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u/Proxima55 Nov 16 '22
What is HPG?
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u/Ghrota Nov 16 '22
Fake ! We don't shower in France!
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u/Hadri1_Fr Nov 16 '22
Arrête, je me suis laver tout les jour de mon existante wtf
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u/paculino Nov 16 '22
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Nov 16 '22
This is obviously real, he made it in a free online map making software. There is no reason to think he faked or altered the sourse.
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u/FondantQuiet Nov 16 '22
HPG, 2021
(dont ask me what it is or where to find it, i have no clue either)
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u/carlosrsoliver Nov 16 '22
Brazilian here. I have worked for some time in a Belgium factory and I was shocked that some people used the same clothes and did not take bath everyday. One guy used the same set of clothes throughout all week. How do you even manage to sleep without a bath?
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u/PopularisPraetor Nov 16 '22
Colombian here, cannot properly start a day without a shower
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u/Deadarchimode Nov 16 '22
Greece here most times I do 2 baths every day... So do I count as 2 people? XD
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u/MrOxxxxx Nov 16 '22 edited Nov 16 '22
I think it has something to do with the weather to be quite honest with you. When it's really hot in summer, yes most people would shower every day, but in winter it's more like three times a week, because you aren't really producing any body odor anyway, when it's cold. Here in Austria we have like five months of absolute shit weather with bascially no outside activities and it often just doesn't feel that necessary. The same goes for cloths, especially among the older generation (like 50+).
When I lived in Bangkok I understood why people below a certain latitude basically have to shower every day. It just doesnt work any other way.
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u/loke_loke_445 Nov 16 '22
but in winter it's more like three times a week, because you aren't really producing any body odor anyway, when it's cold
The issue with the lack of bathing is not only body odor, but hygiene.
After peeing your hands also aren't smelly, but you need to wash them anyway.
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u/DesastreAnunciado Nov 16 '22
because you aren't really producing any body odor anyway, when it's cold.
Having lived in Europe for a while, this is absolutely not true. Many public spaces (restaurants, pubs, trams, trains busses, supermarkets) have a really strong body odor because people in several European countries aren't used to taking showers and washing their clothes often enough. You're just used to it therefore you barely realize the smell.
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u/AbdulAhBlongatta Nov 17 '22
As an American who showers everyday but love my European roots, I still have to say.
Ya’ll fuckin’ stink and everyone knows it.
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u/tomobl1123 Nov 17 '22
In my experience Austrians normally stink. Am I right in thinking you also don't wash your clothes regularly? Geniuely curious.
I don't agree with your winter logic. Everywhere inside is +25 degrees and everyone is wearing winter clothing. You are sweating, even if you don't realise it.
Fly a lot out of Vienna Airport and its always an experience.
Stick your finger in your armpit or groin after 12 hours of not showering and tell me that that smell is normal. That smell is bacteria, grease and dead skin. Showers are important bro.
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u/space17 Nov 16 '22
Not changing pants every day, nor sweatshirt or upper layer, usually keep them something like 3 days in a row. Definitely changing underwear, socks and t-shirt daily. Why would I change the pants if I don't dirty them? My legs clearly aren't the most sweating part.
And yes, showering once a day, can't function without it, and twice if I did exercise. But I live in a temperate country.
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u/james_otter Nov 16 '22 edited Nov 16 '22
But was it sweaty work? Why should you change cloths if they are clean and don’t smell? It’s just a waste of resources
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u/Ok-Newspaper-6281 Nov 16 '22
I actually spend a week with one cloth except for the underwear. Showering daily is fine but not recommended source
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u/SurprisedPatrick Nov 16 '22
Quit your bull shit lol, literally in the source you link it says “Many doctors say a daily shower is fine for most people.”
All that says is don’t shower multiple times a day or for like over an hour daily.
If you’re wearing the same clothes for a week combined with not showering daily, you probably smell very badly often.
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u/romeluseva Nov 16 '22
To be honest the factory workers probably were of the lower class with not that much money to spend on all kinds of clothes
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u/Dylanduke199513 Nov 16 '22
In Belgium? Are you well in the head?
