"I Have Not Taken A Shower In Over 12 Years..."

[Possum577]

They make a good point - by showering daily, we are not letting our immune system build itself up.

What?! The immune system lies largely (if not entirely) inside he body...not the outside.

Fools.  Your great great great grandparents -never- "showered".  Nor did they ever use "toilet paper".

Appreciate the luxuries you have, for they ARE luxuries. 

Luxuries indeed, no one needs this stuff, but our gransparents probably smelled more too.

[n2004al]

Unthinkable. Not because him is dirty or not (I am not interested to judge this) but having 12 years without the pleasure of the shower is really a ... (I don't find the word to tell)... How is possible to live  in this way....

[RealBitcoin]

What?! The immune system lies largely (if not entirely) inside he body...not the outside.

Except when fungus grows on your skin and other bacteria enters in your bloodstream in the tiny ventilation holes that are on your skin, then it becomes an internal battle.

Not to mention leprosy and other disgusting things that can happen by not having atleast basic hygene.


Pigs atleast have think skin, and even they get sick sometimes from not having a bath, but humans must wash themselves lol.

[BADecker]

Lots of people don't take showers. But that doesn't mean they don't bathe. These jokers simply bathe in a different way. Whats the big stink about - pun intended?

 

[doublemore]

I dont wash as often as i did when i was younger, i dont think it is healthy to shower daily personally - maybe if you only use water its ok daily.  Thats my thoughts...

[gogxmagog]

i dont know this guys pro-biotic washing system (or whatever it is) but i'm not giving up my daily bath for anything. i dont use much soap, shampoo even less and never use deodorant, i smell fine. no one ever complains, and my friends wouldn't be shy to if i was stinking. he has a point that soaps and detergents are over used, but hot water is never going out of style.

also, he makes a good point about bacteria and such, but what about his ass? you gotta wash off all that sticky shit once in a while.

he should team up with the soylent guys. dont eat, dont wash... maybe he can figure out a way to never sleep too. i think he's got the dont have sex part totally dialed in by the looks of him

[hashman]

Fools.  Your great great great grandparents -never- "showered".  Nor did they ever use "toilet paper".

Appreciate the luxuries you have, for they ARE luxuries. 

Really, the shower was invented by the ancient romans or greeks, i dont remember.

They had water conducting systems and there were saunas, pools, and showers in ancient times already.

It is not that new invention if you research it more.

Check out when running -hot- water became standard - for a significant portion of the population. 

Damn recently.

 

[doublemore]

Im thinking recently that frequent washing of hair and using shampoo can make your hair fall out quicker.

[Snail2]

Check out when running -hot- water became standard - for a significant portion of the population. 

Damn recently.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shower#History actually event the ancient Egyptians had some of the earliest rudimentary showers... running water... well someone was running with a jug of water . Greeks and Romans were the first with running -cold- water and less rudimentary showers.

[foreveryoung]

for religion except islam,its okay..

[Snail2]

Actually you can keep yourself clean and hygienic without showers by using some cleaning towels, but taking a bath or getting a shower is a pleasant thing. I guess using such cleaning stuff instead of water will be quite widespread as soon as we will start colonizing arid places like the Moon or the Mars.

[salinizm]

Yeah, this guy just about matches the image I get when I picture someone who says they haven't showered in 12 years:

“We’ve confused clean with sterile,” AOBiome’s general manager of consumer products Jasmina Aganovic told CBS. “We’ve taken the dirt out of our lives. We don’t spend as much time outdoors as we used to, even little children.”
“Our users are able to reduce their dependence on conventional products. Examples include cutting out or cutting down on deodorant, cutting out or cutting down on moisturizers,” she said.
Mr Whitlock said: I would like a billion people a day to use this.”

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/beauty/i-havent-showered-in-12-years-says-aobiomes-david-whitlock/story-fnjcnzwg-1227519995565

 as a shower addict, i cant even imagine a day without water touching on my skin ... this lifestlye isnt for me .. if so i would rather be death then..

[galdur]

Daily shower is good but you don´t necessarily have to use soap every day. Or shampoo. I think overuse of that may very well be harmful. Probably not a good idea to accumulate too much dubious additive shit along with what you get with the food. And other things.

[ausbit]

Yeah, this guy just about matches the image I get when I picture someone who says they haven't showered in 12 years:

“We’ve confused clean with sterile,” AOBiome’s general manager of consumer products Jasmina Aganovic told CBS. “We’ve taken the dirt out of our lives. We don’t spend as much time outdoors as we used to, even little children.”
“Our users are able to reduce their dependence on conventional products. Examples include cutting out or cutting down on deodorant, cutting out or cutting down on moisturizers,” she said.
Mr Whitlock said: I would like a billion people a day to use this.”

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/beauty/i-havent-showered-in-12-years-says-aobiomes-david-whitlock/story-fnjcnzwg-1227519995565

 as a shower addict, i cant even imagine a day without water touching on my skin ... this lifestlye isnt for me .. if so i would rather be death then..

Its not possible in this world that someone not taken showers over 12years. If we don't take shower everyday then we feel like itching something and feels very awakward. A very lazy man also take showers in two or three days.

[darkangel11]

Daily shower is good but you don´t necessarily have to use soap every day. Or shampoo. I think overuse of that may very well be harmful. Probably not a good idea to accumulate too much dubious additive shit along with what you get with the food. And other things.

Just shower when you feel dirty or smell bad instead of making it a daily routine. Some people take a shower to wake up in the morning and then another before going to bed. It has to make their skin really dry.

[bizerinm]

maybe  not shower, but i guess that he at least was in a pool, lake, or something like this...no way he didn't washed his self for 12  years...Some doctors claim that shower is not good to be practiced more than 5 minutes

[buddycool]

His name should be in Guinness Book of world record.. 

[bryant.coleman]

Very difficult to believe this. I normally take two baths a day (once in the morning and then in the evening). I am residing in the tropics and here it is normal to take one or two baths every day. If someone goes without a bath for more than two or three days, then the stench will be identifiable from as far away as 100 feet. 

[designerusa]

They make a good point - by showering daily, we are not letting our immune system build itself up.

Having a bit of dirt on you isnt going to do much. Poor hygiene can lead to many other diseases too, plus you smell really bad. You don't need to shower every day but every few days is advisable.

i dont agree with you a modern human being has to take a shower everyday because a person must be smell well and look neat rather than looking dirty and smelling bad..

[The Sceptical Chymist]

That dude looks way too clean to not have showered for even one year, much less 12.  Christ, I feel dirty just reading this thread.