[esquire_900]

The title doesn't really relate to its content very well; the concept of taking cold showers has some scientific backing ([1] & [2]), and is also slightly hyped. After taking cold showers and getting some (minor) benefits for some years, the term "cold shower" started to get a positive association in my mind.

This article isn't about showers, nor positive results, making the title quite confusing :)

[1] https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325725 [2] https://www.wimhofmethod.com/science

[ahelwer]

Only on Hacker News could you find someone taking issue with the widely-used & understood phrase "cold shower".

[eitland]

Reminds me about one of my favorite HN comments of all time:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8289007

Topic: The curious case of the cyclist’s unshaven legs

From a comment (this part clearly intended to be witty I think): Really, I thought it was weird, and probably inappropriate, to mix in so much of an outsider's amateur and unsopported opinion about science into an otherwise interesting story about leg hair drag.