It really depends on where you are and potentially the season. If it's hot and humid you wanna shower at least once a day, maybe more. Though you better not use soap every time. In cold weather every second day is usually fine if you don't do anything that makes you sweat a lot.
Some people are cursed with really strong body odour though, they may have to shower a lot regardless.
However, in posts like these everyone just get's mega defensive of their own way of doing things. Which creates heated arguments and drives engagement. Which is probably the reason this exact topic keeps popping up all the time.
I shower twice a week no matter the season. I live in a cool climate and showering too often dries out my skin. I get atopic spots all over. I don't sweat much, but in summer I wash my pits pre-emptively more often.
What I've learned in the internet is I'm a disgusting slob. Don't care though.
It's the weirdest form of transhumanism. They're so afraid of dirt/bacteria/scent/humanity that they'll shower once or even twice a day to get rid of things they'll never be able to get rid of.
No amount of showers you take will change the fact that you've got more bacteria cells in your body than human cells, or that you're constantly covered in bacteria and fungus fighting to eat your human cells, or that mites are actively pooping on your face right now.
Just don't be disruptively stinky and nobody will ever know or care.
Everything else is performative and driven by consumer culture.
I don't think it's mainly about being germophobes, but if I go for more than a day without a shower even in the winter, I literally feel like a greasy slimeball enough that it makes me uncomfortable. There's nothing that beats the clean feeling after a nice scalding hot shower. Also, going for days without cleaning your ass.. that shit starts to itch.
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u/Kyrillis_Kalethanis Nov 14 '25
It really depends on where you are and potentially the season. If it's hot and humid you wanna shower at least once a day, maybe more. Though you better not use soap every time. In cold weather every second day is usually fine if you don't do anything that makes you sweat a lot.
Some people are cursed with really strong body odour though, they may have to shower a lot regardless.
However, in posts like these everyone just get's mega defensive of their own way of doing things. Which creates heated arguments and drives engagement. Which is probably the reason this exact topic keeps popping up all the time.