• adam_y@lemmy.worldEnglish
    583·
    3 天前

    Shower at night for yourself, shower in the morning for other people.

    There seems to be a misconception that showering at night, getting into a clean bed and waking means you’re still clean… The truth is the majority of odours and filth come from you. Sweat, dead skin, other stuff…

    These posts are always positioned as a binary, even when you can do both, and there’s some nuance to it all.

    • adam_y@lemmy.worldEnglish
      204·
      3 天前

      Like, do you brush your teeth in the morning or at night?

      But you haven’t eaten anything in the night, right?

      That’s the logic on display here.

      • usernamefactory@lemmy.caEnglish
        53·
        2 天前

        I don’t brush my teeth after sleeping, either. After breakfast, sure, but first thing in the am? Why?

        • Donkter@lemmy.world
          13·
          2 天前

          Because your body naturally produces things you need to clean, it’s like 75% of the reason you do it. Eating stuff just speeds up the production of bacteria. Give your breath a smell as you wake up in the morning before you eat anything, it reeks.

          You should brush your teeth in the morning whether you eat breakfast or not.

          • Ageroth@reddthat.com
            9·
            2 天前

            The way I always heard it from multiple dentists is “if you want to keep your friends brush in the morning, if you want to keep your teeth brush at night, best is both.”

            • Fedizen@lemmy.world
              2·
              2 天前

              Dentist never heard of a mint?

              Also I thought morning brushing was about teeth because most smells are on the tongue not the teeth unless there’d an abscess or something.

              Does everybody brush/scrape their tongue every morning?

              • redhorsejacket@lemmy.world
                1·
                1 天前

                I mean, I can’t speak for everyone, but I do.

                Eating a mint to deal with bad breath seems like the equivalent of a 15 year old boy dousing himself with Axe body spray to deal with their BO. It doesn’t solve the problem, it just temporarily masks it, and usually to a lesser degree than you think or hope.

        • Tikiporch@lemmy.world
          3·
          2 天前

          Because the bacteria in your mouth thrive in dry conditions, and a majority of sleepers are mouth breathers. The bacteria in your mouth are what destroy your teeth and give you bad breath.

          Edit: I just saw you said Yes to after breakfast. I don’t know if it matters when, just don’t make night time be the only time you brush.

          • usernamefactory@lemmy.caEnglish
            2·
            2 天前

            Yeah, I think I was underestimating how many people are habitually skipping breakfast. That seems like a bigger issue to address than whether you shower before or after the least active part of your day, if I’m being honest.

        • Soup@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 天前

          For me it started with not breathing well through my noses so my mouth would taste awful when I woke up from being all dry and weird. Then it became an excuse to get my ass out of bed and moving.

          • ContriteErudite@lemmy.world
            41·
            2 天前

            It’s reasonable for most people to hit the Carlin-4 twice a day. If not for social reasons, then for health and hygiene.

            Dentists say we ought to brush twice a day, morning and night. My dentist once told me that if I’m only going to brush once a day, then it should be at night. You don’t produce as much saliva while sleeping, and that creates a better environment for the bacteria that cause tooth decay. Brushing at night removes the tiny food particles that bacteria feed on, reducing the likelihood of developing tooth decay and gingivitis.

            We then brush again in the morning because the lack of flowing saliva overnight causes a buildup of other bacteria that feeds on mucus, which is the cause of “morning breath”.

            • adam_y@lemmy.worldEnglish
              5·
              2 天前

              Right? And I’ve been saying that at night, whilst you sleep, a similar process happens all over your body.

              Sweat, dead cells, farting under the duvet.

              That’s why we shower in the morning too.

              Bed time isn’t a magical clean stasis. Biological processes happen. People seem to miss that in this weird debate.

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      54·
      2 天前

      You absolutely shouldn’t be showering twice a day…

      ETA: Showing twice a day is terrible for your skin.

  • Washedupcynic@lemmy.caEnglish
    275·
    2 天前

    As long as people aren’t keeping you at arms length, telling you that you stink, and your skin and hair is healthy, people should shower as they see fit.

    • scytale@piefed.zipEnglish
      19·
      3 天前

      I’m the opposite, my hair looks better after it had time to settle overnight. I blow-dry my hair after I shower but it doesn’t look great immediately after.

    • inari@piefed.zipEnglish
      2511·
      3 天前

      Still seems better than bringing street grime into your bedsheets daily?

      • homes@piefed.worldEnglish
        50·
        3 天前

        I don’t wear my street clothes to bed.

        Besides, I sweat like a pig in my sleep for some reason, so there’s no point in bathing first.

          • homes@piefed.worldEnglish
            1·
            3 天前

            Seems like if you knew about the piggy and the hairy you’d keep your mouth shut

          • homes@piefed.worldEnglish
            4·
            2 天前

            I live in the United States, so a doctors appointment is like $600,000. i’m not buying my doctor a yacht just so I can get an answer to a simple question.

            I will just deal with sweaty sheets

              • homes@piefed.worldEnglish
                4·
                2 天前

                No need to feel sad. I wake up at 3 or 4 AM anyway. I’m one of those weirdos who sleeps in two distinct periods. 11-3, 3:30-8

                I just smoke a bowl, check Lemmy, change my clothes, put down a towel, and go back to sleep.

                After 20 years or so it’s become a routine

      • JoShmoe@ani.socialEnglish
        1·
        2 天前

        What you dont buy multiple sheets for your bed on top of all the attire you need for your body and social customs?

    • cobysev@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 天前

      If/when I shower at night, I just need to soak my hair in the shower, scruff it a bit, then towel dry. Then I can comb it out and style it as if I just took a fresh shower.

