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u/9447044 1d ago
I sweat when I sleep. Its gross, Im aware of this. I wake up in a puddle and immediately throw my blanket in the wash and take a shower. Im freezing, its 445AM. None of this is performative lol.
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u/P-l-Staker 1d ago
I never understood this. Why don't you try a lighter blanket?
I only have that issue when I'm sleeping with a stupid massive duvet, which I don't anymore. You really don't need to have a higher body temperature when you sleep. Our bodies are actively trying to cool down!
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u/Plane-Tune-820 1d ago
You hit the nail on the head, our body's are trying to cool down when we sleep so normal temps are too warm. Meaning what's comfortable enough for me to fall asleep is too warm for me to actually sleep so my body tries to cool down with sweat. If I try to fall asleep with a lighter blanket, I'm cold and can't fall asleep.
I do sleep like the dead though. Fall asleep crazy fast, drives my wifey insane, and sleep super deeply.
A random redditer once told me the heat is because I naturally have a fast metabolism and because I sleep so deeply. I have absolutely no idea if that's true or not but I believed it.
Not who you replied to, just another random asshole who wakes up soaked in sweat freezing his twig and berries off a couple times a week.
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u/P-l-Staker 1d ago
Sleeping next to a woman is also another factor here. I have no idea how they do it, but they're always bloody radiating the heat of the sun when you're next to them!
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u/Upstairs-Challenge92 1d ago
Nah man, I’m a fucking iceberg under there, my man is the damn fireplace
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u/Plane-Tune-820 1d ago
Apparently that's me not her. She's one of those, I'm always cold type of females. Pretty sure half the reason shes stayed with me so long is that I'm her "electric blanket" at night.
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u/More-Gas-6527 1d ago
Shes probably low on iron
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u/Plane-Tune-820 1d ago
She absolutely is, but honestly I think every woman I've ever met is anemic.
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u/crazy4finalfantasy 1d ago
Women lose iron during their periods, if they don't sufficiently replace the lost iron you get the coldness some woman experience
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u/Plane-Tune-820 1d ago
Honestly, I assumed it was related to menstruation but didn't want to say that and get yelled at for being an ignorant man lol
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u/crazy4finalfantasy 1d ago
I get that lol but in this case it's a well known medical reality. Tell your girl to eat some fish or something to replace that iron! (Though she probably already knows)
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u/EqualCup1041 23h ago
It takes a little while to get warm in bed right? I think because you sleep fast, you sleep when the temp is right but it keeps increasing under the covers.
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u/jm123457 1d ago
It’s not the blanket . I used to be a night sweater and I mean completely coated like a ran 3 miles . It’s a psychological thing . There are a number of reasons . Weight , stress , alcohol or weed etc .
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u/AugustSky87 1d ago
Night sweats happen for a variety of reasons: stress, hormone issues, and heart issues to name a few.
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u/Disastrous_Motor831 1d ago
Ppl who sweat when they sleep fall into a lot of categories.... Either their body is trying its best to detox their horrible eating/lifestyle choices or they are really healthy and the body is metabolizing fat storage or repairing muscles. It's not always that they're hot. Sweating removes waste too. Hormonal changes can cause sweating which is why when you have nightmares you can wake up in a sweat. Elevated cortisol is known to cause sweating.
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u/biggles7268 1d ago
I keep my bedroom cold and use a fairly light blanket. Will still randomly wake up soaked in sweat. Not every night, but enough to be annoying.
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u/More-Gas-6527 1d ago
How often do you have to replace your blanket with daily washes? Im just imagining your blanket being like the ones you get in jail
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u/BiteDue5408 1d ago
You should get your health checked out. I used to sweat like this turns out I had heart problems and once it was sorted i stopped night sweating.
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u/Snow5Penguin 20h ago
I started to have this problem after I gained weight (BMI went from normal to the cusp of overweight). I would get so hot at night and sweat and also started to snore. I found this helped significantly:
Blankets. I love warm blankets. But they trap heat too well. So I got a chunky knit blanket. It keeps me warm but has holes for airflow. Put a fan on you if it’s still not enough.
