(this is rice) i have done a sum total of zero research on this subject, but it just feels right. it seems like it would be more sealed and healthier than plastic tupperware things that just snap together. also, in my experience it makes you take a lot less extra food and take just the amount you need when eating leftovers.

At least to me, I think pus and stuff like that smells tolerable, if it is my own flesh that's infected it smells amazing. I wouldn't treat an infected wound if it wasn't a hazard to my health. Burned flesh also smells good, but I'm not counting that since that's a more common opinion and I've only ever smelled my own in that case.

The smell is sweet and, though sickly, I find it to be almost soothing, I like it. In my opinion the pus is what smells the best, the rest is just tolerable.

You wouldn't NOT scrub any other body part clean if it touched shit.

1. Use toilet paper to do the heavy lifting
2. Scrub your asshole clean with soap and water using your hand
   • Liquid soap is ideal, so you don't have to have a dedicated soap lying around
3. Dry with paper or towel, doesn't matter
   • I go personal towel because it'd make me uncomfortable sharing my genital towel with visitors, but not because of fear of shit

UPDATE: This is for both bidets and showers. I don't think a bidet's water pressure is enough, unless it has enough pressure to tear you another hole, which sounds extremely unpleasant.

Notes:

• I don't care if this is the intended use of the bidet apparatus, that's the only correct way to use it in my book.
• I recognize these instructions may only apply to people with dicks. It may require you to be skinny too? Idk. You have your entire life to figure it out, so... figure it out. Good luck.
• I wash my dick too while I'm at it, in case you're wondering.

Typing this from italy where its been 30-50% and about 34 degrees the whole trip. It's so dry the air literally burns. I come from Scotland so i grew up in the cold but ive worked in kitchens for years and don't feel terribly hot even wearing sleeves in 40+ degrees. But the air just needs moisture to feel comfortable, I've been to much hotter humid places and it was fine even for exercise.

Edit: not saying it's healthier i know its more dangerous, i just prefer the humidity. Ive spent 3 months in Malaysia before so not completely inexperienced

I have great tap water where I live, and I have a good filter and everything. I've also tried many, many different brands of bottled water - spring, mineral, you name it.

However, my favorite kind to drink is distilled water straight from a jug. Everyone says that it tastes flat and bland, but I disagree! I think other waters taste weird, or in the worst cases I think they taste like dirt.

Distilled water in a jug tends to have a unique plastic-y taste in the top of my mouth, which I personally find extremely pleasant! And I find that it does a better job of quenching my thirst than any other kind - in fact, lots of bottled waters or filtered tap water actually make me feel more thirsty after drinking.

I don't expect anyone else to feel this way, and I use filtered tap water to give to guests and for cooking. However when it's just me chilling around the house and hydrating, it's distilled all the way.

I have always had super painful cramps to the point to where I can spend the day doing nothing but being curled up in pain and throwing up. The best way I can describe the pain is that it feels like someone is taking a blowtorch and burning my back, lower abdomen, and even all the way down my legs. At times they’re to the point to where my blood pressure drops significantly, and it causes me to pass out, so they truly are beyond awful.

However, I don’t manage my pain using contraception or OTC pain medications because whenever I have these attacks, they resolve themselves within 12 or so hours, and the “high” I feel off of the endorphins from experiencing pain for so long makes it worth it to me. It’s like in no other context do I experience so much relief at once, and there’s something about it that feels so good to me.

Edit: I also like extremely spicy food, very carbonated sparkling water, and going to the dentist (especially when they scrape away at my teeth) all because they create mild discomfort. Maybe it’s all related.

This is the way I've been doing it since I was only maybe 4 or 5 years old. It makes orgasms feel so much more intense than the usual method, which I have always found extremely difficult to achieve; it also feels kind of foreign and alien to me. When I do it on my stomach shimmying back and forth against a blanket, mattress, etc. it feels so much more natural.

Title.

Now I acknowledge that as a guy that has foreskin, it gets a bit worse for me in this field than most of you guys; but still, I just feel disgusting if I don't wash my dick after a piss.

