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A big part of being a human is that you get progressively more gross as the day goes on. Various parts start stinking, hair grows all over your face, you're touching who-knows-what... luckily for all of us, someone a long time ago decided to invent hygiene! Otherwise we'd have to lick ourselves like cats!
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[Definition]
History of hygiene
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[Trivia Question]
Pelagic thresher sharks visit blue-streaked cleaner wrasse stations
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[Fact Off]
Bronze Age ivory lice comb with Canaanite language
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Tampon Task Force & menstrual hygiene
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• Tampons - Syngina Test...
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[Ask the Science Couch]
Antiperspirant aluminum compounds - how they work & are they harmful
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[Butt One More Thing]
Mandrills teach their children hygienic behaviors to avoid peri-anal parasites
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[@michelleculbreth878]

I am blown that they never tested period products with actual blood. Bombastic side eye!

[@nitzeart]

Yeah, prejudices and stigma kill. This prejudice against menstruation has done so much harm 😢

[@nBasedAce]

I wonder if they used blood for testing would that change any license or permit or whatever they might have to get from the government to be able to do what they do. Subway, the sandwich shop, just announced that they would be slicing their own meats which would add a whole lot more crap for franchisees to deal with. Like extra costs, extra cleaning, I feel like they are just trying another gimmick like fresh baked bread.

[@darcieclements4880]

Well you wouldn't really want to use blood you'd actually want to use menstrual flow which is slightly different from blood in terms of how it works absorbent-wise I guess. That said sphagnum is absolutely terrible at absorbing water unless it's slightly wet to begin with so uh ew

[@mattcouse1]

@@nitzeart😊😊

[@KOKO-uu7yd]

😵‍💫😖

[@glossaria2]

Hank, I've got a perfectly true dad joke for you: My dad's name is Gene. When someone says "Hi, Gene!" to him, he (ALWAYS) answers, "Cleanest thing you've said all day!"

[@travisross9913]

"MODIFYING YOUR KERATIN" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@terranovarubacha5473]

Yeah, she's amazing :D

[@empichel5690]

The second episode where Hank disapproves of Ceri's soda preferences

[@SciShowTangents]

ha ha what was the first?

[@BlueMagenta]

It was grape soda the first time too

[@josephfrost55555]

@@SciShowTangents if my memory serves, it was the candy episode! You all really razzed her over liking grape soda

[@empichel5690]

Candy episode 2:20 !

[@YuzuDrink]

Everyone is so mean and judgey to Ceri sometimes 😅

[@EvBarney]

When eating out, I just say 'cola' because what I like LEAST is having that conversation.

[@storyspren]

Hank is considering growing out his facial hair again? I encourage and eagerly await the return of Evil Hank :D

[@SwedishTourist]

Hm, I think he’s in chemo you know..

[@dude-e]

@@SwedishTouristfrom what i understood, he finished chemo. He later talked in a video about how his facial hairs seems to be growing in differently than how it used to before chemo.

[@storyspren]

​@@SwedishTourist Yeah he's finished his chemo I think. The mention of chemo changing your facial hair reminded me of a tiktok I remember seeing where he thought about growing a beard, which made me think of that brief time he had a goatee like a decade ago and the look was termed Evil Hank by some people in Nerdfighteria :p (can I still assume people know what Nerdfighteria means?)

[@SciShowTangents]

Last time I saw him he was FUZZY. it rules

[@SwedishTourist]

@@dude-e Oh that's amazing! :) I don't watch a lot of his content so I didn't know, I'm sorry.

[@KY_CPA]

14:03 This is where the decision to grow the beard got made! I hope we have a bearded Hank addition to Pizzamas this year!

[@darcieclements4880]

Santa Hank. No wait Saint Hank!

[@bamacaluso]

Chiazz Bearded Hank

[@darcieclements4880]

My solution to the antiperspirant debates is I stopped shaving my armpits and I just use antiperspirant because any evidence that suggests there could be issues there comes from shaving with the use of the antiperspirants so yeah I just went ahead and stopped shaving and you know what it turns out armpit hair reduces BO quite a bit and also I don't get boob snag which is the worst thing ever and I'm sure all the ladies here are familiar with it. Out of all of the body parts that people shave I'm going to say that armpits are probably one of the most inappropriate. We only do it cus people made it a norm at some point but it's completely impractical.

[@stephanie22345]

I would 100% subscribe to a beard token of the month club. Every month has the beard of a different historical person. Queen Hatshepsut is a must.

