[legerdemain]

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]

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]

It wasn't "involuntary," no one forced me into taking the shower.

[cpach]

Have you ever had the experience of immersing yourself into a cold lake?

[legerdemain]

Cold water is cold water, no?

[cpach]

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]

But you can if you use the faucet to fill a bathtub.