Caitlin Clark has arrived for her first @WNBA game 🔥 pic.twitter.com/Ni3qbmP4BK

— Indiana Fever (@IndianaFever) May 14, 2024

And this is the trad wifey you end up with irl:

Yikes stop noticing:

Same vibe:

Also Meek Mill is a b-word:

!commies

/r/natalism is the more positive (but still weird) antithesis to /r/antinatalism, the most doomer subreddit there is. Naturally, the losers of /r/antinatalism cant stand people actually wanting to bring children into this world, so almost every thread is filled with drama.

Some dramatic threads back and forth on both subs:

The Antinatalist movement makes me anxious

https://old.reddit.com/r/Natalism/comments/1bsp999/genuine_question_for_the_people_here/?sort=controversial

Bonus antinatalism posts:

I'm really sad my best friend is pregnant

Ad in question

https://archive.is/pO0LX

https://old.reddit.com/r/nyc/comments/1cplgqv/too_racy_for_times_square_an_ad_for_lactation/?sort=controversial

!atheists

OP

EDIT: Thanks for the perspectives everyone - l did not expect this to blow up and I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed with the vastly different responses (thank you to those who treated my question as genuinely not stupid). I think my main takeaway is that while not everyone thinks not showering every day is objectively disgusting, I can be taking more steps to make absolutely sure I don't smell bad so I'm considerate of others. It was helpful for me to see all the factors people consider when making their showering decisions. Since the people in my life are eager to hug me, choose to sit close to me, select me for people-facing leadership roles, and are very honest in every other area of my life, I'm choosing to continue doing what's right for me and make more drastic changes if I see evidence otherwise.

I (F25) typically shower every 2-3 days. When I say I don't shower every day, I mean I do not step into a shower at all, not just skipping washing my hair. My curly hair doesn't really get greasy, but if it does, I hide it with different hairstyles and accessories. I don't sweat often, always wear a scented deodorant, and just work an office job with a few days remote.

A few days ago I saw a post absolutely blasting people who don't shower every single day, and many people even said they shower multiple times a day. The comment section was pretty unanimous and I'm feeling self conscious about this, especially because I've always had an almost nonexistent sense of smell. My boss also made a comment (EDIT: in a conversation completely unrelated to hygiene) assuming everyone showers every day and I lied and went along with it.

My ADHD brain can't fathom doing such a taxing routine every single day. I also hear that it's not great for your skin and hair to shower every day and the WHO doesn't even recommend showering every day. Are daily showers just a thing in the USA? Do I actually have poor hygiene and everyone just bears with me?

It depends on the person. If you have BO then you need to shower more. If not then it's fine

The tough part is that I can't tell. Anytime I ask my husband, who's probably nose blind to me, he just shrugs and says “you smell like you, and it isn't a bad smell.” Not very helpful lol.

Oh look, it's married to another

I was told I smelled "unwashed" a few times at work, and the last time I was told that I said truthfully "but I showered 3 hours ago and put on clean clothes and deodorant"

It turns out it was my bed. I had been sleeping on a mattress that had no sheets for years. Just nasty sweaty unwashed mattress. Replaced the mattress, which was inexpensive because it was a hand-me-down from family, and kept clean sheets on it regularly. The "unwashed" smell went away immediately.

Just average redditor things.

How's you butt and junk? That kinda gets smelly pretty quickly….sitting in it all day long. Farting, wiping in a rush…more sitting…pubic hair gathering food crumbs…

i'm sorry.. food crumbs??

Yeah, food crumbs

my dude are you eating sandwiches in the nude or something?

And many more such revolting stories of redditor hygiene throughout the comments.

https://old.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/1crxf42/is_it_really_unacceptable_not_to_shower_every_day/?sort=controversial

!foidmoment

https://news.sky.com/story/bumble-apologises-for-adverts-appearing-to-mock-celibacy-13136239

Don't need to link to specific chains it's fricking everywhere

https://old.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1cs8fpz/the_new_yorker_publishes_a_longform_article_on/?sort=controversial

i lived in a walkable neighborhood and it was one of the most racist, fatphobic, homophobic places i’ve ever lived. my anxiety became debilitating. i began to hate leaving my house bc of the way ppl on the street treated me. my overall health declined and i’m still recovering https://t.co/48FHlK8TWO

— chairbreaker, phd (@dr_chairbreaker) May 13, 2024

Mean reply:

https://twitter.com/Black90Prupayne/status/1790536455112032649

Men grow colder as women grow older even though men also grow older. They are the biggest hypocrites. I think it's very important for women to have self love at every age because when men are so toxic that they put us down simply for having birthdays and being single then it's our responsibility to love ourselves harder and support other women more and decenter men and romantic relationships to the point of not needing them. We should be open to the possibility of love if someone great for us comes along but I am not depending on it. We are not less than because we are single at a certain age. We are not less than for the number of birthdays we have had. We are not unworthy for any of these reasons. Relationships…most of them don't last a lifetime. To those men with the audacity to shame and disrespect single older women who are just as human and worthy of basic respect as all humans my response is to show them the middle finger and live my life. You don't have to date women over 30. You don't have to like women over 30. What you are not allowed to do is spread the myth of unworthiness, inferiority and shame to single older women. You may not like us and frankly we don't give a darn. But it doesn't mean we're unworthy and it doesn't mean there isn't a single soul on this Earth who could love us. More evolved and less judgmental people do exist. Just saying. By the way I am 49, single and I have 2 cats and I love myself.

Man I never seen such hard 1080 degree flying self dunk. Like she gives good points and etc but dropping that she is 49 and has 2 cats in the end is just to hard. Let's look at her profile

She is 49 and gives frick about red pillers ? Guys that are early 20 ?

I turned 50 this year. And I was not expecting this but to my surprise I just got asked out by a 26 year old Lyft driver who I used to get home from a grocery store last Sunday. He helped me with my groceries and said he wanted to be friends and asked for my number. He's been texting me and he asked me out for coffee.

My name is Abdul I need green card.

I don't really have an explanation for why a 26 year old man is interested in me even after I told him I am 50. Maybe he's just horny. But I think it may have something to do with the fact that I have been de-centering men.

This is my new s*x standard and I don't care if men don't like it.

I have decided that if a man wants to have s*x with me not only will he have to declare himself as my man (I would use the word boyfriend but I am almost 50 years old. I want a manfriend, not a boyfriend) and be sexually exclusive with me he will have to meet my friends and family and I am going to tell them that we're a couple. Additionally if he has a Facebook account I am going to post a picture of the two of us and say we're a couple. S*x is private but the relationship will not be a secret. No man who is serious about you is going to want to keep your relationship a secret. That's a red flag.

It's like ultra cringe and sad when people at her age act like this. It's ok to be single at 50 and dating at 50 is like collecting garbage, there no social pressure to go dating at that age.

The best society advice woman can get is if she at 35 is single and wants family to go get pregnant because holding for a prince at this point is pointless

go to /r/boykisser to see more in action.