[@Elfangorax]

Can attest to the eating hazards of a large moustache. I once made the mistake of eating a crêpe with melted chocolate and marshmallow. Ended up looking like I had frosted facial tips, and it took a good twenty minutes of vigorous scraping to get it all off. Turns out melted marshmallow hardens FAST.

[@triangledefinition]

Once a school of little fishes bit off the dead skin on my toes but that was just in a lake

[@Assato]

Yes, minion piss! In the last pod I saw we were reeally tantalizingly close and I signed up. So excited for it!

[@ColaKitty9595]

I dramatically OWWw when my cat plays too rough and tell her gentle, and at this fat has adjusted her play for my softer skin. She often pins me down with her claws without breaking my skin.

[@markedis5902]

I have hyperhydrosis as part of Functional Neurological Disorder and rely on Aluminium salts. I get them on prescription so I hope they’re not too dangerous.

[@jennifersaar1611]

One of the interesting facts I learned while working at a historic site was that woolly lamb's ear (a fuzzy ground cover plant) was often used as toilet paper in the 18th century.

[@robnol84]

1:34 both Grape Soda and Mountain Dew are delicious

[@robnol84]

Also Pepsi is better unless you’re mixing it with alcohol.

[@John_Malka-tits]

My dad (70 year old) had a beard all his life. Ever since I've known him, it has been a silver and white. He was diagnosed with cancer and given radiation on his throat. For about a year after the treatments, his beard GREW IN BLACK. The doctors weren't concerned but clearly the radiation affected the protein producing sites where the hair grows. Does this mean in 100 years we can use radiation to "tweak" genes, e.g. for looking younger targeting non cancer related diseases. I want to see you with a beard, Hank. I'm happy you're here

[@stacyshirrell11]

Okay you guys, I fell and broke my kneecap back in February and once I had surgery and healed cup enough for the staples to come out I had peach fuzz all over my knee. Like I’m almost 50 and hardly e ever have to shave my knees. Then I had course dark hair and a lot for about 3-4 month after. I asked the Drs and physical therapist why my knee was going through puberty again lol. I’m 6 months out and I think it’s all matured and grown up now lol. Why did my knee, go through puberty after being broken and sliced open? It was crazy I hade to shave it like twice a week and my right knee was maybe once a month.

[@laurenr842]

Grape Fanta is the nectar of the gods and no one can convince me otherwise

[@MichLStover]

There wasn’t enough reaction to Sams hi gene ! Comment why was it so funny 😂

[@markedis5902]

I spent 3 years growing a beard because that’s what ZZ Top did when their drummer was in rehab. They looked super cool, I looked like Catweasel. :-(

[@NeighborhoodOfBlue]

Before today, I didn't know what catweasel existed.

[@disky01]

I don't use anti-perspirant because it makes my pits really physically uncomfortable, whereas regular deodorant doesn't. Not sure if that's an indication of a condition or a red flag or anything, but I know that it happens.

[@darcieclements4880]

My guess is allergy.

[@annasfischer]

the Smithsonian made beard tax token replicas in 2019 and there are a bunch of them floating around on coin collecting sites in eBay if you want one, usually between 10 and 20 dollars. Also in antipersperants, one of the most commonly used aluminum is alum, which is also used in most American baking powder. I am allergic to it, which is why when I was a kid, and needing antiperspirant, and I had all these allergies to all kinds of weird things, my mom got me some of that crystal deodorant to see if that would work, and well, that crystal deodorant is made of alum crystal. Now that I know this, it really amuses me going into the deodorant section of a store, and seeing all these deodorants boasting about being aluminum free, and then right next to them is a big chunk of alum. And all this makes me wonder if the concern is the aluminum getting into the system, and say, going to the kidneys, then why are people focusing on deodorant and not the fact that this stuff is in a large percentage of American bread? Also fun fact about alum is it's a really good dye mordant, and helps cloth maintain vibrant dyed colors, which means it was really, really valuable. In northern Europe in the early modern period, When the economies of for example, England and Flanders, were mostly based around wool, especially brightly dyed wool cloth. And there were two places to get alum, for this particular market, one of which was from the Pope who had a mine in Italy on the Papal estates. The other was in Turkey, which was ruled by the Ottoman Empire, Which at the time, had just finished conquering the Byzantines and was the great terror of Christian Europe. So the Pope used his monopoly on Christian mined alum to jack up the price and make bank, meaning the Turkish stuff was of course, significantly cheaper. But Turkish alum was illegal throughout Christian Europe by order of the Pope. So Henry VII, father of Henry VIII, of all the wives fame, founded an alum smuggling and laundering ring with some of his allies, to get their hands on that sweet sweet cheap alum without the Pope finding out.

