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Hi dakka.

I'm just putting another rant on dakka concerning personal hygiene. I meant to pot it up last weekend, but...

Well last saturday I went to my local GW store to play some games. It had been a long time since I came there and mingled with the gamers. most of the time I go there, buy something and leave, but last saturday I brought my guard out to play. So, I was standing there, and just watching the games people were playing. I get to this one table, and notice a terrible smell. When one gamer raised his arms, I could see a waterfall of sweat coming from under there. He smelled like he hadn't washed for about two weeks. There were two others who just smelled the same. On top of that, when I was standing next to one, he let out a loud fart. I mean LOUD. I looked at him, and he looked at me like 'what?' like it's the most normal thing in the world to smell like gak, and let out a fart that could potentially nuke the world.

Just putting it out here, if you guys would like to add, feel free.

Next time you see him, put down a tube of ladies deoderant, and just chuck it at his head.

Or grab a wrecking bar, shout WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!! And destroy his sweat glands, along with his testicles, seing as he'll never need them.

Farting is manly!

Smelling like a tramp's crotch is not, douse them with fire!

...or Febreeze, whichever appeals more to you...


Psst! FIRE!

chowderhead13 wrote:Next time you see him, put down a tube of ladies deoderant, and just chuck it at his head.

Or grab a wrecking bar, shout WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!! And destroy his sweat glands, along with his testicles, seing as he'll never need them.

OR... you just shake your head sadly and move on, knowing that he's an aberrant who will be poorly suited for propagating his genes. I assume these traits are genetic mutation, not directly hereditary.

You might try talking to him also. The fact that someone's actually calling him out on it might be enough to shame him into doing something about it. Not suggesting anything mean-spirited or anything like that, just a friendly, "Hey man, you're pretty rank. Just wanted to let you know."

Avatar 720 wrote:Farting is manly!

Only if you're a dog or a dateless 14 year old, but I repeat myself.

Avatar 720 wrote:Farting is manly!

Smelling like a tramp's crotch is not, douse them with fire!

...or Febreeze, whichever appeals more to you...


Psst! FIRE!

The fire purifies!!!!!!

Some people just can't wrap their heads around the concept of daily showering. Unfortunately, there is a large concentration of these individuals in the gaming community.

Only if you're a dog or a dateless 14 year old, but I repeat myself.

It was a joke, but I am also part German Shepherd, so it still applies ¬.¬



I was joking again, i'm not part German Shepherd.

It's not hard to take a shower.
I mean, I usually shower at least once a day (usually twice if I'm working).

It shouldn't be hard for anyone, really, to simply take a shower before you head out the door, especially if it's for social reasons.

But, you have to find some clean clothes, and then you have to turn the shower on and get it to the right temperature, then get undressed and put your clothes in the washing basket, and then get into the shower and get wet! YOU NEED TO GET WET FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! The horror!

As I was taught in the marines. You shower when you get out your bed and you shower before you get in it.

If you work out, there's another one, so I average 3 a day. I don't think its gamers though, I think its civvies in general. I went on holiday with all my civvie mates and most of them didn't shower first thing. It's not geeks that stink, its people in general.

chowderhead13 wrote:Next time you see him, put down a tube of ladies deoderant, and just chuck it at his head.

Or grab a wrecking bar, shout WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!! And destroy his sweat glands, along with his testicles, seing as he'll never need them.

This...is epic win.

I say GW should hire special employees who specialize in telling smelly people they stink. That'd be a hole in the market, there will be so much demand for those kind of employees.

Scrazza wrote:

chowderhead13 wrote:Next time you see him, put down a tube of ladies deoderant, and just chuck it at his head.

Or grab a wrecking bar, shout WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!! And destroy his sweat glands, along with his testicles, seing as he'll never need them.

This...is epic win.

I say GW should hire special employees who specialize in telling smelly people they stink. That'd be a hole in the market, there will be so much demand for those kind of employees.

I think, if we are being honest and a little self-analytical here, if this were GW policy it would significantly dent their revenue. I'm not suggesting anyone here smells but we all have to bear a collective responsibility for our hobby and fellow hobbyists. After all, I think we have all had experience of the smelly individuals and we all know they make up quite a large portion of gamers, mores the pity.

filbert wrote:

Scrazza wrote:

chowderhead13 wrote:Next time you see him, put down a tube of ladies deoderant, and just chuck it at his head.

Or grab a wrecking bar, shout WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!! And destroy his sweat glands, along with his testicles, seing as he'll never need them.

This...is epic win.

I say GW should hire special employees who specialize in telling smelly people they stink. That'd be a hole in the market, there will be so much demand for those kind of employees.

I think, if we are being honest and a little self-analytical here, if this were GW policy it would significantly dent their revenue. I'm not suggesting anyone here smells but we all have to bear a collective responsibility for our hobby and fellow hobbyists. After all, I think we have all had experience of the smelly individuals and we all know they make up quite a large portion of gamers, mores the pity.

