The stolen heat!

"Okay don't take it far" what does that mean?

It's a joke on "taking a shower", as in she is literally going to take it with her somewhere. You can tell she's not amused by the joke either ^^
- Ok duh I did not get that one

How is she standing between the wall and the counter?

It's one of those kitchens where the counter doubles as a table if you get bar stools
- Yeah, i've heard them called "breakfast bars". The condo I rented years ago had one of these cutouts.
- And the vertical line? Lools like the corner of a room to me

This took me a minute. I can't remember the last time I was someplace that didn't have a balancing valve.

What sorcery is this "balancing valve" that I've never heard of or had the pleasure of experiencing!?!?!
- It maintains the same temp, even when hot water temp or pressure is changing
  I can’t speak for everyone but here’s what mine like like:
- Something that breaks after 10 years time.
Yeah was a problem with back when you couldn't be on the phone and the internet at the same time. Or you still live in a really cheap fucking apartment?
- still live in a cheap fucking apartment
  Welcome to the majority of America living situations. And most of the time they aren't even fucking cheap. To live in a place with basic standards of living that are in line with modern tech is a luxury here.
- USians love to shit on Soviet apartment blocks, but you know what Soviet apartment blocks have? Separate water supply in the kitchen and the bathroom, with enough pressure for everything unless like half of the floors in a high-rise decide to shower simultaneously.
- I am living in a good enough apartment and is still suffering from it. Well, the apartment is old now, maybe that's why..

Dishwashers use much less water.

i am too tall to fit in my dishwasher
They also corrupt the soul.
I think it depends on how many people live at a place. I live alone and would never be able to fill up a dishwasher, using a lot more water for a few dishes than I would.
- I have Bob, the mini dishwasher, perfectly sized for that use case. Now, the fact that it is designed to use proprietary washing cartridges on the other hand... (At around 5 to 10 price of regular washing powder too. Thankfully mine is old enough to not notice you opened the door if you're fast enough)
- Buy more dishes so you can go longer between washes
  Buy a half-height dishwasher. They exist, I owned one that lived on the floor of my bathroom.
  I live alone and I fill up my full size dishwashers every few days. If you don't eat ordered/preprocessed food you can also just chuck pots and pans in the bottom rack.
  Dishwashers use a lot less water than hand-washing. Even if there's a little bit of room left, it's still a net positive. There's no reason for anyone to hand-wash unless they live in a tiny NYC broom closet or exclusively eat take-out in disposable containers.
- You can also fill up the dishwasher over the course of a couple of days. Makes things even more convenient.

Newer homes have tankless constant water heaters and it's the greatest thing in the world.

In our older house, we got endless comments about how tankless is the greatest thing ever and we should get one. In our new house, we have a tankless and we get endless comments about how they're not worth it and will break and we should get a traditional water heater.
- That's the problem with listening to tankies.
- I'm sure quality can vary wildly, but the one I have right now seems to keep water hot for the whole house even when people are taking simultaneous showers. I also imagine there are some really efficient tank heaters out there too.
  I think at the end of the day, all we can really agree on is that synapsids were really weird looking animals but probably would be like any large land animal who bonds with anyone who adopts them at an early age and were likely affectionate and loving despite how terrifying they were.
- gotta be specific, but my tankless water heater has actually been pretty okay actually.
  Context! I live in Texas, which actually has some pretty great renewable use compared to other states. My personal plan isn't solely wind powered anymore, but it has been in the past, and still partially is right now.
  My house is a super cheap remodel. The tankless water heater is completely electric.
  My repair costs have been as follows: complete replacement of the heater cores: 70$.
  two out of three failed over the course of a year and a half.
  I also paid for the plumber to figure out what the issue was, but i'll be able to replace them on my own pretty easily whenever this happens again
  I also paid plumber and electrician costs to move the water heater so i could actually get at them without pulling the whole thing off the wall (thanks shitty remodel!)
  $200 for the plumber to run the cleaner through it, since i have super hard water here
  and another half grand to install the valves required to actually be able to do that (thanks shitty remodel!)
  I'll be able to get my own cleaning kit for one to two hundred online in the future.
  So like, because i'm new at taking care of one, and because of the shitty remodel, I have paid over a gran in 'repairs' on the thing. But, at the same time, the next time it needs replaced heater cores, or to get it's annual cleaning, it'll cost me basically nothing.
  Energy costs haven't been much more expensive than a tanked water heater either, but it's hard to compare considering those tank water heaters also ran in a different location with different AC needs. And I take super long showers, which I was straight up unable to do before moving here. I don't pay too much more than previously despite that though.
  Most importantly! I can take hour long showers without running out of hot water, and being honest, that's really the biggest deal for me. I don't always do that, but sometimes I just wanna relax for a while and running out of hot water is a bitch when I do.
  I'd honestly recommend a modern tankless water heater, so long as your electric can handle a load specifically sized to your house, even despite the problems i've had surrounding my own.
- Is your tankless heater electrically powered? How much is the electricity bill? I'm on the fence in getting one because of that whole flip flop
doing the math, tankless heaters use insane amounts of electricity. we were gonna use one for a detached guest house so we could skip the insulated pipe, but holy shit the cabling we'd have to install
- Depending where you live, the tankless heater might run on gas.
  Which is sometimes better for the environment than the electricity, if the grid is coal powered.
- Heating the same amount of water to the same temperature requires the same amount of energy.
Older homes with tankless water heater experience the opposite reaction: when someone flushes a toilet all the cold water rushes there. And you get some: hot - hothot - boiling! water.
Lol, in Germany those are only installed in shitty old houses with crap plumbing. They drive up the electricity bill like there's no tomorrow. Just install adequate plumbing when building a new house and never deal with this problem.

