I agree Pony. But people need to get their chemicals in check or stop tearing down happiness. We have cryfests in here all the time and that's fine but Good God forbid you have any happy discussion outside of an awful Joss Whedon show thread.
well, acknowledging you even have a problem and actively choosing to try to ameliorate is the most important step to fixing it
example: i sometimes get depressive episodes. bad ones. black, horrible pits of despair where i am just a total asshole to people around me and i am impossible to make happy and if i'm not crying i am being a tremendous dick to others to bring them down.
i don't have control over when this happens. it is a chemical problem. my life has shitty parts but even it's shittiest parts don't excuse that behavior.
but, i can acknowledge when this happens and recognize it and do my best to minimize it. sometimes that means just outright telling people "i am in a shitty mood and i am going to stay home and play video games and read, i don't feel like going out"
or i will go out, but with friends i know who are down with that and can handle me when i'm blue and pissy
i know how my shit works and how to deal, to the best extent i can
The Axe bad hair crisis bullshit makes me want to choke a bitch.
Yeah, Axe is bullshit. It's totally fucked up that their entire marketing platform is designed to play on the insecurities of teenage boys. I don't really understand how a society can accept behavior that is little other than an assault on the minds of some of it's most vulnerable members.
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I've never really gotten the point of relative happiness. It's like saying you should eat your peas because people in china are hungry.
I'm all like...I...I guess?
No it's more like "stop crying about having to eat peas because people in China are hungry and also their government is a bunch of assholes".
So? If person X has a shitty life, and person A has a shittier life, that doesn't make person Xs life not shitty.
I believe that people probably take this idea too far and apply it to situations like "your parents just got murdered? well someone's whole family was just murdered, suck it up" where it doesn't belong. It works very well in lesser contexts where people complain about situations that aren't very difficult or are petty. I also think that it shouldn't be used strictly as a tool of judgment for one person to lord over another but rather a tool that someone can use on themselves. I mean if I am currently lamenting the fact that I can't buy "Superfluous Purchase #256" I am a spoiled brat and should consider that there are many other people who are less fortune than I am. By acknowledging these other people my own problems seem smaller in comparison and I become stronger as a result.
Nothing is relative, it's just at some point whatever someone is crying about is in fact stupid and they should feel ridiculous for crying about it and even should feel grateful that all they have to cry about is petty nonsense like "oh I don't have enough money to maintain my luxurious lifestyle".
Additionally, I never said I agreed with the explanation I gave above as you assumed I did, I was just explaining the idea to Tarranon.
The Axe bad hair crisis bullshit makes me want to choke a bitch.
Yeah, Axe is bullshit. It's totally fucked up that their entire marketing platform is designed to play on the insecurities of teenage boys. I don't really understand how a society can accept behavior that is little other than an assault on the minds of some of it's most vulnerable members.
hilariously enough, i wear axe
everyone is like "losers and douchebags and nerdy dorks wear axe"
and i am like "well, i guess that's the case for me too, eh"
then they shuffle their feet and are like "well, i mean not everybody is like..."
i say "no it's cool i'm totally a douchebag" and then i pop my collar 8-)
i have been complimented on my smell before, pretty funny to me
The Axe bad hair crisis bullshit makes me want to choke a bitch.
Yeah, Axe is bullshit. It's totally fucked up that their entire marketing platform is designed to play on the insecurities of teenage boys. I don't really understand how a society can accept behavior that is little other than an assault on the minds of some of it's most vulnerable members.
hilariously enough, i wear axe
everyone is like "losers and douchebags and nerdy dorks wear axe"
and i am like "well, i guess that's the case for me too, eh"
then they shuffle their feet and are like "well, i mean not everybody is like..."
i say "no it's cool i'm totally a douchebag" and then i pop my collar 8-)
i have been complimented on my smell before, pretty funny to me
All of those people are spineless. I would be like "yeah you're a douchebag why don't you crawl inside of a vagina wait that's not an insult God damnit".
I don't have a problem with people wearing cologne or deodorant or spray or whatever. More power to you. Smelling good is infinitely better than smelling bad. Some people don't need to smell like anything. I just hate their commercials. Even moreso that they come up when I am watching South Park online and stuff.
Though, I always found it's nice to have at least one bottle of cologne lying around.
