Deodorant can give you cancer

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Post originally by Stinky Peeete at 2004-07-27 13:08:31
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Roll on deodorants can cause lymphoma, or so I've heard.

So just wash really well and don't sweat too much, piggy.

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Post originally by Ralpheous at 2004-07-27 15:38:09
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Antiperspirant is what gives you cancer. It clogs your lymph nodes with aluminum, preventing you from sweating (that's a bad thing). Deodorant is harmless, it just masks the odour of your sweat.
So bathe and de-odorise. Do everyone a favour.

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Post originally by Adrienne at 2004-07-27 17:38:43
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http://www.snopes.com/toxins/breast.htm

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Post originally by Nilus at 2004-07-30 08:29:52
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Yes but not wearing deoderant can lead to the following conditions

1) Extreme Nasal compression and Blood loss(From when I jack you in the nose for standing way to close to me with your stink ass...Don't laugh, if I am in the exhibit hall and some reaking ass is pushing against me I have been known to get violent)

2) Starvation(Last year I was witness to a restraunt(a decent place but not a high class establishment) at indy refusing service to a group of gentleman who looked like they had no showered in several months, Hearing the one nasal nerd yell that he was gonna sue them cause his dad was a lawyer was priceless.)

3) Chronic Masterbation syndrome(Lets face it, Geeky Role Playing Girls are very rare, Gencon(and the few other good cons) are the few places where they come together in large number. So for many these cons are the only place where they might ever truly find love(or at least hot steamy geek lust). Now since there are still at least 5 guys to any girl there, why make your chances worse by being one of the stinky guys.

Wear Deoderant, shower and be normal. Is that to much to ask

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Post originally by Ross Winn at 2004-07-30 11:21:00
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...It isn't, and that was my point.

Thanks for your support.

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Post originally by Adrienne at 2004-07-30 23:03:43
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<i>Lets face it, Geeky Role Playing Girls are very rare, Gencon(and the few other good cons) are the few places where they come together in large number. So for many these cons are the only place where they might ever truly find love(or at least hot steamy geek lust). Now since there are still at least 5 guys to any girl there, why make your chances worse by being one of the stinky guys.</i>

On the other hand, if you put it that way, it's kind of unsporting for the stinky guys to clean up. If the girls are hunting, don't they deserve to know that Mr. Right Guard is actually captain of the Olfactory Assault Brigade for the other 362 days of the year?

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Post originally by Ross Winn at 2004-07-31 06:10:08
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But hey, it worked for me...

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Post originally by Manga Boogie Man at 2004-09-29 16:04:41
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I have a friend, a relatively short-time gamer, who spent a year in Japan as an exchange student. Shortly after her return to the U. S., she went to a convention dedicated to Japanesque historical and fantasy games of all sorts (mostly RPGs, card games, and strategy games). She said that the first thing she noticed was the huge number of reeking guys of all sizes, more than a few of which were odiferous enough to be smelled from ten feet away. The greater the weight, the worse the smell, in her opinion (and that's a lot more gentle wording than she used).

When she described the con to the other members of our gaming group, she mentioned being near Sumo wrestlers on more than one occasion during her stay in Japan and that they, to a man, didn't stink at all. Certainly not to enough to be offensive, even if you were right next to them. She came away from the convention with the opinion that American geeks, especially overweight ones, don't even try when it comes to personal hygiene.

Take it from a first-hand listener, guys. People do notice. And they remember.

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Post originally by Ross Winn at 2004-09-29 19:14:04
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thank you thank you thank you.

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Post originally by Aka-Chan at 2004-10-12 10:55:08
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Yes, modern deodorants and antiperspirants can cause problems, including cancer, though they usually don't. This is due to their containing aluminum(a substance which is toxic to the human body, but is generally considered safe by stupid FDA types who buckle under economic pressure rather than actually do anything about it).

There is hope, however, and it doesn't require you to give up bathing, deodorizing, or any of that good stuff that keeps you clean and stink-free.

