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There's no need to shower every day – here's why
- Thread starter Teusery
- Start date
It annoys me when these yuppie fucks write a stupid article or do a stupid "experiment" where the headline is some shit like "MAN SHOWERS ONCE A MONTH, WHY DON'T YOU IDIOT?" implying that you only need to clean yourself once a month and then you read between the lines and the guy is washing himself with a fucking washcloth full body using a gym sink or some shit. The guy is still cleaning himself. It's just clickbaity bullshit.
Yea like literally why would you do this. Showers are refreshing, relaxing, and even kind of fun. The same people who take "sink baths" instead of showers about to be like "life-hack: instead of wasting time putting my garbage on the side of the road I delivered it straight to the dump."
i imagine long term, the idea behind sink bathing is using a lot less water, if we were in a scenario where water became scare.
That is the thing. I work in IT so I have to deal with a lot of swampy meeting rooms and people who will wear a northface jacket with just a t shirt underneath on their 4h train ride and then sit down next to you.
Even if you just sit on your ass all day, you need to shower. And when you travel, make sure to keep deodorant on hand and a shirt to change.
So funny that it is usually people with massive bagpacks who stink at conventions, but don't bring any AXE.
And yes, those are exactly the kind of people who hold these ted talks on how they don't smell.
Dear OP,
You might stink, Society does not want to smell your or anybody's stink.
Thank you,
Society
You might stink, Society does not want to smell your or anybody's stink.
Thank you,
Society
"nobody says I smell"
YOU STILL FUCKING SMELL. WE'RE BEING NICE.
It is. A good moisturizer will make the difference.
YOU STILL FUCKING SMELL. WE'RE BEING NICE.
It is. A good moisturizer will make the difference.
Do people taking sink baths wash as thoroughly as people taking showers? I thought the time saving aspect was tied to the idea that you only had to wash certain body parts, like people just cleaning their genitals and calling it a day.
this. i cannot, under any circumstances, wake up and go about my day without showering. if l'm leaving the house, i'm showering immediately in the morning. and even if i'm sitting around doing nothing. by the early afternoon, i need to shower.
and i also co-sign using lotion
What is a shower? like full water and soap every part?
If its just a quick rinse with water? do that as much as you want, but full soaping all the time multiple times a day means you need to add that moisture back with oils and lotion which could be differnt ph than your body wants, easier to wash just the stinky bits and call it day.
I have to not wear deodorant every other weekend to give my pits a rest from all the chemicals and heal a bit.
If its just a quick rinse with water? do that as much as you want, but full soaping all the time multiple times a day means you need to add that moisture back with oils and lotion which could be differnt ph than your body wants, easier to wash just the stinky bits and call it day.
I have to not wear deodorant every other weekend to give my pits a rest from all the chemicals and heal a bit.
This is a good point. Having a bidet definitely helps me "feel cleaner". I may shower every other day but I blast that ass at least once or twice a day, especially if I had to shit at work. Never know what could be going down later that night and don't want dookie crumbs to interfere/get all in the bed sheets.
For the love of god, you friggen stink. Take a god damn 5-8 minute shower. The internet is not going to miss you in that amount of time and you aren't going to die from exposure to soap.
You mean to tell me it's possible all I accomplish by showering is being courteous to others in a public space??
If the debate is "I don't shower every day and risk being the stereotypical smelly gamer that is so common it's a fucking meme and I don't even know it" or "but my essential oils!" I think I'll just take the shower.
I go to the gym 6 days per week and run 3-4, if I didn't shower afterwards I would constantly stink.
I would also probably have athlete's foot 100% of the time
It's not plausible for people who are active
I do sometimes jump in, rinse myself off with a little soap then leave though. They're not all significant showers that use a lot of water
I would also probably have athlete's foot 100% of the time
It's not plausible for people who are active
I do sometimes jump in, rinse myself off with a little soap then leave though. They're not all significant showers that use a lot of water
Yeah, but many ancient cultures still bathed and cleaned daily. Just go take a shower.
I exercise almost everyday, therefore I shower everyday.
Take a shower, you stinky fiends, and stop looking for an excuse to be lazy.
Take a shower, you stinky fiends, and stop looking for an excuse to be lazy.
Not only that, I work in a nursing home and "sink baths" with a washing cloth are a daily thing for old people with a shower weekly. I'm taking my daily showers while I can, I repeat, fuck that noise.
Wash y'all's stinky asses
For real why is there a 4 page thread about this when the premise is completely undermined by the author taking bird baths every day either way.
Btw every single person I've ever met who proudly claimed to not need to shower more than a few times a week or use deodorant or what have you smelled like a fucking farm animal. Every single one. Y'all are deluding yourselves. My buddy who stopped doing daily showers and using antiperspirant (in hot as fuck Texas) claimed that he didn't stink, but had a harsh dose of reality when he had to return to office for his new job (no more remote work) and HR told him he fucking stank and needed to bathe or find a new job
For real why is there a 4 page thread about this when the premise is completely undermined by the author taking bird baths every day either way.
Btw every single person I've ever met who proudly claimed to not need to shower more than a few times a week or use deodorant or what have you smelled like a fucking farm animal. Every single one. Y'all are deluding yourselves. My buddy who stopped doing daily showers and using antiperspirant (in hot as fuck Texas) claimed that he didn't stink, but had a harsh dose of reality when he had to return to office for his new job (no more remote work) and HR told him he fucking stank and needed to bathe or find a new job
Same! I can't imagine everyone around me is daily showering and I've very very rarely smelled any BO when near people.
I'd rather be that seven days of the week than going out dirty and in old clothes under the guise of "it doesn't smell like anything to me" and hoping people in the room won't say anything to my face while knowing they're waiting until you're gone to talk about it.A lot of this thread:
I'm sure there's no real harm in skipping the occasional shower, especially if you're staying inside all day, but something about this coming from the BBC in 2024 feels like I'm watching another step in the collapse of civilization in the UK
I don't tell people in public that obviously have BO "hey, you stink." I just stay the fuck away. So, people probably aren't going to tell folks "Jesus Christ take a shower you stinky jerk.". They'll just stay the fuck away.
I shower in the morning when I wake up, and when I work out, I take a shower after that, too. I won't admonish someone for taking a light shower after exercise, or someone who didn't shower for a day if that's how things worked out, but JFC people, at least keep yourself deodorized, and make sure your ass is clean. You really don't want to be the person at the office with swamp ass.
I shower in the morning when I wake up, and when I work out, I take a shower after that, too. I won't admonish someone for taking a light shower after exercise, or someone who didn't shower for a day if that's how things worked out, but JFC people, at least keep yourself deodorized, and make sure your ass is clean. You really don't want to be the person at the office with swamp ass.
"I can't imagine everyone around me is doing the very standard accepted amount of daily hygiene" is an odd statement. Adults not cleaning themselves regularly is the outlier (aside from Internet forum users).
This is obvious. Every second or third day is fine and that's what I do. No I don't smell. I My friends, family and co workers would 100% tell my in incredibly blunt language I'd that was so. Yeah if you're working out or in a dirty physical job then have a shower but otherwise there is no need. The way people on here act regarding showers is absolutely nuts.