My kid and I are both like this. Super hot, turn the skin red. Husband calls it “temperature of the sun.” When kiddo was potty training, she would intentionally have “accidents” so that she could take a nice, hot shower. So to counter this, we made them short and like partway between lukewarm and temperature of the sun. Her speech was limited, but she sure made sure to helpfully tell people that we made her take cold showers. :\
Okay, even if you’re not a fan of this ship, the setup was worth it for this shower logistical silliness. Something that seems like a good idea in your head when you’re horny turns out to be not so great in practice.
I had to replace the faucet in my shower recently. The new one has a maximum temperature limiter that you’re supposed to set at 120. I disabled that ‘feature’. The last time I checked kitchen faucet temp it would go to 160, and the shower is closer to the heater.
That issue is caused by the toilet using cold water, which decreases the amount of cold water in the shower
If the shower is set to 100% hot, there will be no change in temperature, so Joyce isnin to something here
Thag Simmons
Yeah I understand the mechanics, suddenly scalding shower water has been a constant risk in every house I’ve ever lived in.
I had just been led to believe that this was down to me living in shithole fixer uppers that nobody ever had the cash to actually fix up properly and that more modern buildings have solutions to this problem.
bhtooefr
This has been a mostly-solved problem since the late 1930s, and a completely solved problem since the late 1960s. Since then, it’s just been a matter of how cheap the builder was. (Although I think now, at least pressure-sensing valves (the 1930s tech) are the norm?)
Loki
It says everything you need to know about capitalism that this is still an issue in cheapass structures despite having been a solved problem for nearly a century.
My apartment building built in the 50s definitely has this problem. Gotta keep your ears open because your neighbor might like to randomly flush his toilet when you’re in there to try and get ya. Fun times.
Pressure balanced shower valves solved this problem decades ago, and they’ve been code in most developed regions for almost as long. Showers that still have this problem were either built incredibly cheap or are owned by curmudgeons who “still don’t trust ’em”.
Aha, there is a flaw in the plan here. Not that I blame either one of them; people like to shower at different temperatures, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
.
I like my showers warm, but I’ve had to put up with some really hot showers when sharing.
this is how i am too, and it can be so frustrating in some showers. like, it’s not that i need it to be hot; i need it to be hotter than it was a minute ago, in a linear fashion, for the whole shower. every time i acclimate to the current hot, the hot needs to go up. i cannot rationalize or understand this, it’s just the way it is
I’m with the Lukewarms. :P I like my shower to be on the hotter side of “warm”, but not hot enough that the skin starts reddening. I do have a fairly narrow band of temperature that I consider to be tolerable though; I do NOT deal with the cold, but while I can tolerate higher temperatures into the 30’s(C), it makes me grumpy.
The rush of the water is to make sure the sweat I’m pouring out doesn’t leave salt on my skin.
I KNOW my pores are clean. I shoved fluid out of them through pure heat, and made sure it didn’t stay there.
Team Scalding.
I do moderately warm showers now, I think. And I probably did as a kid, maybe slightly cooler, but in general… I hated hot so much. When I go to wash my hands, I still forget there are options besides only cold/all the way to cold.
other than enjoying the ‘feel’ of it, despite her saying she got her own bathroom as a kid as the baby sister, maybe she used to use up all the hot water while she could so her brothers didn’t hog it all lol
The fire and brimstone hot hells are *also* the invention of Dante Alighieri.
Hell is not actually described anywhere in the Bible.
It’s actually only vaguely alluded to a couple times, if you sort of squint sideways at what the text actually says.
drs
There were ~1200 years of Christian folklore before Dante; saying he invented everything is a strong claim.
Aquinas, who died when Dante was nine, refers to hell fire in Summa Theologiae, citing Matthew 25:41: “Go far from me, you that are accursed, into that eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels.”
Columba of Iona (521-597) supposedly said various individuals would end their lives in hellfire, though I don’t have a primary source.
Revelation has multiple references to sinners being cast into a lake of fire and brimstone.
Mark 9:43 refers to hell and the fire that shall never be quenched, as do Matthew 18:8-9. Matthew 5:25 refers to hell fire.
Now as I remember, the idea of eternal punishment is not obvious in the Bible. The _fire_ is eternal, but a “second death” for those cast into it. Jesus offers resurrection and eternal life as an alternative to death, rather than heaven as an alternative to eternal damnation… but having said that, Mark 3:29 does mention eternal damnation.
Augustine (~400 AD) talked about eternal punishment and flames in hell.
Jon
Basically, the entire Divine Comedy was Dante’s SI fanfic of Catholic doctrine of his era. He used it to make a lot of political commentary that was probably scathing in 1321.
StClair
A favorite character of mine, in one of my favorite games, says:
“I’ve never met a priest who could tell you anything about Heaven, but they knew every square inch of Hell. They should. They built it.”
