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Re:Cold Showers: For when people get too hyped up about things by dTal on Friday July 24, 2020 @07:28AM (#23938166)
Is thinking that everything is a Silicon Valley thing, a Silicon Valley thing? Is it really plausible that no one thought to feel manly about cold showers until a bunch of nerds came along?
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Re:Cold Showers: For when people get too hyped up about things by coldtea on Friday July 24, 2020 @08:05AM (#23938487)
>Is it really plausible that no one thought to feel manly about cold showers until a bunch of nerds came along?

No, but it's quite plausible that it was a niche thing that might have been a fad at some points in the past, only to be revived by a new generation that includes many fad-chacing types, SV people, and BS-artists (aka influencers)...

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Re:Cold Showers: For when people get too hyped up about things by luckylion on Friday July 24, 2020 @09:49AM (#23939438)
I'm pretty sure cold showers have been a thing to show your ability to live without comforts ever since hot showers became a possibility.

And the term fits here, I believe: cold showers do very much wake you up and bring you into reality quickly. There's no dreaming about hypes when you're under a cold shower.

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Re:Cold Showers: For when people get too hyped up about things by MayeulC on Friday July 24, 2020 @07:39PM (#23945586)
An old fad, probably. Romans did this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigidarium
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