I'm sooooooo clean now, I wish I can 'save' this state.

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MarkXIX

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I had the same feeling after my last Army Reserve training event when I took my first shower after I got home.

Showers were constantly broken and I was often times too busy to get to the showers during their limited hours. I ended up taking 5 showers in 22 days, and two of those showers were at the beginning and the end of the training event.

On the other end of the spectrum though, it feels manly and primal to just be dirty for days on end. There's something about it that gets to the base instinct of man.
 

Key West

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Yeah dude, what the other guy said. You have to irrigate your ears, not use q-tips. It's an incredible feeling. The first time I did it, I swore I could hear high frequencies better. I'm not actually sure if that was true, but you haven't experienced "clean" until you've had "even the inside of my ears clean"

Is there a device for it, or is it just a squirter of sort? Wouldn't you get water inside the ear though?
 

zoiks

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I scrub my asshole and I'm a very manly straight male.

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Ever ask a girl that?
 

MJinZ

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I biked 20 miles today and took the godliest shower of my life:

1. Showered with a scrub and scrubbed EVERY INCH of my body to fuck off all deadened skins. By the way, you just use bar of soap or use towel, that's nasty. Not enough abrasion to do anything.

2. Did I say every inch? Behind earlobes, inside greasy ear canal, asshole, heels, soles, EVERYWHERE.

3. Washed hair & shaved.

4. Brushed teeth, scraped tongue (Nasty if you don't this. You'll NEVER go back) & flossed... sooo clean. So much shit came out during flossing from the BBQ. Every crevice of my teeth are super squeaky.

5. Cleaned out earwax with qtips, cut all finger & toenails.

It's a beautiful cool summer night here in MA. I got all my windows open and the breeze on my fresh skin body feels sooo good.

Being the geek I am, I think about saving this state of cleanness and load it whenever.... I don't even wanna sex up gf because I don't want to get dirty.

There is where you seek help for posting inane TMI information on AT.
 

Zebo

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I had the same feeling after my last Army Reserve training event when I took my first shower after I got home.

Showers were constantly broken and I was often times too busy to get to the showers during their limited hours. I ended up taking 5 showers in 22 days, and two of those showers were at the beginning and the end of the training event.

On the other end of the spectrum though, it feels manly and primal to just be dirty for days on end. There's something about it that gets to the base instinct of man.

This. I love hanging out in deer stands/blinds for a week, dressing a deer and whipping off blood from my hands with a ditry rag then eating BBQ/beans with grimy blood stained hands on paper plates. Whisky and poker in RV is fun too. But I like sleepin outside on the ground looking up at stars better. I get a little more animalistic than my dad friends and brother in law who is an operator. On GPs I won't shower in RV because you can't use enough water anyway its a joke so why bother. I won't sleep in RV - could have stayed home for that.
 
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Squisher

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I believe in taking care of myself and a balanced diet and rigorous exercise routine. In the morning if my face is a little puffy I'll put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion
 

moshquerade

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I biked 20 miles today and took the godliest shower of my life:

1. Showered with a scrub and scrubbed EVERY INCH of my body to fuck off all deadened skins. By the way, you just use bar of soap or use towel, that's nasty. Not enough abrasion to do anything.

2. Did I say every inch? Behind earlobes, inside greasy ear canal, asshole, heels, soles, EVERYWHERE.

3. Washed hair & shaved.

4. Brushed teeth, scraped tongue (Nasty if you don't this. You'll NEVER go back) & flossed... sooo clean. So much shit came out during flossing from the BBQ. Every crevice of my teeth are super squeaky.

5. Cleaned out earwax with qtips, cut all finger & toenails.

It's a beautiful cool summer night here in MA. I got all my windows open and the breeze on my fresh skin body feels sooo good.

Being the geek I am, I think about saving this state of cleanness and load it whenever.... I don't even wanna sex up gf because I don't want to get dirty.
don't forget to change your bedsheets for the ultimate clean!
 

BUTCH1

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I believe in taking care of myself and a balanced diet and rigorous exercise routine. In the morning if my face is a little puffy I'll put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion

Your joking, right?...
 

destrekor

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Nov 18, 2005
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i do this twice a day so meh. but after camping it or stalking prey through bush for days on end it does feel good.

shit... seriously? Shower twice a day?

You must have an insane ability to produce surface oils, which is both awesome and terrifying. If I showered twice a day my skin would be cracking nonstop and my hair would probably fall out.
 

destrekor

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Yeah dude, what the other guy said. You have to irrigate your ears, not use q-tips. It's an incredible feeling. The first time I did it, I swore I could hear high frequencies better. I'm not actually sure if that was true, but you haven't experienced "clean" until you've had "even the inside of my ears clean"

Oh it's definitely true. At least, if you have had blocked-up ears for a long time, you just get used to a certain hearing ability. All of a sudden, when all that wax is gone, you hear frequencies you never heard before.

I've had my ears irrigated twice by doctors, and I walk away from everything like "this is all new to me!".
Running water never sounded so angelic, it was like I had never heard it before.
:biggrin:
There are surprisingly a lot of things that have high frequency sounds involved, and sometimes it doesn't make sense. Water sounded so much "brighter" and "fuller" after getting my ears irrigated, it was weird.
 
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DrPizza

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Oh it's definitely true. At least, if you have had blocked-up ears for a long time, you just get used to a certain hearing ability. All of a sudden, when all that wax is gone, you hear frequencies you never heard before.

I've had my ears irrigated twice by doctors, and I walk away from everything like "this is all new to me!".
Running water never sounded so angelic, it was like I had never heard it before.
:biggrin:
There are surprisingly a lot of things that have high frequency sounds involved, and sometimes it doesn't make sense. Water sounded so much "brighter" and "fuller" after getting my ears irrigated, it was weird.

If you have access to an otoscope, and people who will let you look in their ears, you'll find that most people's ear canals are clean. Just some people have a problem with excess wax buildup. Thus, getting your ears irrigated improves hearing only applies to the minority.
 

destrekor

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If you have access to an otoscope, and people who will let you look in their ears, you'll find that most people's ear canals are clean. Just some people have a problem with excess wax buildup. Thus, getting your ears irrigated improves hearing only applies to the minority.

That's basically what I said. ():)

It's not something most people need to do, but if you have wax buildup, it really changes things.

That's why most people can swim underwater just fine without ear plugs, but some people are prone to swimmer's ear - if you are prone to wax buildup, water in the ear is very bad... but for most people, water has no trouble exiting the ear canal.