It's called organic products. You can find hygeine and deodorizing products that are not only safe, but that also work just as good(if not better) than your normal store-bought alternatives. I recently switched to all-organic hygeine products. My shampoo and conditioner work great(and I don't feel greasy and nasty the next morning). My soap works great, smells great, and keeps my skin soft. And my deodorant works ALL DAY LONG.

Note -- the ingredient in many organic deodorants that makes it go on wet and then dry up is a type of alcohol. It's safe and effective, but stings a little if you do it right after a hot shower 'cuz of the opened pores. Just a little warning I thought I'd give.

The company that I use is called Aubrey Organics. There are a lot of other companies out there that sell organic hygeine products(among other things), but this is the company that I like best.

Oh, and it doesn't stop with hygeine products. You can find organic toothpastes(did you know fluoride was bad for you?), colognes and perfumes, lotions, etc. etc. etc.

So yeah, even if you have health concerns, you still have no excuse to go to conventions all dirty and stinky and nasty.

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Post originally by kissmyfatass at 2004-10-17 23:38:07
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You friend sounds like a stuck up c-nt who is bigoted and prejudiced towards overweight people. Maybe she should join the kkk or the american nazi party so she can hang out with other bigots.

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Post originally by Aka-Chan at 2004-10-18 10:41:05
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What does her thinking that a bunch of gamers stink have to do with her being bigoted towards overweight people? The dude even said it had nothing to do with them being large -- she's been near large people who didn't stink at all. She doesn't have a problem with the weight. She has a problem with the stench. Duh.

Anyway, overweight people are always going to have to do more than a healthy person to keep their odor in check. That's just a simple fact. Noticing that the large people in America have odor problems and the large people in Japan don't is simply an observation. It could have to do with hygeine, diet, or a number of other things that affect the odors the human body emits.

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Post originally by Roy Morgan at 2004-11-12 19:37:13
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"You friend sounds like a stuck up c-nt who is bigoted and prejudiced towards overweight people. Maybe she should join the kkk or the american nazi party so she can hang out with other bigots.”

Ah, a knee-jerk reaction. Or more likely just a jerk's reaction.

With the language you use, combined with the judgemental overgeneralization you just crapped out, I’d say you’d be a lot more at home with the hate-mongers than Manga Boogie Man's friend.

I’ve noticed that most people who sling around the term ‘bigot’ are far more bigoted than the people they sling mud at. It says a lot, I think, that you weren’t willing to use your own name on this post, or even a nickname beyond a cliched quote that you no doubt thought quite clever.

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Post originally by Manga Boogie Man at 2004-11-13 14:58:25
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My friendly local game store at my local shopping mall sponsored a game-till-you-drop event on Games Day, the 30th anniversary of the release of D&D. This store was packed with D&D fans of every edition, not to mention every stripe, size, and shape. The whole thing ran from 10:00 AM Saturday to 6:00 PM Sunday, and some of the crowd was there the whole stretch.

I came in at 11:00 AM Saturday to see the set-up and scrounge for bargains (the only specials worth anything were run by the store), and many of the gamers had yet to arrive. No stink, not yet.

I came in again at 2:00 PM Saturday, and the smell in the store was enough to force recollections of gas mask deals at the local army surplus store. The funk started at the door of the store, ten feet from the nearest table, and filled the entire store from floor to ceiling. By 7:00 that evening the smell had intensified nearly to the point of making my eyes water.

I left at 1:00 AM. The smell had soaked into my clothes, so I took a small piece of it with me. Not exactly the souvenir I'd had in mind.

I went back to the store at 4:30 PM the next day. A lot of the original crowd were still going at it, and the smell was still there, and now merited a monster stat write-up of its own. This sort of thing was probably what the game designers had in mind when they wrote the Stinking Cloud spell.

These are the consequences of gaming with a large crowd in a store designed to support half the number of people that actually showed up (some of the events actually took place in the empty space in front of an empty storefront near the game store due to lack of space in the store, and this space collected some of the stink, but that area was a very welcome relief from the concentration in the store). I think that the next time this sort of event is held there, I'll pass it up. I'll probably still be trying to glue my nose back on from this event.