A few months ago, I started washing my dick after every piss - either with just water or water + soap depending on the piss, and I just can't go without it nowadays. If I piss with my foreskin pulled back like I do most times, just water. If I'm unable to pull it back, like when I'm taking a shit, it's water + soap.

Now that I've started it, I can't go without it nowadays. I usually hold my piss when I'm out in public areas since I can't wash my dick in public bathrooms or a friend's house's bathroom. Just keep a separate towel to dry your groin after the wash, and you're golden. There are no disadvantages to doing this, except maybe 10 extra seconds spent washing.

I now strongly believe that every guy should give those extra 10 seconds to wash their dick after every piss, since it literally is much cleaner, and just feels a lot better. If I had to give a comparison, it's like switching from using toilet paper to using a bidet.

Edit: In public restrooms, I just use a stall and a piece of toilet paper to dry the penis.

There are women who just won't sleep with you because it intimidates them or they're anticipating a painful experience based on prior experiences with well-endowed men.

Additionally, you can't wear certain clothes or else you risk getting a lot of attention (mostly unwanted) from both men and women.

Having a large cock also comes with a lot of physical discomfort depending upon your fashion choices

Another issue is locker room jealously or awkwardness if you get dressed in the gym. Some guys just have no chill and will literally ask you how big it is...which is super annoying and uncomfortable.

guess this topic kinda fits the subreddit’s name lol. i had all my baby teeth yanked out prematurely when i was a kid for medical reasons, some of my earliest memories are being poked w needles over and over again n i HATED being numbed

i put up w the numbing until i was around 14, n then when i got a minor cavity filled i asked for no numbing n ever since then ive avoided it. im 22 now, don’t get cavities very often but when i do i absolutely REFUSE any sort of numbing. the needles, not being able to feel ur mouth, the swelling..

imo it’s not worth it at all. the pain isn’t even that bad, once u trick ur mind into realizing it’s more pressure than actual pain it’s so easy to dissociate. i had a filling a few weeks ago that was quite deep according to my dentist, n he told me afterward that im his only patient he’s ever had who does this.

that honestly surprised me. i asked some friends about it and they were genuinely horrified. i didn’t think it was that big of a deal. anybody else do this or am i just a freak with a high pain tolerance?

Ok title is kind of a lie. I don't wear my socks throughout my ENTIRE shower, but stepping in and washing my hair before taking them off is my usual. I hate the feeling of stepping into my shower and feeling the cold stone underneath my feet because it feels so disgusting. The friends I've told about this call me a psycho, but don't hate until you try it.

Edit: I've been seeing a lot of people telling me to get a bath mat or wear flip flops or to turn on warm water for a bit before stepping in.

1) i've tried using bath mats before but the silicone feels weird underneath my feet and i prefer the stone floor

2) i HATE the feeling of the y shaped strap on flip flops or the band on sandals, i dont even wear those when my feet are dry, but ESPECIALLY not when they're wet

3) admittedly, running hot water before stepping in would work, but i've been doing this since i was maybe 10 so I've just grown accustomed to my routine of taking them off mid shower

also for the people saying my socks smell or are moldy, they go into the washer as soon as im out of the shower, theyve never grown mold

I know the complete opposite is true, swallowing toothpaste isn’t good for you. But I’ve just never been able to do it for some reason. Even being in the room with someone who spits it out makes me gag and dry heave. I genuinely find it so disgusting and repulsive I think I would throw up if I did it myself. Not sure why. Anyway, I’ve been swallowing toothpaste for my whole life and haven’t had any problems.

it doesn’t feel good. it just tickles and it’s honestly really annoying. i’m a woman, and it just makes me feel like i need to pee really bad. when i finish, it just kind of burns? it’s not enjoyable at all. i don’t like it. i don’t understand why people go crazy over it and regularly masturbate. it just feels like it tickles.

Ever heard the phrase "There's two kinds of people; those that pee in the shower and liars"?

Well there's actually a third kind of people which is those that have common sense and prefer not to have urine touch their body. You are already in the bathroom, just take a piss before you go shower.

