The Official Light Side vs. Dark Side Thread • Non-Gaming • Social • Eurogamer.net

Xensor 20 Jan 2005 12:44:33 1,054 posts
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So there i was in the shower a few days back thinking about the pros and cons of having a shower over having a bath that it struck me how the differences between a shower and bath are exactly the same (almost) as the differences between the light side of the force and the dark side. Let me explain...

Light Side - Takes a long time to get results, involved more time and dedication to achieve essentially the same thing as the dark side.

Dark Side - Quicker, easier, more seductive

A bath therefore is definitely light side - it takes ages to fill up, u invariably sit in it for a long time and the end result is that ur clean. A shower is most definitely dark side - U can get in a few seconds after starting the water going and be finished with the same results as a bath in 10 mins. Therefore i am most definitely of the Dark Side when i comes to washing

I'm sure i'm not alone in this... am i???

Clive_Dunn 20 Jan 2005 12:47:34 4,862 posts
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Hmmm - female orgasm = light side, male orgasm = dark side ?

MikeD 20 Jan 2005 12:48:31 10,063 posts
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Nonsense. A bath generally takes up more water (unless you shower for ages). So it's worse for the environment-dark side.

Besides. You sit in the bath. You clean yourself. You clean yourself some more, however, the filth of the first bit of cleaning is already floating around. You are cleaning yourself with your own filth!

/imperial march tune

Tiger_Walts 20 Jan 2005 12:50:11 16,674 posts
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There is no emotion, just a loofah. Hmm, that analogy sucks.

Anyway, isn't a bath uneconomical and decadent compared to a shower?

Jetset_UK 20 Jan 2005 12:51:30 3,578 posts
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Alot of people say that about baths, that your in your own dirt, but you do the washing up that way.

Dark side of shower, you can have a wee.

MikeD 20 Jan 2005 12:53:26 10,063 posts
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Jetset_UK wrote:
Alot of people say that about baths, that your in your own dirt, but you do the washing up that way.

Dark side of shower, you can have a wee.

But wee over your feet and you are removing any possible, dark sidey, emperor style warts you have on your feet. (or is that an old wife's tale?

/light side!

I have a washing machine though. So no, I do not do the washing up that way :-)

Edited by MikeD at 12:53:50 20-01-2005

Khanivor 20 Jan 2005 12:55:00 44,800 posts
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Depends how long you take a shower for. Then again, my baths last so long I'm always topping up the water to keep it warm.

And due to the way soap works most of the filth on the body is grease so it binds to the soap. So as long as you use enough soap you're not going to have the grim reattach itself to you in the bath.

Deleted user 20 January 2005 13:05:40

I'm the same as Khanivor. I sit for ages and end up topping the bath. I just got a new bath recently. The first time I used it, the plug was slightly dislodged, and I was reading a copy of Edge in the bath, and I didn't notice the plug until there was no water left. Cue having to fill the bloody bath again.
And my shower's shite. Every time I use it it goes freezing to boiling to freezing. I mean, how hard is it to take a shower without getting burnt skin or frostbite?

Khanivor 20 Jan 2005 13:26:11 44,800 posts
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Ever tried to read the paper in the shower? Eat your dinner? Blame Gameboy? All these and many other fun things can be done in the bath. It's also pretty tricky to fall asleep in the shower.

In my perfect world someone would invent a bath suit. Basicaly a space suit filled up with water kept at a perfect temperature.

Bliss. That way I could have a bath in bed.

Menace 20 Jan 2005 13:26:43 5,887 posts
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I'm allergic to water..

Nasty 20 Jan 2005 13:28:35 4,840 posts
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Jumping in a bath that someone has just shaved their legs in is definately the work of the Sith.

Deleted user 20 January 2005 13:30:39

I played Minish Cap in the bath the other night which was good. Actually, I need help on that. I'm in

***POSSIBLE SPOILER WARNING***

Dark Hyrule Castle

POSSIBLE SPOILER WARNING

at the moment and I'm stuck on a puzzle where there's a grid like this:
_______
|X|X|X|X|
|X| |X|
|X| |X|
|X|X|X|X|

There's some statues spitting stones ahead of me but I don't know what to do. Help, anyone?