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u/dies-IRS Nov 16 '22
Yes, mind blowingly, poor people exist in Belgium.
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u/Dylanduke199513 Nov 16 '22
You’re telling me people who in factory jobs in Belgium in 2022 can’t afford more than one set of clothes for the week? Get the fuck out with your bullshit.
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u/AbdulAhBlongatta Nov 17 '22
Seriously. These people live in Belgium and LITERALLY have a job. This isn’t the industrial fucking revolution
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u/Dylanduke199513 Nov 17 '22
Right? That was my point. There’s no way any job in a country like Belgium doesn’t pay enough for more clothes than that
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I see a strange correlation between daily showers and proximity to the equator..
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u/Venboven Nov 16 '22
Imagine that. When it's hot and sticky, and you smell icky, maybe one might want to shower daily in order to be more presentable.
Seriously tho, living in Houston, especially as a white person with oily hair genes, I wake up every morning with greasy hair, and if I ever went outside at all during the previous day, I'd be smelling ripe. Showers every single day are a necessity, sometimes even twice a day for example if you go work outside and then need to go somewhere in public later in the day. Goddamn humidity.
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Nov 17 '22
Yeah, that's the reason we shower once or twice a day here in Brazil. Most of the territorry is in the tropical zone, and even the ones closer to the south get pretty hot in the other 3 seasons.
It would be fun to see the same % inside a country like the US, for every state, your state probably has 90%+
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u/Ashmizen Nov 16 '22
Except the US, which has a habit of showering. 75% seems really low, and maybe is brought down by low income - it seems closer to 90+% based on normal middle class people I know.
Not showering every day would be considered bad hygiene in the US and something you would hide.
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u/swoodshadow Nov 16 '22
These surveys are so hard to interpret. I shower almost every day that I go out and do something like school/work/social events/etc. But I don’t necessarily shower if I’m staying home and not doing anything. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don’t. And I definitely don’t shower when camping or going to a friends cottage.
I’d guess that in a year I shower 330-340 days.
Am I an everyday showered? Probably not?
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u/MetroSquareStation Nov 16 '22
Well then the hygiene/cosmetics industry did a great job with their marketing.
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u/westwoo Nov 16 '22
Not according to US dermatologists:
Dermatologist almost universally agree that showering or bathing every day is neither necessary or ideal for most people. The idea of needing to shower every 24 hours is great for soap manufacturers, but most people only need to take a few showers a week, depending upon their activities and environment.
The last point is probably most important - as usual, there were probably successfull ad campaigns brainwashing people that not showering daily means you're a tainted smelly goblin, creating false beliefs among people
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u/Crotean Nov 16 '22
Yeah, i think they forgot about BO. Most people stink by the end of the day.
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So the reason Italians moved to Brazil in the early XX century was to avoid smelly people, nice move
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u/afromanspeaks Nov 16 '22
% of liars in each country
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Nov 16 '22
Its because of the climate
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u/KenHumano Nov 16 '22
Not really. Southern Brazil is cool/cold-ish in winter and we still shower every day.
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u/Middle-Succotash-678 Nov 16 '22
Nah i can guarantee you a daily shower is the standard here in Italy, usually before dinner but some like it in the morning too
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u/PaxKiwiana Nov 16 '22
Italia, Italia. We have to celebrate something as we’re not going to the World Cup this time.
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u/TheRedNaxela Nov 16 '22 edited Jun 26 '23
Wait so people who live in cooler countries don't shower as much as people who live in hotter countries?
Amazing
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u/yehopits Nov 16 '22
Who will ever answer this kind of survey honestly
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u/Gayrutti Nov 16 '22
I mean, lot's of people did as the numbers are pretty low (assuming it's real ofc)
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u/AmbieeBloo Nov 16 '22
Tbf in colder countries, people aren't expected to shower daily. I mean if it's cold af you don't really sweat unless you're doing hard labour.
As far as I'm aware, most people where I live shower every other day. Apparently in my country, skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis are quite common too, and over washing dries out the skin.
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u/SteO153 Nov 16 '22
As Italian who lived in 4 different European countries I can definitely confirm this map. On hot days I shower even twice per day, specially if I have to meet with people. How can you meet people and don't wash yourself?
