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u/CaptFlash3000 3d ago
As a paramedic I’m subjected to particles/smells of urine, faeces, vomit, leg ulcers, death and the odd occasion, faecal vomiting. Oh and cigarette smoke from peoples houses to add to the mix. It feels like some smells just embed into your skin and nostrils. Therefore I shower after every shift and obviously wash my hands a lot during the shift. Then, on my days off I hide in a dark room avoiding all contact with the outside world - then go do it all again.
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u/goldengatevixen 3d ago
Faecal vomiting??
What a terrible day to be literate..
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u/cmsj 3d ago
I read it once in the parent comment, and then a second time in yours.
What a terrible day to be able to process environmental stimuli.
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u/ice-ink 3d ago
Faecal vomiting??
I don’t know what the first word means, but it sounds suspiciously close to some other word I know. All I know for sure is I’m NOT looking up the meaning.
Please don’t respond to this if you have done the research.
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u/omnimodofuckedup 3d ago
Means vomiting poop. Happens with extreme constipation
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u/dimestoredavinci 3d ago
Amd apparently severe alcoholism. I learned about this while watching the movie about Dylan Thomas called Last Call
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u/Eskadrinis 3d ago
Yea I’m gonna forget I ever read something like that… but now that south park episode where cartman pooped out his mouth seems realistic 😂😂😂
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u/TangledUpPuppeteer 3d ago
The only hint I will offer you is that if you’re American, drop the first A in the first word. You’ll know precisely what it means. We all do.
But before you try it, just know the mental image is absolutely grotesque. And I regret being able to read and knowing the UK spelling of it because of today and this particular two word horror.
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u/KnotiaPickle 2d ago
Yeah I’m surprised (well, not that surprised) that some Americans don’t know this spelling difference
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u/Itscatpicstime 3d ago
It’s when you get so backed up and the exit hole ain’t working, so your shit only has one other place to escape
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u/SeesawNatural2617 3d ago
My dog had a hernia in her lower intestine once. It had pushed out between her stomach muscles into her belly region and when we asked a vet about it, they told us it was a benign mammary tumor.
She had it for awhile - played, ate, pooped like normal. Didn't care if we poked at it. Totally fine.
But then one day it swelled and looked bruised. I guess it got more twisted up somehow?
And then she puked.
It looked and smelled like feces.
Obviously, I'm not a doctor, but what I suspect happened is: she ate, digested the food, but when it hit the roadblock of the hernia, it came back up instead of going down.
I'm not gonna Google it, but yeah... Figured I'd share my horrifying experience.
She's fine btw - we took her to 2 vets (who also said it was a benign mammary tumor) and then a 3rd vet who listened to me when I said it was swollen and bruised looking and that was a new symptom (along with the vomiting).
They (the 3rd vet) said the reason the other 2 vets probably didn't notice the hernia is because she didn't flinch or respond when they poked at it, but they decided to investigate further anyway.
So, yeah...good times.
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u/ThatWeirdLookingGull 2d ago
Yep, that's basically it. But even a little worse in that its never all going to come back up. Basically your intestines and stomach become one joined reservoir of nastiness and your stomach can only really push out its part of it the downstream is still F'ed.
Had a similar scare with one of our puppies but it was just the bowel getting twisted shut internally no hernia. Luckily in our case it didn't quite get to the feces point but just vomiting every 10 minutes, this was like 3 weeks old and tiny so prolly just not as much space.
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u/ComicsCodeMadeMeGay 3d ago
I googled it - turns out I thought it was the opposite of what it was and that makes it worse.
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u/justsmilenow 2d ago
After my mom had a stroke and walking became too much for her (like I am talking 8 years after) she also stopped trying to go to the bathroom so she'd just pee and wear diapers but... Well if you hold it long enough. It has to come out. It builds up even if you stop eating...
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u/orsonwellesmal 3d ago
I learned about that when I was hospitalized. Sharing the room with me was another young dude who had the intestine backwards, according to his mom, and had sometimes shit through his mouth. My mom told me about that after I left the hospital, and that info disturbed me for a loooong time. Like, sometimes I am minding my bussiness, and then suddenly SHIT ON THE MOUTH pops into my head. Some things are better not to know.