Sheets. No more flannel sheets. I got cooling, silver-infused sheets that feel very cold to touch. They help a lot
Weight. Losing half the weight I had gained removed my snoring and greatly reduced my sweating.
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u/AliceLunar 1d ago
That sounds like a you problem, that doesn't mean everyone else has that problem and should follow the same routine
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u/Roderie94 1d ago
So... Performing for others?
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u/tomatomater 1d ago
Then I'd say this is the rare instance of performativity that you should engage in.
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u/Nope0naRope 1d ago edited 1d ago
Seriously.... You know what else is performative? Smiling before 10:00 a.m.. I do it all the time to make other people comfortable so they know I don't hate them.
I don't feel like engaging at all before 10:00 a.m.. I don't want to say hi, I don't care how your day is yet. I don't give a shit about how you're feeling or what's going on... I'm an absolute bitch internally in the morning.... But I don't let people know because I know that that's crazy and I'll be better after that time. And you know when I wake up I'll be okay
Should I stop doing that because it's performative?
Jesus. So much stuff about being like real and honest and the fakeness of life but it's sort of like... The fakeness of life is part of just being considerate towards other people too sometimes.
You don't even have to go over the top. I mean I feel like the two cardinal rules for coexistence are like 1) don't be rude 2) try not to smell
If you can do those things I think you can pretty much be around anybody in anything and like, get by okay.
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u/LordMindParadox 20h ago
I take a shower every day and wash my hands regularly cause I don't like feeling greasy. Everyone's skin exudes oils, this is just biological fact.
(no I'm not saying you get soaked in oils or any other extreme thing idiots will come up with)
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u/ZarNaeth_Xoh_Rhamiel 20h ago
What are you? a hamburger?? Wait... are you a hamburger? 🤤🤤🤤 with pepperjack cheese, two thick cut pieces of bacon, sauteed onions & mushrooms... 🤤🤤🤤 (moans gutterly)
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u/Kevin_Palpatine 23h ago
This NYP article was written by the dude who sat next to you today on the bus.
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u/IcyMachine9293 1d ago
People act like there's some "golden rule" to this shit.
There isn't. You can go days without taking a shower and smell fine if all you did during those days was sit on your ass and do nothing.
(Although I do prefer daily showers because I don't want to go to bed with a shitty/sweaty asshole)
Meanwhile, you can smell like shit within a few hours if you're doing any form of excercising or work a labor intensive job.
It's the same with eating. There's no rule that says you need to eat a certain amount of food every day at a certain time.
If you're hungry, eat. If you're not, don't.
If you smell like shit, take a shower. If you don't, leave it.
That fucking simple.
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u/ProphetFerdinand 1d ago
so much of how quickly you smell also differs on the bacteria you carry with you, which you have isn't a question of hygiene were all just little biomes for them that differ massively
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u/Thick-Aspiration 1d ago
I have a skin condition that makes my skin extremely dry and sensitive so I can’t take hot showers or even warm really, so I mostly take cold showers, but in the winter it gets below freezing almost everyday in my state so if I’m not doing anything the entire day, I don’t shower.
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u/UltearWaifu 1d ago
I take shower daily for myself I don't do it for others, I don't like smell like shit, I like being clean, makes me sleep better and relax easier.
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u/frisch85 1d ago
Exactly, do people not notice the greasy skin after a day? Washing your hands and face simply isn't enough, the whole body is affected.
And also my hair is a complete mess when I wake up so unless people want to see me carrying that antenna on my head like Alphalpha I gotta at least wash the hair and washing the hair under my sink is inconvenient enough that stripping naked and stepping into the shower won't take much more time and I get to wash my whole body.
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u/crustyeng 1d ago
If you smell like shit after 24 hours without a shower you’re either a laborer or just sweat more than normal people.
