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How do these companies come to that conclusion? I think most people start to smell after only 24 or 48 hours max so how do these companies get 72 hours out of their testing?

Im assuming they're fudging their numbers but at what point does it become false advertisement?

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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 69 points 1 month ago (4 children)

"Im assuming they're fudging their numbers"

yup.

"at what point does it become false advertisement?"

liability/conviction.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Burden of proof.

If the least smelly person on the planet can use the product and stay fresh for 3 days, technically they aren't lying.

[–] MightBeAlpharius@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They also usually use some weasel words like "up to." That way, if it doesn't last the full 72 hours (which it won't), they can claim that they stated "72 hours MAXIMUM" rather than just "72 hours." It's basically shifts the statement from "lasts three days" to "definitely won't last four days."

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lots off stuff like that out there. Like food products that say "Made with 100% white meat chicken". That just means that 100% white meat chicken is one of the ingredients.

Or those stupid "99c and up" stores. That's no dollar store. That's just a store. 99c and up is so many things.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Or the american no sugar rule that makes 100% sugar tic tacs sugar free (each 'serving' contains less than 5 gram of sugar)

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Where is this champion among men that I may smell them?

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Native Americans often have the gene too.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

actually, I'm in India right now and am shocked that so far it's the least smelly country in terms of sewage and BO I've been to, tied with Japan so far.

I say so far because I've only been here for 2 weeks.

I've been all over Asia and there's always a sewage smell somewhere, or a smelly river, or you can smell BO on people when you're crowded together on a bus, but now I'm in India and there's no sewage smell, and I'm here during a huge festival, literally one of tens of thousands of people crowded in these temples without smelling any BO, and I'm wondering if it's a cultural habit that is dovetailing into their infrastructure and hygiene(kind of like how Chinese chefs traditionally cook everything at super high heats, even though the origin is tied into making sure the food is clean) and their sewage pipes are all very far removed or thickly covered and treated, or if the largely vegetarian diet plays into a much less offensive smell overall in terms of bodily function and by-products.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm willing to bet their diet plays a huge role in the smell factor, especially in their localities. It seems like anyone with a western, especially American, diet, has a propensity to smell less that fresh on lieu of daily hygiene.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

makes sense.

I've switched between a lot of different diets, and anecdotally meat, alcohol, and sugar play a huge role in how bad i and my byproducts smell.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

my byproducts

Just might be my first time reading that phrase

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I had to think it up a little earlier since I was talking about this an hour before I saw this post or so with someone else and didn't want to keep repeating less polite terms.

It's upsetting in its own way though, isn't it?

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Alcohol was my big one, especially as I get older. Quality of meat makes a big difference too, I found there's a huge contrast between fast food burgers and quality steak in terms of red meat.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i hear you, fast food meat doesn't even taste like meat to me at this point, it's so clearly the lowest common denominator of protein.

I've eaten rat, snake, crocodile, everything i can try, but the most recent time i can remember my stomach feeling rough after eating was the last time I ate McDonald's years ago on a whim; I felt greasy, logy and nauseous almost immediately after eating it.

like I was poisoned or something.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Indeed. I haven't had a McDonald's burger in probably 15 years, last I had one was the same deal. I'll eat Carl's Jr in a pinch, but that's about it, and even then I feel pretty crappy afterwards.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's a condition where people may sweat less or not at all: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypohidrosis

Not as great as it might sound at first...

[–] Tomato666@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago

Prince Andrew? Is that you?

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

First there was the 12h deo !!!

Then magically the same was 24, 48 and eventually 72?!

There was a backlash against that 72 hours in some countries like do you even shower bro?

Soon 1 month smell free!1!!

[–] Steve@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago

Lol. Small fine, business as usual

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

You have 72 hours to hide in the dark. If they smell you, you die. If you make it, you win a million dollars.

Good thing I have 72 hour deodorant!