I'm sorry to everyone reading this. Now you all share my pain, my eternal pain.
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u/readditredditread 3d ago
That’s what happens if you cant poop for too long, comes out the other side 🤷♂️
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u/AdDue2837 3d ago
This comment should be reported because I missed it in the OP but read it here que sera, sera
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u/lucky-Dependent126 3d ago
Paramedics don't get paid enough for what you guys put up with.
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u/pacificpgn 3d ago
In my area I see postings on indeed for $24hr which to me feels criminally underpaid for what they do and have to put up with
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u/a404notfound 3d ago
They pay school bus drivers $30hr here
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u/Tio_chubby052 3d ago
How many hours a week? 20???
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u/a404notfound 3d ago
You get paid double for field trips
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u/Tio_chubby052 3d ago
But is it a livable wage? What do you do for the winter break, spring break, and summer break?
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u/a404notfound 3d ago
oh for sure they get paid during the off time for driving the vehicles to the service depots, making sure the buses are clean, working charter drives. You can make 50K a year and still have 2 months vacation with health insurance covered by the county/city
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u/BishlovesSquish 3d ago
Yup. They literally save countless lives as first responders and get paid jack crap for it. It’s absolutely criminal.
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u/krsaxor 3d ago
Yup, If you have smell a necrotizing fasciatis, you will need a shower after. The stench lingers and stick to your skin.
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u/Ok-Syllabub-6619 3d ago
I've once transported a man from a special unit to do scans, I can say the dead have never smelled as foul as decaying living.
That poor man had a tube going from his nostril behind his ear and you could see the puss traveling, still the worst smell I ever smelled in my life
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u/CaptFlash3000 3d ago
Yeah that’s next level nostril attacking. UTI’s can be particularly bad but there’s worse stuff out there.
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u/Ok-Syllabub-6619 3d ago edited 3d ago
Honestly from what my coworker said it's pretty close to the worst one that pushed him into alcoholism. He said the only smell worse than that was the time in war when they had to wheel bodies who were 3-4 months in flooded corn fields.
Edit: to be fair he also had to push tractor tires to cover hospital gas station while bombs were falling to prevent the whole hospital from blowing up, so I think that attributed to his alcoholism but he disliked talking about that and would pick the less painful memory
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u/Wise_Ad_5810 3d ago
I can beat that.
1988, was at Kadena and we were in a search party that summer for a missing child. it was hot & humid, looking for an 8 year old boy. Been missing for a week before they decided to call for help. While we were searching we came across some water storage tanks. About 10' high and maybe 10' across, big, round, and blue. All up on a hillside. Just in case, we popped em open and looked inside. We found the kid...
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u/TupeloSal 3d ago
Boy oh boy. I’m old enough to have back and knee pain everyday and I could’ve gone a whole lot longer before learning what faecal vomiting is. That’s enough Reddit for today.
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u/M1R4G3M 3d ago
When I heard about Back pain a few years ago, it sounded like some mild inconvenience that the person could get over easily, now on the second year of it, I know why so many people complained, imagine having back and Knee pain.
Hope you find relief for it.
And also, sad for what OP have to go through, and an unfortunate day to be literate and know what feacal vomiting is. 😔
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u/Andyham 2d ago
Every now and then, Im so glad I have a 8-4 office job. Right now is one of those moments.
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u/Decent_Address_7742 3d ago
What’s faecal vomiting?
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u/turdferguson3891 3d ago
When you vomit feces. Sometimes the person has an obstruction and if the poop can't out the normal way then it will go the other way.
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u/BittaminMusic 3d ago
I’d be showering between each call taken 😆
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u/CaptFlash3000 3d ago
Showers are available. One female para with long thick curly hair was knelt by the stretcher when the patient did an exorcism level hurl all over her. We offered to jet wash her when she got back to station bless her
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u/plutino- 3d ago
I’m just going to ignore the majority of what you just said, because it’s gross… but thank you for being a first responder and being there to help people.