Xensor 20 Jan 2005 13:35:02 1,054 posts
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Khanivor wrote:
Ever tried to read the paper in the shower? Eat your dinner? Blame Gameboy? All these and many other fun things can be done in the bath. It's also pretty tricky to fall asleep in the shower.

In my perfect world someone would invent a bath suit. Basicaly a space suit filled up with water kept at a perfect temperature.

Bliss. That way I could have a bath in bed.

Best. Idea. Evaah!!!

MikeD 20 Jan 2005 14:31:00 10,063 posts
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I love falling asleep in bath, it's the waking up that sucks. Usually with a shock, thinking 'wtf' sitting in water that's getting rather cold.

Shinji 20 Jan 2005 14:36:12 5,902 posts
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I tend to run a bath when I get back from working out - which is nice and all, but a bit of an issue because I'm knackered, and often fall asleep.

Waking up in cold water is bad enough, waking up because your head has just slipped under the surface and you've inhaled a lungful of soapy water is Not Good At All.

I also can't work out how to wash my hair in the bath. I can only assume that I'm not meant to.

To be honest, the Japanese have it right. Japanese bathrooms rock - you fill a big hot tub with really hot water (but no soap or anything), and then wash yourself seperately, using a shower or a bucket, and rinse yourself off - and THEN get into the bath to soak and relax. Perfect. (That's why their big public baths ("onsen") work - because you wash BEFORE you get into the bath, and hence you're not floating around in other people's dirt.)

pjmaybe 20 Jan 2005 14:38:55 70,666 posts
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Bath shenanigans were SO not what I expected from a thread about "dark side vs light side"

More along the lines of...

"Dark Side" - Judy Finnegan
"Light Side" - Fern Britton

That sort of thing. Ah well.

Peej

Xensor 20 Jan 2005 14:44:03 1,054 posts
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That's what i was expecting - baths vs showers was just a starter for 10

Bare in mind that the Dark Side is not necessarily worse, just - as Yoda says - quicker, easier and more seductive

Chicken - Light Side (oven cook for an hour)
Egg - Dark Side (fry in 2 mins)

Edit: Although in your case there peej the dark side is definitely worse!

Edited by Xensor at 14:45:33 20-01-2005

Deleted user 20 January 2005 14:46:48

Ever pulled out the plug and remained in the bath lying down? Really weird cos it sucks you down and its twice as hard to climb out...at least it seens that way...

Lutz 20 Jan 2005 14:48:11 48,870 posts
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Madder Max wrote:
Ever pulled out the plug and remained in the bath lying down? Really weird cos it sucks you down and its twice as hard to climb out...at least it seens that way...

Everytime...

Nasty 20 Jan 2005 14:48:44 4,840 posts
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Madder Max wrote:
Ever pulled out the plug and remained in the bath lying down? Really weird cos it sucks you down and its twice as hard to climb out...at least it seens that way...

\o/ its not just me then

Also once its drained, if you arch your back you will make the best farting noises in the world ever.

pjmaybe 20 Jan 2005 14:49:11 70,666 posts
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Enough with the bath stuff...!!!!

Light Side - Carob or similar faux chocolate
Dark Side - Chocolate

Or have I got that the wrong way round?

Peej

Deleted user 20 January 2005 14:49:51

So, baths are really the best because of the farting noise imo ;0)

Nasty 20 Jan 2005 14:52:33 4,840 posts
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Madder Max wrote:
So, baths are really the best because of the farting noise imo ;0)

D'ah but women can do the whole comedy-squashed-boobs-against-glass in a shower. Like two giant pink fried eggs.

To summarise;

To achieve true domestic hygiene Nirvana and balance the force you must be in a empty bath making farting noises while your missus squashes her breasts up against the shower.

