Post by EllieArroway on Oct 9, 2015 14:49:07 GMT -5
I only use wash cloths on my face. The rest of me is cleaned with my hands, a loofah, and/or a handheld shower head. Guess I am a dirty white girl too.
i use a poof for my body because washcloths don't exfoliate well enough and my skin gets gross without regular exfoliation.
i rinse my buttcrack with water and then lather up my hand with soap and clean it. no soap in my vag. i also use baby wipes after i poop, so it's not like i'm walking around with dingleberries that desperately need to be scrubbed away.
i just feel like scrubbing my butthole would hurt.
NO FLUSHING WIPES. Imma get pixy in here. For real, it causes serious issues in the sewer system. If you're on septic...well then go on with your bad self, it's just your own system you're jacking up.
No washcloths here, I use a shower poof with body wash. And the times when I HAVE tried to use one it's all droopy and floppy and hard to control. Wet soggy washcloths hanging in the shower gross me out for some reason, just one of those weird things for me.
Yes. And then the used washcloth dries and is all stiff and...misshapen. Do not like.
The cooking fat that people pour down their sinks.
NONONONONOOOOO! YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT!
even I know that!
OMG, I have to share this here. A friend of mine cooked a whole chicken in the crockpot while I was at her house the other weekend. When it was done she pulled it out, cut off like 85% of the meat (breast, thighs, drumsticks, but left a lot of the little scrappy bits), and then while I watched in horror POURED THE LIQUID IN THE CROCK DOWN THE DRAIN AND THREW THE CARCASS AWAY.
No stock. No gravy. and all that chicken fat down her drain. They JUST had a huge clog issue a few months ago. And I'm still pained that she just trashed a chicken carcass with meat still all over it. THAT IS A WHOLE OTHER DINNER RIGHT THERE DON'T YOU PEOPLE EAT SOUP??
OMG, I have to share this here. A friend of mine cooked a whole chicken in the crockpot while I was at her house the other weekend. When it was done she pulled it out, cut off like 85% of the meat (breast, thighs, drumsticks, but left a lot of the little scrappy bits), and then while I watched in horror POURED THE LIQUID IN THE CROCK DOWN THE DRAIN AND THREW THE CARCASS AWAY.
No stock. No gravy. and all that chicken fat down her drain. They JUST had a huge clog issue a few months ago. And I'm still pained that she just trashed a chicken carcass with meat still all over it. THAT IS A WHOLE OTHER DINNER RIGHT THERE DON'T YOU PEOPLE EAT SOUP??
That is so sad. I nearly invested in a giant stock pot this well for all my stock making plans
I obviously missed something. Washcloths are a black thing? I always used them growing up and I still do for the most part.
This may have been addressed already (I can see this is a thread where I'll need to post as I read), but it's not that it's a black thing, but rather that almost all black people use washcloths.
Things that I found mind-blowing when I realized that there were people who didn't use washcloths:
1. That it was the reason why the white guys in every soap commercial were lathering their bodies with the soap.
2. That it was the reason that some white people call them facecloth and not washcloths.
I was 22/23 when I learned about this and when those two things hit me, I pulled a Wee-Bay (too much trouble to gif, I'm on my phone lol).
Also, I guarantee any non-washcloth user if you get a white washcloth, soap it up and scrub hard on your leg, arm, back, you're going to see how your hand has failed you.
Post by tacosforlife on Oct 9, 2015 15:44:36 GMT -5
I haven't opened this post because I was thinking, "How the fuck could four pages on washcloths be interesting?" SILLY ME!
White. Grew up using them. No longer. It was communal bathrooms in college that ended my washcloth usage - there was no good place to hang a soaking wet washcloth in a dorm room. My current bathroom also has no good place to hang one. Growing up, we had a bar in the shower so it was easy to hang your washcloth there.
And I can't even fathom using a different washcloth every day. I would have no place to let it dry before I put it in the hamper. And I have to pay $1.50 to wash and $1.50 to dry. I'm not washing 14 washcloths a week! WTF. No.
I obviously missed something. Washcloths are a black thing? I always used them growing up and I still do for the most part.