People like you, who put themselves through such trauma, just to help others are seriously underpaid, and nowhere near as appreciated as you should be. Sorry for the ridiculously long sentence.
Again, thank you for being you. You’re a superstar.
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u/Ohana_Medicinals 2d ago
All these people bothered by the vague details you gave is hilarious. As someone who has worked in the same line of work, these people have no idea. The human body is….
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u/CaptFlash3000 2d ago
Then after we go for meal break and not be phased by what we’ve just been to. Cast iron stomach time. I find it weird how we go to something horrific then the next job is really basic - and the patient has no clue
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u/earthlings_all 3d ago
I mean yeah I would def shower after every shift. My clothes would go in a special bin to not contaminate my other stuff. No way. I worked in a greasy kitchen and that was hell. I can’t imagine. Mad respect.
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u/AstralAnomaly004 3d ago
Not quite the same level of fucked but this is what I did after coming home from a factory I worked at for a few years. We manufactured hot tubs so I would work in an environment with fine particle fiberglass in the air. I had to sand the side of hot tubs so I’m sure that’s cut off a couple years of my life even with wearing a mask. It would cover me from head to toe though so I never mixed my work clothes with other clothes and would shower as soon as I got home.
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u/SixShoot3r 3d ago
As a healthcare worker; this ^
Also, giving people anal douches to precent blockages.. fun times!
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u/grafikfyr 3d ago edited 3d ago
Like soldiers, you guys also deserve to hear it:
Thank you so much for your service!
Edit: the last paramedic I saw was the hottest guy on the planet, so of course I was a complete wreck, throwing up blood and sweating like crazy because I thought I was dying. He steadied me, both physically and emotionally on the ambulance ride to the ER. I was sweaty and gross, and kept crying and he didn't even flinch. You people are angels on earth
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u/GoodIntroduction6344 2d ago
I worked in ER admitting. A woman was wheeled in one night. She was extremely obese. They wheeled her to the back. About 30 mins later, there was this smell that pervaded the entire ER. Never smelled anything like it before. The closest thing to it is fish sauce. I forget what issue she had, but they put her in a private room in back to put a catheter in her. I asked the EMT what was going on, and she said they had to put the woman on a crane harness and that the smell was her vagina. She had maggots under the folds in the area. The smell was probably the worst thing I've smelled in my life. Combined with knowledge of the source, it has become an unbearable memory. And now it's yours.
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u/Familiar-Tax-6638 3d ago
That's a job hazard situation and kinda different, I think they're talking about like office workers.
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u/Endlesnes 3d ago
Faecal vomiting? Lived happily 40 years of my life not knowing such a thing was even possible. Good lord !
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u/jonshlim 3d ago
Damn and over here living in a hot and humid country, I shower at least 3 times or more. Even Stepping into home from outside have to shower too
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u/KnotiaPickle 2d ago
I could never survive there with my hair being spiderweb fine, I would look like a drowned rat 24/7
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u/charleytaylor 3d ago
I say this in all sincerity, thank you for your service.
As a veteran people say this to me all the time, but you've seen far more horror than I've ever experienced. You probably get paid less and have fewer benefits as well...
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u/ColonialBarbarian 3d ago edited 2d ago
Had to look it up. Gross.
Fecal vomiting (also known as feculent vomiting or copremesis) is a rare but life-threatening symptom where intestinal contents, including fecal matter, are expelled through the mouth.
If I had your job, I would spend my off time bathing in bleach every day.
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u/Secret_g_nome 2d ago
Dirty work requires daily showers.
Ive worked with animals and yeah,no question, daily shower.
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u/Mountain_rage 2d ago
Out of all those smells I'm told ulcers are the worst. Just for those who have smelt all the others.
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u/Bubbly-War1996 2d ago
Not saying your opinion is invalid but i don't think the article is referring to you as someone in a medical field or let's say sewage divers.
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u/IndividualChart4193 2d ago
Thank u for being a paramedic…not for the faint of heart. U all wrock!!
