Comment on This crazy assassin character, who doesn't know what shampoo is, somehow would bother shaving her armpits

• BigPotato@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Once survival has gone on for some time (depends on the person), you’re going to start making a few ‘comfort’ decisions. Granted, I wouldn’t go raid a CVS for razors but if I found a pair of scissors I might start doing a trim.

  Also, hate the feeling of greasy hair, so I’m quick to cut it off or rub dirt all over it if I can’t take care of it.

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  • anarchy79@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Absolutely, getting a shower and having soap on your body is Magical Jesus Heaven when you’ve been in the dirt for a longer period of time, and it’s definitely an important morale motivator, actually just longing for it, so it definitely has survival value apart from basic hygiene making sure to let the body heal and not catch infections and so on…

    I suppose the scope of the situation matters for what we are talking about. In a true survival situation, it’s an afterthought. In anything below that it becomes proportionally more accessible and pertinent, of course.

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  • anarchy79@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    There is a lot to be said for morale improving things like hot showers, clipping your nails, and all of that, but they are always luxuries (valuable luxuries), though they could certainly act as motivators. When you live under duress, you find that you can actually get used to very base forms of existence, over a long time.

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  • anarchy79@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Kind of like a dog rolling around in muck to get the smell just right. I can feel that

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• shartgargle@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I meant after basic survival needs have been met. Obviously food, water, shelter are more important. But humans are hard wired to feel a sense of some hygiene, though you wouldn’t know it from some people.

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  • anarchy79@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    We don’t like to feel icky, for sure, but the scope for what we consider “icky” narrows a lot when we’re trying to survive.

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    • shartgargle@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      True, and a beard can be useful to break up the visual lines that the human brain identifies as a face. It’d only be a part of the overall camouflage profile, but if it’s already 1/3 done for you, it’s a win. But I can’t stand my beard getting that long. It’s like wearing a steel wool sweater to me.

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      • anarchy79@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        The utility of facial hair is modest. It has potential for sure! But first let’s have dinner.

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