In the 41st millennium,...There are only smelly people.

Seriously, when I go out of the house, I always spray a cloud of deodorant on me, I brush my teeth, and I wax my hair (I have a small mohawk). The gamer society should take care of it's hygiene more. Damn, if the store manager smelled, i'd beat it.

I say talk to the shop staff if it's an issue; it certainly affects them. When I was a manager at a comic shop for a while I was the one to ask people to go home and shower and to where clean clothes. It's bad for business if they don't do it.

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:I say talk to the shop staff if it's an issue; it certainly affects them. When I was a manager at a comic shop for a while I was the one to ask people to go home and shower and to where clean clothes. It's bad for business if they don't do it.

It's not always the same person, it's the gamers in my local gw in general.

Someone restrain me, or I'll slap them senseless with a towel.

back when i worked for GW we would on occasion ask people to leave if they had a particularly nasty niff about em, its one thing to be a smelly teenager/tween but its entirely another to force suffering upon others because you CBA having a shower or a wash each day.

computer game stores suffer from a permanent B.O reek and to some extents modern day GW's and FLGS' suffer from it too.
seriously when i noticed the whole hairy places and smelling bad issue i did this amazing thing, I HAD A WASH!
hell i only installed a shower 4 years ago and i've been living in the place since i was 4, i STILL managed to stay clean and niff free.

To be fair, if it were me, I'd simply respond with "No need to shower, I use linux."

Of course, on the other hand, I DO shower.

Wait.. people care about farts? It's just a bodily function, I'd rather let one rip in a full elevator then squeeze my cheeks and get a tummy ache.

I shower for the sake of other people, not for myself, the only thing hygiene wise i do for myself is toothbrushing. If i know i will have to spend time in close proximity to people that day i will shower that morning. Otherwise I would happiliy wallow in my own crapulence all the time. Infact most weekends i do...

I'm sorry but it continues to baffle me as to how one could be so devoid of pride and self respect as to allow themselves to smell like hot garbage in a social situation.
Fortunately the FLGS I shop at doesn't seem to have an abundance of this sort of individual.

I have so much pride and self respect that I can smell like a carcass and still love myself

That said, if I start smelling myself I'll do something about it, unless Its the weekend and I'm staying home.

WOW its been at least a few weeks since a thread like this ! it must be time for another one ?

We actually ban people from my FLGS if they have horrible hygiene. I mean a fart is one thing, but if you smell like you haven't wiped your ass good, you should probably GTFO.

But it isn't a gamer only trait. Try working at a grocery store. When the first of the month comes around and the checks are passed out, people come out of the woodwork smelling like pure filth. I remember this one family would come in on the 1st. You could smell them in a trail of sorts. Where ever they had been, there was a pure funk smell, almost as if it had penetrated the wrappers of the Ramen Noodles, Big Block Cheese, Ground Chuck, and Pepsi products.

I think they get used to the smell or something. I watch the show Horders a lot and some of the people on there must actually loose their sense of smell. I mean how could someone have a room with its floor covered in a five foot deep pile of used adult diapers? How could you stand that?!

Anyways, I am going to go take a shower now. I feel dirty just typing about these people.

but if you smell like you haven't wiped your ass good

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=winnets

Due to the source, i'm going to slap a NSFW sticker here anyway just in case.

CURNOW wrote:WOW its been at least a few weeks since a thread like this ! it must be time for another one ?

Well, yes. It's important to doublecheck to make sure that the opinion of the masses has not shifted on such important and fluid topics such as 'gaming hygine', 'GW prices', 'Halo Space Marines crossovers', and the all-important and vital 'confederate/nazi IG'.

daedalus wrote:

CURNOW wrote:WOW its been at least a few weeks since a thread like this ! it must be time for another one ?

Well, yes. It's important to double check to make sure that the opinion of the masses has not shifted on such important and fluid topics such as 'gaming hygiene', 'GW prices', 'Halo Space Marines crossovers', and the all-important and vital 'confederate/nazi IG'.

...Well...it will be summer soon...no harm in a quick "Please Wash Yourself" public service announcement.

Soladrin wrote:Wait.. people care about farts? It's just a bodily function, I'd rather let one rip in a full elevator then squeeze my cheeks and get a tummy ache.

Ladies and gentlemen: The wargamer

As for passing gas:

It happens.

Sometimes you can't control it. Sometimes you think it's going to be minor, but it ends up having a horrible smell or noise. And, there are people who have actual medical issues that cause more gas.

Look meek, apologize, and move on.



As for people with poor hygene:

I don't get it. I really don't. If they won't change their ways, and you don't want to quit going to the store, may I suggest a little Vick's VapoRub applied just under the nose.

Grakmar wrote:

I don't get it. I really don't. If they won't change their ways, and you don't want to quit going to the store, may I suggest a little Vick's VapoRub applied just under the nose.

If it ever gets to the stage where I have to smear Vick's under my nose when I go to a particular store, then one way or another, one of us is leaving...