lol you smell
Welcome, Something Awful forum goers, and thank you kindly for raising my hit count. Between being told that I should get it through my head that I smell, that not shaving means I must have eaten paint chips as a child, and that I obviously don’t pay attention to keeping my “fatcheese” under control (because people who don’t shave obviously don’t shower either, or something), and getting my first “well I don’t believe in fat acceptance but I want to tell you that diets don’t work, ~*~lifestyle changes~*~ do” comment, I feel like I’ve hit some big milestones in the fatosphere today. To celebrate, here’s a photo of one of my disgusting hairy armpits. You know, the ones that I don’t give a fuck what you think of.
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I just love how shaving fetishists have convinced most of the people in this country that natural bodies are “unhygenic”. I feel way more sweaty when I shave, and as I am on the fat side (5′5″ and 170), I actually smell *worse* when I remove armpit/pube hair. (I am assuming this is part of the reason. Maybe if I starved myself down to 120 I would still have that problem, heh.)
And yes, I did find this through something awful. I read the forums there for a lot of the same reasons they seek out things they can make fun of :)
Obviously it is part of the reason. Fat people smell, after all. It’s as simple as that.
I imagine that very few people have actually let their body hair grow out long enough (before deciding that ew it’s icky) to notice that you smell less. Every single non-shaver I’ve ever spoken with has said that not shaving is more comfortable and less smelly. There wouldn’t be much incentive otherwise.
hey, hood ornament, do you think men who don’t shave under their arms are lazy too?
Oh, and I love how you are now “hyper obese” and “housebound” just because you don’t starve yourself. ha.
hey, hood ornament, do you think men who don’t shave under their arms are lazy too?
Of course they are! It only takes 15 seconds, jeez! There’s no excuse for being lazy!
In all seriousness, though, while men do face some pressure for hair removal (back, chest, and pubes more than underarms and legs), I have never seen the same vitriol against hairy men that I have seen against hairy women. Because men are supposed to be hairy, but hairy women are just unnatural and neglect their basic grooming.
Oh, and I love how you are now “hyper obese” and “housebound” just because you don’t starve yourself. ha.
I’m enjoying that, too. Clearly I am just imagining my 30.3 BMI, my work-at-home job, and all the bike riding I do.
And aww, someone thinks that my not wanting troll comments on my blog means she’s touched a nerve. Sorry, dear, by in my unemployed, housebound, hyper-obese life, you’re really not that important.
I kind of wished you let them troll, but mainly for my own amusement. :)
I think they are just getting all the FA bloggers confused with each other. Because everyone who is not skinny is exactly the same, dontchaknow (like the headless 400 pound people used to scare people into dieting with)
Well, if you’re interested, so far I’ve learned that not taking the time to shave means I have a problem, and that I’m going to die alone with 40 cats. OH SHIT I IMAGINED MY FIANCE AND MY CAT ALLERGY, TOO. MY LIFE IS SO IMAGINARY. *kri kri*
Well, seeing as you aren’t a “real” person because you weren’t blessed with a cadre of thin ancestors, of course your life is imaginary!
To satisfy everyone’s curiosity, I may indeed have leg hair of steel, because one- or two-day-old stubble plus walking equals bleeding and pain. Funnily enough, I don’t have this problem when I don’t shave. But clearly I should endure pain and bleeding (or maybe just quit walking) in order to satisfy your notions of beauty.
De-lurking just to say: YOU ARE SO COOL! Thanks for writing such a fascinating & thought-provoking blog. Take care, B.
Aww, thank you!
People are strange, they are. Your pits are barely even there.
Okay, I know I’m late and all, but… how in the hell does someone who has never even met you in real life deduct that you smell? Doesn’t that defy some law of physics or something?
I smell so bad they can smell me over the internet.