the bathroom
              • The only things that remain in the bathroom are shampoos and soaps
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              10 days ago

              Ehhh all of my clean towels hang too because my bathroom is so small the sink is in the hallway, and I don’t have space for another dresser in my bedroom. Something something old house problems. I can worry about cleanliness of towels in the next house in 1-10 years

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          That’s kinda of wasteful isn’t it? Washing a perfectly good towel after a single usage.

          If the body was cleaned correctly, you could just air dry and use it like 2 to 3 times.

          I use two towels per week, and they never smell bad before I put them for washing.

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            10 days ago

            That’s kinda of wasteful isn’t it? Washing a perfectly good towel after a single usage.

            i’m doing a load of whites once a week regardless, so no, its not wasteful.

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    12 days ago

    Every towel I have ever used has a tag on it, that’s the crotch end, dry your face with the other end.

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    12 days ago

    I also wipe my asshole with that same towel. No particular order. I’m coming out of the shower clean so what does it matter.

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      11 days ago

      Any time I think I’m mentally fucked up, and for sure I am, I see stuff that at least makes me feel better about myself.

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    11 days ago

    You dry your balls first, then your ass. Then, you get in the shower. After the shower, you use the same towel again to re-apply your musk. Women love it.