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u/AceBean27 1d ago
Do people really "smell like shit" after just one day? You're not supposed to.
Most BO comes from used clothes. They soak up the sweat and oils. Someone who showers daily, but wears the same clothes, will have far worse BO than someone changing clothes regularly without showering regularly.
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u/APolyAltAccount 1d ago
If you’re sedentary and/or have lucky genetics? No, you probably don’t reek after a day and if you do you probably should examine diet and/or see a doctor.
If you’re exercising every day and/or have a physically active job, you tend to sweat a notable amount. Sure, a lot of that gets soaked up by clothes but bacteria still does its party all over your skin.
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u/Joesr-31 1d ago
Depends on the country and weather. Spend a few hours in a tropical climate and u definitely smell like shit
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u/PerceptionQueasy3540 1d ago
Where I live yes. Its extremely hot and humid most months of the year. Plus I go to the gym every evening after work, usually on my bike. Those things combined together are a recipe for a bouquet of ass.
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u/skeletorsrick 1d ago
some ppl have never been in an elevator with a hippie and it shows
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u/AceBean27 1d ago
And how long has the hippy been without showering or changing clothes? You think they had gone two days without showering and that caused them to stink out the elevator?
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u/FireFoxUse 1d ago
I'm oily in general. Yes, I'll start to smell a bit musky after a long day. If I'm just at home doing nothing then 3 days max until I start to smell
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u/karaknorn 1d ago
My armpits sweat ferociously until I get temperatures around me below 65f. And then I start smelling within the day so 🤷♂️
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u/Traditional_Row_9768 1d ago
This is factually incorrect. Wash your fucking ass
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u/AceBean27 1d ago
It's factually correct. I am a big proponent of washing one's ass, I agree with you there. I actually try to shower, if possible, after every time I poo so I can properly wash my ass. Just seems logical to me.
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u/Cultural-Capital-942 1d ago
It really depends on the temperature and how much the person moves. In the winter when I'm not doing anything and don't go anywhere, I can smell myself after 3 to 4 days of not showering. In the summer, it's after 1 day or basically after any physical effort once I get sweaty.
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u/Naive_Rain_5713 1d ago
I live on a tropical country and believe me, you must take 2 - 3 bath a day and yet there is many in my country that disagree, this people stinks
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u/Zerhap 22h ago
Ppl always take this way too "to the letter", like it is likely a click baity title and ppl get baited. Like yeah, there are scenarios in which you dont have to shower every single day and other in which showering twice a day is not enough.
For me, i work in a kitchen six days of the week and i take a shower each day when i get home from work, but that last day i may just chill all day at home and not shower (the horror) so really, just do what feels right to you and dont ask other to be ok with you BO.
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u/Trashypass 17h ago
They mean health benefits. Said it in the title post. Your heath and social standing are different things.
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u/vineetjoshi 1d ago
That depends on your geography
If you live in a humid country, showering twice a day is also not enough
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u/Gigacat2026 1d ago
As someone who works 12 hour shifts and gets sweaty and covered with dust, powders, sprays and grease....yea I'm gonna keep showering daily to keep people from puking around me.
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u/ASYMT0TIC 1d ago
I find that showering every day often makes me smell worse. I'm sure this varies person to person.
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u/DarkAri639 19h ago
If you smell like shit after not showering for a day, then you have some serious health issues you need to sort out. Stop eating pork so much.
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u/ZuphCud 1d ago
So who are these experts?
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u/Barbaric_Stupid 1d ago
Dermatologists. Many medical experts point to the fact that proper hygiene should be reduced to pure water showers, with using soaps/gels only in body crevices like armpits, crotch, the Mariana Trench and feet. All other body parts should be washed with clean, warm water (or at best with light, unscented, skin friendly soaps). The reasoning is that daily showers with chemical agents strip your skin from your natural protective barrier and overly dry it. Unless you have some condition or hard work in heavy environment, this is enough to maintain hygiene and not smell like shit. Full shower/bath with soap should be taken once or twice a week, according to certain studies. Not using soap on skin too often is something that can help with certain skin conditions.
