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[joe_zazen]

NPR interviewed James Hamblin, an author and a physician, who quit showering in 2016...

When NPR asks him "How did your identity as a cisgendered white male influence your reporting on this subject?", he replies with the following.

"Probably one of the main reasons I've been able to go so long without using [a shower] is because of the privilege of my position in American society.

Next, he is going to start shitting on the sidewalk to see how far he can push his white privilege.

Imagine seeing a doctor who hasn't bathed in 5 years.

https://thepostmillennial.com/npr-f...-social-construct-has-not-showered-in-5-years

 

[GeorgPrime]

That story smells like bullshit

 

[Vyse1800]

I used to work with a guy who didn't seem to shower. He wore glasses that always had dirty lenses and his hair was so oily, it would drip on his shirts and leave oil stains.

 

[Nymphae]

When NPR asks him "How did your identity as a cisgendered white male influence your reporting on this subject?"

His answer makes no sense at all, anyone can not shower you fucking dolt

 

[Davey Cakes]

I understand the idea of "going natural" and regaining some of the human body's "self cleaning" capabilities.

That said, I would never want to give up showering because it just feels great. Refreshing. Relaxing. Therapeutic. And, you don't have to worry about smelling like a decaying corpse.

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

Next, he is going to start shitting on the sidewalk to see how far he can push his white privilege.

Imagine seeing a doctor who hasn't bathed in 5 years.

https://thepostmillennial.com/npr-f...-social-construct-has-not-showered-in-5-years

He doesn't see patients. He's a media personality with medical training in a field that doesn't see patients, which he doesn't practice in anyways.

 

[teezzy]

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Even birds and pigs bathe themselves.

No one is saying you have to use Axe Body Wash, bro.

 

[Mistake]

I heard of showering with only water, which can work for a lot of people, but definitely not showering at all. That’s how you get skin infections. He’s going to fall down once and die

 

[Davey Cakes]

I heard of showering with only water, which can work for a lot of people, but definitely not showering at all. That’s how you get skin infections. He’s going to fall down once and die

True. I mean, even taking a dip in a public pool here and there would be better than not showering at all. Get clean with chlorine!

 

[Deleted member 1159]

If you don’t shower or, bare minimum, bidet after you shit...

...look I’m not some sophisticated kinda person. I just don’t like stewing in filth. Shit then shower. I get it, maybe you can’t always shower immediately. Fine. Take the first opportunity you can, though. The fuck is wrong with you? Wash your goddamn ass. Rethink all sorts of norms if you must but not your stench for fuck’s sake. Wash your ass.

 

[Cunth]

if i go 3 hours without showering i stink

 

[Trogdor1123]

I hate not going a single day without showering... This sounds like complete bs.

 

[Threeshotgamer]

I shower twice a day. Couldn't imagine not showering at all fuck that.

 

[Hinedorf]

For some reason I was actually disappointed when I realized Cunth wasn't the OP as expected

 

[Tesseract]

fucking gross, imagine if this dude was your physician

take a shower every day, use lots of soap

 

[Woo-Fu]

What do you germophobes do when camping, just take twice as much xanax to get you through the ordeal?

 

[Richard Packer]

Clicked to see if this was a brap thread.

 

[TheMan]

I'm genuinely curious to know what he smells like.

Also surprised to see that he's a real MD, figured he's be a naturopath or chiropractor

 

[teezzy]

This is kinda like those random people who insist they dont need deodorant but are always putrid

 

[slugbahr]

if i go 3 hours without showering i stink

You post on GAF 3 at least 3 hours after you have showered??

 

[diffusionx]

I used to work with a guy who didn't seem to shower. He wore glasses that always had dirty lenses and his hair was so oily, it would drip on his shirts and leave oil stains.

I’ve talked to people who stopped using shampoo they said their hair was hella oily when they started but then it went back to normal.

Seems like your coworker had other issues.

 

[Tesseract]

i was a janitor at publix for a few years in my twenties

worked with this dude who never showered, smelled like death's door

gave him a bottle of acqua di gio and he took the hint, changed his habits

 

[Foamy]

So he hasn't had sex in 5 years ether I'm assuming.

