Ah, shaving your armpits, another hallmark of classic manliness.
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BertramDitore@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Most BO comes from the bacteria that grows on the armpit hair after sweating, so while he’d probably have issues with the “manliness” of this suggestion, if he just shaves his armpit hair it’ll take a bit longer for the BO to develop. As long as he’s showering regularly, that is…
But it’d probably be better to just tell him that cleanliness and showing that you have personal hygiene (by washing regularly and using deodorant) is most definitely manly. Having BO doesn’t make him manly, cause I’ve got news for him: women have BO too.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 2 days ago
maniel@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Yeah, but shaving your armpits it’s hay AF
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
What is manlier than scraping 1-7 blades across your skin?
misterdoctor@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Ripping the hairs out one at a time
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
Burning them off with a laser?
maniel@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Of course, then smear it with some Tabasco
niycyan@lemmy.world 2 days ago
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 days ago
When he joins the working world, does he think his employer will put up with his BO? Ask him how he plans to stay “manly” when he’s unemployed.
KamikazeRusher@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Not all teenagers think rationally. Depending on how “rebellious” this one is, they may not care to consider such a thing as it’s a “future me” problem.
Probably better to ask him how he’ll handle his peers and potential crushes actively avoiding him because of how bad he smells. Teens usually care more about peer approval than anything else.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 days ago
My experience with stinky coworkers was always telling there boss “hey can you talk to so-and-so? He smells like rancid asshole”. Those conversations never took place and I couldn’t stand to be around the stinky individual to help them learn to do their job so they’d inevitably end up failing and getting fired for performance. I guess the problem solved itself but they got a good few months out of the job before that happened.
vrek@programming.dev 2 days ago
At one point in my past I was the “stinky coworker”. I wore deodorant, I showered daily, I washed my clothes after every wearing. My boss did have THAT conversation with me, and started using cologne to cover it. Don’t think it fixed it but it covered it enough that I kept the job for a bit.
Eventually my mother, who I was living with, bought a new washer / dryer. My stinkiness factor went to effectively nothing. I’m pretty sure there was some mold/bacteria/whatever in the old washer that was causing the stink.
It may not be the stinky persons fault, and they may not even know what’s causing it.
PunnyName@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s not gonna change. I’m like that, and at 43, it’s still an issue. Grooming and cleanliness are just good habits to build.