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In March of last year, two weeks before I was due to move to a new apartment, the water heater in my old apartment broke. Those two weeks of cold showers were

In March of last year, two weeks before I was due to move to a new apartment, the water heater in my old apartment broke. Those two weeks of cold showers were some of the unhappiest in my life. The dread of standing naked in the shower with your hand on the knob. The involuntary spasmodic shivering when the jet of icy water hits your trunk. Panicked attempts to rinse off soap and shampoo that just don't want to foam in water that cold. No. Never again. No.

cpach 5y ago
In my experience, taking an involuntary cold shower is very different from immersing oneself into a cold lake. The latter can be a nice experience.
- legerdemain 5y ago
  It wasn't "involuntary," no one forced me into taking the shower.
  - cpach 5y ago
    Have you ever had the experience of immersing yourself into a cold lake?
    - legerdemain 5y ago
      Cold water is cold water, no?
      - cpach 5y ago
        In my humble opinion: No. The experience of cold water from a faucet is very different from the experience of a cold lake. You cannot get submerged via a faucet.
        snvzz 5y ago
        But you can if you use the faucet to fill a bathtub.
        cpach 5y ago
        I wouldn’t say that solution is anything near the lake experience.
        snvzz 5y ago
        it was about being submerged. Now you're moving the goalposts. You'll of course only get the lake experience in a lake. But you won't get the bathtub experience in a lake, either.