 

[Tesseract]

So he hasn't had sex in 5 years ether I'm assuming.

women have a strong sense of smell, often associate poor hygiene with weakness

unless you are a dirty hippie in a compound, there's no good reason to not smell your best all the time

 

[UnravelKatharsis]

I think the word he was going for is"contract." Hygiene is a social contract.

 

[MilkLizard]

What do you germophobes do when camping, just take twice as much xanax to get you through the ordeal?

Found the stinker

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

What do you germophobes do when camping, just take twice as much xanax to get you through the ordeal?

Camping for longer than 3-5 days and I/family are washing in the river or portable shower we carry. How hard is it to heat up a billy of water and fill your portable shower that costs $5 *we have a powered version that heats and pressurises the water off our 4wd.

When you have young kids and hike/fish/kayak you're gonna get dirty and sweaty AF. Sometimes if we camp near the beach it's just a simply jump in the ocean and a quick freshwater cleanse after. Example we camped/travelled by 4wd for 3.5 weeks straight with our two kids, you want a shower when doing that, no xanax required mate.

 

[silentsod]

Props to the guy bathing less often than the homeless.

 

[LostDonkey]

imagine the smegma

 

[West Texas CEO]

imagine the smegma

How do you know he's uncircumcised?

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Dude probably doesn't even wipe just pulls his pants up.

 

[Kimahri]

fucking gross, imagine if this dude was your physician

take a shower every day, use lots of soap

If your goal is healthy skin, that's actually the worst advice you could give. The more you scrub and wash, the more you mess up the skin's natural oil production, and it'll increase to compensate.

So you're basically just increasing the grime production, increasing the need to shower. Skin doesn't want to be dry.

 

[Tesseract]

If your goal is healthy skin, that's actually the worst advice you could give. The more you scrub and wash, the more you mess up the skin's natural oil production, and it'll increase to compensate.

So you're basically just increasing the grime production, increasing the need to shower. Skin doesn't want to be dry.

i agree but that's not what i meant, it's about positive momentum

 

[Bullet Club]

 

[Amory]

hygiene aside, a hot shower feels amazing. it's like one of the better parts of my day.

 

[GymWolf]

I bet my house that this guy doesn't technically shower himself but still use a sponge, water and soap to clean the critical body parts, thers is no way this guy doesn't wash anything without smelling like cunth's socks.

 

[Slings and Arrows]

When you think about it, social construct is a social construct.

Check mate, lemmings

 

[BadBurger]

I worked with a guy way back around 2010 that swore he only showered once or so a week and never used soap. Claimed women loved his scent and hair. Dude straight up smelled like a butthole. Had pimples everywhere.

Science and the slow march of civilization gave us running water and soap people. Please use it.

 

[NecrosaroIII]

Since when are social constructs bad? Not murdering each other is a social construct.

 

[MilkyJoe]

How did your identity as a cisgendered white male...

These people are complete cunts

 

[teezzy]

hygiene aside, a hot shower feels amazing. it's like one of the better parts of my day.

I try and take two a day minimum tbh. Like feeling fresh in the AM, and dont wanna go to bed covered in gunk

 

[MilkyJoe]

i was a janitor at publix for a few years in my twenties

worked with this dude who never showered, smelled like death's door

gave him a bottle of acqua di gio and he took the hint, changed his habits

That's one of the most expensive aftershaves out there, what we're you thinking?

 

[Elektro Demon]

Even cats lick themselves in order to clean themselves. I mean twice a day is too much but at least once a day should be the minimum.

 

[Reptars Revenge]

Some guy in our apartment building smelled so bad the hallway was contaminated I couldn't even walk back the same way. Its like he sprayed air of anime con cologne all over his body.

 

[Tesseract]

That's one of the most expensive aftershaves out there, what we're you thinking?

i watered it down a bit, was an older bottle

 

[Codswallop_]

For anyone wondering what he smells like, he says this in another interview...

“My girlfriend says I smell like a ‘person’. Some people tell me it’s similar to when they go camping for a few days they don’t smell like body odour but they don’t smell fresh.

 

[Fbh]

So..... Which Smash character is his main?

 

[joe_zazen]

What do you germophobes do when camping, just take twice as much xanax to get you through

campfire smoke is nature's deodorant. Or pretend you are Napoleon and your SO is Josephine.

 

[Piku_Ringo]

if i go 3 hours without showering i stink

As compared to the other 21 hours?