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I'd in no way advise using Axe as an alternative to proper washing,but am still slightly amazed at the disdain the product seems to be getting.
Personally I'd rather have someone spray an entire can of Axe directly into my eyes than have to smell BO.

FITZZ wrote: I'd in no way advise using Axe as an alternative to proper washing,but am still slightly amazed at the disdain the product seems to be getting.
Personally I'd rather have someone spray an entire can of Axe directly into my eyes than have to smell BO.

Yeah, bad BO makes me noxious, but my least favorite is the kind that still lingers in the air even when the person has left now that's disgusting.

FITZZ wrote: I'd in no way advise using Axe as an alternative to proper washing,but am still slightly amazed at the disdain the product seems to be getting.

The internet hate machine never ceases to amaze me.

Monster Rain wrote:

FITZZ wrote: I'd in no way advise using Axe as an alternative to proper washing,but am still slightly amazed at the disdain the product seems to be getting.

The internet hate machine never ceases to amaze me.

...True enough Monster...
I often find myself longing for life B.I. (Before Internet),when most disagreements were handled in (time limited) face to face debate or with a solid right cross to the jaw,not much got solved then either...but at least there wasn't the ceaseless clickity clack of keyboards as people attempted to "out right" each other...

Cheesecat wrote:Yeah, bad BO makes me noxious....

Genius!

Did you mean 'nauseous', by any chance?

I agree, very clever. I suppose it would do both, wouldn't it?

Albatross wrote:

Cheesecat wrote:Yeah, bad BO makes me noxious....

Genius!

Did you mean 'nauseous', by any chance?

Yeah, that's the word I'm looking for.

I would not be surprised to find that many of these people who have "Gamer Funk" also have Asperger's syndrome, or any other mild form of autism. several of these disorders include personal hygiene issues as a symptom. For those with these disorders, its not that they don't care, its that it honestly does not register to them that they are causing problems for others around them. other symptoms can include a lack of empathy, lack of social skills, and annoyingly intense interest in a small number of subject areas.

note that all of these other symptoms are also stereotypes for gamers, geeks, nerds, and whatever other term there is for us...

...see, most of the offenders in our are don't... but they do fit the gamer/geek stereotype- and are really pale. Me, though, I'm lucky- the stores down the street from a YMCA, so I can Work out, hose off, and head down for a quick game on the way home.

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:...see, most of the offenders in our are don't... but they do fit the gamer/geek stereotype- and are really pale. Me, though, I'm lucky- the stores down the street from a YMCA, so I can Work out, hose off, and head down for a quick game on the way home.

Plus, you can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal.... Pretty much do whatever you feel.

Exactly, man. It's great.

schadenfreude wrote:

shingouki wrote:

Smelling like a French whorehouse isn't much of an improvement over the smell of gamer troll. Wait that's not even real axe, it's some kind of off brand rip off that will make the user smell like a 2nd rate French whorehouse, instead of smelling like a classy French whorehouse where the girls wash their hairy armpits once a week. You know the smell we trust Axe to provide with a double pits to chesty.

My #1 recomendation=



followed by some shampoo and and an antiperspirant. Brushing your teeth, changing your drawers, and changing your socks once a day also helps. It's not rocket science.

Please note that the lynx picture was for display purposes only and not the brand i encourage everyone to wear.Good hygene is as important as using anti perspirant.Also smelling of lynx is a massive improvement over the smell of gamer troll.

Y'know, some actually might debate that point.

You got my YMCA joke, right?

I was especially proud of that....

^ i really hope he got it, made me chuckle and cringe at the same time, congrats!

Albatross wrote:You got my YMCA joke, right?

I was especially proud of that....

I thought it was funny...

...Perhaps a visual aid might help..?

..

No, I didn't need the village people to help me, I got it... though they are before my time. It was quite good though.

Other than the Y, we've got a large jewish community around here, so there's alot of JCC's around. I can go there too, but there's no songs I can think of...

At my local GW store we have just as much trouble with halitosis as we do with body odor. There are a few regulars that have lethal bad breath, so much so that you can be about six feet away and it's a problem every time they speak. If the door to the store is open and a breeze is blowing in and you're down wind when they talk, a noxious cloud envelops you and renders you unable to breathe.

Then in place of a shower stand, you need a listerine stand.

Avatar 720 wrote:To be fair, I wash before going anywhere, but unfortunately I sweat whilst i'm at the destination, there are a few fountains here and there but i'd likely be charged with something and put on a register of some sort...

...again.

Hear hear!

But apparently applying some deoderant due to this make us douchebags... Is it better for me to have big wet patches on my armpits?

I know I wouldn't yell if I saw anyone putting on deoderant... especially not the guys in the store..

Grimtuff wrote:But apparently applying some deoderant due to this make us douchebags... Is it better for me to have big wet patches on my armpits?

Interestingly, you're the only person who's called anyone a douchebag (or douche) in this thread. Complaining that people are calling you a douchebag when you're the only one calling yourself that is a bit odd.

Spraying lynx on yourself isn't going to magically make big wet patches on your armpits vanish, or actually get rid of the smell, if any. You want to wear an actual antiperspirant/deoderant combo, which is what most people use 'deoderant' to mean, not just spray perfume on yourself. Even if it is named after a catlike animal.

Erm BoS you are aware Lynx make an anti-perspirant right? (and a Lynx is a cat)

Ahem

Avatar is right, I have used axe in the past and (like everything on earth) it's all about moderation. If you spray it on like the D-bags in the adverts you are gonna smell like a ripened jersey boy. If you are sparing with it, it will act as a normal deodorant, granted most of their scents all blend together to get that pure aerosol smell.

Regardless of what deodorant or other hygiene products you use, just use them. If you don't care how you smell, then that is your problem and shouldn't be ours. And yes, it is a "problem." Wash yourself.

Furthermore, fellas, if you're next to someone in a store and have to deal with them and their aroma, tell them they stink. Be polite about it, but let them know. Chances are, they do know and don't care. So make a deal out of it. Make them uncomfortable. It's not fair for them to assault your senses and offend your nose and you have to sit there not saying anything. Speak up. If enough peope do, those stink-bombers will start to bathe properly.

Y'know, you're right in that last part. One guy smells fine, and he's got no sense of smell...

Moltar wrote:Ahem

Avatar is right, I have used axe in the past and (like everything on earth) it's all about moderation. If you spray it on like the D-bags in the adverts you are gonna smell like a ripened jersey boy. If you are sparing with it, it will act as a normal deodorant, granted most of their scents all blend together to get that pure aerosol smell.

Regardless of what deodorant or other hygiene products you use, just use them. If you don't care how you smell, then that is your problem and shouldn't be ours. And yes, it is a "problem." Wash yourself.

Furthermore, fellas, if you're next to someone in a store and have to deal with them and their aroma, tell them they stink. Be polite about it, but let them know. Chances are, they do know and don't care. So make a deal out of it. Make them uncomfortable. It's not fair for them to assault your senses and offend your nose and you have to sit there not saying anything. Speak up. If enough peope do, those stink-bombers will start to bathe properly.

+1 you win one internet.
seriously though you hit the nail on the head.