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Not a fan of deodorants but, biologically, they may not be completely useless: 1. Being able to afford a deodorant indicates wealth, and thus better chances of
by hrjet 13y ago
Not a fan of deodorants but, biologically, they may not be completely useless:
1. Being able to afford a deodorant indicates wealth, and thus better chances of survival of the offspring.
2. Using a deodorant might also indicate an awareness of personal hygiene in the individual (atleast purportedly). This might again increase the survival chances of the offspring.
- thaumasiotes 13y agoNeither of those points suggests that deodorants, in themselves, are anything but useless. Instead, they suggest that paying attention to deodorant use makes sense even though deodorants are completely useless.
- mistermann 13y agoBy useless, do you mean they have no effect whatsoever?
- thaumasiotes 13y agoI'm following the context set by my ancestor comments, which is that deodorant is to americans as, according to Socrates, horsehair crests were to classical soldiers.
- gojomo 13y agoAha, the "signalling theory of deodorant". Some think a college degree 'works' in the same way.