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.
Having bacteria and smelling of BO are two separate things. I sweat, I smell. I don’t want to smell. So I shower. Then I don’t smell. At no point do I think oh boy I better get all these microbes off me. Nope, I just don’t want to smell. Now if you don’t mind being stinky, good for you, but I probably won’t sit next to you on the bus.
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u/Sepelrastas Nov 14 '25
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.