[@boreduser1583]

Ziggy zaggy, ziggy zaggy, oiy oiy oiy!! Drink drink 🍻

[@keeradavis6832]

OMG the moomin picture Sam has!! I love the moomins!

[@taakotuesday]

Starting with a reference to my favorite piece of media, nice!

[@shmpooch]

Hey Hank are those this months awesome socks 👀🧦

[@elainebelzDetroit]

We need mustache chalices in church sometimes. Although that might resemble a sippy cup too much.

[@PetersonFamily-ux8xh]

I love the mbmbam opening

[@better.better]

the mustache spoon: as somebody who has a very convenience oriented approach to facial hair, I trim mine to stubble, then let it grow in until the "mustache dip" starts happening, whereupon I trim it again. there is no "here comes the airplane" method of doing it. your lips make a seal against the utensil. consider yogurt, ice cream, peanut butter, honey, pea soup. for liquid out of a glass or a cup, imagine tilting your head back and trying to allow the liquid to dribble into your mouth... sounds disastrous to me. anyone who's ever tried to pour automotive fluids into the car without a funnel knows exactly how this will go. maybe 10% of the time you can get it in clean.

[@ScienceisRadAF]

11:30 I imagine class would have made handwashing fashionable, as super clean hands would be harder to achieve/maintain for people who did manual labor for a living.

[@BlazeOGlory]

Okay. Here's what I need to see before I die. The gang plays DnD and they their Hank Bucks that they've accumulated over the years to bolster their rolls. Like in "The big guy". If they fail a roll by 1 they can spend a hank buck to succeed.

[@cj719521]

“I like Pepsi better than Coke” Thank you Ceri! As far as colas I like Diet Coke best, then any Pepsi, then any Dr Pepper, then anything off-brand, then being thirsty, then non-diet Coke. And then also grape soda is awesome. Ceri is so right for the whole soda discussion, and I’m glad she’s there to be the voice of reason.

[@Kevin_Underhill]

I moved away from aluminum based anti-perspirants sort of by accident and just from a quality of life perspective I don't think I'll ever go back. As someone who generally is more sensitive to odors than others, it's always been a struggle to find a deodorant that both works but also doesn't make me ill (headaches and general discomfort). I tried out Native's unscented and boy does it really work. Problem was I also would sweat profusely all day/all the time, and just after switching the problem really seemed to get a lot worse. But I stuck with it and after maybe 3 to 6 months it really started to decline. Now after several years, except during the heat of summer, I don't really sweat a very noticeable amount. My top 3 contenders for why: it could be age, it could be Native does a better job at blocking the pores than aluminum or it could be my body has stopped trying to compensate for the presence of the aluminum. (This all happened prior to the big C reducing my sense of smell). Anyone else have a similar experience?

[@Nebafyer_DandD]

That sweet sweet MBMBAM reference at the begining. Edit: Pepsi Ginger ale

[@NekoMimmi]

I'm pretty sure you've talked about that moss and those properties and uses in another episode! x)

[@SciShowTangents]

I think you're right, but I haven't been able to find where...

[@NekoMimmi]

@@SciShowTangents just found it, the acid episode! :D

[@IceMetalPunk]

Ceri is correct: Pepsi is the best cola, better than Coke. Come at me!

[@ktr0000n]

Consider: a Pizza John mustache token.

[@colleenmarin8907]

Pepsi VS Coke: When I worked at a supermarket in Tennessee, Pepsi products sold WAY more than Coke products - they really like things that taste sugary, think sweet tea; but the supermarkets I worked in in New York State sold way more Coke products than Pepsi products. Fanta flavors were definitely low-selling, if the store carried these at all

[@kitsu_noshi]

I'm living in germany and I prefer Pepsi over Coke, it could be a local thing but Coke tastes exactly like the discounter version but is 3 times more expensive.

[@oneeyedziggy2]

great, no search result for "what's your team name" or "teen name"... is it just name a bad soda then a good one?

[@erikaiverson4122]

Your least favorite soda followed by your favorite soda. It is a very silly bit from the McElroy Brothers.

[@oneeyedziggy2]

@@erikaiverson4122 k, thanks for having mercy... I know I'm lame for missing the reference... at least it was largely inferrable from context

[@paillette42]

Wow, I actually guessed what Sfagnakins were without peeking! I guess it pays to know about moss...

