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

• MightBeAlpharius@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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  • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Asia

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    • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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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      • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I’m willing to bet their diet plays a huge role in the smell factor, especially in their localities. It seems like anyone with a western, especially American, diet, has a propensity to smell less that fresh on lieu of daily hygiene.

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    • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Native Americans often have the gene too.

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  • Ephera@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨days⁩ ago

      Prince Andrew? Is that you?

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