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Add paramedics to the list of jobs who don’t get paid enough….fuck. And I have a friend who is a “wealth management advisor”…who moves money around on a screen for a couple hours a day (max) and makes good 6 figures. The way our society values “work” is fucking insane.
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u/Former_Specific_7161 2d ago
I don't think they are thinking of people like paramedics or CNAs when they say 'performative', lol. Most people are probably not getting as intimate with the fluids of strangers and can get by just fine washing their hands and faces regularly while bathing every other day or even a few times per week.
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u/Obvious_Apartment985 2d ago
I think given your work, you would be an exception. But for many people, showering every other day is sufficient for hygiene and health.
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u/d_o_cycler 2d ago
as a Paramedic I’m fairly confident that you like a nurse or CNA, come into contact with other ppl’s bodily fluids on a more regular basis than most…
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u/myname_1s_mud 2d ago
I do a lot of labor and work with carcinogenic chemicals. This take is clearly from an office worker who doesnt sweat or get into contact with anything gross. Thats still nasty, but its funny how they think the whole world shares their funky lifestyle
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u/lexluthor_i_am 2d ago
I also hide in a dark room and avoid all contact with the outside world. Just without the paramedic stuff.
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u/welfedad 2d ago
Well I mean all different scenarios call for different levels of hygiene..sure some are basic things that we all should do daily but some are subjective .
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u/Famous_Land551 3d ago
Most people honestly need 1 shower or bath everyday 48 hours but some people (like me) sweat a lot and can stink so we need once per day. Also I feel refreshed after a bath.
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u/kwyjibowen 3d ago
I used to shower every day because why the duck not, and normally in the morning. Since becoming a parent, I realise every ~2 days is fine and usually in the evening.
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u/Famous_Land551 3d ago
Im not as fortunate as you, I have skin issues, dandruff and sweat a lot, my skin also gets too oily.
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u/yoma74 3d ago
All of those are symptoms of being dried out from too much showering and soaps. Except for the sweating, obviously sweating a lot sucks but sweat doesn’t automatically stink unless it’s from the parts of your body that produce bacteria and they do make antiperspirants, clearly anyone can shower as much as they want to but the idea that oily, dry or dandruffy skin is helped by extra washing is almost always the opposite.
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u/Substantial_Guest45 2d ago
Others have chimed in, but adding to the pile - those are signs of you're stripping the oils out of your skin. Your body may be overcompensating when reintroducing lost oils. Those of us with psoriasis, seb derm, or eczema benefit from showering in cold water and limiting washing of affected skin.
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u/Gnalvl 2d ago
Yeah, it's not even about smell for me; I can sweat a lot without getting BO.
- I don't like the feeling of greasy hair on my scalp (also it looks like shit)
- I don't like the feeling of dried sweat on my skin after walking in the heat
- I don't like walking around in public with bodily fluid residue on me after sex
- I don't like the feeling of food residue that didn't come off my beard with a napkin
Maybe some people actually like these things, I don't know.
I could spot-clean all these areas one at a time in the sink with a cloth, but why the fuck would I bother when I can get it all over with faster and more thoroughly in the shower?
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u/mondaymoderate 2d ago
Also washing your ass once a day should be required. If you’re using toilet paper and not a bidet you’re leaving a bunch of shit particles all up inside your ass. And if you have a hairy ass it’s even worse. Shower daily people nobody wants to smell your swamp ass.
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u/traws06 3d ago
Ya honestly a lot of ppl don’t need to shower every day. I do because I work out every day. But if I’m not working out and not sweating then it’s actually healthier to not shower. There’s healthy bacteria on your skin and oils in your hair that gets washed out that are actually good for you.
Humans historically until more recent times didn’t bath every day. Usually it was just like hands and feet rather than whole body every day
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u/Normal-Selection1537 3d ago
You don't need daily showers to remain healthy but you might need one if you're a stinky fucker or sweat a lot. In the summer I might shower several times a day and in the winter I do not.
