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PaqMan
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States1475 Posts
July 11 2012 07:37 GMT
#1
I haven't showered all day and I feel disgusted with myself. But now this pretty strong thunderstorm is going on and I can't make up my mind about showering because of the fear of getting shocked.

I realize that the chance of that is incredibly small, but why tempt fate?

*
t(ツ)t
Incze
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Romania2058 Posts
July 11 2012 07:42 GMT
#2
Maybe that's just laziness speaking in your head. Go take a shower, man.
Religion: Buckethead
PaqMan
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States1475 Posts
July 11 2012 07:44 GMT
#3
I'm scared of getting electrocuted.
t(ツ)t
Complete
Profile Joined October 2009
United States1864 Posts
July 11 2012 07:46 GMT
#4
Pro tip #8633: Thunder is just as likely to hit you in the face inside of the shower as it is outside of it.
Fishgle
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States2174 Posts
July 11 2012 08:10 GMT
#5
You don't have to shower every day, you know. And getting shocked? wtf. Do you take showers in the rain?
aka ChillyGonzalo / GnozL
Azzur
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Australia6259 Posts
July 11 2012 08:12 GMT
#6
Yeah, it's possible to get electrocuted while you're taking a shower - of course, it's a small chance, but then chance is greater than not showering
Skilledblob
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany3392 Posts
July 11 2012 08:17 GMT
#7
On July 11 2012 17:10 Fishgle wrote:
You don't have to shower every day, you know. And getting shocked? wtf. Do you take showers in the rain?


maybe his shower is a gardening can outside his house.
PaqMan
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States1475 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-11 08:22:54
July 11 2012 08:20 GMT
#8
No, my shower is on the second story of my house. I have no idea why you would ask me if I take showers in the rain.
I'm well aware you don't have to shower every day. I just prefer feeling hygienic over slobby, you know?
t(ツ)t
firehand101
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia3152 Posts
July 11 2012 08:24 GMT
#9
seriously dude.....this is just sad

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Newbistic
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
China2912 Posts
July 11 2012 08:43 GMT
#10
Unnecessary risk indeed.

Source

If you're a night time showerer you can just go to bed and shower in the morning. If it is already morning, well. What you can do is-

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Epishade
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States2267 Posts
July 11 2012 09:35 GMT
#11
Sometimes I go several days without showering (disgusting lol). I don't do anything physical to get sweaty or anything though.

I'd dare to take a shower with a storm outside though. You wanna live forever?
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Knap4life
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Slovenia333 Posts
July 11 2012 09:37 GMT
#12
I showered outside in the rain yesterday in my swimming pants for 20minutes and no lightning hit me! Was thundering every half a minute as well!
MrASAP
Profile Joined May 2011
United Kingdom63 Posts
July 11 2012 09:46 GMT
#13
if you dont confront your fear it will own you for life.
29 fps
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States5724 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-11 09:56:56
July 11 2012 09:56 GMT
#14
if you won't be going outside, then you can afford to wait a day.
4v4 is a battle of who has the better computer.
Th1rdEye
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States1074 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-11 10:51:38
July 11 2012 10:46 GMT
#15
I know several people who have had lightning strike very close to them. One person lost their brother when they were just kids by a lightning strike, and she had been afraid of it ever since.

My manager at work was in Costa Rica (I believe, something tropic/exotic) and was doing a Zipline (metal cord across a gorge or something, etc) and right after she landed, lightning struck near her and her husband and sent them flying back several feet and said it was very bright and extremely loud like an explosion next to you

This weekend before last, my friends and I were at a festival to camp for the weekend and it rained on the first night. I had went home that night to come back in the morning and they said during the night it stormed bad and lightning struck within 20 feet of their tents and totally split a tree in half and caught another one on fire. They said it sounded like a chain of explosions going off next to them and it woke everyone up.

However, with the way today's houses are made.. with lightning rods and insulation, its very unlikely that you will be struck inside your house.

My biggest worry would just be losing power, and being in the dark in the shower lol ^_^

The 4th of July this year our town did a firework presentation and right as it started a storm front moved in and I saw some of the craziest lightning ever. It seemed like every few seconds u could see lightning striking in the sky. However, none of us got struck by lightning, or any of the other thousands of people who were across the river downtown (caught in the rain, poor folks!)
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Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1935 Posts
July 11 2012 14:04 GMT
#16
You guys do realize this showering every day thing is a entirely unneeded and hasn't been going on for long at all.

100 years ago did people shower every day? Whats the actual point of showering every day?

I take a shower when I don't feel clean, but if I can feel clean just washing my face/hands and whatnot then why waste a fuckload of water?

(I haven't taken a shower in a week and I don't smell like anything but clean clothes and deodorant, and my hair isn't disgusting at all)
Never fear the darkness, Bran. The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong.
Caihead
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada8550 Posts
July 11 2012 14:13 GMT
#17
There are much more plausible / likely scenarios that could hurt you >_> I mean you could have a sudden brain aneurysm, or you could trip in the shower and hit your head, among a thousand other things that are more likely to happen. But if you prefer to feel safer just wait, it's an almost irrelevant decision any way.
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Zorkmid
Profile Joined November 2008
4410 Posts
July 11 2012 14:22 GMT
#18
I thought this was going to be a DayZ story.
3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
July 11 2012 15:44 GMT
#19
You may find this interesting
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PaqMan
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States1475 Posts
July 11 2012 16:11 GMT
#20
I have to be honest here, I was only being somewhat serious. I wrote this blog mostly out of boredom lol. But I was also curious what other TLers had to say. The odds of actually getting struck also amazes me

I hadn't taken a shower the day before and I was starting to feel grimy and sticky. I guess it's just me but I absolutely hate sleeping in my bed if I'm dirty.
I wanted to take a shower but there was a huge thunderstorm going on at the time, so I googled whether or not you could actually get shocked while showering during a thunderstorm. Most people were saying that it holds the same risk as getting electrocuted outside, extremely low but still possible.

And then I read someone's comment that said, "The chances are low, but why tempt fate?" And he was completely right. Getting shocked was unlikely but there was no point in risking it, so I waited until morning.

But yeah, those are some pretty interesting stories.

TL;DR I waited until morning, and I'm going to start showering less often lol.


On July 11 2012 23:22 Zorkmid wrote:
I thought this was going to be a DayZ story.


lololololol nope, my DayZ life isn't interesting.
t(ツ)t
nohbrows
Profile Joined February 2011
United States653 Posts
July 11 2012 21:32 GMT
#21
On July 12 2012 00:44 3FFA wrote:
You may find this interesting


I am going to link that every single time my future dormmates call me out on not showering everyday.

I never shower everyday. It's pointless if you aren't doing any physical activities.

Now, after doing physical activities, that's a different story.

And always, always, always shower before a date.
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