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Right im probably going to get a hammering off people for this as its an uncomfortable yet unavoidable fact.Some gamers/hobbyists appear to have forgotten personal hygene.ive lost count of the amount of times ive been odour attacked in both my gw store and an independent i frequent,even at games day(i mean come on its a big day out here).i know some will say im being snobby or out of order but really don't think so myself,i was taught to take care of myself in the hygene department and wouldn't dream of standing in the midst of a busy store smelling like id slept in my clothes for a week.yet there seems to be folk there with no qualms about it,so i ask my fellow dakka members am i over reacting or what?
i mean its not rocket science is it?

Yeah personal hygiene sucks in a lot of places.

It's not rocket science, yet some people struggle with it like it was.

You'd think that with the amount that people complain about this that someone who doesn't routinely wash would wonder if we were talking about them.

This thread again?

You want to use an antiperspirant, rather than a deodorant.

Ketara wrote:This thread again?

I actually think the reminders are a good thing.

Assuming "Lynx" is anything like "Axe" here in the states, this might not be an improvement.

If you can smell your deodorant without shoving your nose into your armpit, it's too much.

Is Lynx basically Axe in different countries?

Prawnkus wrote:Is Lynx basically Axe in different countries?

Yes, looks like they are even made by the same people

+1

I stopped playing magic after I had to concede a game to a guy because his breath/BO were so bad I thought I was going to puke.

(PS Im a nurse, there isnt a lot that makes me want to puke)

SilverMK2 wrote:You want to use an antiperspirant, rather than a deodorant.

Amen.

Also, a liberal spritz of a reassuringly expensive cologne goes a long way. Deodorants are a no-no, as far as I'm concerned. They should stay in secondary school locker-rooms where they belong.

It's not hard to shower, or brush your teeth, or even put on deoderant. Yet somehow it's like performing a vasectomy on oneself to some people. For everyone's sake, don't neglect it.

Monster Rain wrote:

Ketara wrote:This thread again?

I actually think the reminders are a good thing.

Agreed. I'll start complaining about redundancy when this gets fixed.

I take a page from Dr Zoidberg

"You smell bad and you should feel bad!"

Alternatively you could fill balloons with shampoo and fling them at them, followed by ones filled with water.

*isn't sure people think being fruity means what they think it means*

Suffice to say, I've heard those good with colours, you know, the sort who know what's in their flower garden have prohibitively high standards of personal hygiene?

Mr Mystery wrote:*isn't sure people think being fruity means what they think it means*

Suffice to say, I've heard those good with colours, you know, the sort who know what's in their flower garden have prohibitively high standards of personal hygiene?

subtle.......

biccat wrote: "Axe" here in the states, this might not be an improvement.

There isn't any "Might" about it, horrible smell aside the advertising alone is enough to make the stuff a bad idea.

It's actually a little funny, normally when something displays such rampant, gross misogyny I assume it's just another sign of how crappy and backwards our culture can be. However, little by little I'm actually starting to think it's a ingenious ploy some clever group of women who work as chemists and in ad agencies.

Think about it. It's an easily recognizable signal, detectable at a distance, that doesn't require you to actually interact with the wearer, that loudly declares "Attention Ladies: Undateable, Un****able, Unbearable".

I never realized Axe was so hated.

I mean, I don't use it but it isn't a source of anger for me.

Monster Rain wrote:I never realized Axe was so hated.

I mean, I don't use it but it isn't a source of anger for me.

The problem isn't so much Axe itself, it's the spray version.

The people who use it don't understand that you're not supposed to use the entire bottle.

Monster Rain wrote:I never realized Axe was so hated.

I mean, I don't use it but it isn't a source of anger for me.

Nor did I..
I have a can of the stuff and always give myself a little spray in the morning before I leave the house,of course I don't bathe in the stuff...but it's cheaper than using my "good stuff" just to go to work.

Chongara wrote:There isn't any "Might" about it, horrible smell aside the advertising alone is enough to make the stuff a bad idea.

It's actually a little funny, normally when something displays such rampant, gross misogyny I assume it's just another sign of how crappy and backwards our culture can be. However, little by little I'm actually starting to think it's a ingenious ploy some clever group of women who work as chemists and in ad agencies.

Think about it. It's an easily recognizable signal, detectable at a distance, that doesn't require you to actually interact with the wearer, that loudly declares "Attention Ladies: Undateable, Un****able, Unbearable".

I really think your on to something!!

I knew a guy in the service who didn't bathe very often, but used loads of Axe, so he always stunk of armpits and axe. I have unfortunately ran into a few people since then who have had the same bright idea.

Yes to soap and deodorant, but please, no axe. That stuff makes my eyes water horribly.

Platuan4th wrote:The people who use it don't understand that you're not supposed to use the entire bottle.

Ah. That's understandable then.

When using cologne or body spray, I tend to use the spray a single spritz into the air in front of myself and then walk through it. It seems to work pretty well.

Ahhhh Axe bombs. Like pre-teen tear gas grenades.

I use the stick Deodorant that they put out, it smelled the best (too me) out of the stuff that was there.

But yea, if small birds fall dead out of the sky after you apply deodorant than you used too much.

Yet, most gamers will not spend on "unnecessary" items, such as BO Basher, cos it will cut into their plasticrack budget

Step 1: Buy Febreeze and carry it with you.

Step 2: Run into smelly gamer.

Step 3: Spray Smelly Gamer with Febreeze.

Step 4: ????

Step 5: PROFIT!

1) Take a shower using shampoo and body wash. If you're lazy there is a shampoo/bodywash in one. Use that for a quick cleaning.
2) Old Spice body wash because it makes me smell subtly like a manly man.
3) Old Spice anti-perspirant.
4) Jordan cologne if I'm going somewhere nice, some axe across the chest if going to work.

halonachos wrote:1) Take a shower using shampoo and body wash. If you're lazy there is a shampoo/bodywash in one. Use that for a quick cleaning.
2) Old Spice body wash because it makes me smell subtly like a manly man.
3) Old Spice anti-perspirant.
4) Jordan cologne if I'm going somewhere nice, some axe across the chest if going to work.

I think that if you have to break it down for someone, they're probably too screwed to help.

I use Lynx (or Axe or what have you) and I don't care if people don't like it, because I like the smell and it's not as if I use a can per day. Swift squirt in the armpits and a burst across the chest and that's it, unlike my brother who will have it on continuous spray for about 10 seconds.

I also carry a can around with me for myself/others (i'll casually mention that it's quite hot, that i'm sweating and wish to apply some, then will ask if they want to use it whilst it's out).

If anyone takes offence to my use of a certain brand over another, then that's their problem, and i'm deeply, deeply sorry that my tastes differ to their own.