People Are Eating Oranges in the Shower and Calling It a “Primal” and “Life-Changing” Experience

TikTok is no stranger to weird challenges and viral trends. In one such trend emerging from the land of TikTok, a fellow has made a video about all the positive reasons one should eat oranges in their shower and it has piqued the interest of netizens.

TikTok user @au.stino posted an interesting clip that went viral and accumulated over 7.2 million views and over 1 million likes. The text in the video reads: "Eating an orange in the shower eliminates any worry of making a mess. So, easy clean up and you can rip it open with no remorse. In the hot shower, the heat and humidity exaggerate the taste and smell of the orange. The smell of citrus has also been linked to stress relief. So this is a well-rounded experience."

The comments section of the video was filled with polarizing opinions. Some were grossed out by the idea of eating anything in the shower while others encouraged fellow TikTok users to try eating an orange in the shower, claiming that their experience was pretty good. The viral video even prompted a journalist to try eating oranges in the shower and it has apparently helped her "regain her zest for life."

"It changed my life," someone wrote in the comment section. The intrigued bunch of people had mostly never eaten anything in their shower but they were interested to experiment. Meanwhile, a few people claimed in the comments that eating in the shower isn’t unusual in their culture.

However, it seems that the trend of eating oranges in the shower isn’t new and people have been talking about it on Reddit since 2017. There is even a subreddit called r/ShowerOrange which acts as a platform for people to share their experience of eating an orange in the shower. 

But TikTok has helped to reignite the trend and several netizens are trying the unique way of eating oranges for the first time. The hashtag #ShowerOrange has gained massive popularity on the platform, which proves that people are curious enough to give this eating trend a shot and share their experiences.

A Reddit user u/chux4w elaborated on the importance of peeling the fruit in the shower and wrote: "The whole point is that it's primal. It's not about the orange, it's not about the shower, it's about the connection to your inner feral animal. I urge you, next time you have an orange in the shower, don't peel it! Tear into it with your claws, feast on the flesh, and don't worry about making sure you eat all the orange or what you do with the peel afterward. If you're thinking, you're already doing it wrong."

Rest assured, this isn’t the last of the weird eating trends we will be encountering on the internet.