[ SECRET POST #2083 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2083 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

No, I implied people from non-wealthy countries don't worry about L'Oreal Paris or whatever the fuck was being thrown out upthread as what Loki should dunk his head in.

There's a difference between personal hygiene and the ridiculous amounts of "hygiene" products being pushed on people. Water and something mildly textured to scrub with will generally do the trick.

People in India bathe in the Ganges, one of the most heavily-polluted rivers in the world. In addition to the general random crap and silt from erosion, there is both animal and human sewage in the river. When it floods around here, we run around with our skirts hiked up going, "don't play in the poop water"! We run around believing myths about how bad it is to have your pet cat or dog on the bed with you, while herders in Africa sleep next to their cattle - sometimes even huddled up against them for warmth and mutual protection. I'm afraid we're the ones with the messed-up sense of what's "gross" and "unhygienic," not the non-wealthy world.

[(Anonymous)]

But my country didn't have ads about Western products till about 20 years ago, but people still considered greasy hair gross.

Water and something mildly textured to scrub with will generally do the trick.

Why did people invent soap then, why did even the Egyptians, Romans and Turks use soap to wash themselves if it is so unimportant? I mean, they weren't bombarded with commercial ads.

We run around believing myths about how bad it is to have your pet cat or dog on the bed with you, while herders in Africa sleep next to their cattle - sometimes even huddled up against them for warmth and mutual protection.

You compare apples to oranges. One, most people from Europe and the US have weaker immune systems because parents are so paranoid about their kids getting bacteria that they do everything to create a relatively sterile environment for their small kids. Two, cattle animals =/= cats and dogs. With both cats and dogs you have to ensure that they view you as the boss, and letting them in your bed might destroy that image in their eyes (and, imo, if you have a garden, pets have no place in your house), plus more people are allergic to cat and dog fur than to cattle animal fur, etc.

I'm afraid we're the ones with the messed-up sense of what's "gross" and "unhygienic," not the non-wealthy world.

Touchy today, anon?

[(Anonymous)]

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One, most people from Europe and the US have weaker immune systems because parents are so paranoid about their kids getting bacteria that they do everything to create a relatively sterile environment for their small kids.
I think this pretty much proves the previous anon's claim, ie, we're the ones with fucked-up ideas about hygiene. And I don't see why making this claim proves you're 'touchy today', by the way.

[(Anonymous)]

I think this pretty much proves the previous anon's claim, ie, we're the ones with fucked-up ideas about hygiene.

But anon claimed that using only water is sufficient enough to take off the grime from one's body, which, as history has proven, is not true, plus, which I have forgot to add: different cultures different norms and she has just compared to totally different cultures (how people in Africa view hygiene and how people from wealthy countries (though not only wealthy countries view it that way, might I add) view it).

(although I agree that some people's idea about personal hygiene today are quite extreme. When I was a kid, we were literally throwing dry cow shit at each other and weren't any less clean after a bath or any less healthy at the end of the day)