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   🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Mar-2025 07:48:45 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

   Man showering feels sooooo nice. I have to wonder, did we evolve to feel this way or did the first prehistoric human to use soap and water feel this good.

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     🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Mar-2025 09:39:45 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     • Louis Ingenthron

     @louis I had thought about that.. but i dunno about you when i stand in the rain i feel the opposite of when i shower.. i feel more dirty and sticky and itchy, not less. Same for a clean pool. This seems to be a response unique to soap and water specifically. Keep in mind though we invented soap a very very long time ago in oen form or another. It started as natural soap occurring in lye rich rivers that people discovered and started using for cleaning.

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     Louis Ingenthron (louis@ingenthron.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Mar-2025 09:39:46 JST Louis Ingenthron

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     @freemo Evolutionary response to life-giving rain, perhaps?

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     🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Mar-2025 09:51:59 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     • Louis Ingenthron

     @louis

     Are you talking actually being in rain without an umbrrella, oe simply just being outside in a dry place while it rains around you?

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     Louis Ingenthron (louis@ingenthron.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Mar-2025 09:52:01 JST Louis Ingenthron

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     @freemo Ah, then you and I have very different responses to rain. For me, it's rejuvenating even when it's whipping and cold.

     But especially the idea of a gentle warm front blowing in and raining after a long dusty day working in the hot sun is exactly the same feeling I associate with showering after getting grimy in other ways.

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     🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Mar-2025 09:55:38 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     • Louis Ingenthron

     @louis I do enjoy walking int he rain, its a good expiernce. But it doesnt make me feel clean like a shower does, in fact it specifically makes me feel like i need to take a shower.

     so after you are done with the rain you have that clean feeling you feel after taking a shower? Weird.

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     Louis Ingenthron (louis@ingenthron.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Mar-2025 09:55:40 JST Louis Ingenthron

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     @freemo Yeah, the former. Sometimes when I'm home and it rains, I'll just go outside and stand in it for a while for fun. Usually not to the point of being soaked, and I change clothes as soon as I get back inside, but it feels nice.

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     🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Mar-2025 10:53:17 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     • Louis Ingenthron

     @louis Yea I can get with the refreshing part.. though it does make me feel less clean.

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     Louis Ingenthron (louis@ingenthron.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Mar-2025 10:53:21 JST Louis Ingenthron

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     @freemo I wouldn't say it makes me feel clean (although it doesn't make me feel less clean either). I'd describe it as "refreshed".

     For reference:
     Rain: not cleaning, but refreshing
     Shower: cleaning and refreshing
     Sponge bath: cleaning, but not refreshing