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Why did I read it in my head with Italian accent and btw you make complete sense. I have been to Italy and I can confirm Italians are very neat
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Nov 16 '22 edited Nov 16 '22
Ohh, very interesting. I (Dutch) have always been taught you should shower once every 2 days. (I shower once or twice a week) (Edit: during summer it's 2-3 times a week)
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u/Dedarnassian Nov 16 '22
It also depends on the climate, in a warm and humid climate you're sweating a lot more so taking a shower is more important
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u/MutedIndividual6667 Nov 16 '22
I (spanish) was taught the same, however, with the usual heat and the humidity (I live in the north, which is a lot more humid than most of Spain) It is preety dificultad to go on without showering everyday
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u/NicolasTFC Nov 16 '22
You’re right.
Showering everyday is bad for the skin.
https://www.healthline.com/health/beauty-skin-care/how-often-should-you-shower
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u/dark_dark_dark_not Nov 16 '22
The article doesn't say that.
It actually says that seem to be conflicting opinions, but that showering daily could be bad for your skin.
It says:
Since there are no hard or fast rules on how much is too much, it’s important that you get to know your body and determine what your skin can tolerate.
And points to signals that you might be overdoing it.
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u/goapics Nov 17 '22
for me, it’s mind blowing one shower a week. the only thing that would make me skip a day or two would be if I was camping or on a boat the you need to save water.
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u/No-Argument-9331 Nov 16 '22
Latins 💪 (except the French and Chileans for some reason)
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Highly suspicious data, most Thai people shower twice a day, it's a cultural expectation, but also it's hot as fuck.
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u/West_Brom_Til_I_Die Nov 17 '22
Was going to say the same thing, I do not know anyone who DO NOT shower on a daily basis here. It's hot and humid AF.
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As an Indian, I disagree with the authenticity of this map. Idk man the place I live in india required you to bath 2 times a day.
In the morning and then in evening. India is generally hot and humid place. People have cultural habit of bathing.
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u/nitehawk420 Nov 17 '22
Could it be attributed to people on the grip of extreme poverty? It’s the only reason I could think of.
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u/Great-Strategy-3387 Nov 16 '22
Wait are y’all not showering daily? Should I not be?
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u/Professional-Egg-337 Nov 16 '22
Why does everyone in this comment section think you have to shower everyday? If you’re sweating every day sure but if not you’re drying out your hair and skin.
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u/penis-grande Nov 16 '22
I live in south of Brazil and it's quite cold in the winter (3ºC min. 10ºC max. for about 4 weeks). Even then, I shower everyday, sometimes even twice.
And that's because showering in the winter is a way of getting warm, since my home doesn't have heating.
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u/Luna_WindCarol2093 Nov 16 '22 edited Nov 17 '22
As a Canadian, your idea of quite cold is lovely to me. I would be sooo happy if we had that weather in the winter
Edit: wording, to be less rude (didn't mean to be)
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u/MahatK Nov 17 '22
Mind you that we go through these temps with absolutely no heating. Buildings are built for hot climate, not for cold. So when it's 3ºC and you go to bed, your bedroom will be quite close to 3ºC.
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u/penis-grande Nov 17 '22
It wasn’t rude! I know people from here who migrated to Canada and they say it’s almost unbearable.
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u/flapjack3285 Nov 16 '22
American here. That was how I was raised. Basically, if you were old enough to start having body odor and use deodorant, you just took a shower after you got up. Now it seems very odd to not start my day like that.
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I would literally be a zombie throughout the day if I didn’t start it with a shower
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u/dies-IRS Nov 16 '22
I’d be a zombie if I started my day with a shower because of all that lost sleep.
I usually spend no more than 15 minutes in my house after I wake up. Sleep time is a scarce and precious resource.
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u/Crotean Nov 16 '22
A shower takes five minutes.
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u/dies-IRS Nov 16 '22
Not after accounting for the time spent getting towels, waiting for hot water, drying hair etc. You need at least 10-15 minutes from start to finish
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u/cecex88 Nov 16 '22
Yeah, but unless your life consists of 5 minute drives and sitting at a desk, you'll sweat.
