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So I have balls and yeah they're the first thing on my body to start to smell. I can skip a shower if I'm in a hurry and I don't smell much. That's with working a job that's usually physical. I was a punk kid fucking punk girls when I was younger and we didn't bathe every day. I didn't notice much smell then.

Now I see these ads regularly that are like hey women you stink after 12 hrs 5/10. What's up?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

Your balls start to smell first? Wonder why. Inadequate wiping? My armpits will start to go musky after about 4 days in the same clothes. That's my first thing to go. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My armpits will start to go musky after about 4 days in the same clothes

Why the fuck are you wearing the same clothes for 4 fucking days? The only profession in which that is remotely acceptable is if you're on the front fucking line of a warzone, fighting for your life.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You guys are wiping your balls? You must suck at shitting

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

You don't stand on all fours while shitting? No wonder your balls aren't getting a share of that shit.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

After 4 days

My guys, you should get that smell test sanity checked

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You don't produce as much oil when you shower less which is what the smelliest bacteria consume.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Exactly. I started showering less often but with more naturally oily soaps (Aleppo soap mainly) and I don't need to shower as often since a few years back now. Feels much better. Less stress, better hygiene, no such problems, no itching anywhere, no nothing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Must not live in a very humid area, 4 days wouldn’t fly here for anyone that goes outside at all

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Humid or or not I find 4 is doable but 3 is more ideal but only if I don't do any strenuous activity. If I do then I pretty much like to shower it all off.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And this is exactly what is happening with me. I don't actually wait until 4 days, because if I do I start to smell. People in this thread are confused about that and down voting according to their confusion lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I actually do sunday and wednesday nights so go the four but its the end of the weekend when I can sorta afford it. Its not like I stink to high heaven. I can just sorta tell that really 3 is the sweet spot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Exactly the same for me. πŸ‘ Apart from the days of the week. πŸ™‚

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

basically im prioritizing work week even though its remote and figure sunday I don't often go out except in realtion to holidays.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Seems reasonable.

I usually shower after I play badminton twice a week, then Saturday on the ~~third~~ second day after the last badminton of the week. It's perfect. I never feel dirty.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah any type of significant extertion and gotta clean up and also special events and such.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

You get it. Most other people in this thread are being absolutely ridiculous morons (and very rude, too). I lost faith in the Lemmy community with this thread, seriously. Bunch of prejudiced assholes who won't listen to what is being said. They don't know me. Never met me. Seem to think they know more about me than I know about myself, when they've never ever met me before, or even seen what I look like. That's some low-IQ shit. Very frustrating. It's Reddit again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I mean. you need to have a bit thicker skine when interacting online. Some of these folks might be ruder at one point in the day and not in another based on how much or little they thought or even just their mood. great thing about online is you should never be to vested in what people say or think.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Well, I check Lemmy a few times a day and then I forget about it, so it's not too big of a deal lol. It's just disappointing to see such low-quality human interaction.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I can tell when I do smell. I can also sense my deodorant until I start to smell. So nothing wrong with my sense of smell. It's actually quite sensitive. I'm just very clean, I suppose. I don't sweat much when I move a lot. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My momma always said when you first smell yourself, other people have been smelling you for two days.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I'm 40 years old and my balls are quite long. Different body bacteria maybe? I shower after I shit so it's got nothing to do with wiping.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I shower after I shit

Like, a bidet? Or a full-blown no-clothes shower?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Yeah…tell us. Do you take your clothes off? Describe it. Like, slow. In a whisper.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I uh... slip my pants down and uhh.

Nah I am very regular and it's rare for me not to take a FULLY NAKED FULL BODY shower shortly after I shit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Nice.

^That ^was ^all ^I ^needed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Well β€œregular” is relative. And you don’t sound regular. You sound very ir -regular. In that it’s normal for you to shower after you shit. (Jk I knew what you meant).

Why don’t you get a bidet? You’d save so much water.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, measure how long your balls are and share

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Depends, in all honesty. Temperature and how late I am into exercise e.g. Anywhere from 3-7 cm maybe?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

That must be weird at work, or do you leave and come back?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If I have to shit at work I must be sick. I haven't shit at work in years. I shit once a day in the morning. I eat a lot of fiber.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Wow. I'm envious. I shit like three-four times a day (morning after waking up, possibly after breakfast, after lunch, after dinner). And I don't eat a lot of fiber. 😭 At least it's a proper texture, otherwise my asshole would be in trouble.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

πŸ˜‚ bro, didn't even think about that. They probably don't, eh.

Edit: I meant they probably don't poo at work. Not that they don't work.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I have a really good sense of smell; trust me, you smell after one day and just can’t smell it yourself until day four. I’m sorry if this comes as a surprise.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Asked my friend today if I smell, a day after I showered. And I did some pretty rigorous activities today as well. They agreed to smell me, but said I don't smell.

What now? Trust your smell, when you have never smelled me? You're just as full of shit as everyone in this thread replying to me. Not because I'm saying you don't have a good sense of smell. I bet you do, and I bet you can smell people who do smell bad. But I don't smell bad. Deal with it. I'm really starting to think it's a jealousy thing here. People can't accept that I have good hygiene for some absolutely fucking absurd reason.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

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