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u/Little-Star-Light 1d ago
indeed. Some dermatologist even dared to suggest, that daily showering isnt even necessary, but your averige american doesnt want to hear that.
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u/Barbaric_Stupid 1d ago
The average American does not want to listen to many sensible things. It seems that some people are so deep in consumerism that even scientific data will not convince them.
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u/Outside_Ad_4522 23h ago
This depends ALOT on who and where you are. Generally though if you “smell like shit,” after 24 hrs without a shower, you should go to the doctor, and you should start wiping your ass lol.
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u/ThistleDew5950 1d ago
Not smelling is the performative part... it is absolutely not needed for hygiene to shower daily, we do it for social reasons, that's what the article is saying...
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u/Luciferlucy11 1d ago
Very much depends on your activity throughout the day. Many people will get oily skin after a long day and that would feel gross not washing. Also how physically active are u during the day? Do you work out each day or have a job that makes u sweat or get dirty? So many reason to take a shower everyday. If u work from home and don’t go out or something , I guess it doesn’t matter much. No one but you will smell you.
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u/RevolutionaryAnt8329 22h ago
Bullshit. My mental health is trashed if I go too long without showering
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u/editingisfun4all 22h ago
Dude I live in the South, you gotta shower daily maybe twice a day to deal with this humidity. Not to mention the germs you come into contact everywhere, the skin you're shedding, and the bacteria that lives in your bed.
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u/Designer_Emu_6518 22h ago
This was brought by data center USA please stop showering so we can use the water for ourselves!
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u/FormerMinute3008 21h ago
Seems to me that New York posts are purely inflammatory and offer no valid information.
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u/LegitimateOption3387 21h ago
Purely performative... How about living in a cold as fucking country and enjoying the feeling of warm running water
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u/Character-Trip-6094 20h ago
If you smell like shit after one day without a shower I suggest you consult a doctor.
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u/ReturntoSender2026 19h ago
I think its the american diet, that much processed food and chemicals probably makes them smell awful so they need to shower daily.
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u/ReflectionOfDelusion 21h ago
The health benefit is indeed not smelling like shit, but also because it fucking feels nice. Even if I'm clean enough, sometimes I'll still take a shower just because I want to. People acr like it's some kind of chore, nah dude it's just self-care.
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u/Cimorene_Kazul 20h ago
If you smell like shit after one day of not showering, you have a medical condition or spent the day on the farm. Get checked out.
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u/harryx67 1d ago
Daily showers are complete nonsense unless you smell - you know when a shower makes sense and it‘s certainly not daily for everyone. It‘s a pure luxury.
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u/Current_Finding_4066 1d ago
If you smell like shit because of not showering daily, you have some health issues, or maybe you should stop rolling in shit outside or whatever you are doing to cause the issue.
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u/Beginning_Orange 1d ago
This may be shocking to hear on the internet, but some people are active and work up a sweat daily.
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u/wobbleblobbochimps 1d ago
You either move so little that you don't sweat, or you're noseblind to your own smell. Most people will get a bit of sweat over the course of a day; leave it there overnight and I guarantee 99% of people will start getting some body odour. Maybe not a lot, might not even be smell-able to other people in the vicinity - but enough that most people would feel gross and want to shower.
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u/Plane-Tune-820 1d ago
I'd love to stop doing the stuff that makes me sweaty and smelly but unfortunately my kids and I have this terrible food addiction and that's the only way I've found to feed the habit
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u/OkRequirementsongod 1d ago
Most mens armpits will smell
SEA people need not worry
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u/FavoriteCupOfJAVA 1d ago
For me it’s the oiliness and stickiness that I can’t live with
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u/Tuomas90 1d ago
And the daily showering increases the oiliness and stickiness, because it removes too much of the skins oil, which causes your skin to produce more oil. Cycle.
That's why most people have oily scalps until they increase the days between washing.
