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Do you really need deodorant?

Every single person I have ever met who argued they didn't "need" deodorant absolutely needed deodorant. All of them. Zero exceptions. If you think you may not need it, you're wrong.

If you have even the tiniest amount of respect for other people, wear deodorant.
 
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Musta been a slow news day... which I guess is good news!

If ya don't stink, ya don't stink. I don't care how you got there. Maybe it involved pit-stick, maybe it didn't. Problem seems to be that folks that don't smell good often aren't aware of it, and naturally, addressing this is a delicate issue that can result in embarrassment and hurt feelings. But if you just wore the pit-stick, then we wouldn't have to have this convo...ya know? I get the thing against chemicals, I totally do. I hate that we're all so uptight that a little b.o. can turn into a whole H.R. "thing" but it's the reality. Who wants to walk into someone's office to discuss business where it smells like sweat and peanut butter? Odors matter, particularly in a business setting. And I'm not advocating for the entire place reeking of Axe either. It should just smell neutral, with maybe a little curry and hamburgers around lunch time, but otherwise odors just shouldn't be something that my nose or brain needs to process.

I have a woman that works for me that isn't a pleasant smelling person. She's openly told us all how she doesn't wear deoderant, and the discussion just ends on awkward quiet. She's nice and she does good work, but everyone was real happy when she became a permanent remote employee.
 
I wear deodorant because I'm a man and I can get rather stinky rather quick. That being said, I hate a rank person. I used to have huge arguments with this guy at the pub who wore the same clothes and could be smelled from yards away. He would come into the pub and the bartender would pull out a fan from behind the bar and point it at him. It was a very urine-like stink too. He was finally 86'd from the pub from an overwhelming amount of complaints and his attitude of get used to it. So shower and brush your teeth daily.
 
I wear deodorant but am also a non sweater.
I enjoy using my olfactory sense to smell my beau.
Pure hippy stuff.
 
i fucking stink, deodorants do not work .if i dont wear the bad for you anti perspirants, weep for anyone downwind of me. shower minimum once daily and brush/floss/gargle multiple times per day.
if you wanna check your breath, lick your wrist and let it dry, then smell
 
DucatiHoney said:
Musta been a slow news day... which I guess is good news!

If ya don't stink, ya don't stink. I don't care how you got there. Maybe it involved pit-stick, maybe it didn't. Problem seems to be that folks that don't smell good often aren't aware of it, and naturally, addressing this is a delicate issue that can result in embarrassment and hurt feelings. But if you just wore the pit-stick, then we wouldn't have to have this convo...ya know? I get the thing against chemicals, I totally do. I hate that we're all so uptight that a little b.o. can turn into a whole H.R. "thing" but it's the reality. Who wants to walk into someone's office to discuss business where it smells like sweat and peanut butter? Odors matter, particularly in a business setting. And I'm not advocating for the entire place reeking of Axe either. It should just smell neutral, with maybe a little curry and hamburgers around lunch time, but otherwise odors just shouldn't be something that my nose or brain needs to process.

I have a woman that works for me that isn't a pleasant smelling person. She's openly told us all how she doesn't wear deoderant, and the discussion just ends on awkward quiet. She's nice and she does good work, but everyone was real happy when she became a permanent remote employee.
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Maybe that was her angle all along.
 
Have been waiting for info on the new stuff advertised on tv.

There is a doc. selling some stink away she created, Lome? or simular name.

Another product that brags about being developed for the water waste facilities that uses science to break apart stink molicoules Poomph?
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Yes. I'll usually apply once in the morning and again in the evening.

Don't have a good sense of smell so I take hygiene pretty seriously. Do all the right things, regular showers, deodorant, clean clothes and socks. Wash my karate and jiu jitsu gis after every training session. Seems like common sense but it's surprising how many people don't. Training with smelly people sucks. Shower before training and right after.

If I get lazy, I may not smell me but someone else might.

Don't really play around with cologne.

All the hygiene stuff seems like common sense but I'm pretty sure we all have at least one story of people who aren't even trying.
 
Given that deodorant was only invented in the late 1800s, hundreds of years of surviving without it would strongly argue that it is not needed.
 
cal scott said:
Given that deodorant was only invented in the late 1800s, hundreds of years of surviving without it would strongly argue that it is not needed.
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Well, people didn't drive cars untill a bit over 100 years ago. :twofinger

Just because it didn't exist back then doesn't mean that people wouldn't have used it if it was available. Stories I hear about the Victorian period is that people STUNK!
 
Definitely not needed, in my yoga class I think very few people wear deodorant and while the hint of body odor is often there, it's not really unpleasant. It just smells like humans. Also as Tyler mentioned, if you just take clippers and keep the pit hair short, that decreases the smell by like 80%. I'm going to theorize that the people who smell like ass probably have broader issues.. poor hygiene (as in, they don't bath), poor diet, poor health. I think it's kinda the same thing for your bowels. If your farts and shit smells horrendous, something ain't working right in your stomach.
 
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Climber said:
Well, people didn't drive cars until a bit over 100 years ago. :twofinger
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The entire planet was colonized prior to cars so they certainly aren't needed. Even today, there are plenty of people that get by without a car. Deodorant, cars... all modern day conveniences. Necessities, no.
 
cal scott said:
The entire planet was colonized prior to cars so they certainly aren't needed. Even today, there are plenty of people that get by without a car. Deodorant, cars... all modern day conveniences. Necessities, no.
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You don't need a house, people lived without houses for centuries.
You don't need a phone, same.

I'm not sure what your point is. With deoderant, it's a matter of decency to those around you, it's somewhat like going into a resturant and either tipping or not tipping.
 
Climber said:
You don't need a house, people lived without houses for centuries.
You don't need a phone, same.
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That is correct.

Climber said:
I'm not sure what your point is. With deoderant, it's a matter of decency to those around you, it's somewhat like going into a resturant and either tipping or not tipping.
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You asked a question, I provided an answer. Perhaps we can agree that in today's society, it is respectful to minimize one's body odor and that deodorant is helpful to doing so.
 
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