138 thoughts on “Freezing”
Ana Chronistic
SET WATER TO BURNINATE OR GTFO
clif
You say potato and I say pah-tot-oh, let’s call the whole thing off.
Savail
My kid and I are both like this. Super hot, turn the skin red. Husband calls it “temperature of the sun.” When kiddo was potty training, she would intentionally have “accidents” so that she could take a nice, hot shower. So to counter this, we made them short and like partway between lukewarm and temperature of the sun. Her speech was limited, but she sure made sure to helpfully tell people that we made her take cold showers. :\
Steamweed
Such parental cruelty. Oh the horror and humanity!
Jane
TROGDOR
Needfuldoer
Dorothy’s no peasant, but she’s been burninated alright.
Loki
Okay, even if you’re not a fan of this ship, the setup was worth it for this shower logistical silliness. Something that seems like a good idea in your head when you’re horny turns out to be not so great in practice.
Throwatron
“You’re telling me I took a pill for this?“
Victor Mortimer
I had to replace the faucet in my shower recently. The new one has a maximum temperature limiter that you’re supposed to set at 120. I disabled that ‘feature’. The last time I checked kitchen faucet temp it would go to 160, and the shower is closer to the heater.
Taffy
Your skin can’t itch if you don’t have it.
IntangibleMatter
It’s not visible but the actual reason Dorothy screamed is Joyce tried out her brand new “foot fingering” technique
MIB4u
isn’t it called footjob?
Astariel
Uh-oh, water temperature incompatibility.
Brian K. Pittman
The flag is only red because it’s boiling.
Slartibeast Button, BIA
Do communal showers still have the “scald you when someone flushes in the same room” problem?
Thag Simmons
People tell me that this is a solved problem in modern plumbing and they probably, so I guess depends on how recently the shower was installed.
Paradox
That issue is caused by the toilet using cold water, which decreases the amount of cold water in the shower
If the shower is set to 100% hot, there will be no change in temperature, so Joyce isnin to something here
Thag Simmons
Yeah I understand the mechanics, suddenly scalding shower water has been a constant risk in every house I’ve ever lived in.
I had just been led to believe that this was down to me living in shithole fixer uppers that nobody ever had the cash to actually fix up properly and that more modern buildings have solutions to this problem.
bhtooefr
This has been a mostly-solved problem since the late 1930s, and a completely solved problem since the late 1960s. Since then, it’s just been a matter of how cheap the builder was. (Although I think now, at least pressure-sensing valves (the 1930s tech) are the norm?)
Loki
It says everything you need to know about capitalism that this is still an issue in cheapass structures despite having been a solved problem for nearly a century.
IndigoAK
My apartment building built in the 50s definitely has this problem. Gotta keep your ears open because your neighbor might like to randomly flush his toilet when you’re in there to try and get ya. Fun times.
Needfuldoer
Pressure balanced shower valves solved this problem decades ago, and they’ve been code in most developed regions for almost as long. Showers that still have this problem were either built incredibly cheap or are owned by curmudgeons who “still don’t trust ’em”.
ZombieKyrik
Aha, there is a flaw in the plan here. Not that I blame either one of them; people like to shower at different temperatures, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
.
I like my showers warm, but I’ve had to put up with some really hot showers when sharing.
Doctor_Who
I tend to start warm, then slowly increase the temp as I get used to it.
Throwatron
this is how i am too, and it can be so frustrating in some showers. like, it’s not that i need it to be hot; i need it to be hotter than it was a minute ago, in a linear fashion, for the whole shower. every time i acclimate to the current hot, the hot needs to go up. i cannot rationalize or understand this, it’s just the way it is
Doopyboop
I’m with Joyce, I like it HOT HOT HOT
Dara
Team HOT HOT HOT reporting for HOT!
Tan
Joyce is right and she should say it.
K. Ivan Ruppert
Joyce definitely ain’t wrong.
Sharizard
Hotties verses the Lukewarms in the comment section! Let’s get the debates flowing.
Zaxares
I’m with the Lukewarms. :P I like my shower to be on the hotter side of “warm”, but not hot enough that the skin starts reddening. I do have a fairly narrow band of temperature that I consider to be tolerable though; I do NOT deal with the cold, but while I can tolerate higher temperatures into the 30’s(C), it makes me grumpy.
Pocky
its gotta be hot enough to boil away my stress of the day lol
Tan
Yes! More arbitrary divides amongst the comments! I assume Hotties get the torches and Lukewarmers get the pitchforks.
the Lurker
Yeah, I don’t even like to get wet when showering; so warm/coolish for as short as time as feasible to get clean.
Jeff K!
The rush of the water is to make sure the sweat I’m pouring out doesn’t leave salt on my skin.
I KNOW my pores are clean. I shoved fluid out of them through pure heat, and made sure it didn’t stay there.