This may have been addressed already (I can see this is a thread where I'll need to post as I read), but it's not that it's a black thing, but rather that almost all black people use washcloths.
Things that I found mind-blowing when I realized that there were people who didn't use washcloths:
1. That it was the reason why the white guys in every soap commercial were lathering their bodies with the soap.
2. That it was the reason that some white people call them facecloth and not washcloths.
I was 22/23 when I learned about this and when those two things hit me, I pulled a Wee-Bay (too much trouble to gif, I'm on my phone lol).
This is interesting to me. I guess if I am being honest, I am probably kind of a dirtball and never would have noticed the differences or thought about them. I did grow up using washcloths (and in case it isn't overly obvious anyhow, I will note for the record that I am white), but I thought everyone used them then. Loofahs and poofs and the disposable stuff didn't start getting popular until I was in high school, and we couldn't really afford to buy that stuff when we could just wash and re-use the same washcloths we'd been using since my parents got married, lol. I did use a poof in the college dorms, but I rarely replaced them, and I just let it hang dry on the handle of my shower caddy.
As soon as I was out of the dorms, I bought washcloths to go with my own towels and went back to using them. But I've honestly never given much thought to them not being clean or dry enough to re-use the next day. If I didn't have a bar in the shower to hang them on, I just hung it over the faucet or shower head. Even now as an adult, I still only change my washcloth out once a week or so, the poofs every few months.
All that said, I understand that if you grew up using one, it would feel weird not to use one now, and you would feel less clean, etc. But there's no need to imply that those of us who don't use one are stinky people caked in poop, who can never get clean.
Lol still working my way through, but I don't understand how anyone can take this personally. If you feel good about your hygiene and the methods you use to stay clean, what does it matter what anyone else thinks? If Team Loofah started talking about the layers of dead skin they think I'm walking around with, it would phase me not an iota. Everyone thinks what they're doing is The Light and The Way. Just go hard for Team Hand *shrug*.
This may have been addressed already (I can see this is a thread where I'll need to post as I read), but it's not that it's a black thing, but rather that almost all black people use washcloths.
Things that I found mind-blowing when I realized that there were people who didn't use washcloths:
1. That it was the reason why the white guys in every soap commercial were lathering their bodies with the soap.
2. That it was the reason that some white people call them facecloth and not washcloths.
I was 22/23 when I learned about this and when those two things hit me, I pulled a Wee-Bay (too much trouble to gif, I'm on my phone lol).
This is interesting to me. I guess if I am being honest, I am probably kind of a dirtball and never would have noticed the differences or thought about them. I did grow up using washcloths (and in case it isn't overly obvious anyhow, I will note for the record that I am white), but I thought everyone used them then. Loofahs and poofs and the disposable stuff didn't start getting popular until I was in high school, and we couldn't really afford to buy that stuff when we could just wash and re-use the same washcloths we'd been using since my parents got married, lol. I did use a poof in the college dorms, but I rarely replaced them, and I just let it hang dry on the handle of my shower caddy.
As soon as I was out of the dorms, I bought washcloths to go with my own towels and went back to using them. But I've honestly never given much thought to them not being clean or dry enough to re-use the next day. If I didn't have a bar in the shower to hang them on, I just hung it over the faucet or shower head. Even now as an adult, I still only change my washcloth out once a week or so, the poofs every few months.
You're keeping too many old skin cells (among other things) around too long! I got into the poufs in high school, too, but it didn't last long at all. As soon I started hearing about the bacteria associated with them and realized that unlike my washcloths, they weren't being washed with bleach, I got grossed out. I change my washcloth every other day, but I do see why every day is better. I'm not even going to touch how often DS changes his. My poor little gross manchild.
I obviously missed something. Washcloths are a black thing? I always used them growing up and I still do for the most part.
This may have been addressed already (I can see this is a thread where I'll need to post as I read), but it's not that it's a black thing, but rather that almost all black people use washcloths.