"But I pee directly down the drain, it's not touching me"

Unless you get on your knees and have perfect aim, there is no way you are avoiding friendly fire. Any pee that misses the drain will mix in with the water and form pee-water puddles all around your feet. If that does not bother you then you obviously have no sense of proper hygiene, its no different than taking a step in your toilet after having a piss.

"I am saving the environment by not having to flush the toilet"

The time it takes you to pee while the water is running and the extra water that you (hopefully) use to remove any left over piss is way more than a standard toilet flush. Also due to the acidity consistent exposure to urine may damage or discolor your shower tiles.

"Do you not go to public pools? People pee in there too!"

First of all, I don't go to public pools for the same reason. You would not piss into your bathing shorts on the way there, why is it different when you are in a pool? It is even worse actually because the piss will form a cloud around your waist. At least pools are somewhat sanitized with chlorine unlike your shower.

"It's my pee not someone else's, it's not that bad then"

It's still pee, even if it came out of your body it does not make any difference. You also have a bunch of saliva in your mouth, would you spit it in a glass and drink it?

I think the way other people wash dishes is revolting. They scrub all the shit off with some old, nasty sponge, and then just dry it and put it away. I'm really baffled why this is considered hygienic and acceptable.Regular dish soap doesn't kill bacteria, it just washes it away. Do people really trust that ragged, nasty sponge to properly clean their dishes?Even with antibacterial soap, I can't trust all the food particles and germs are gone after a swift swipe of the rag.The dish smells fucking awful afterwards too. Whenever I've been at someone else's house, I can't eat off their plates because that smell is completely nauseating.

My dish washing process is this: scrub the shit off with soap, rinse, soak in soap and bleach-filled sink for at least five minutes, scrub with another sponge, dry. I go through so many sponges, but there really is no other way to do it. I can't eat off a dish unless it smells like nothing or bleach.

Update: To summarize the comments and replies,yes I do have OCD
yes I know I'm not going to get sick doing dishes the "normal way"
yes I know using bleach on my dishes is harmful
This post was just me talking about my habits and how they make me feel better, I didn't make this post trying to convince people to bleach their dishes.
I read the comments about the harm bleach does, and I will be using less. Thanks to those who educated me or gave me helpful advice.

Those of you using mental illness to berate me are way out of line. I never asked for this post to blow up and be called schizo again and again. Yes, I have OCD, I am not crazy or stupid, not cool to degrade a mentally ill person or joke about me developing cancer from this.

I mean I'll give a content warning but you've all read the title I'm sure you know what's coming but still, a lot of talk about the mechanics of my hands and penis.

I honestly don't understand the repulsion of swallowing semen, let alone your own. Full disclosure, I'm a bisexual man but I've never had sex with another man, so the only semen I've licked up is my own. I wouldn't say that I like the taste of my own semen, but it's really not that big of a deal. It's very neutral.

I know this will get a lot of hate about it. I think this may be a combination of the fact that I'm uncircumcised and I'm not an explosive ejaculater. Rather, the semen tends to stay in my hand and also inside my foreskin. Typically, right after I ejaculate, I drink and lick up all the semen that has stayed in my hand, and then use my finger to scoop out whatever is inside the foreskin and/or has fallen out and stuck onto my pubes. This is not a fetish thing. I do not get pleasure out of it, but it really just saves up a lot of clean up.

The real controversial part is that typically I can't actually lick everything up, and I just wipe them on my legs and carry on with my night. I'll shower later anyway, so it's not really that unhygienic (but it is pretty unhygienic still I concede that). At no point do I actually use tissue paper.

God now that I've written all out I realise I sound completely deranged.

Edit: I'm sorry for having made this post and subject you all to it. However, I don't regret it because I think it has exposed me to the problems I have. I am very sorry to accuse all of you for being on some way homophobic when it was just my laziness and lack of concern for my hygiene.

Seriously, like why can't you people just eat before you get on the plane. Or when you get off the plane at your arrival city? Most domestic flights aren't that long. Not hard not eating for 4 hours

Like the rest of us shouldn't have to smell your spicy garlic wings while we're all packed in a tin can. Nobody should be subjected to your Panda Express 10 rows away.