Team Scalding.
Kristine
I’m a Dorothy, my partner is a Joyce
SevenFerns
One of many reasons why shower sex is generally doomed to failure
Kimi
I thought the first reason is that water is not a good lubricant?
Armadillo
Nah, the temperature thing is pretty much always going to come up before lubrication becomes a factor.
Charlie Spencer
I thought it was because the slippery floors and walls make it difficult to get satifying leverage.
the Lurker
brace against the wall works for me.
Jay
HAHA YES! Joyce it feels good to say I’m on your side again, even if its shower temperature.
If I can’t burn away my sins I dont want it
Yumi
I do moderately warm showers now, I think. And I probably did as a kid, maybe slightly cooler, but in general… I hated hot so much. When I go to wash my hands, I still forget there are options besides only cold/all the way to cold.
anon
other than enjoying the ‘feel’ of it, despite her saying she got her own bathroom as a kid as the baby sister, maybe she used to use up all the hot water while she could so her brothers didn’t hog it all lol
StarfighterVicki
If it doesn’t make your skin a little red, what’s the point?
NGPZ
how hot I like it really depends
usually yes, I like it rather hot, ^-^
but when dealing with a heatwave like this, imma turn it down a notch XD
jeffepp
Some like it hot, and some sweat when the heat is on
Some feel thr heat and decide that they can’t go on
Mr. Random
I’m with Joyce on this one. It’s gotta make me feel like I’m burning up just a little.
Slartibeast Button, BIA
Did Joyce grow up believing in the hot Hell or the cold Hell?
M!a
Fundies only believe in hot Hells. The frozen (9th circle) is not scriptural but the invention of Dante Alighieri.
Jeff K!
The fire and brimstone hot hells are *also* the invention of Dante Alighieri.
Hell is not actually described anywhere in the Bible.
It’s actually only vaguely alluded to a couple times, if you sort of squint sideways at what the text actually says.
drs
There were ~1200 years of Christian folklore before Dante; saying he invented everything is a strong claim.
Aquinas, who died when Dante was nine, refers to hell fire in Summa Theologiae, citing Matthew 25:41: “Go far from me, you that are accursed, into that eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels.”
Columba of Iona (521-597) supposedly said various individuals would end their lives in hellfire, though I don’t have a primary source.
Revelation has multiple references to sinners being cast into a lake of fire and brimstone.
Mark 9:43 refers to hell and the fire that shall never be quenched, as do Matthew 18:8-9. Matthew 5:25 refers to hell fire.
Now as I remember, the idea of eternal punishment is not obvious in the Bible. The _fire_ is eternal, but a “second death” for those cast into it. Jesus offers resurrection and eternal life as an alternative to death, rather than heaven as an alternative to eternal damnation… but having said that, Mark 3:29 does mention eternal damnation.
Augustine (~400 AD) talked about eternal punishment and flames in hell.
Jon
Basically, the entire Divine Comedy was Dante’s SI fanfic of Catholic doctrine of his era. He used it to make a lot of political commentary that was probably scathing in 1321.
StClair
A favorite character of mine, in one of my favorite games, says:
“I’ve never met a priest who could tell you anything about Heaven, but they knew every square inch of Hell. They should. They built it.”
darkoneko
bwhahahahahahhahaahahahaahahaahahaha
Stormtide Leviathan
I like dorothy’s wet hair color.
This is fun and cute and appropriately awkward as shower sex should be, I like it :3
clif
Joe is at his desk studying. His door flies open and Dorothy tosses Joyce bodily into his room.
Pocky
Been there. Relatable moments lol
nadamás
I can’t stand neither too cold or too hot water in a shower, slight warmer that the middle is for me.
Lvlu
And this is why i can’t have shower sex
RassilonTDavros
I’m with Joyce here 100 percent. For some reason my skin doesn’t feel clean enough unless I use the hottest water available to me.
Icalasari
This is amazing. Everything has lead to this singular moment
Shakes
Panel 4 is one of my all-timers for sure.
nothri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQeezCdF4mk&list=RDCQeezCdF4mk&start_radio=1
Ray Radlein
One reason why we have two shower heads with two temperature controls in our master shower.
Mind you, we seem to only take baths together anyway these days
Li
Yes, excellent, no notes ffff you enormous goobers.
deliverything
No notes? I don’t know about that… Dorothy may have hit a pretty high one here.
Li
Oh Dorothy for sure has notes for this experience, as does Joyce probably, but I do not. 😂
M!a
ohhhhhh, yeah. should have known Joyce was gonna Joyce this…
Yotomoe
I like this one. This one is cute.
Also did I ever post this comic?
https://imgchest.com/p/bp45nbd8v45 (Suggestive)
Icalasari
It’s just fiber, Joyce :P
Li
V v cute!
Astariel