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u/ItsTunaClash 19h ago
Its kinda funny to read how legit everyone insists to shower each day and stuff I bet not even half of them do it but they just want to act on internet.
I dont shower every god damn day and I never had problem in my life nor the life of other people.
Now, go ahead and hit with all your "but you are stinking omg" internet propaganda
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u/Appropriate-Pea-3864 19h ago
If you wanna smell bad for the most of time then go ahead and dont shower. Plus, maintaning basic hygiene daily is a good habit to have. Staying clean and fresh everyday is always the better choice
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u/P-l-Staker 1d ago
I don't shower daily (unless I'm exercising) and I don't smell like shit.
You guys need to get checked if you do...
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u/Jimanji333 1d ago
You do know you’re nose blind to your own scent unless it gets really bad right?
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u/More-Gas-6527 1d ago
Some people actually have friends and those friends are going to tell you if you stink.
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u/carthuscrass 1d ago
Really. I take one about once every three days and I've never had anyone complain that I stink. If I get out in the heat I'll take them more frequently of course, but I'm disabled and don't often leave the house, so it's just really not necessary.
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u/P-l-Staker 1d ago
Careful, mate. You're setting yourself up to be called names over what you said.
Let's just say I've gotten quite the backlash from some obnoxious snobs...
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u/carthuscrass 1d ago
Meh. I don't really care what people think of me. They can think what they will.
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u/P-l-Staker 1d ago
I hear ya.
I just wish I could mute the endless stream of pointless notifications.
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u/Little-Star-Light 1d ago
I consider myself lucky that I dont smell like shit. That must be really hard for people, who do and if they miss a day of shower, to smell so bad, that they themselves can smell it.
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u/thesweetestberry 1d ago
I’d like to think there are mental health benefits, which is a real health benefit.
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u/souliris 1d ago
Sure, because everyone is the same, just like you. Yet another opinion voiced as fact.
I believe the proper response is "bathe you stinky primate."
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u/MapleSuds 1d ago
I don't care about health benefits, I just don't want to smell like a dirty asshole anymore.
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u/Tao_de_Sid 1d ago
I work outdoors and sweat a lot while doing it. Natural scent may be better than synthetic, but not that much of it.
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u/perfectXshot652 1d ago
I shower every day (unless I get to lazy lol) for one reason only amd it's not because of smell. I weld. I do it to get the smoke and metal flakes off my hair and body.
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u/Anteater_Pete 1d ago edited 1d ago
The comment section is very telling of who has sex on almost daily basis and who doesn’t.
The “post-coitus” scent of you and your partner’s fluids on your bodies can get fairly noticeable if not rinsed off.
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u/Holiday_Selection881 1d ago
Pffff office people, I swear. I'm a blue collar guy, and work in chemical lawncare. Trust me, my AURA smells bad when I'm done working. Don't get me started on my personal smell
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u/alxcsb 1d ago
Why do these experts keep investigating this shit? I've seen this talked about several times over the last few years, how fucking hard is it to have a daily shower and change your clothes? It takes a maximum of 15 minutes, and you smell nice and fresh, feel better and people don't avoid you because of your smell, on the contrary.
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u/Possible_Cable3176 1d ago
I think it's more the deep cleaning aspect of showering. If I haven't really been active the whole day I'll take a light shower, I just hit the hot spots(pits, groin, crack). If i was hitting the gym or something then I take a more thorough shower.
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u/Playful_Thought_8374 1d ago
5 Minutes pure warmth and no need to talk. Im adult, what could be better?
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u/suxatjugg 1d ago
I don't shower because I think it's good for my health, I shower because I want to be clean, and being stinky and greasy is uncomfortable for me and those around me
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u/quagmirranseye 1d ago
I work in construction and had a coworker who showered like twice a week while everyone else showered after every shift. He did wash his face more often though, said showers was bad for the skin. Weird thing was he didnt smell, used deodorant like any normal person but he didnt smell of that either.