      I’m a guy though, with relatively short hair. If I had long hair like this photo, it’d probably be a rat’s nest in the morning and need a full shower to fix.

  • Seth Taylor@lemmy.world
    130·
    3 天前

    I’m a golden showerer. Rated 5/5

    EDIT: I have just been informed that doesn’t mean what I thought it meant

  • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world
    302·
    3 天前

    When i wake up, if i had a shower tthr night before, my hair is all rough and greasy and i need to shower again in the morning. So its more efficient to just shower in the morning. Saves water and electricity too.

      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
        8·
        3 天前

        As someone who inherited my German ancestors greasy ass hair, let me tell you it doesn’t help. I’ll take it over the dry but relatively brittle hair of my Scottish and Irish ancestors, still got the rusty red color and wavyness from em though piss easy to maintain.

        • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
          3·
          2 天前

          That’s fair. I was wondering because I have fine hair that gets greasy fast, but for some reason using a silk pillow case and washing it every few days (both my hair and the pillow case) has helped immensely.

  • vanitasvanitatum@lemmy.world
    101·
    2 天前

    I shower before I go to bed. This is the only right answer. I can’t imagine going to bed with smelly feet and armpits, yuck

  • JigglySackles@lemmy.world
    204·
    3 天前

    ITT lots of sweaty sleepers spending 10 hours sleeping in a puddle of sweat and grease. I’d need a morning shower too if I was like that.

    Normal people that are not covered in 10 hours of sweat when they wake up probably don’t need a morning shower and trying to say that sleeping (without the copious amounts of sweat of you veritable faucets)is the same as spending 16+ hours moving and working and being around other people is really delusional. And what adult is getting 10+ hours of sleep on the regular? Y’all either live in some major privilege or don’t have hobbies.

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
    7010·
    3 天前

    Pretty Prince Andrew behaviour ngl

    Most of us sweat, I think if you plan to interact with another person, it’s kinda basic decorum to not start your day with 10h of sweat on you already.

    • merc@sh.itjust.works
      82·
      3 天前

      The pic could also be titled “evening showerers waking up in the morning”.

      But really, it depends on your job. If you work outside all day and get sweaty and dirty, you probably want to shower when you get home. If you show up at that job 12+ hours since your last shower with a bit of sweat etc. it doesn’t really matter.

      OTOH, if you work in an office with closed windows and lots of meetings, you probably want to be (and want others to be) as clean as possible when they show up in the morning. When you go home from that job at night, you’re probably not particularly dirty and not in bad need of a shower. So, unless you want to shower twice a day, you might as well wait for the morning.

      • BurntWits@sh.itjust.works
        18·
        3 天前

        This was my exact thought too. Sometimes I think I’m the only person on Lemmy that doesn’t have an office job. If I did morning showers, I’d supposed to be spending my evening and night drenched in sweat and who knows what else from work? Doesn’t sound very pleasant.

          • BurntWits@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            3 天前

            I run the kitchen section of a grocery store so I get what you mean. I come home covered in grease every day and usually other food stuff too. A couple days ago I had a full case of soup explode on me, that was fun to try and clean. Thankfully it was refrigerated, not hot, so I didn’t get burned, but still, had to do the last couple hours of my day in very dirty clothes and the floor wasn’t super easy to clean either.

    • socsa@piefed.socialEnglish
      82·
      3 天前

      Lots of people in this thread not realizing that night sweats are a symptom of poor health…

        • Kalothar@lemmy.ca
          2·
          2 天前

          Well, the majority of people on the planet don’t live in that kind of environment.

          So since every single person varies, some people don’t really get too sweaty or have noticeable BO. The majority of the smells associated with BO are produced by bacteria that live on our bodies.

          That said some people are putrid after a day or two. The problem of nose blindness comes into play here too.

            • JigglySackles@lemmy.world
              22·
              2 天前

              Por que no los dos?

              I know much of Europe is in denial about air conditioning being great. But seriously…why suffer? Even funnier is how many commercial buildings have it, or how it’s used in cars or other transport, but for some reason home is off limits.

              If you aren’t European, my apologies for the mistaken assumption. That’s just the only group I ever see hating on air conditioning like it makes them better than other people. Or that their suffering suggests anything about their moral character. If it’s not possible for you, then I’m sorry to hear that, and that really sucks.

  • Underwaterbob@sh.itjust.works
    31·
    3 天前

    I’ve been a night showerer and a morning showerer throughout different periods of my life. These days I’m actually closer to a lunch showerer - which I realize isn’t practical for most, but it’s the superior method if one showers only once a day.

      • adam_y@lemmy.worldEnglish
        46·
        3 天前

        What you eating at night that means you have to brush your teeth in the morning?

            • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
              42·
              3 天前

              Neither of your points in either of your threads makes sense. Do you brush your teeth before getting out of bed? Do you shower before getting out of bed?

              • adam_y@lemmy.worldEnglish
                11·
                2 天前

                I think you are deliberately misunderstanding the point.

                My point is that even without breakfast, you should brush your teeth before going out into the world.

                Morning breath is a thing, right? And so is night sweat and lying for 8 hours (if you are lucky) cocooned with all the gas you pass.

                So, to make it really simple… You brush your teeth for morning breath, right? You should shower for morning body.

                • adam_y@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  1·
                  2 天前

                  Or don’t. I’m not your boss and don’t really care what people smell of you.

                  Just don’t sit next to me on the bus in the morning.

                • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
                  11·
                  2 天前

                  No deliberate misunderstanding here, your point just wasn’t very clear.

                  I mostly agree with you, btw. I brush my teeth twice a day, morning and night. I shower when I feel like I need a shower. Sometimes that’s morning, sometimes that’s night. I don’t get night sweats every time I go to sleep.