I had terrible associations with axe in high school, but a few people at my work wear it and I actually like the smell on a few of them. I might have to give it...or something similar another look.
By contrast, I have never smelled a perfume I liked.
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I wear Axe Kilo Deodorant and use Axe Kilo bodywash.
It's nice and subtle. I do not wear cologne otherwise.
The Axe bad hair crisis bullshit makes me want to choke a bitch.
Yeah, Axe is bullshit. It's totally fucked up that their entire marketing platform is designed to play on the insecurities of teenage boys. I don't really understand how a society can accept behavior that is little other than an assault on the minds of some of it's most vulnerable members.
hilariously enough, i wear axe
everyone is like "losers and douchebags and nerdy dorks wear axe"
and i am like "well, i guess that's the case for me too, eh"
then they shuffle their feet and are like "well, i mean not everybody is like..."
i say "no it's cool i'm totally a douchebag" and then i pop my collar 8-)
i have been complimented on my smell before, pretty funny to me
yeah really not all of it is awful, but being a white male I don't get to play the victim much, so I don't miss the chance when it comes along.
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I used to use Old Spice body spray but I had no idea how much to use so I decided to just forget it and now I just rely on deodorant. I assume that body spray is less potent than cologne. I really hope so.
Heheh... during one of my classes, right in the middle of the lecture, a kid starts wheeling in the classes trashcan after having emptied it earlier. However, I notice that he's wheeling it past where it belongs when he suddenly stops in the middle of the class room and someone stands up from inside the trash can, a can of axe in both hands, spraying madly until both cans are depleted. He promptly ducks back into the trashcan and is wheeled out of the room.
God, that room stank for days.
Anyway, I'm off go to deposit a check and buy some blank CDs, toodles.
I don't have a problem with people wearing cologne or deodorant or spray or whatever. More power to you. Smelling good is infinitely better than smelling bad. Some people don't need to smell like anything. I just hate their commercials. Even moreso that they come up when I am watching South Park online and stuff.
Though, I always found it's nice to have at least one bottle of cologne lying around.
oh yeah axe's ad campaign is terrible
although it led to the one funny thing that happened the one new year's party i was at
the girl i was porking was cuddled up to my left side, a female friend was sitting on my lap, her friend was on my right, and another friend of mine was curled around my legs
because by golly i am a cuddly guy and my female friends like cuddling with me
one of the dudes at the party was ragging on Axe and was like "their commercials are retarded they're all like use Axe and women will be all over you, it's so retarded"
and i am like
"well dude, i dunno, i wear axe and right now i am literally covered in women."
obviously those two things are barely related but watching him backpedal and frown was amusing
The Axe bad hair crisis bullshit makes me want to choke a bitch.
Yeah, Axe is bullshit. It's totally fucked up that their entire marketing platform is designed to play on the insecurities of teenage boys. I don't really understand how a society can accept behavior that is little other than an assault on the minds of some of it's most vulnerable members.
hilariously enough, i wear axe
everyone is like "losers and douchebags and nerdy dorks wear axe"
and i am like "well, i guess that's the case for me too, eh"
then they shuffle their feet and are like "well, i mean not everybody is like..."
i say "no it's cool i'm totally a douchebag" and then i pop my collar 8-)
i have been complimented on my smell before, pretty funny to me
yeah really not all of it is awful, but being a white male I don't get to play the victim much, so I don't miss the chance when it comes along.
The problem isn't the smell so much as the copious amounts most people use of it, mostly idiotic teens. If kids sprayed on that much Old Spice it'd probably start to get a bad wrap as well. Also, the advertising is stupid enough that I would actively buy a competing brand out of spite if they were the only two options.
I used to use Old Spice body spray but I had no idea how much to use so I decided to just forget it and now I just rely on deodorant. I assume that body spray is less potent than cologne. I really hope so.
Old Spice has some really great smelling deodorant. There have been a handful of times that people have asked me why I smell so good and all they were smelling was the deodorant.
The thing about the axe spray is that it's potent. If you spray axe on yourself, people can smell you from like a room away. Or maybe that's just how them durn teenagers wear it. I throw on a spritz of the Ralph Lauren. I don't want everybody smelling it, just people who somehow end up planting their nose in my jawline somehow.
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I used to use Old Spice body spray but I had no idea how much to use so I decided to just forget it and now I just rely on deodorant. I assume that body spray is less potent than cologne. I really hope so.
