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> One week I measured how much water I needed to clean myself top to bottom: two glasses. This measurement is meaningless without calibrating for how dirty you
by newnewpdro 8y ago
> One week I measured how much water I needed to clean myself top to bottom: two glasses.
This measurement is meaningless without calibrating for how dirty you were to start with. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume you were mostly clean and presentable, wearing freshly cleaned clothes daily, only needing to wash off some sweat and skin oils.
A person living rough on the streets will probably be wearing dirty clothes for days or weeks, and constantly be exposed to the elements. The grime accumulates, and unless you've reproduced these conditions in your experiment, your figures are unrealistic.
- agumonkey 8y agoOf course I was talking about water requirement for regular daily showers. It would be stupid to speak about rough dirt.
- newnewpdro 8y agoThe context of the parent you were replying to was homeless people, and your reply appears to suggest that they could bathe with a couple glasses of water. It's absurd.
- agumonkey 8y agoIt's not absurd, it was to measure to minimum amount of daily water one needs to maintain hygiene. Some homeless people rely on public bath house which are disgusting and not always available, I know now that I only need two cup of water (and a shower mitt) to do so.
- newnewpdro 8y agoIt's irrelevant to the requirements of a homeless person. You're basically not dirty at all living a typical domestic western life spent mostly at a keyboard and indoors.