[@jessicaleathers3417]

Diet Dr. pepper 🌶️ is the best!!

[@SciShowTangents]

Dr. Pepper... chile? is that a thing?

[@pedroff_1]

Oooh, callback to the Cramberry egg on the ground!

[@dustyboialex]

lol Hank in the background is that the socks I'm getting this month?

[@bridgit001]

Also, women are told not to use aluminum antiperspirant before mamagrams so the aluminum would not show up as an artifact on the mamagram images.

[@Creative_limn77]

I’d like to point out the raw irony that I got an ad for native deodorant, which is probably one of the worst deodorants I’ve ever used, at the beginning of this video 😂

[@spriddlez]

I know that lots of people worry that taking birth control that stops your menstrual cycle might be harmful because its a natural process that bodies do. But from what Ive heard there doesnt appear to be evidence that the stoppage of periods from birth control specifically is harmful. So im going to just assume not just because your body does it, doesnt mean its necessary (looking at you auto immune diseases).

[@jaqihegland6232]

Don't let your cat bite you. Those can get nasty infections.

[@elainebelzDetroit]

I'll drink whatever diet pop is cheapest, usually. The price has gone so far up I'm mostly buying the Kroger store brand right now. I used to prefer Diet Coke, but I've come to enjoy Diet Pepsi, mostly if I can get the cherry version. The Zero Sugar versions of all of them are especially good IMO.

[@FosukeLordOfError]

2:53 agree Pepsi is better then coke. I like other things more then Pepsi but between the two Pepsi is much better. Dr. Pepper is the best.

[@darcieclements4880]

Sam and I would definitely be friends... our interests likes and takes are creepy level matching given we have never met, lol.

[@justwhistlinpixie]

Pepsi is better than coke, I'm with her on this. Coke also makes my teeth squeak for some reason, no other drink does this to me.

[@sativaburns6705]

The waiting screen is anxiety inducing. I need an impact

[@theperfectbotsteve4916]

i cant tell the difference between diet and regular soda is there something wrong with me or is everyone over exaggerating

[@anna-graceschumann8869]

If sharks have no feet, do cleaner wrasse still take walk ins? What did one lice say to the other? "Lice to meet you."

[@bobpieczarka4357]

I like ALL of the sodas listed. I also prefer Pepsi, but will take a coke if it's made with real sugar, not corn syrup. Grape Fanta and Squirt are amazing. I was excited when pepsi and coke hit the lime craze. Mt Dew us my day soda. It replaces coffee for me.

[@Cleaverbomb]

Listened on spotify but I came here to leave a comment.

[@blessedveteran]

I've brushed cats' teeth. If you start young it is a lot easier.

[@littlemissevel3607]

You said people are selling the beard token but i can't find any (uk) please i have beardy people who are always in need of stupid presents!

[@SydneyLarrikin-ci2vz]

Gene was the name of the dentist office fish....

[@ScienceisRadAF]

30:26 ooh! DYK most schools no longer exclude children from attendance for lice. Students getting regular lice screenings is a thing of the past.

[@kathrynmceachern9503]

Man, that's truly disappointingly typical of our country's commitment to the children of our Nation. Dang.

[@mustwereallydothis]

"It's helping me cut down on my plastic consumption, which hosting this show has made me very anxious about." *Scene cuts to Hank with what appears to be a drink in a disposable plastic cup on the desk beside him." I'm chosing to assume that it's actually a reusable cup designed to resemble a disposable one. I have faith in you, Hank.

[@mustwereallydothis]

I realize that I misspelled, choosing. I chose not to bother editing my comment.

[@sevenofblades]

If Hank's foot washing references be inspired from biblical passages directing someone to do so, a few of those entries are actually euphemisms for sex. Not all of them: some of them are actually literal.

[@dillbourne]

As a LacroixMtDew, I cannot comment on any of yall's preference for pop

[@yellowflowerorangeflower5706]

Cool

[@justforplaylists]

I think being surprised that someone prefers Coca-Cola or Pepsi is like being surprised someone has an iPhone or an Android.

[@TheRealLeesyKate]

Pepsi Max is my jam.

[@twobirdsonedrone]

I wonder if it affects soldiers that are provided with tampons for gunshot wounds...?

[@rlknisel9]

I'm with you siri pepsi is superior

[@mrfoodarama]

Hi Gina 🤣

[@better.better]

remember biblical times everyone wore sandals, that's probably where the feet-washing thing came from... she thought "you are not messing up my nice clean bed linens that I just spent hours washing with THOSE dirty feet" what she said "honey you've had a long hard day herding camels, tramping around the desert all day, how about I wash those feet for you?"

