• flughoernchen@feddit.org
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    6 months ago

    If you can actively smell yourself, you’re […] really smelly.

    Yeah. Thanks for reinforcing my point. You wouldn’t go out in this state even if you give a fuck about other people, because it feels uncomfortable to you.

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      6 months ago

      Ok, you’re just neutral enough that you can’t smell yourself. You still smell terrible to other people.

      This doesn’t change the argument.

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        6 months ago

        That’s beside the point. If you only care about your hygiene because of others, you’re neglecting your own comfort. I’m not wearing deodorant, for example, because I don’t want to. I’m still not smelly in the negative sense (yes I asked), because I take showers regularly - and I take showers regularly because I care about my own body

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          6 months ago

          There is always going to be a difference between what you find acceptable for yourself and what others do. Societal and others’ expectations can never perfectly confirm to individual desires.