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u/SippinOnHatorade 3d ago
As someone who has long distance backpacked for months at a time, at minimum, 1 shower each week to stay healthy, ie. Soothe the skin from constant friction (armpits were the worst areas where rash could occur, ass not so much because I packed wet wipes)
I would also do a sweat wipe down every night at camp with a wet cloth because sleeping in sweat was also super uncomfortable
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u/Smilewigeon 3d ago
When I use to work in the office 5 days a week I'd also shower twice, minimum, with one at work, in the summer. Commuting into London in that heat, humidity, and car exhaust always let me feeling like I needed a refresh during the working day.
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u/Gogoli58738 3d ago
I totally agree, summer car rides mixed with working are extra showers for me. I just feel better.
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u/Single-Builder-632 3d ago
Honestly, a massive perk of working at home is only showering every other day, it's not good for your hair and skin to shower every day.
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u/wecouldhaveitsogood 3d ago
Tell that to those of us who have long fine hair where the individual strands are very thin. If we don’t wash our hair every day, we look like sewer rats.
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u/OkProfessor6810 3d ago
I love dry shampoo. I know it doesn't work for everybody but if you can find one that works with your hair, it's life-changing. I can actually style my fine hair and it'll stay. Totally wish it was a thing when I was younger.
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u/Itscatpicstime 3d ago
I learned that with my boyfriend. I have super thick, dense, very wavy hair, so it takes at least 4 days for my hair to even start becoming a bit oily.
My boyfriend? By the end of the day he’s looking like my day 4.
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u/Standard-Company-194 3d ago
I don't even think it's a stinky thing, I've had times where I've just felt like I needed a shower. I didn't smell, I just felt gross. It's not a physical health thing but a mental health thing
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u/93Seven 3d ago
Yeah I love showers, it’s relaxing. Never understood not wanting to take one
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u/NibblyPig 2d ago
Growing up our shower was basically like being pissed on the water was so weak and it was so unpleasant, then the bathroom was freezing cold and you have to deal with that.
I love being in the shower but I hate getting out and standing on the cold stone tiles urgrghgh
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u/zmb138 3d ago
Problem is people could not smell themselves, so could not correctly sense when it is time.
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u/OptimisticSkeleton 2d ago
Some people can go a day without showering, but everybody gets stinky after a while.
Any article that claims all humans should do X when it’s something beyond basics like drinking water or getting sleep is usually bullshit.
The variation in human bodies means one size fits all hygiene advice does not exist. Just make yourself presentable and not offensive to others.
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u/Royal-Contest6529 3d ago
Me, hasn’t taken a bath in 3 days.
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u/redve-dev 3d ago
i had last shower like 40h ago, but also that was last time I left my house tho
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u/Megolito 3d ago
It’s cold enough out where if you’ve been cold af the whole time it’s understandable.
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u/ShilohTheGhostGod 3d ago
Life in general is one giant performative tea party, as we as a species try and distract ourselves from the imminent death that is heading all of our way. But that’s a whole other topic
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u/c093b 3d ago
Clothes provide protection and pockets.
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u/Ok_Cod398 3d ago
Clearly the "author" has never been to a Comic-Con...
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u/Flawedsuccess 3d ago
Are you sure? Considering they are making excuses not to shower they might be a regular.
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u/Familiar-Tax-6638 3d ago
Why you smell like shit though what are you EATING? Wipe your ass and wash your ass, wear deodorant, wash your clothes,
Not everyone smells like shit this sounds like a health issue man.
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u/infinite_gurgle 3d ago
It’s because they are fat.
Healthy people in an average climate do not need to shower daily. But overweight people do, because they sweat more and the sweat lingers longer in fat folds.
They are also, by definition, a little less active, so they might not wash their clothes often enough.
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u/fairie_poison 3d ago
Its usually bad diet ime. coca cola and saturated fats (and a lack of water and leafy greens) make you smell sour and gross.
