folkrav

@folkrav@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel like I need a separate body towel (big towel), and 3 other small towels for hair, face, and hands. 4 towels in total. Is that normal?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not a semantics thing, nor was it a debate, I’m trying to understand lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel like I need a separate body towel (big towel), and 3 other small towels for hair, face, and hands. 4 towels in total. Is that normal?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Its more common when you need to take a farmers bath.

  Interesting, I didn’t know about that term at all. What’s a farmer’s bath, some kind of deep-wash, basically?

  You sterilize because the main cause of stink is not dirt or oil or sweat but microorganisms. […] Soap does not kill microorganisms very well on its own, instead it helps the water pick them up and wash them away

  Which is why I mentioned soap as a degreasing agent, removing oils and the vast, vast majority of microorganisms with it, alongside water and friction.

  Also about the surgeon thing I’m pretty sure they still use sterilized gloves in a sterilized environment with equipment that’s been through riggerous decontamination.

  Because they’re gonna play with your insides, where the smallest thing could infect and kill you.

  They probably use hand sanitizer too lol.

  While washing their hands with soap and water?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel like I need a separate body towel (big towel), and 3 other small towels for hair, face, and hands. 4 towels in total. Is that normal?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do people really “sterilize” their armpits and taint with vinegar and I have been out of the loop for all this time? The hell are you sterilizing them for?

  Honestly, the washcloth is mostly there for convenience and not having to touch your asshole with your hands. Water and friction with literally anything, including your other hand, is enough for a cleaning effect to happen. Soap helps dissolving the greases and oils. Only potential thing left is actual dirt, which would need a bit more scrubbing, but from a cleanliness perspective, that’s all there is to it, really. If it’s clean enough for surgeons to wash their hands by rubbing them together with water and hand soap before playing with your insides, it’s clean enough for me to dry with a single towel after just washing everything once properly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel like I need a separate body towel (big towel), and 3 other small towels for hair, face, and hands. 4 towels in total. Is that normal?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d answer with a non answer: this is way too much thought put into how you use your towels. Just clean yourself properly, clean your towels regularly, and you’re good lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel like I need a separate body towel (big towel), and 3 other small towels for hair, face, and hands. 4 towels in total. Is that normal?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t understand the logic behind the idea that it makes you “less clean” to wipe yourself off of excess water literally seconds after cleaning yourself in the shower. Think about it: to legitimately spread germs around with the towel, you’d need either the towel, or the area you’re wiping off, to be unclean in the first place.

  My wife likes a separate towel for her hair, but it’s because she has very long and thick hair that’s hard to dry out. Not doing so would mean leaving a trail of water dripping on the ground.