Are there other names for soaking?

Yes, I've heard it called soaking, floating, marinating.

Some people refer to it as docking,

but I don't think that's what that really means.

Hi, I'm Madison Malone Kerture,

and I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to ICYMI.

In case you missed it, Slate's podcast bot internet culture.

Okay, so Rachel, I was laying bed the other night

as one does.

Washington Tiktok's, as one does.

Yes, exactly.

You know me, and I had a question pop into my head.

I was watching a multi-part saga from a woman

who had had a hair salon experience gone wrong.

I don't know, she wanted a root smudge,

they just could not give her the root smudge.

She wanted it, it was a really long story time.

I feel for her, I don't know what a root smudge is,

but any kind of hair salon trauma, I feel deeply.

But is this about hair?

No, it actually has nothing to do with hair.

I also don't know what a root smudge is.

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