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> I often went three or four days between showers or until someone told me I smelled. He should have omitted that sentence. It make him sound more like a whack
by eleitl 16y ago
> I often went three or four days between showers or until someone told me I smelled.
He should have omitted that sentence. It make him sound more like a whacked-out weirdo/dirty-smelly hippie, and undermines credibility of the experiment.
- pavel_lishin 16y agoIt wasn't really an experiment. It was just him bragging about how awesome and independent he is for stinking up his workplace.
- CWuestefeld 16y agoDownvote. The purpose of the piece, I think, is to relate his experience. And this is certainly a part of the experience, perhaps an important part because it illustrates that the experiment does have some effect on others. In the bigger picture: why do we write? Is it that we're trying to fool others into accepting an idea? Or because we want to help them understand an idea? I can't see any reason to omit the sentence, short of being deceitful.
- yason 16y agoOnly three or four days and that sounds like a whacked-out weirdo/dirty-smelly hippie? So how often do you shower, then?
- daten 16y agoI can't speak for him, but I shower once a day. I enjoy feeling clean and not smelling. I also appreciate when others do the same. The whole experiment seams to be about his ego, I wish he tried to gain more insight into other reasons people chose to stay clean enough to not offend their peers with their smell instead of just concluding: "I felt myself standing apart from the sheep-like masses who had been led to confuse their wants and needs."
- silversmith 16y agoAt least once a day. More often in summer or if I'm doing sports that day. Vast majority of people I know the showering habits of are the same.
- eru 16y agoI can go for a few days without smelling too badly. But I usually shower everyday, because my hair gets greasy fast.