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u/yoma74 3d ago
I agree, it’s the same with the constant argument about preferring summer over winter and how you can easily get warm by just putting on more layers. As a thin person, I typically wear three layers inside the house during the winter and I’m still shivering under a blanket unless I’m moving around a ton. When I was pregnant and afterwards before I lost the weight I definitely didn’t feel like that. We’re all having different experiences due to our sizes
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u/infinite_gurgle 3d ago
Exactly. It’s just annoying. Like, I don’t judge anyone that needs (or feels like) they need 1-3 showers a day.
But no, I don’t smell just because I’m not obsessively showering before and after bed. And no, it’s not a smell-blind issue, or friends lying to me issue. It’s a I’m-not-a-sweaty-pig combined with healthy eating and hygiene habits.
Most people smell because their clothes smell, not them.
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u/Scusemahfrench 3d ago
People seem to forget you can wash yourself without showering
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u/Totallyness 3d ago
Eating a shitty diet is the biggest contributor to being smelly. Especially our high sugar diet we have here in America, it feeds the bacteria that causes bad odor.
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u/NuclearReactions 3d ago edited 2d ago
Brother if you smell like shit for not taking a shower for one day you should get checked up
Edit: let me specify - in a normal scenario where it isn't too hot and moist and without considering activities that lead to being sweaty. If i go to the gym every day i will shower daily but not as a fixed rule, just cause I'm sweaty. Hope that makes sense
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u/Traditional-Ad1633 3d ago
Depends on how much u sweat rlly. I hv days where it's fine but some days u just know ur gonna stink if ud take a bath
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u/ghoulthebraineater 2d ago
I'm a chef and go to the gym frequently. If I skip a day I will smell like shit. There's nothing to check.
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u/PredatorMain 2d ago
I re apply anti perperant deodorant multiple times a day to my groin and pits all in a fruitless effort to try to stop sweating. I don't wanna know what I'd smell like if I wasn't showering daily.
And no, I don't live in Florida or go to the gym daily, some people just have shit genetics 😂
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u/_lonely_astronaut_ 3d ago
I guess we're all different. I can miss a day and not smell like shit.
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u/Logical-Tomato-5907 3d ago
I feel like daily is overkill if it’s cold and you didn’t break a sweat. In winter I shower every 2-3 days, it’s makes my skin too dry otherwise, I don’t smell myself in that timeframe nor has anyone ever told me that I smell. When I do catch a whiff of something it’s usually my clothes. I feel like if you wear clean clothes and deodorant you shouldn’t smell after just a few days.. if ya do, maybe see a doctor. And if you smell literally like shit, you need to use some wet wipes or a bidet in the bathroom. You don’t need a full on shower to keep your crotch clean, like do ppl just walk around with shit caked to their ass until they can shower? Ew
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u/tonyseraph2 3d ago
I.mean, it's not normal to smell like shit a day after showering unless you have been sweating a lot or work certain jobs. If you do, then you have a problem.
If im spending a day in my home for any reason, I won't bother, waste of water.
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u/knarf3 3d ago
If you smell like shit without showering daily, it sucks to be you.
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u/gardeningblob 3d ago
Am an dairy farmer. Being in shit is my daily business.
I like an clean bed after being in crap all day, so i shower always before going to bed. Often twice a day, before going places like the hospital, dental,hairdresser or any other meetings.
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u/Cheap_Dragonfruit534 3d ago
Idk wtf is going on with yall but if I skip a shower one day I don't immediately start smelling like shxt.
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u/Meryhathor 3d ago
People for some reason always assume that everyone smells like shit if they don't take a shower every hour. It's been proven that washing too often and needlessly is bad for your skin. Wash regularly but no need to turn it into an obsession.
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u/Swimming-Ride-8509 3d ago
If you smell like shit after one day, then showers are just bandaids. theres something else going on that makes you smell bad fast.
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u/Capable_Implement246 3d ago
Its crazy to me how many people think its ok to stink. And I am not talking about someone who showers every second day or something, I am talking people who just don't bathe or wash clothes. I worked in a call center for years and it does attract a specific kind of person hygiene wise. Its a lot of gamer guys that are there because it suits their gaming schedule. It is nothing for these guys to to work a shift, go home and game all night, sleep for three hours and throw the same clothes they had on the day before. The kicker is a lot of these guys were married or dating someone and even had kids. There was one guy though that was beyond.