Old Spice has some really great smelling deodorant. There have been a handful of times that people have asked me why I smell so good and all they were smelling was the deodorant.
Yeah I really like their Pure Sport deodorant. I tried the Swagger and it's alright too but I think the Pure Sport probably goes better with my body soap, shampoo and conditioner.
I wear Axe Kilo Deodorant and use Axe Kilo bodywash.
It's nice and subtle. I do not wear cologne otherwise.
i use Axe Touch bodyspray and Axe Touch bodywash
i also don't wear cologne
i've worn Touch for years now, it works well for me
the trick to any kind of scent you add to yourself (perfume, cologne, deodorant, even shampoo) is to find the scent that synergizes with your body chemistry
everyone has their own chemistry and their own individual scent
what smells good on one person doesn't necessarily work on someone else
Touch works well for me. people compliment me on it, people like it, i like it, so it works
The thing about the axe spray is that it's potent. If you spray axe on yourself, people can smell you from like a room away. Or maybe that's just how them durn teenagers wear it. I throw on a spritz of the Ralph Lauren. I don't want everybody smelling it, just people who somehow end up planting their nose in my jawline somehow.
Which is the point of cologne. You aren't trying to stink up a room, it should really only be noticeable to someone necking you.
I'm a mitchum man (unscented) for deodorant and have a bottle of 'armani-mania' from like 3 christmases ago. I have actually had compliments on it once or twice so I might just keep using that when it runs out.
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Oh, and some sort of 'mountain forest view' thing for soap.
The problem isn't the smell so much as the copious amounts most people use of it, mostly idiotic teens. If kids sprayed on that much Old Spice it'd probably start to get a bad wrap as well. Also, the advertising is stupid enough that I would actively buy a competing brand out of spite if they were the only two options.
well, look at who it is aimed at. They are probably going to do it anyway. Now, their commercials do encourage that, so it is not like they are totally blameless or anything.
you basically gotta be conservative with the spray
the commercials are like HOSE YOURSELF IN THIS SHIT ALL OVER YOUR CHEST AND PITS WHOOOOO
it's like, ugh, that is not necessary at all
you give your pits enough so that, you know, it actually works as deodorant
and then you are good
spraying across the chest is too much and un-necessary and probably a lot of why people just reek of Axe instead of having a pleasant smell that works with their body
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Stop your whining there's some dude in Brazil who is blind in one eye and who also stubbed his toe.
*hug*
well, acknowledging you even have a problem and actively choosing to try to ameliorate is the most important step to fixing it
example: i sometimes get depressive episodes. bad ones. black, horrible pits of despair where i am just a total asshole to people around me and i am impossible to make happy and if i'm not crying i am being a tremendous dick to others to bring them down.
i don't have control over when this happens. it is a chemical problem. my life has shitty parts but even it's shittiest parts don't excuse that behavior.
but, i can acknowledge when this happens and recognize it and do my best to minimize it. sometimes that means just outright telling people "i am in a shitty mood and i am going to stay home and play video games and read, i don't feel like going out"
or i will go out, but with friends i know who are down with that and can handle me when i'm blue and pissy
i know how my shit works and how to deal, to the best extent i can
Yeah, Axe is bullshit. It's totally fucked up that their entire marketing platform is designed to play on the insecurities of teenage boys. I don't really understand how a society can accept behavior that is little other than an assault on the minds of some of it's most vulnerable members.
I believe that people probably take this idea too far and apply it to situations like "your parents just got murdered? well someone's whole family was just murdered, suck it up" where it doesn't belong. It works very well in lesser contexts where people complain about situations that aren't very difficult or are petty. I also think that it shouldn't be used strictly as a tool of judgment for one person to lord over another but rather a tool that someone can use on themselves. I mean if I am currently lamenting the fact that I can't buy "Superfluous Purchase #256" I am a spoiled brat and should consider that there are many other people who are less fortune than I am. By acknowledging these other people my own problems seem smaller in comparison and I become stronger as a result.
Nothing is relative, it's just at some point whatever someone is crying about is in fact stupid and they should feel ridiculous for crying about it and even should feel grateful that all they have to cry about is petty nonsense like "oh I don't have enough money to maintain my luxurious lifestyle".
