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People Who Don't Wear Deodorant or Seemingly Bathe Regularly, Why? (self.asklemmy)
submitted 7 months ago by Zahille7 to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] jeffw 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You can find unscented antiperspirant, FWIW

[–] qooqie 3 points 7 months ago

That’s what I do and if I need to smell nice for a fancy gathering I’ll put on a small amount of something nice smelling (beard balm, cologne, or something else)

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

Yes, but they're a lot more expensive than the mainstream ones.

[–] jeffw 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Can’t say I agree with that

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Arm-Hammer-ULTRA-MAX-Solid-Antiperspirant-Deodorant-Unscented-2-6-oz/10810917?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&wl13=5229&adid=2222222227810810917_117755028669_12420145346&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=m&wl3=501107745824&wl4=pla-2290367806927&wl5=9007243&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=10810917&wl13=5229&veh=sem_LIA&gclsrc=aw.ds&&adid=2222222223810810917_117755028669_12420145346&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=m&wl3=501107745824&wl4=pla-2290367806927&wl5=9007243&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=10810917&veh=sem&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADmfBIqI9hFYUeEgJZfSJlIYlZqzV&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhdmf1daBgwMV0mBHAR2fXg5VEBwYAiABEgJra_D_BwE

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Holy mother of URLs, Batman!

Here's a cleaned up version without all those nasty trackers attached: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Arm-Hammer-ULTRA-MAX-Solid-Antiperspirant-Deodorant-Unscented-2-6-oz/10810917

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago

Yeah, I clicked it though, cuz... it's from Wallmart, what are they gonna track here, I don't live in the US, lol πŸ˜‚.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago

Dude, I don't live in the US πŸ˜’.