There should be no cold water knob on the shower
Summary
A straphanger believes showers should only have hot water, arguing that cold showers are for military types or self-punishing Christians. Kareem pushes back hard on this freedom-restricting take. The rider admits he'd "skinny dip into a volcano if I could" and takes 30-minute warm showers every morning after playing cricket in Bangladesh. They spar over post-workout routines and whether Joe Rogan and Huberman are lying about cold plunges. The conversation spirals from shower temperature to American freedoms to water waste, ending with Kareem declaring that 30-minute showers should be illegal. It's a perfectly absurd debate about bathroom fixtures that somehow touches on environmentalism and national identity.
Full Transcript
So what's your take? There should be no cold water knob on the shower. 100% disagree. I like options. No, I'm a guy who likes options. If you like a cold shower, you're like in the military or like you're a Christian who just, uh, and wants to punish himself. I don't want a cold shower. I want the option. I've, I've never taken you. You can have an option. You start at warm and then go to scalding.
Why are you thinking about this of all the takes in the world? This man wants to talk about cold water in the shower. Take away American freedoms? I just hate cold water. Do you ever go in swimming pools?
I do. Are they cold?
I hate that. I hate that. Jacuzzi or above. I love a Jacuzzi. I would skinny dip into a volcano if I could.
That sounds hot. Yeah. Cold water is good for your hair. You know what? Everyone has these little science things of like, "Oh, I'm," uh, "Joe Rogan." Stop. They don't take cold showers. They take baths. Like, you can take an iced bath if you want. It's stupid. It's all stupid.
Why would you want to be cold? Because if you're hot, you want to get—you want to cool down. Okay, then you get out of the hot. Like, imagine this: you're playing soccer, right? Your case, Cricket. You're playing Cricket. You're playing Cricket. You're sweaty, you're hot, you come home, you want to take a nice cold shower to cool down. And you want to take that away?
Dude, when I used to play cricket in Bangladesh, I'd come home and I'd take a warm shower. That's weird.
That's not weird. How long do you spend in the shower?
30 minutes. 30 minutes?
Yeah, every morning. Every morning, yeah. No one feels good after a cold shower. Joe Rogan's lying. Huberman is lying. 100% agree emotionally. Yes. 100% disagree because I like American freedom, dude. You can move it to warm. This is America. You want—you want our to waste water as much as we want to. This is the problem. You're not thinking about the Earth. You're not thinking about the actual—you take—as I said that, I realized. As I said that, I realized. Okay, okay. I'm not great. I'm not a great guy. I think 30 show should be illegal. That's my take. We're done here.