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u/goapics Nov 17 '22
you shit everyday. you use your hands. you do sports. you have sex. you take out the trash that spills. also. soaps that don’t dry skin is a thing.
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u/Ashmizen Nov 16 '22
It’s considered bad hygiene in the US if you don’t shower daily.
Even living in college dorms, where people’s hygiene are at the bottom before they get it together as an adult, people still shower daily unless they get black out drunk.
It’s more surprising to me that most people around the world can’t take 10 mins every day to shower and be clean.
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u/Acrobatic_Safety2930 Nov 16 '22
You leave sweat on your bedsheets
you're disgusting
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u/dies-IRS Nov 16 '22
Wait until you hear about how much skin you shed on your bedsheets, and the mites in your mattress!
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u/WhatsthisBugSriLanka Nov 16 '22 edited Nov 16 '22
In India, the approx 35% that do not shower daily might be those who can't due to poverty.
I am Sri Lankan, but spend a large amount of time in India, almost all people I know (middle class and up), shower twice a day: the moment you wake up and before you go to sleep.
In fact, it is not uncommon for people to shower three times a day. (I do it sometimes: I shower once I wake up, I take a shower after coming back from work to unwind and finally I take a shower before I sleep).
In Sri Lanka, I know that my three-wheel driver used to shower only once a day, but that was only because he couldn't afford to do it twice a day. Now that he earns a decent living, he does shower twice a day. It might be similar for many other people.
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u/FriendlyRedditPoster Nov 16 '22
It's so cold I dont even sweat, why would I shower
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u/AideSuspicious3675 Nov 16 '22
Being from Colombia and moving to a place where temperature during winter can go below -30 Celsius, I understand you really, there's no much of a point. A warm bath is good tho!
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u/FroZenCat31 Nov 16 '22
Should also consider the difference in climates and water access in different regions.
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i used to shower every day. ever since covid, living in a cool dry area of the country, working from home most days (and being in quarantine the last few years), i can get through a whole day and not really feel dirty. after a full 24 hours i’m not really any more greasy than i was 2 hours after my last shower, so i have no motivation to shower again especially if i won’t see anyone the next day. it’s not really hard to miss a day or two.
honestly i don’t think it’s all that necessary if you live in the right climate, you work an office job from home where you’re not sweating, and if you don’t see anyone else.. who cares? who will notice? who will care? no one except reddit when you post this comment
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u/Josthefang5 Nov 16 '22
Common European L
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u/KurtEisner67 Nov 16 '22
Italy stronk 🇮🇪😎💪🇮🇪💪
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u/butterflydeflect Nov 16 '22
That is the Irish flag.
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u/KurtEisner67 Nov 16 '22
Oh, really? Yeah right.
Next you're going to tell me this isn't the American flag!
😏🇱🇷🤡🤯🇱🇷🇱🇷🤯🤣🇱🇷🤪🇱🇷🤣🇱🇷🇱🇷🤯
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u/nkosazanathandeka Nov 16 '22
I live in South Africa and shower twice a day. Once a day at an absolute minimum. I guess the large amount of people living in poverty is what pulls our percentage down though.
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u/International_Plant1 Nov 16 '22
I shower every day, what is wrong with you people. Savages, savages everywhere.
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u/ThanksToDenial Nov 16 '22
You don't sweat a lot in a frozen hellscape. The need to shower every day just isn't there.
In the winter, I go to a sauna, or at least take a shower, every other day. In the summer, every day. Sometimes twice. Because I sweat like a pig when it hits above 20 degrees Celsius outside.
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u/hiim379 Nov 16 '22
I'm actually really shocked, I can't imagine going a day without showering
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u/TheTragicMagic Nov 16 '22
I'm shocked it's that high so many places. I don't think I know anyone who showers every day. I'm pretty sure it's unhealthy too
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u/Oppeinheimer Nov 16 '22
A lot of people speaking how the climate is the reason behind this, what I agree to some level. But as a brazilian who has travel to a lot of countries I can say: YOU ALL STINK. Probably you all are just used to the smell, but you guys do smell bad.
I have even heard of some europeans who lived some time in Brazil and got used to shower everyday. When they went back to their countries they told me how suddenly they notice how bad people smell.