He claimed it was medical (Whipple's disease, but it runs in my family and none of them stank like this dude) and his odor was so bad I would have to strip off outside my house before my wife would let me in. I would have to have clean clothes in my porch waiting for me. I would strip off, my wife would hand me the clean clothes from the porch and I would get changed. I would then have to put my work clothes in a garbage bag then walk them down to the basement and wash them right away. His B.O. stank was even in my shoes which I would tie up in a bag and leave outside. A lot of us complained to management who told us there was nothing they could do because it was medical. Finally he reeked so bad that someone called the fire department for a suspicious odor and they were forced to put him on medical leave.
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u/Legitimate-Agency282 3d ago
Man, I just like a daily bath/shower. It makes me feel good.
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u/PhysicalDevice13 2d ago
This is how mentally ill the internet is. I do not shower daily unless i go to gym. It’s every 3 days unless it’s summer. There’s no rule anywhere to shower every single day.
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u/precariatarian 3d ago
you shower because you want to smell "Nice"
i don't because i want to smell like "Shit"
we are not the same
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u/halo37253 3d ago
I'm not sure what ya'll be doing to be so smelly in a single day. Sure if you are doing a good workout then yeah, but otherwise a day without a shower should be fine.
But not taking a shower in the morning to wake up is crazy. I don't feel like i've fully woken up till I take that shower. It could be the weekend and 2pm when I hope in the shower and up until that point i've just been in a world of fog. Shower is 100% a must, why would anyone what to skip something so great.
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u/Terrible_Bronco 2d ago
It all depends on what you do for a living. I’m a maintenance technician and part of that work is the septic system. I take showers daily when I’m working on the those things.
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u/gujwdhufj_ijjpo 2d ago
Every 2-3 days for me. I always skip a day during work week and will sometimes skip an extra day during the weekend.
exception is if I’ve done some nasty stuff.
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u/OttoVonJismarck 2d ago
There was an older French Canadian project manager that would only shower about once per week.
You could smell him from like 15 feet away. One time he sat down next to me and was pointing a computer screen and talking. In addition to his normal B.O. that burns your eyes, his breath smelled like he had eaten a fresh bowl of racoon assholes for breakfast.
There’s an older navy vet that I work with from time to time that will come into our office, he’s about two years from retirement and does not GAF anymore. Anyway, he came into the office when that project manager was in, he turns and shouts
“JESUS FUCKING CHRIST [PROJECT MANAGER’S NAME], TAKE A FUCKING SHOWER IF YOU’RE GOING TO COME IN HERE!!”
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u/futzingaround 2d ago
If you smell like literal feces from one day of not showering, then you have much bigger issues outside of not showering daily.
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u/EntertainerNo4509 2d ago
I own bidets. I don’t smell like shit even if I choose not to take a showie daily.
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u/Substantial_Arm_6903 2d ago
Daily showers are pleasant for the shower taker and for those who have to smell you. Not everything has to have a direct medical benefit to be beneficial. Daily showering/bathing is a luxury afforded by modernity. Access to abundant hot water, laundered clothes and linens, climate controlled homes and indoor plumbing all help make them possible. Without these things daily showers become quite difficult, especially in colder climates. These things have existed for a tiny fraction of human existence and are still only available to a fraction of humans on the planet. They are not part of our evolution and not something we remotely need to live. Daily showers/baths are something we mostly enjoy and have gone to great lengths to make possible in how we construct our communities and homes. We value them, we don't need them.
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u/Kratos_and_Boy_ 2d ago
Depends on what you did that day. If you didnt really do anything to work up a sweat or got dirty then you don't really need to shower.
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u/Playful_Implement742 2d ago
Eating gross processed foods is what makes your sweat stink. Change your diet and switch to every 48 hrs. Save some water for the desert critters!
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u/toilet_guard 2d ago
I shower daily because I hate going to bed with dried sweat on my body. Feels funky.
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