Just drink more water
Summary
A subway rider declares himself a "wet boy" and diagnoses Kareem as a "dry guy" in this brief but passionate defense of hydration over skincare. The stranger's entire beauty routine? Just water. No soap, no face cleaners, nothing from those incentivized skincare companies pushing products that don't work. His secret weapon is drinking Liquid IV twice daily, before brushing his teeth each morning and night. Kareem shares the frustration: if you know words like "retinol," "hyaluronic acid," or "Gwyneth Paltrow," you're dehydrated. The duo bonds over airplane water indignities, where flight attendants hand you a dentist-office-sized cup when you look like Lord Voldemort. Water is the elixir of life. Beauty supply stores should just install giant fountains.
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So what's your take? Skin care doesn't work, just drink water? 100% agree. I think water is the elixir of life. Beauty supply stores should just have a giant water fountain. That would be nice. The skincare industry, they are incentivized to make you dehydrated, and the products don't work 'cause if the products worked, there would be no more skincare industry.
That is true. I have a life hack to stay hydrated. Okay, what is it? Every morning I drink Liquid IV before I brush my teeth, and every night I drink Liquid IV before I brush my teeth. That, and I feel like a wet boy.
Do you mind? You are very moist. I'm a wet boy.
This is just an instruction to anyone who's listening: if you know the words "retinol," "hyaluronic acid," "Gwyneth Paltrow," "Korea"—if this means anything to you, you're dehydrated. You're dehydrated. Drink water right now. You're a dry guy. You're a dry guy. I'm a wet boy. You're a dry guy. All you need is just to be hydrated. And, you know, on the airplane it's very difficult to be hydrated 'cause they only give you this much water. You know, I keep that thing on me—two Liquid IVs in the pocket. Keep that thing on me, slide them out.
It is so true though. When the flight attendant comes by and they're like, "Oh, uh, would you like anything to drink?" and you ask for water, they give it to you in a cup that's big? I look like Lord Voldemort, and they give me a cup of water that you get at a dentist.
Exactly. To rinse your mouth and spit in the little weird little sink. So we're very pro-hydration here.
I love that we're on the same page. And have you noticed that the person with the most perfect, radiant skin? It's always some dude where their skin regimen is like, "I don't know, I just splash some water on my face." That's literally me. I don't use soap. I don't use face cleaner. I use God's natural gift to the world, which is called water, right? I go like this, and then I drink a lot of water. All in all, you just stay hydrated.
I'm a wet boy. You're a dry guy. I'm—I'm a dry guy. Yeah, I think so. Ashley Larry, stay hydrated, fellas.