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submitted 1 year ago by Zahille7@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Like, I travel around for work and I've met plenty of people from all backgrounds.

Why is there a demographic of people who don't seemingly bathe regularly, or at the very least wear something to cover up their BO? I could understand if it's an allergy, or even religious reasons (though the people I've met that smell bad are usually you're average American young adult man) but recently (like in the past week, recently) I've met a concerning number of people who don't seem to wear any kind of deodorant or possibly don't even bathe regularly; it's starting to become an issue for me, as I don't even want to interact with them when I can smell them walking up from 3+ feet away yet I need to for work.

Does anyone have any possible insight?

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[-] Rolder@reddthat.com 20 points 1 year ago

Sometimes I’ll go a few days when I’m working from home and not going anywhere out of pure laziness. But if I’m going to be interacting with other people, shower guaranteed beforehand.

[-] Lennnny@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Same same. Dental hygiene and face care routine is a must twice a day, but other than that I can go a couple of days without a shower. I'll be the first to admit I can get a little stanky, but there are no other people around to witness it. I think the issue with these unwashed people OP mentioned is their willingness to enter the public domain at peak stank, and their inability to notice it themselves.

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This is literally what I'm talking about.

HOW do people go out in public if they know they stink? How can they live with themselves not being clean at least semi-regularly? It's baffling to me.

[-] boomzilla@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Same. It just doesn't compute to harm your skin when you don't plan to meet anybody. And I don't smell my own body odor anyway. Your skins microbiome and the environment say thanks. OTOH if you're sweating much you should consider a shower because the initial healthy effects of sweat on your skin wear off, when it's clogging your pores with toxins and bad bacteria it washed of beforehand.

[-] Rolder@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

It’s when I start smelling myself that I know I am extra stanky.

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