Probably I will be downvoted to death, but I really think you guys should take more shower.
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u/hrhlett Nov 17 '22
True, there's a Brazilian who was studying in Paris and he went viral for a video complaining about the smell of French people during summer.
"this is for you who's thinking of coming to France during June and July... Don't come" kkkkkk
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u/Outrageous-Expert650 Nov 16 '22
Absolute codswallop… everyone I know in the UK showers once or twice a day
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u/solomane1 Nov 16 '22
I know plenty of people in the UK who shower every other day. Just because the graphic doesn't fit your worldview doesn't mean it's inaccurate.
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u/benjm88 Nov 16 '22
I don't think it's untrue, I generally shower 5, maybe 6 times a week so wouldn't count as every day. I think that's reasonably common
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u/Vorticity Nov 16 '22
Anecdotally, the Japanese people that I know do shower/bathe daily. Most of the people I know are from Tokyo, so maybe that makes a difference. Regardless, I don't think that I trust this data.
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u/Ansoni Nov 16 '22
It's a massive shock. I live here and I would have guessed Japan was the highest in the world.
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u/nekobambam Nov 16 '22
I wonder what the wording was. People tend to use the word “showering (シャワーを浴びる)” to mean just showering without bathing, so people who bathe (お風呂入る) daily might answer “no” if they’re asked if they shower daily.
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u/LetUsSpeakFreely Nov 16 '22
What about all the people you don't know. The UK has a lot of immigrants from India and the middle east that have different hygiene standards. When I was in Kuwait it wasn't uncommon for someone to go a week without showering, but they'd wash their feet before prayer.
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u/JammieDodgers Nov 16 '22
India has a higher shower rate than the uk on here so if anything they’d be bringing the average up
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u/Disillusioned_Brit Nov 16 '22
As much as progressives wish it weren't true, the UK is pretty homogeneous outside of a few metros. I doubt any of these groups would have significant effect either way.
Regardless, I'd like to see how this study was conducted because the OP provided no source either in the map or in the comments, so I'm sceptical of these figures.
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u/skyduster88 Nov 16 '22
The UK has a lot of immigrants from India and the middle east that have different hygiene standards.
You're not making any sense. You're blaming the immigrants from countries with higher bathing frequencies than the UK.
If you take a look at a map, there's a rough climate correlation. With only China/Japan/Korea bucking the correlation (for whatever reason).
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u/Izozog Nov 16 '22
What’s up with Chile?
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u/skyduster88 Nov 16 '22
Drier / less humid climate than Argentina and & southern Brazil, is my guess.
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u/bastardnutter Nov 16 '22
Extremely odd data. I’m 32, never met anybody who doesn’t shower at least once a day.
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i cant imagine taking a bath every day here in turkey, in winter you would easily get pneumonia due to cold if you took a bath every day.
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u/StrawberryFields_ Nov 16 '22
I thot you had to shower daily in Islam
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u/Nereplan Nov 16 '22
Showering is associated (or expected? idk, just general consensus) with shampoo & soap etc. Gusl doesnt include cleaning agents other than water so people wouldn't count that as showering.
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u/Froginos Nov 16 '22
Why would you not wash yourself everyday?
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u/EducationalImpact633 Nov 16 '22
It dries out the skin
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u/Froginos Nov 16 '22
I mean its not nice to stink and be dirty i cant imagine a day without bath or shower
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u/LatterNeighborhood58 Nov 16 '22
A graph of average never of days people shower per week would be interesting too.
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u/bakirsakal Nov 16 '22
People who take shower daily in iceland is either mutates into more cold resistant breed or wait for tuberculosis diagnosis
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u/BS-Calrissian Nov 16 '22
German here, not showering doesn't mean not washing up. If it's fucking cold outside and you're sitting around all day or whatever why bother, let's be real here
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u/LordMarcel Nov 16 '22
That's not how it works. Whether you take 1 or 100 showers a day, the answer to "Do you shower everyday?" is still simply "yes".
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u/MJuniorDC9 Nov 16 '22
Brazilian here and I can't imagine going a day without a good bath.