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I am sorry, one song? 1, uno? That is crazy for me. I am all for quick showers but unless you are like a Pink Floyd fan I would be running like crazy to finish a shower in less than 5min, unless you don't wash your hair every day which I do but I know for some types of hair people don't.

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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Trying to race songs is how I got much better at having quick showers. I did pick long ones like Green Grass and High Tides or Through the Fire and Flames, and it took a while to be able to beat them.

First about a minute for the water to heat up and water rinse for the whole body. Short hair, but it's like 30 seconds for shampoo, scrub, rinse, then another 30 seconds for face lather, scrub, and rinse. Then lather up a washcloth, scrub pits and groin, rinse, about 1 minute total. That still leaves two extra minutes for a 5 minute shower to shave your ass or whatever, and the two songs I listed are over 5 minutes (Over 9 for GGHT, over 7 for TFF).

If you want a 5 minute song, Muse - Uprising is 5:04. Though if you can follow the schedule I laid out above, you could shower to Toxicity and have 30 seconds of song or so after you get out of your shower.

I'll give it a try for my next shower because it does sound a bit tight and I didn't progress beyond being able to shower beyond being able to finish before TFF, but I think it's doable.

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[–] coriza@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

Thank you for your detailed comment.

Unironically the part talking about song lengths and types of showers was really funny, now I keep thinking in characterizing things in terms of song lengths. It opens so many possibilities of how to express and do fun jokes. My wife and I already say stuff like "Are you going for number 1 or 2? ... Let me use the bathroom first then I need to quick do X" But now the possibilities are endless, like "Are you going for a Blitzgreig Bop or a Stairway to Heaven?"

Anyway, back to the main topic, I remember doing something like that years ago, like timing the shower or using a playlist to gauge how long I am taking, but I guess nothing that detailed.

I feel like your breakdown maybe leaving some parts behind or take different time for me, like I scrub my ears and because of my piercings it takes a little more time. I also like to scrub between my toes and that is kinda fast but adds up. But I guess for me the true challenge is the same of comics someone else shared in this thread, really hard not to stop for a minute and take a deep breath, feel the hot water and just enjoy it for a while and gather my thoughts and energy, not to start the day for me, but to go to bed.

Anyway, much rumbling about nothing on my part, but I wanted to share, mostly to say I really enjoyed your comment and the time and effort you put into It. At least for me I usually dress leaving long comments because I am usually on mobile and hate typing on the phone.

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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago

Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate that someone was able to appreciate my ramblings lol.

I did try it to Toxicity yesterday and it was tight but I was at the end of my shower when the song finished, but then noticed that drying off took another 3 mins and then more time for everything after that. Though it was a bit rushed and not something I'll go for each shower.

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