Edited by Nasty at 14:58:00 20-01-2005

Deleted user 20 January 2005 14:53:25

Shinji wrote:

To be honest, the Japanese have it right.

Couldn't agree more - I think my bathophilia comes from time spent in Japan when I was younger.

I go to the thermal baths here quite a lot...a blissful experience until sun shines through the cupola, hits the water and you realise you're actually immersed in a tepid stew of skin flakes and - sometimes - pearly necklaces. Dark Side to that, for sure.

In any case, is it dark or light side if you use the shower while you're in the bath, eh? Lie in hot water and have hot water gushing onto your face - that forms a good 10 minutes of my 90+ minute baths.

edit: shpellin

Edited by urizen at 14:54:16 20-01-2005

ralphwolfenstein 20 Jan 2005 14:54:19 1,038 posts
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I once spent 5 months living in a tiny flat in an 18th Century mews cottage in Cambridge during the winter of �99 � �00 (this turns into a bath anecdote so bear with me)�

There was no shower, and no running hot water � you had to charge the tank at least 40 minutes in advance just to produce enough warm water for one shallow bath. My morning ritual before going to work therefore involved setting my alarm at an ungodly hour, charging the tank, going back to bed for thirty minutes, then making some coffee in a tiny cafetiere whilst the bath was running�

On this particular occasion I brought the cafetiere and mug up with me, and left them on the edge of the bath whilst I shaved. Before getting into the bath, I depressed the plunger on the cafetiere�

Now either a massive air pocket had become trapped inside, or the filter was literally caked in filth, but instead of gently easing down through a swirl of perfectly brewed coffee the plunger chose this moment to abandon all its essential porous qualities, and a fountain of coffee arced out of the cafetiere and into the bath tub

What had once been a warm and inviting (albeit shallow) bath of water was instantly turned into a slightly deeper bath of very weak coffee�

With no other option, I grudgingly lowered myself in

Needless to say, I went to work smelling like Starbucks and had to have another bath that evening to wash all the coffee grounds out of me pubes�

fergal_oc 20 Jan 2005 14:54:43 2,764 posts
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pjmaybe wrote:
Bath shenanigans were SO not what I expected from a thread about "dark side vs light side"

More along the lines of...

"Dark Side" - Judy Finnegan
"Light Side" - Fern Britton

That sort of thing. Ah well.

Peej

Watched When Games Attack the other week, not sure if caroline flack is dark side/light side. Can't find a decent pic of her on tinternet so won't link soz.

actually i have found some

linky

here's a few thumbnails - some might be NSFW but only a tad

linky 2

Edited by fergal_oc at 14:58:53 20-01-2005

pjmaybe 20 Jan 2005 14:55:44 70,666 posts
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/gives up trying to subvert the thread.

Best baths - Aussie ones, the bloody huge ones with the jetstream things in 'em (Spa baths)

Best showers - those awesome 30-head ones at Champneys that literally beat the living shit out of you with water!

Peej

Khanivor 20 Jan 2005 14:56:42 44,800 posts
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Many a hungover shower has turned into a bath. It usualy takes a dozen minutes standing up under the stream before I remember I could be doing the same thing sat down. Slifde the head right down to the bottom of the rail and put the plug in. Then try not to spew.

Deleted user 20 January 2005 14:59:56

Nasty wrote:

Madder Max wrote:
So, baths are really the best because of the farting noise imo ;0)

D'ah but women can do the whole comedy-squashed-boobs-against-glass in a shower. Like two giant pink fried eggs.

To summarise;

To achieve true domestic hygiene Nirvana and balance the force you must be in a empty bath making farting noises while your missus squashes her breasts up against the shower.

Edited by Nasty at 14:58:00 20-01-2005

Ah yes... 'tis indeed most comedious

Salaman 20 Jan 2005 15:16:23 24,162 posts
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Outdoor hottubs!!!

In wintertime!

The
Best
Ever!