the house I live in has tons of problems but not this. there are 4 showers, 3 kitchens, 2 laundry, and I have never had the water run cold from hot running out. I'd trade that for internet that doesn't randomly cut out for hours at a time.

4 showers, 3 kitchens, 2 laundry
What kind of gigamansion is that, wtf? How many bedrooms, and how many people/servants live with you?
- Standard 70's Yugoslav house I'd say. They built 'em intended to be multi generational. A good 1000l hot water storage in the basement is more than enough for something of this size.
- Probably also five boilers in the basement.
- It is probably shared with other people.

One of the most relatable things that I have seen for a while.

I don't get it.
- Part of the hot water pressure is stolen by the man for dishes. Shower suddenly gets cold. This doesn't happen if you're on city hot water probably, but it's very noticeable when you have your own heater

Thankfully I have a tankless water heater and don't need to deal with this anymore.

How has the electricity bill changed after switching to it? I'm on the fence for getting one.
- I wish I could give you an answer. It's a new build house that came with it already installed so I didn't have a good reference. Also, it's gas, so minimal electric use.
- If you have a tank already that would reduce the costs of upgrading to a heat pump. All of my heating is through the heat pump and now heating is like 1/3rd of my total electricity bill.
- I've switched from similiar-sized apartment with a tank heater to a house with a tankless heater. My bills are close enough that it isn't super easy to tell. total it was about 20-40 more a month for the location switch.
  The real difference is how often you use it. You'll save money if you use it sparingly (as opposed to an always on tank heater), but you'll definitely spend more if you don't (because infinite hot water access!). Just make sure it and it's power source is sized for the house it's going into.
  You'll definitely want to pay for an electrician to get it on a dedicated circuit to power it. Otherwise you'll just get infinite tepid water instead.
- I've talked to many plumbers about this and what I've learned is that if you don't have gas, it won't be as good (on average). New construction with dedicated power is a different story, but retrofits are often limited to whatever the old water heater was using, which by definition isn't enough. Running new power is likely to be a headache.

No woman will ever complain when a man is doing the dishes.

Hehe, this used to happen a lot to us in our previous home.

We don't have that problem and have a water heater (not tankless). I think they just do something different with the plumbing here in Japan most of the time.

The good old "parallel vs serial" patterns. The later being cheaper, it is used everywhere but in those places where the owner specifically ask for parallel because of knowing its advantages.
- Would the order of things when its serial matter? Since moving our shower is the first thing to get hot water and the kitchen comes after, not really noticed it as too much of an issue although the kitchen tap will be slower when water is being used somewhere else. Which is probably the better way of prioritising it.

Hmm.... how much water is One Punch Man using? Really you just need two basins, one with lukewarm water (with soap in it, for cleaning) the other can be colder (without soap, for rinsing.) Saitama really doesn't need to keep the tap running.

Uh, you need even less, you first wet everything. Then stop the water, scrub everything with soap. Then turn water on and quickly rinse everything. Depends on the amount of dishes but you should never use enough water to freaking fill the basin, that's insane amount of waste.

I would just stay out of the light of ~~fire~~ water and just wait. And like waste more time...

I mean when I was younger I was petty af and I didn't care about running up the water bill, so please don't judge me for wasting water lol...

But yea I kinda just chill... literally... outside of the water... until I can sense the warmth again...

Don't feel like raising my voice, they'd just ignore me...

Also... sometimes its the pressure... its annoying when it gets low pressure, doesn't feel as satisfying...

I live with my parents, and they could not give less of a shit