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[–] [email protected] 72 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Reminds me of a minor drama that happened on the internet one of these days because a brazilian moved to the US and since she's a beautician she discovered that americans not only don't shower every day but don't wash their butts. Meaning that every time someone came in asking for a brazilian wax she'd have to tell them to wash themselves in the bathroom because even their underwear was dirty with poop.

Then an american doctor made a video response to her, saying that the tiktok was unprofessional and embarrassing. And that the correct thing to do was for the beautician to wash people's asses.

There's a case to be made that if you live in a cold place you can avoid using shampoo and other products every day. But there's no reason not to clean yourself of your own dirty skin.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 5 months ago

And that the correct thing to do was for the beautician to wash people's asses.

bugs-no

[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Fr it's fucking disgusting, as a shameful USian

Luckily it seems like bidets are slowly catching on

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago

Luckily it seems like bidets are slowly catching on

Joe

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Thanks for speaking with candor about asses, Assian Candor.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

I got a bidet and it's some of the best money I ever spent. If you go for a basic mechanical one without any of the fancy extra features, it's quite cheap, and they're easy to install.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago

underwear was dirty with poop.

Dead.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I read some book where the mystic movement leader basically was complaining about Americans hygiene being horrific even 100 yrs ago, he was really flipped out about them not washing their genitals appropriately, also our bread apparently really sucked, even back then. Every time I deal with dirty clothes at work fucking still wet with people's various bodily fluids I think about that passage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

TBH I don't think americans have terrible hygiene. It's more like brazilians have different habits. We shower every day, sometimes twice. We bring toothbrushes around to brush our teeth all the time. And we also keep a trashcan in the bathroom to dispose of toilet paper. That is more bearable than it sounds because brazilians wash their asses before wiping, but it's definitely a culture shock for americans and other peoples who historically had access to good piping.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Some of those are climate related too, maybe outside of the deserts rainforests humid af. Still though, unless there's some health issue or accident that happens there's no excuse for people to go about in their own shit, and definitely not get it on random underwear they try on the store.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

and definitely not get it on random underwear they try on the store.

i feel like there's a story there

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It happens as a cashier at a clothing store, not super common but at least once every 4 months (to me) I'd say. Its like plz learn to wipe your ass if you're going to try stuff in the store, there was one customer who was like 'I changed my mind on these', you could see the skid mark fading on every following pair of underwear (they had 6 pairs), was some kombucha-disgust .

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

And that the correct thing to do was for the beautician to wash people's asses.

And it is. This is America, baby.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 5 months ago

Rationing of water for individual use which is meagre compared to industry, agriculture or loss from decaying infrastructure is an important idea for the porkies who want to privatise municipal water supplies like Tatcher did in the UK.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Hygiene nowadays is a capitalists dream, it’s so easy to push irrational norms in this space. The commercials push for crazy things, washing your hair every day and then adding back the oils you just washed away with a conditioner, using some body spray instead of a baking soda based deodorant. Even toothpaste manufacturers try to scam us in using way too much toothpaste.

Not saying you should stink but honestly it is so much easier to be clean without using all those products. Plus it saves a bunch of money.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Deodorant instead of anti perspirant, brush your teeth, shower after you sweat, wash your hair with water.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Shower after I sweat? Okay but I don’t smell. Anyway, I’m on antibiotics again for a UTI. (The story of a coworker)

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

To be fair, my hair actually frizzes out when I don't wash it (with conditioner). It's fine for a day or two, but after that I should really get to it, because it also starts to itch.

You are right though, hygiene is a space of myth nowadays. Most info out there is bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

not saying i dont believe im actually interested, do you have any sources on these claims?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Smash not being there when it's the one with most reports proofs opera gx is a normie browser

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There have been several reports in super smash brothers (especially mellee) tournaments about people smelling like shit, so much so that people are usually urged to take deodorant nowadays

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

honestly need a gas mask and gallon spray bottle of fabreeze for some of these things

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago

Actually, not showering is praxis because it encourages other people to mask

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

resist Big Shower & Big Toilet: shit the bed and roll around in it for your health.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Embrace Frank and Charlie Thought

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You shouldn't wash your hair everyday. It can dry out your hair and scalp, potentially causing hair loss. But you should shower every because you most likely have sweat during the day and sweat smells bad and is gross.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Sadly my hair is so naturally greasy that I have to shower every day. On the upside, I'm going bald so I won't have to for long! agni-pain

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

As a trans woman I can tell you from first hand experience that that is testosterone's doing. If you also have hormonal acne (or have had it) then that is a sign of excessively high t levels and a doctor could prescribe a low dose of spironolactone to help clear that up, do with that what you will

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

i shaved my head a couple years ago and I'm never going back

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (4 children)

unless you do hard physical labour, daily showering isn't necessary

[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 months ago

Wash your butt, stinko

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago

My armpits suggest otherwise

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Just a quick toss of delousing powder every other day is fine for 3/4 of most people

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

And if you don't have delousing powder, powdered sugar will also work, and it's delicious

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

Flush toilets are also bourgeois decadence

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

I miss showers.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Please shower daily with soap and water and apply anti perspirant/deodorant to your armpits, and brush your teeth twice daily for 2 minutes each time. If you don't have access to a shower, a "chicken bath" with a bucket of water, a bar of soap and a washcloth will work just fine.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Idk if this is a bit but I prefer antideoderant without the anti-perspirant because doesn't that get aluminum in your blood or something? And it affects your sweating which could be bad for health or whatever maybe

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah so long as it works, it's good. Deodorant or antiperspirant, it doesn't matter much.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

showering less frequently helps my skin not dry out, it's expensive to lotion up every single day like i'd have to with a daily shower