Additionally, I never said I agreed with the explanation I gave above as you assumed I did, I was just explaining the idea to Tarranon.
I'm no Zionist, you goon.
hilariously enough, i wear axe
everyone is like "losers and douchebags and nerdy dorks wear axe"
and i am like "well, i guess that's the case for me too, eh"
then they shuffle their feet and are like "well, i mean not everybody is like..."
i say "no it's cool i'm totally a douchebag" and then i pop my collar 8-)
i have been complimented on my smell before, pretty funny to me
It's not that I think it makes me better or worse than someone who does, it's just really something I never think about.
All of those people are spineless. I would be like "yeah you're a douchebag why don't you crawl inside of a vagina wait that's not an insult God damnit".
Though, I always found it's nice to have at least one bottle of cologne lying around.
By contrast, I have never smelled a perfume I liked.
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It's nice and subtle. I do not wear cologne otherwise.
yeah really not all of it is awful, but being a white male I don't get to play the victim much, so I don't miss the chance when it comes along.
God, that room stank for days.
Anyway, I'm off go to deposit a check and buy some blank CDs, toodles.
oh yeah axe's ad campaign is terrible
although it led to the one funny thing that happened the one new year's party i was at
the girl i was porking was cuddled up to my left side, a female friend was sitting on my lap, her friend was on my right, and another friend of mine was curled around my legs
because by golly i am a cuddly guy and my female friends like cuddling with me
one of the dudes at the party was ragging on Axe and was like "their commercials are retarded they're all like use Axe and women will be all over you, it's so retarded"
and i am like
"well dude, i dunno, i wear axe and right now i am literally covered in women."
obviously those two things are barely related but watching him backpedal and frown was amusing
The problem isn't the smell so much as the copious amounts most people use of it, mostly idiotic teens. If kids sprayed on that much Old Spice it'd probably start to get a bad wrap as well. Also, the advertising is stupid enough that I would actively buy a competing brand out of spite if they were the only two options.
Old Spice has some really great smelling deodorant. There have been a handful of times that people have asked me why I smell so good and all they were smelling was the deodorant.
Yeah I really like their Pure Sport deodorant. I tried the Swagger and it's alright too but I think the Pure Sport probably goes better with my body soap, shampoo and conditioner.
i use Axe Touch bodyspray and Axe Touch bodywash
i also don't wear cologne
i've worn Touch for years now, it works well for me
the trick to any kind of scent you add to yourself (perfume, cologne, deodorant, even shampoo) is to find the scent that synergizes with your body chemistry
everyone has their own chemistry and their own individual scent
what smells good on one person doesn't necessarily work on someone else
Touch works well for me. people compliment me on it, people like it, i like it, so it works
Touch might not work on someone else
so if Kilo works for you, stick with it.
If I am going fancier though I wear Brut.
That stuff is spectacular and comes in a regular spray bottle rather than a pressurized can.
Which is the point of cologne. You aren't trying to stink up a room, it should really only be noticeable to someone necking you.
I'm a mitchum man (unscented) for deodorant and have a bottle of 'armani-mania' from like 3 christmases ago. I have actually had compliments on it once or twice so I might just keep using that when it runs out.
*edit*
Oh, and some sort of 'mountain forest view' thing for soap.
well, look at who it is aimed at. They are probably going to do it anyway. Now, their commercials do encourage that, so it is not like they are totally blameless or anything.
you basically gotta be conservative with the spray
the commercials are like HOSE YOURSELF IN THIS SHIT ALL OVER YOUR CHEST AND PITS WHOOOOO
it's like, ugh, that is not necessary at all
you give your pits enough so that, you know, it actually works as deodorant
and then you are good
spraying across the chest is too much and un-necessary and probably a lot of why people just reek of Axe instead of having a pleasant smell that works with their body
Lush products in general are amazing
i had a jar of Lush shaving cream that was so wonderful
it's also like $arm/leg so i don't buy it
I have the Lush Ice Blue body soap and it smells awesome. Gonna try the Demon in the Dark next.
when i had some of it, i would spray my face with tea tree oil after shaving
it was so very nice
if i had the money i would buy more Lush products
my girlfriend was in a car accident
she's okay
but jesus fucking christ
today is not a great day
first the apartment we applied for doesn't call us, leaving us hanging over whether we got it or not (looking like we didn't) and now this
could use a hug right about now