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[–] Gestrid 23 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It took me several years to realize that Canadians were from Canada. Specifically, I didn't connect the spoken words. I was fine with the written words.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (5 children)

When I was 30 I learned that I had pronounced and spelled the German word "unbedingt" wrong my entire life. I thought it was "umbedigt" as in "um jeden Preis". I thought all others spelled and pronounced it wrong or spoke more elaborate than I.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

My hot water tank runs out quick so if I let it warm up it'll be cold by the time I get in.

I'm down to military showers, 8 minutes (heavy scrub independent of the time)

[–] usualsuspect191 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is 8 minutes considered a fast shower?

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (8 children)

It can be a poverty thing too.

If you struggle to pay normal bills, letting it warm up makes the bill higher. So grow up poor, and you find out lots of habits of yours exist to save less than a dollar a day.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As my WW2 veteran grandfather used to say: “armpits and assholes”.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

they actually sell these recirculating pumps to keep the hot water in the pipes

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (9 children)

There was a post with something similar but with the water pressure being too high in the shower. Like, what? Just don't open it all the way then?!

[–] someguy3 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I had a very cold shower once until I realized you had to open it all the way to get hot water (no separate hot and cold taps). What a bizarre design.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Pretty mild, though an ex struggled with a standing light for years. It had one of those skinny, turntable hatched poles that you twisted. This one was rather tough to turn to the point that your fingers would slip. I remember looking at her struggling with it one day and asked, "Do you have any rubber bands?"

Same thing. She stopped, stared at me, and got flustered, "I...can't believe I never thought of that...".

[–] ILikeBoobies 11 points 1 year ago (11 children)

There’s a german insult about people who take warm showers

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