Comment on What metrics are deoderant companies using to calculate their "72hr protection" numbers?

Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Burden of proof

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  • MightBeAlpharius@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They also usually use some weasel words like “up to.” That way, if it doesn’t last the full 72 hours (which it won’t), they can claim that they stated “72 hours MAXIMUM” rather than just “72 hours.” It’s basically shifts the statement from “lasts three days” to “definitely won’t last four days.”

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    • MIDItheKID@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Lots off stuff like that out there. Like food products that say “Made with 100% white meat chicken”. That just means that 100% white meat chicken is one of the ingredients.

      Or those stupid “99c and up” stores. That’s no dollar store. That’s just a store. 99c and up is so many things.

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      • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Or the american no sugar rule that makes 100% sugar tic tacs sugar free (each ‘serving’ contains less than 5 gram of sugar)

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  • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Where is this champion among men that I may smell them?

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    • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Asia

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      • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        actually, I’m in India right now and am shocked that so far it’s the least smelly country in terms of sewage and BO I’ve been to, tied with Japan so far.

        I say so far because I’ve only been here for 2 weeks.

        I’ve been all over Asia and there’s always a sewage smell somewhere, or a smelly river, or you can smell BO on people when you’re crowded together on a bus, but now I’m in India and there’s no sewage smell, and I’m here during a huge festival, literally one of tens of thousands of people crowded in these temples without smelling any BO, and I’m wondering if it’s a cultural habit that is dovetailing into their infrastructure and hygiene(kind of like how Chinese chefs traditionally cook everything at super high heats, even though the origin is tied into making sure the food is clean) and their sewage pipes are all very far removed or thickly covered and treated, or if the largely vegetarian diet plays into a much less offensive smell overall in terms of bodily function and by-products.

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      • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Native Americans often have the gene too.

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    • Ephera@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There’s a condition where people may sweat less or not at all: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypohidrosis

      Not as great as it might sound at first…

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      • Tomato666@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Prince Andrew? Is that you?

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• Steve@startrek.website ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Lol. Small fine, business as usual

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• Pulptastic@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You have 72 hours to hide in the dark. If they smell you, you die. If you make it, you win a million dollars.

  Good thing I have 72 hour deodorant!

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• Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  First there was the 12h deo !!!

  Then magically the same was 24, 48 and eventually 72?!

  There was a backlash against that 72 hours in some countries like do you even shower bro?

  Soon 1 month smell free!1!!

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