[@LoveTrueMusic1]

27:29 Correction: Occupied Palestine

[@littlemissevel3607]

Pepsi is way better than coke. If you want pepsi to taste more like coke you can add a slice of lemon. I'm not sure Grape Fanta exists here... i'm not sure i wanna find out

[@rickgomez1277]

My vote is... That it is extremely bad to have metals in our deodorant, ( I'm not environmentally conscious) even if it's not that bad to be put on our skin, I have a first-hand experience from a friend that is very allergic to the aluminum in our antiperspirant, and we played soccer so by the end of 3rd period, he stunk up the room to high heaven!! So even though I might be not too bad, it is very very very bad for the people around the person who is allergic to it. 😢 I thought it was a rare condition but then I had to change hair stylist because my hairstylist had the same darn allergy so if I didn't book the appointment super early in the morning where she barely woke up and took a shower and got to work, it was not going to be a good experience and I am very very queasy 😢😢 🤢🤢😔😔

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

Fred Trump sent widdle donnie to that military school because he was uncontrollable

[@hyggend2863]

Please i need to know

[@disky01]

I am proudly pro-perspirant

[@dibsdibs3495]

I’m a centrist on this issue. I honestly couldn’t be any more indifferent-perspirant

[@disky01]

@@dibsdibs3495 Hey Dibs, I love you but any-perspirant was a huge missed opportunity. Smell you later.

[@colleenmarin8907]

Russia is cold - let them keep their beards!

[@erikaiverson4122]

Diet soda just makes me sad.

[@SciShowTangents]

agreed - sam

[@krellend20]

I lost 100 pounds with the only major diet change being changing to artificially sweetened soda. Most diet sodas were never intended to taste like the non-diet version; it's a different flavour altogether. And yes, I prefer the taste of Diet Coke to all the horrid "zero sugar" Coke alternatives they keep trying to introduce.

[@ducttapeengineer]

@@krellend20 The Diet Coke flavor formula is based on the old TAB soda, which was Coca-Cola's first diet soda; The failed New Coke from the mid 80s was then based on the Diet Coke flavor formula. They are all slightly different, but the main difference is the sweetener. Tab was made with saccharin, Diet Coke with Aspartame, and New Coke was primarily sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup. Coke Zero is based off the original Coca-Cola formula.

[@colleenmarin8907]

Well, not exactly the original ... that's no longer legal

[@jaydonbooth4042]

Bring back the beard tax! Civilized people don't have beards.

[@XRatedPoetry]

antiperspirant is awful for you, that is NOT to be confused with a non-alkaline based DEODERANT

[@antelopepoop]

Did you wander into the wrong forum?

[@disky01]

I'm Sprite Pepsi and I'm abstinence until I die!!

[@SciShowTangents]

hell yeah

[@Desmarestia.]

When it comes to cleaner wrasses, fish also seem to have their own version of Yelp! Fish are less likely to visit a cleaner wrasse that did a poor job, that is to say the wrasse was too slow or maybe bit the fish and not the just parasites. Bad cleaners will get fewer client fish visiting them while the good ones will get more repeat and new clients! It isn't just a one-way reputation management though. Cleaner wrasse will also be less likely to nibble on their client fish when others are watching. The Cleaner Wrasse will also prioritize their clients, so bigger fish get more attention sooner than the smaller fish, and new clients get more attention than the repeat local clients

[@ShakespeareDoomsday]

I’m not surprised that antiperspirants were invented in 1903. Linen and wool, which were the most common materials for undergarments for millennia (linen more so than wool, depending on climate and season), have natural antimicrobial properties and are both amazingly moisture wicking. Cotton slowly took over throughout the 19th century and, while it’s still breathable and easily washable like linen, it just doesn’t have those properties.

[@kathrynmceachern9503]

Thank you Sam, I have ALWAYS preferred my puns intended!

[@Darkflowerchyld718]

I've used antiperspirant for years and have never had a problem. When my brother uses anything with alum/aluminum products he breaks out in horrific hives that turn into painful blisters within a half hour. Everyone is different and sensitivity levels vary among people. But not everyone has awful reactions and some of us like our antiperspirant.

[@JoelRiggs]

Low key jealous of people who can wear antiperspirant. It's a good idea, but my skin disagrees. I've learned my epidermis is like that one obnoxious friend... incredibly intolerant of so many normal things!