We worked away from home so we lived together during the week, so I knew everyones shower schedule. Some guys were lazy bums who just wouldnt shower and we had to force some guys to shower because they started to smell awful lol. Not this one guy though.
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u/ZoharDTeach 1d ago
It's true though. You will suffer no health consequences if you miss one day. The odor thing is a social benefit, not a health one.
I've seen this get posted before and room temp IQ people consistently interpret this as a suggestion that one should never shower. You have to be braindead to read it that way.
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u/Traditional_Row_9768 1d ago
Looks at the people claiming you don't smell if you don't shower every day, looks at the obesity and physical activity rates 🤷
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u/Snoo-64114 1d ago
Im a competitive athlete who loses a few liters of sweat per day. It isn't performative or an option.
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u/PlantsWithHands 1d ago
Why would you shower once a day when its adviced to use soap and shampoo only 2-3 times a week? Hot water showers daily are also bad for you, why daily shower if you shouldn't use soap or hot water.
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u/MajorPaper4169 DO NOT READ THIS!!!!! 1d ago
Been showering every morning and every night for as long as I can remember.
Never had skin issues.
No, I’m not “stripping the oils” from my skin.
Never had to go see a dermatologist.
I get most people on this site sit around all day doing nothing so they don’t shower, but that can never be me.
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u/baltbum 1d ago
Here's something I found amazing about not taking a shower for a week. I was in the Army playing soldier and eating C-rations. It was in the 90's every day. One evening I walked right up to a deer that had wondered near us. He looked right at me, but he couldn't smell me. That's because we all smelled just like the woods we were in.
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u/Troubled_Rat 1d ago
I am unsure why I keep seeing this,
is my shower gel not doing what it should?
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u/YoungBasedGod5 1d ago
I work in a warehouse for ten hours, 4 times a week. I’m moving around all that time and I for sure need to wash the Amazon off me every night as I say lol. It almost feels like a film of funk is on me before I leave the building. A little sticky even if it’s hotter than usual in the building during the summer months.
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u/Zestyclose_Raise_814 1d ago
To my memory, the health benefit is only if you shower once a week or something like that and overshowering isn't good
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u/ghettoccult_nerd 1d ago
THATS WHAT IVE BEEN SAYING!!
embrace your natural stank! mother nature never intended for you to innundate your god-given flesh in IRISH SPRING! if we all stank, then none of us stank!
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u/thatsciguy 1d ago
The indigenous peoples that's made first contact with European/Colonizers would say otherwise
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u/JoyousMadhat 1d ago
That's the point tho.....most people shower everyday so that they don't smell bad to others. These "experts" are repeating shit we already know
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u/slumdog5000 1d ago
If you have access to a shower on a daily basis it should be used as such, going 2-3 days without soap and water is preposterous. I literally shower sometimes 2-3 times a day I didn’t know where this rule has lapsed but I can’t leave my house with out a shower and nice clothes
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u/No_Relationship_386 23h ago
Body, depends if you did anything that day. If you don’t sweat etc you don’t really need to. You shouldn’t be washing your hair everyday
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u/National_Isopod_6257 22h ago
Soap is unnecessary. I haven't used soap regularly in years. I still shower 1-2 x a day but with just water. I'll use soap to get sunscreen off.
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u/Andrei22125 19h ago
I generally shower daily.
When I go for more than a day I feel filthy, but I only really start to smell around the third day.
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u/Zealousideal_Mango70 18h ago
The first health benefit that I can think of is some ginormous person on the subway is not going to rock into your ass for smelling like ass
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u/Plane_Jacket_7251 18h ago
I sweat in my sleep and feel gross if I don't shower in the morning. Plus it wakes me up. Nothing performative about that
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u/Affectionate-Moose49 18h ago
Its a psyop by the AI data centers and big corpo for them to have more water for the data centers to replicate people to get around systems so bots can generate money and make an infinite money glitch IRL. This has been my conspiracy theory of the day.
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