Iranian man who didn't wash for half a century dies at 94

Post by timbit42 » Tue, Oct 25, 2022, 8:45 PM UTC

barbazoo wrote: post #46

marcodiego wrote: post #38

> Amou Haji finally succumbed to pressure and washed a few months ago. > According to Iran's IRNA news agency, he became ill shortly afterwards and died on Sunday. I don't think evolution prepared us to 3 showers a day. I also don't think it prepared us to instantly available unhealthy all-food-you-can-eat. We have to consider how much of our sedentary behavior is unnatural and how much of it is really improving our…

I've never thought about showering 3 times a day. Is that common anywhere?

Post by SomeBoolshit » Tue, Oct 25, 2022, 9:33 PM UTC

googlryas wrote: post #57

eganist wrote: post #2

> But, local media say, Amou Haji finally succumbed to pressure and washed a few months ago. > According to Iran's IRNA news agency, he became ill shortly afterwards and died on Sunday. I'm really hoping an autopsy is done to figure out what exactly killed him, because this might be the most interesting opportunity for a hygiene case study in generations. Identifying even just one potential opportunistic disease, aut…

I had a 40 year old car that was rarely serviced but ran like a champ. I moved across country and the new mechanic told me I should use some cleansing agent to de-gunk all of the various hoses/manifolds/whatever in the engine. It seemed expensive so I went for to a second mechanic and mentioned it, and he was adamant that I not do it, and that all that gunk was what was sealing the hoses and letting the car operate.…

Post by filoleg » Tue, Oct 25, 2022, 9:41 PM UTC

lelandfe wrote: post #62

conductr wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

First impression is dirty in bed, turns out she is just getting filthy and needs to bath a lot

That might be a part of it, but it is a translated joke - so the double entendre of “dirty” may not be intentional

Post by r3dneck » Tue, Oct 25, 2022, 10:02 PM UTC

Post by rOOb85 » Tue, Oct 25, 2022, 10:09 PM UTC

nosianu wrote: post #7

eganist wrote: post #2

> But, local media say, Amou Haji finally succumbed to pressure and washed a few months ago. > According to Iran's IRNA news agency, he became ill shortly afterwards and died on Sunday. I'm really hoping an autopsy is done to figure out what exactly killed him, because this might be the most interesting opportunity for a hygiene case study in generations. Identifying even just one potential opportunistic disease, aut…

Ah, but there's also this part, apparently his water and diet were no better than his outer shell: > his diet had consisted of rotten meat and unsanitary water drunk from an old oil can. > Attempts to bathe him, or offer him clean water to drink, made him sad, the news agency said. And then there's the picture where he's smoking four cigarettes at once. I mean, I'm really kind of impressed.