> I often went three or four days between showers or until someone told me I smelled.
He should have omitted that sentence. It make him sound more like a whacked-out weirdo/dirty-smelly hippie, and undermines credibility of the experiment.
The purpose of the piece, I think, is to relate his experience. And this is certainly a part of the experience, perhaps an important part because it illustrates that the experiment does have some effect on others.
In the bigger picture: why do we write? Is it that we're trying to fool others into accepting an idea? Or because we want to help them understand an idea? I can't see any reason to omit the sentence, short of being deceitful.
I can't speak for him, but I shower once a day. I enjoy feeling clean and not smelling. I also appreciate when others do the same.
The whole experiment seams to be about his ego, I wish he tried to gain more insight into other reasons people chose to stay clean enough to not offend their peers with their smell instead of just concluding:
"I felt myself standing apart from the sheep-like masses who had been led to confuse their wants and needs."
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> I often went three or four days between showers or until someone told me I smelled.
He should have omitted that sentence. It make him sound more like a whacked-out weirdo/dirty-smelly hippie, and undermines credibility of the experiment.
It wasn't really an experiment. It was just him bragging about how awesome and independent he is for stinking up his workplace.
Downvote.
The purpose of the piece, I think, is to relate his experience. And this is certainly a part of the experience, perhaps an important part because it illustrates that the experiment does have some effect on others.
In the bigger picture: why do we write? Is it that we're trying to fool others into accepting an idea? Or because we want to help them understand an idea? I can't see any reason to omit the sentence, short of being deceitful.
Only three or four days and that sounds like a whacked-out weirdo/dirty-smelly hippie?
So how often do you shower, then?
At least once a day. More often in summer or if I'm doing sports that day. Vast majority of people I know the showering habits of are the same.
I can't speak for him, but I shower once a day. I enjoy feeling clean and not smelling. I also appreciate when others do the same.
The whole experiment seams to be about his ego, I wish he tried to gain more insight into other reasons people chose to stay clean enough to not offend their peers with their smell instead of just concluding:
"I felt myself standing apart from the sheep-like masses who had been led to confuse their wants and needs."
I can go for a few days without smelling too badly. But I usually shower everyday, because my hair gets greasy fast.