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Apr
09
2011
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Does anyone brush their teeth in the shower? I've got a few friends who swear that not only is it normal, it's preferable to brushing in the sink. They also say that it's environment friendly because you're saving water. I have many issues with this. The first issue is that the water in my shower is hot, and it seems incredibly terrible to brush my teeth with hot water. Hot water and mint-- yuck. The second issue I have is with the time-saving/environmental aspect. I call BS. If you take a shower for X amount of time, then you need the shower to be running for X + Y amount of time (where Y is the amount of time it takes you to brush your teeth, and Y should be equal to the amount of time it would take you to brush your teeth in the sink).

Does anyone wait to take a shower after they workout because they're afraid they'll keep sweating? Apparently some people think that you keep sweating, and I've got one friend, we'll call him Shark, who swears that if he showers 10 minutes after he works out, the shower "won't take" and he'll have to shower again. Now Shark is particularly out of shape, so maybe he continues to sweat for 20 minutes after he does exercise?! I don't really understand, I usually run to the shower when I get home and I've never continued sweating...

Personally, I've been all over the place lately. Sometimes I'm playing poker, sometimes I'm not. I have been meaning to put some results in my blog for quite a while, but I want to get a bigger sample size (I'm shooting for 100k hands, maybe since the new year or my birthday or even the last calendar year). I'm doing more traveling though in the near future, and don't expect to get much volume in April until the last week or two of the month. Cheers!

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04-09-2011
SlowHabit is offline SlowHabit
I find it weird to shower and brush at the same time. You are actually wasting more water because you're just standing there while brushing and not cleaning yourself. So it's like you're brushing w/ big sink.

Even worse, you get some toothpaste foam over your body and now you have to waste more time cleaning that too. Unless you enjoy the smell of toothpaste minty body wash.

Oh yeah, you might get bacteria from your mouth on your body.
04-09-2011
LT22 is offline LT22
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yea wtf of course you're using more water if you're standing in the shower unless you're super ambidextrous. IRL people are such fish

I usually feel hot after a workout, so I try to take a slightly cooler shower and not stand in a steamy, humid bathroom.
04-09-2011
bw07507 is offline bw07507
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brushing your teeth in the shower seems beyond retarded to me for the reasons you and slowhabit stated. Also, the thought of leaving a tooshbrush anywhere in the shower disgusts me
04-09-2011
ssells73 is offline ssells73
I'm in pretty good shape and always wait 10 minutes or so to shower after working out, usually start the water cold to cool off either way....Although I've heard people that keep sweating, that ending the shower ice cold works.

Brushing in the shower is gross, my old roommate swore by it, but it seems stupid to me.
04-09-2011
IcarusJam is offline IcarusJam
Confirmed dumb to brush in the shower
04-09-2011
Irishman07 is offline Irishman07
I was hoping for a choose your own adventure kind of interactive blog.... a little disappointed. But definitely dumb to brush teeth in the shower.
04-09-2011
BobboFitos is offline BobboFitos
You're all wrong, brushing your teeth in the shower is the way to go!
04-09-2011
coachgp is offline coachgp
Went thru this problem a year ago, back to brushing in sink.
04-09-2011
HemmaCuda is offline HemmaCuda
Oh yeah, you might get bacteria from your mouth on your body.

This argument doesn't hold any weight. You have bacteria all over your body at all times. It's called Normal Flora.
04-09-2011
Muflon is offline Muflon
Brushing teeth under shower is bad for all the reasons mentioned.

Sweating after a workout - this is true. I have to pick either a cold shower or wait for 20 minutes. Being out of shape doesn't matter.
04-09-2011
korova is offline korova
I couldn't stand showering without brushing my teeth or at least using mouthwash, washing without cleaning your mouth seems weird to me. Rinsing your mouth with a shower head is also less awkward than having to bend down to a tap at waist level, and the water being lukewarm doesn't bother me.

Environmental reasons are obviously BS, and i doubt these people would care about them even if they were true.
04-09-2011
grogheadflow is offline grogheadflow
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Of course. Why wouldn't you multitask?
04-09-2011
King Dan is offline King Dan
1 stupid
2 standard SCIENCE
04-09-2011
Probability is online now Probability
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No tooth brush enters my shower.
04-09-2011
theashman103 is offline theashman103
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I want to meet this Sharkey guy
04-09-2011
vilemaster is offline vilemaster
shut up ashman
04-10-2011
lostinthesaus is offline lostinthesaus
Brushing teeth in shower and using mouthwash in shower is all 100% standard. I switched when an ex told me its a better way to do it and I agree with her. I will say it took a solid month to get used to warm water though. Now I don't even notice a difference.
04-10-2011
JNuey is offline JNuey
Any dentist will tell you warm/hot water is better for brushing than cold is. Though I agree it's less enjoyable.

I personally usually just sit under the shower for like 3-5 minutes when I get in anyway, so might as well brush then.
04-10-2011
toocrispy is offline toocrispy
jeff- i wondered why the fuck my toothpaste was always in the goddamn shower
04-14-2011
sauce123 is offline sauce123
man i keep my toothbrush next to the shampoo, i dont even keep up pretenses of being a sink-brusher at this point
04-15-2011
slamdunka is offline slamdunka
Have brushed in the shower for over 20 years.
 
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