Things that I found mind-blowing when I realized that there were people who didn't use washcloths:
1. That it was the reason why the white guys in every soap commercial were lathering their bodies with the soap.
2. That it was the reason that some white people call them facecloth and not washcloths.
I was 22/23 when I learned about this and when those two things hit me, I pulled a Wee-Bay (too much trouble to gif, I'm on my phone lol).
Also, I guarantee any non-washcloth user if you get a white washcloth, soap it up and scrub hard on your leg, arm, back, you're going to see how your hand has failed you.
This made me literally LOL. You said what I was trying to say earlier, so well.
I'm not saying that people stank or that anyone is going to catch the plague without a washcloth, but yes, you will see how your hand has failed you is exactly what will happen.
This is interesting to me. I guess if I am being honest, I am probably kind of a dirtball and never would have noticed the differences or thought about them. I did grow up using washcloths (and in case it isn't overly obvious anyhow, I will note for the record that I am white), but I thought everyone used them then. Loofahs and poofs and the disposable stuff didn't start getting popular until I was in high school, and we couldn't really afford to buy that stuff when we could just wash and re-use the same washcloths we'd been using since my parents got married, lol. I did use a poof in the college dorms, but I rarely replaced them, and I just let it hang dry on the handle of my shower caddy.
As soon as I was out of the dorms, I bought washcloths to go with my own towels and went back to using them. But I've honestly never given much thought to them not being clean or dry enough to re-use the next day. If I didn't have a bar in the shower to hang them on, I just hung it over the faucet or shower head. Even now as an adult, I still only change my washcloth out once a week or so, the poofs every few months.
You're keeping too many old skin cells (among other things) around too long! I got into the poufs in high school, too, but it didn't last long at all. As soon I started hearing about the bacteria associated with them and realized that unlike my washcloths, they weren't being washed with bleach, I got grossed out. I change my washcloth every other day, but I do see why every day is better. I'm not even going to touch how often DS changes his. My poor little gross manchild.
I think you missed a key part of my post. I might as well keep the poofs, apparently, since I don't wash anything with bleach, much less my washcloths.
You're keeping too many old skin cells (among other things) around too long! I got into the poufs in high school, too, but it didn't last long at all. As soon I started hearing about the bacteria associated with them and realized that unlike my washcloths, they weren't being washed with bleach, I got grossed out. I change my washcloth every other day, but I do see why every day is better. I'm not even going to touch how often DS changes his. My poor little gross manchild.
I think you missed a key part of my post. I might as well keep the poofs, apparently, since I don't wash anything with bleach, much less my washcloths.
I know bleach is not great for different reasons, but I can't live without it. I have a friend who washes her dishes in bleach! I don't go that far, but I like white bedding, towels and washcloths both because I like feeling like I live in a hotel and because...bleach!
Also, I guarantee any non-washcloth user if you get a white washcloth, soap it up and scrub hard on your leg, arm, back, you're going to see how your hand has failed you.
Ah, OK. Now I see the confusion.
I just don't work in the mines like most of you. Lol.
Talk to the hand. The dead-skin-cell-caked hand.
Lol. But do you work out? Hell, do you go to work? Because the air is dirty as hell. You could walk down enough city streets and be grimy. There is nothing else in the world I'd wash solely with my hand rather a rag and be all, "Cool, this is clean now." Not a dish, not a table, not a car, not a toy, everything gets cleaned with a rag, but I'm supposed to think my little child-sized textureless hand is scrubbing my body clean? I barely trust my hand to get my other hand clean!
I just don't work in the mines like most of you. Lol.
Talk to the hand. The dead-skin-cell-caked hand.
Lol. But do you work out? Hell, do you go to work? Because the air is dirty as hell. You could walk down enough city streets and be grimy. There is nothing else in the world I'd wash solely with my hand rather a rag and be all, "Cool, this is clean now." Not a dish, not a table, not a car, not a toy, everything gets cleaned with a rag, but I'm supposed to think my little child-sized textureless hand is scrubbing my body clean? I barely trust my hand to get my other hand clean!
I had such a revelation of this the other day when I noticed the layer of gunk on my window fan when I took it out the window and the layer of gunk on the window ledge from the window being open all summer. I will be more diligent about cleaning that area from now on! The air is nasty lol (wilted)