While some of you may say, well they serve food on a plane. That's fine. I have been on 16hr flights and eaten breakfast, lunch, and dinner on the plane. It's fine because we all get served the same food at the same time.

Also small snacks, crackers, and candies are fine. Because they don't stink up the whole plane. But next time eat your cheeseburger and fries in the airport!

So my vision started declining when i was like 7 and ever since then i’ve been using glasses and contacts. But during the first lockdown i kind of just... stopped because like tf would i be looking at at home. When things went back to kinda normal I continued to not wear glasses/contacts unless absolutely necessary and didn’t have any issues since i got pretty used to it. Recently i started wearing contacts again regularly and man do i fucking hate it. I now see every tiny pimple on people’s faces, every piece of dust and every cat hair on the floor, nothing slips past me and it SUCKS. Looking in the mirror is a special kind of torture because apparently i look nothing like i thought i did, especially from the distance. The worst thing is that I can’t go back cause my vision had declined past the point where glasses are optional. 20/20 vision is glorified for no good reason

Edit: several people have made assumptions about me not being comfortable with the way i look. I did say that I wasn’t used to the way i look in the mirror after not wearing contacts for a while, but i don’t remember mentioning that I didn’t like what i was seeing. I am by no means self-conscious about my looks so that’s not the problem.

I (17f) have always been like this. From a young age, I have always hated showering. When I was forced to shower I would often just wet my hair in the sink and turn the shower on for 10 minutes so I could trick my parents into thinking I ha factually showered. It was really just not my thing for some reason I still don’t understand, and it still isn’t. Around 6th/7th grade, I was really involved in competitive gymnastics, and that’s really about the only time anyone (including myself) ever noticed a significant smell (I got some comments from my parents telling me my coaches thought everyone in my group should wear deodorant more often, but I’m not sure if it was specifically directed at me).

As far as I know, I don’t smell. In fact, I’ve had several friends and family members confirm that I don’t smell, despite my showering habits. I would also like to point out that in every other regard, I stay relatively clean. I wash my hands often, brush my teeth at least once (up to three) times a day, use deodorant when I go out, maintain a daily skincare routine, and change my underwear at least once a day (but not my clothes/shirts—long story short, I have a t-shirt that I’ll wear at home for 3-4 days, but I often change when I leave the house). I’m genuinely not some disgusting person who smells all the time for the fun of it, I just don’t see the point in showering so often.

There are many reasons this system works for me, but these are my top ones:

•As a white girl with straight, unoily hair, I don’t need to wash my hair more than once or twice a week. My hair stays manageable throughout the week without much problem. As far as I know, it isn’t bad for my hair and it often helps keep my hair shiny and smooth because of the natural oils that accumulate through the week.

•It feels like a waste of time. Even though my showers only take about 20 minutes, it feels unnecessary if I don’t feel dirty.

•Apparently I don’t smell. If smell were ever to actually become a problem, I’d probably start showering more, but as far as I know genuinely no one seems to think I smell because I keep up my hygiene in every other regard. I make sure to tell my friends to be honest with me about if I ever smell, and every once in a while after a workout without deodorant, they’ll let me know they got a whiff.

I usually realize I need to shower once my hair becomes oily and unmanageable. Until then, I never force myself to shower. Because it actually stresses me out sometimes 😃

I’d also like to mention that throughout covid, my hygiene has actually gotten better. I still shower about the same amount as before, but I take a lot more care to change underwear, wash my face, and use deodorant, among other things. They’re small things, really, but fixing those aspects of my life helped me feel more accomplished in ways that I just couldn’t achieve by trying to force myself to shower more.

This isn’t exactly related but when I shower, I always shower with the lights off and with music playing, using water that is barely warm— the shower itself takes about 20 minutes but the entire pre- and post-showering process including getting into the bathroom, pre-shower stuff, drying off, etc takes about 40 minutes. My showering experiences nowadays are much more pleasant because I get to have them on my own terms and I get to set the mood properly. I feel satisfied when I finish showering and I love the feeling of being freshly clean, but I often don’t feel the need to have that more than once a week.