[@spawnofheck]

As a person with a VERY long mustache I would like a moustache spoon. 10/10 that would be helpful. (I eat toast upside down to avoid the butter/jelly/cream cheese.)

[@amentia]

You DO have a quite nice mustache! :)

[@robnol84]

It is and always has been an issue for mustachioed folks. I really want the mugs with the guard on them.

[@darcieclements4880]

I have this image of a little mustache guard on a stick that you could hold up while you eat your toast right side up and I kind of want to see this product happen.

[@spacemari7498]

guys im def with ceri with the pepsi thing!!! i think it tastes so much better lmao but this only developed after i went 2+ years without any soda and now i only like pepsi and orange fanta (also guaraná because, hey, im still from brazil!)

[@SayAhh]

I love Fanta Guaraná but it's only sold in a few countries. Also loved Pepsi's Josta but it's been discontinued everywhere (except 1 country, I think) Edit: or not. I might have been thinking of another soda that's sold in Australia or something

[@PetrSojnek]

You can definitely let your cats play rough. They are natural predators, little killing machines, playing rough is their way to socialize. As long as they don't hurt each other, they will be fine. They have their thick coats and reflexes. (Unless they don't, in that case you probably need to moderate it...). My vet tells me "as long as blood is not drawn, it's perfectly fine". If you feel bothered about it, you can play with your cat more... they need to spend their pent up predator energy somehow.

[@Just1Nora]

Yeah...my cats play "soft paws" until it goes beyond play. My oldest learned years ago, "Use your words!" I don't even tell him anymore and he will try to first vocalize his displeasure, then comes soft paws, and finally claws out. Cats also pull punches when playing with another cat weaker than them, and that goes for big cats like lions as well.

[@muhmuhmonahan4919]

Someone tried to shake me for using antiperspirant instead of deodorant, because of the aluminum! My response was, "Chill out, I'm not gone eat it." (Guess I wasn't totally wrong.) Hahaha.

[@calcumore_not_less]

That lice joke was louse-y.

[@CorbiniteVids]

I'm not remotely worried about aluminum but I can say from experience, antipersperants may not be great for everyone. It's never caused any kind of poisoning but I have ended up with pimple-like infections in my pores just from stuff getting stuck there. It's actually painful. And at first I thought it was probably just a coincidence, but I stopped using antipersperant anyway just in case. But at one point I accidentally bought antipersperant, decided I might as well not waste it, and pretty shortly after I got that infection again, and it cleared up when I discontinued the antipersperant. And then it happened one more time after that. Still a chance it might be a coincidence. But I feel pretty comfortable swearing off antipersperant. Idk if it's because I'm a heavy sweater or if I just have a particular armpit microbiome that goes nuts in an anaerobic environments

[@BL00EYE-0]

I tried grape fanta for the first time this summer at an amusement park (I live in a Scandinavian country) Its.... melted candy. Its literally just artificial tasting sugar water. Im a sweet tooth but that soda was so sweet I only managed to drink a couple mouthfuls 💀 ✋

[@HaarmannE]

shhhh hank nobody can know about the man show" - jimmy kimmel lol

[@LadyCynthiana]

It's comforting to know the science so far doesn't show any danger in using aluminum antiperspirants. I have found that using them is what causes armpit stains, though. Ever since I quit using them I never get armpit stains in my clothes or a smell that can't be removed.

[@willmendoza8498]

I’m with her. Pepsi is better than Coke in every way. HOWEVER neither holds a candle to Dr. Pepper.

[@Magnum3144]

Ouch, pepsi is good but McDonald's coke is on another level man. Seriously, there has been research. Dr Pepper, however, is still the KING!!! Pepper pals forever, 10/2/4 represent

[@blessedveteran]

Coke is only good with rum 👍

[@CraigUntlNytTym]

Pepsi Max is best.

[@Rabaheo]

Hey Hank, Any addictive substance will start to taste good if your brain associates the flavor with the addictive substances effects. Remove the caffeine from your experiment group and see if they still like artificial sweeteners.

[@Darkflowerchyld718]

I actually like the taste of artificial sweetener. As a kid I would suck on sweet n low packets like they were candy. I still use it as my preferred sweetener in drinks and on top of fruit. Everyone is different. Not everyone hates artificial sweeteners.

[@dillbourne]

Or replace with non-caffinated pop. Sprite zero is fantastic.

[@jordanpatrick2627]

Most of my family in the PNW like Pepsi better than Coke. I think it might be a regional thing.