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Guys: Take a shower, shave and put on clean clothes before you meet with someone.
Hygiene is very sexy.
Gonna preface this by saying Ive got no issues with you or your comment, I recognize what community I'm in.
But advice like this is so frustrating for actually normal people who are single and are struggling to find a partner. It implies anyone who can't get a date can't do so because they're the equivalent of a stinky smelly mongoloid who's been wearing the same underwear he uses to clean his pits for 3 days.
Again your comment is perfectly valid given the context. OOP probably left out that he tipped his fedora to the m'lady because of all the dandruff that fell off when he did it. But being told in normal communities to "just take a shower bro you'll get a date ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ" feels like being corrected on your spelling, in a math test, when you spelled the word correctly in the first place.
/rant
Edit: oof. So I upset some people with this one, obviously, but the only people I care about that I upset are the ones who pointed out the unfortunate term used above. As some had guessed I had no idea of it's origins. (Ironically, I noticed the similarity when my phone generously assumed I wasn't a bigot and tried autocorrecting to something.. marginally less offensive, but in the midst of typing out a rant I didn't think twice.)
I'm leaving it so others can see my mistake and hopefully learn from it. But when selecting fun and frivolous language, I'll make sure to remove that one from the pot.
Oof, also I laughed at your example at the bottom. This actually happened to me in highschool and it still haunts me.
My condolences
Its condolences.
Their condolences
Our condolences
I had one geography and pre-algebra teacher in junior high that was like this. She practically refused to give out 100% on any assignment or test, and as far as I know no one ever could. She took the time to pick out any little flaw. Word misspelled? You lost points (granted, that's fair for place names in geography). Handwriting not typewriter-perfect? You lost points. Didn't quite erase something to her standards? You lost points. Didn't format a handwritten page precisely as she defined (and she was extremely precise)? If you're lucky you lost points, but she often threw those away with a zero. Used the wrong type of pencil? Allegedly she could tell if it wasn't written with a #2 pencil, and would throw the it away if it wasn't. The best grade I got in either of those classes was 99.5%. What did I miss? One of my 'i's had the dot slightly touching the rest of the letter. Real Umbridge character personality-wise too, more than anyone I ever met.
All this allegedly to prepare for college. So it was a shocker when I got there find out that I could straight up get 2/10 correct on a calculus test but still be graded at 80% because (read this in a slavic accent) "you made mistakes in algebra, but you know your calculus". Go figure
Omg... I would've been so angry with her if that were to happen to me XD! 99.5% because of a fucking dot on the i ...
Dude, the use of "mongoloid" is not cool.
You know what it means, right?
The double whammy of referring to a specific syndrome and racist origins
Holy shit, just looked that up, and it has layers to it. Based on the rest of their comments in the thread, I'm sure it wasn't intentional, they probably had no idea of the origins and meanings (I certainly didn't), but man is that one problematic.
OOF.
Thanks for giving me the benefit of the doubt. Probably should've clicked when my phone graciously tried to save me with autocorrect, but I was typiiiing.
Original comment updated.
Well I'll just see myself out then.
Comment updated. Thanks. Sorry.
Take a shower before you see a sex worker.
I WINT SHOWER BEFORE SEEING A SEX WORKER I WONT SHOWER BEFORE SEEING A SEX WIRKER I WONT SHOWER BEFORE SEEING A SEX WORKER I WINT SHOWER BEFOR E SEEING A SEX WORKER I WONT SHOWER BEFORE SEEING A SEX WOREE
I do that and still no dates, now what?
Did you remember to be attractive?
Well I am not overweight, and am tall. Attractiveness is really on a scale and can be in the eye of the beholder, but no I would not consider myself attractive or unattractive, just plain.
All this place knows is Linux bro don't come here for advice
Well good thing I'm not a Linux bro.
See there's your problem /s
/s/s, frfr.
Ok, so now you have a clear plan to work on your attractiveness.
Yet.
Ever considered going to Asia?
You need to get out and talk to people and ask them out.
That's a dealbreaker, I'm out.
Nah I would prefer to just complain about it on the internet.
No shave, have beard, will not capitulate to demands. If you can't accept my face at it's harriest you don't deserve the parts I do trim!
I have sensitive skin lol and razor bumps are laaaaaaame.
You're definitely missing the point. I also have a beard and refuse to shave but I tidy my beard up periodically. The point is to groom yourself.
I'm going for length, I clean it though. Currently however I must've got some aeroshell 64 in it though because the smell won't leave and I won't be able to shower for like another 8h, so I smell industrial.
If you're cleaning it then you're good. Tbh I don't really know what long beard hair care entails. I think the advice is moreso targeted at folks that don't care for the scraggly bits.
Well "shave" and "wash" are two very different things, and you can also "brush!"
Lol I know it was for folks that don't like the scraggly bits, but there's people out there that do too, that one person's preferences are far from universal. Like, I'm not a fan of those straight bangs that were popular a while back but some people are, and that's ok too! That said I'd never tell a woman to trim her bangs though, if I like her it's for more than her hairstyle so I can put up with one I don't like.
I got a puppy when I was first starting an Airman Program (prior to becoming an aviator in my branch of the military), and one of my daily responsibilities was getting fuel samples and fueling aircraft, so every day when I came home I smelled like jet fuel (which smells like it's generating constant low level damage as long as you're smelling it... because it is...). Now my dog loves the smell of jet fuel and loves it when I smell like jet fuel.
So I guess what I'm trying to say is, if Stockholm Syndrome is an option, that aeroshell 64 smell could work for you.
(This is entirely a joke, I'm not advocating any situation outside of pets that would result in Stockholm Syndrome)
Lol not gonna lie, I kinda like the smell of this grease myself! Now I just need to find a woman who uses a lot of anti seize grease at work!
(Tbh, I fully welcome it, my last ex couldn't hold down a job and it really fucked with our budget, I'm looking for someone who can this time! Stockholm syndrome jokes aside lol.)