Rationing of water for individual use which is meagre compared to industry, agriculture or loss from decaying infrastructure is an important idea for the porkies who want to privatise municipal water supplies like Tatcher did in the UK.
I miss showers.
Hygiene nowadays is a capitalists dream, it’s so easy to push irrational norms in this space. The commercials push for crazy things, washing your hair every day and then adding back the oils you just washed away with a conditioner, using some body spray instead of a baking soda based deodorant. Even toothpaste manufacturers try to scam us in using way too much toothpaste.
Not saying you should stink but honestly it is so much easier to be clean without using all those products. Plus it saves a bunch of money.
Deodorant instead of anti perspirant, brush your teeth, shower after you sweat, wash your hair with water.
Shower after I sweat? Okay but I don’t smell. Anyway, I’m on antibiotics again for a UTI. (The story of a coworker)
To be fair, my hair actually frizzes out when I don’t wash it (with conditioner). It’s fine for a day or two, but after that I should really get to it, because it also starts to itch.
You are right though, hygiene is a space of myth nowadays. Most info out there is bullshit.
You shouldn’t wash your hair everyday. It can dry out your hair and scalp, potentially causing hair loss. But you should shower every because you most likely have sweat during the day and sweat smells bad and is gross.
Sadly my hair is so naturally greasy that I have to shower every day. On the upside, I’m going bald so I won’t have to for long!
As a trans woman I can tell you from first hand experience that that is testosterone’s doing. If you also have hormonal acne (or have had it) then that is a sign of excessively high t levels and a doctor could prescribe a low dose of spironolactone to help clear that up, do with that what you will
Flush toilets are also bourgeois decadence