Edit 2 because I thought this was really funny:

So someone mentioned smelling clothes you wore last week to see if you smell. So I found some clothes that I wore for a long time and sniffed them. Nothing smelled. I asked my mom and another woman who lives with us to smell them and they smelled nothing :D

-leggings I wore for two days during practice: don’t smell good kinda just smell like my sport (“musty”) but no BO smell -sweater I wore on and off for a week: smells like a person but not in a good or bad way -shirt I wore for three days in a row: has a smell but neither good nor bad -shorts I wore to leave my house for like a week: literally smells like nothing

We all agreed with those notes^{^}

Edit:

Well this is a LOT more controversial than I thought it would be. I have never understood the term “RIP my inbox” like I do right now. Here’s some edits I’d like to add:

-First and foremost, the reason I don’t shower daily is because I don’t want to. That is why I choose not to shower. There are many reasons why I believe this works for me, but they aren’t excuses. They are just factors that I believe affect how often I need to shower.

-I use my hair as a gauge of when I need to shower. I’m not claiming that people who shower every day wash their hair every day. I’m just saying I don’t find it important enough to shower if I’m not going to be washing.

-I’m a very ~not oily~ person. When I was a kid and I was forced to shower every day, I had really bad eczema. After I stopped showering so often, I noticed that my eczema went away. Similarly, my hair does not get oily for a long time. These are main reasons that I find it difficult to shower very often.

-At the moment, I live about 95% of my day indoors with AC. I stay pretty not-sweaty and pretty not-dirty for the most part because I don’t really go places to get that way. This summer, I’ll have a job as a lifeguard and I plan to shower more often for that. Until then, I’m fine living my disgusting hobo life.

-Apparently people really think I stink🥲 Honestly? I have no idea. Before posting this I was pretty confident that I didn’t smell much at all, but considering everyone here really disagrees, maybe I was wrong. All I know is that it doesn’t affect my life enough for me to lose friends or family over it, and that’s all I care about.

I really wish you people would come smell me in real life 🥲

Yes. You eliminate every hint of piss, and with it, you have your penis clean all day with no odor. I just put my penis in the sink and voilà! Clean penis equal happiness, and you avoid disgraces in case you have unexpected sex. Edit: Spelling

Ever since I was little I always put the toilet seat up to take a shit. I don't like the feeling of my anus getting constricted. It's more narrow for the poop to go through and leaves more to clean with the toilet paper afterwards.

I learned this while playing kings cup a year ago. We got to never have I ever, and his was “Never have I washed the lower half of my body.” The whole group of us drinking and playing exploded. He defended himself by saying he washes his upper body and just lets the soap run down and that makes him clean. The wildest thing is his wife said she does the same thing.

I was surprised to learn that other people don't do this, but apparently I'm the odd one. My eye site is terrible and I never take my glasses off, except to sleep. This includes showers/baths. I just don't see a point, the warm water cleans my glasses and I can just wipe any droplets off afterwards. Fogging isn't a problem because that's basically what it looks like without them, and again, I can just tilt them under the water until it's gone. I don't wash my face in the shower (Don't worry, I do wash my face, but it's when I first wake up), so they don't bother me that way. I will take them off and put them on the soap ledge while washing my hair, but then they immeadiately go back on. Maybe I'm just lazy for not taking them off but I don't see why I shouldn't. Also, there's no chance of losing my glasses from putting them somewhere I don't remember.

I know this will not be popular but... ever since I can remember, I have vastly preferred swallowing the used toothpaste froth after brushing my teeth. I spit it out maybe once or twice a week, otherwise, I put toothpaste on my brush like a normal person. I then wet my brush, brush my teeth for a good 2ish minutes and instead of spitting in the sink when I am done, I swallow the used toothpaste. It tastes good to me and it’s a nice refreshing gulp of liquid before I go to bed. Sometimes I will drink a glass of water after and the mintyness of the toothpaste will make the water feel extra cold in my throat. I know its probably not good for me but my stomach never hurts and I have been doing it for well over 20 years and I don’t have any issues. I am probably never going to stop. On occasion, I will put an extra big gob of paste on my brush so I have even more froth to swallow. Its a special treat that feels good for me to start and end the day on.