Shower Time Diesel Jeans

About

Shower Time Diesel Jeans is a parody video series on Vine based off a short clip of a man standing shirtless in his bathroom while listing several things that will be accompanying him during an imminent shower.

Origin

In early September 2015, an unknown Vine^[1] user uploaded a clip of himself standing shirtless in a bathroom while saying the words "Shower time: Adderall, a glass of whiskey and Diesel Jeans" (shown below). The Vine was subsequently removed. On September 15th, the soulja boy fan account Vine channel reuploaded the video, where it gained over three million loops, 46,000 likes 27,000 revines and 10,000 comments within three weeks.

Precursor

While it is unclear from the video, the original Viner may have been expressing his intent to take a shower while wearing the pair of Diesel jeans. On July 1st, 2007, YouTuber ronnski76 uploaded a video of himself showering while wearing Diesel Jeans (shown below, left). On November 7th, 2009, YouTuber keithm61 uploaded a similar video in which he showers while wearing a pair of jeans (shown below, right). On August 7th, 2011, Denim Blog Forums^[2] user Karajan2 submitted a thread titled "Shower in your jeans!", in which he espoused the practice as "sensual" and "an effective way to keep your jeans in great shape."

Spread

On September 17th, Twitter user @thenickcolletti^[4] posted a tweet quoting the original Vine video, garnering upwards of 1,700 favorites and 500 retweets in two weeks (shown below).

On September 18th, Viner mr. don kleon uploaded a slideshow of screen captures from the original Vine with dramatic music playing in the background (shown below, left). On September 24th, Viner Juh'Mullen uploaded a parody video in which he lists "heroin, a gallon of milk and Diesel shorts" while standing in his bathroom (shown below, right).

On September 28th, Viner Shane Walks Left uploaded a parody in which he says "Shower time. Crack cocaine, can of tuna and tuna jeans" (shown below, left). The same day, Viner ScentedCandles uploaded a parody video in which he shows off two pairs of Diesel Jeans and displays a smart phone screen with a picture of actor Vin Diesel (shown below, right). On September 29th, 2015, Viner^[3] iToradora reuploaded the original Vine. That day, the men's interest blog Esquire^[5] published an article about the parody series. Additional parody videos have been uploaded to Vine under the tags "#showertime"^[6] and "#dieseljeans."^[7]

Search Interest

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