Ooooo, what's that smell? OOooOOOOO What's that smell? (To the tuen of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "That Smell"

So as I promised myself that I wouldn't just turn this into some soapbox, I am not going to just generally bitch about the suck that is Tech. However I feel that the issue I am about to discuss can be agreed on by every single student at Tech because, well frankly, it has probably affected every student here at one point in time or another. Personal Hygiene. Let's be honest, unless you're a freshman that hasn't ridden a Stinger and avoids all peoples of varying ethnicities, you have more than likely (at Tech more than probably) had to deal with someone that decides personal hygiene is the least of their worries. Some goes as far as to explain that it is more efficient to not bathe or use deodorant because "it saves time and hassle". Well this is true, but for all those Techies that get off to math on a regular basis (i.e. "that guy/gal" in your Calc or Diff EQ class) lack of personal hygiene becomes an inversely proportional exponential function. As personal hygiene decreases time for other activities increases, however, the rate at which people like myself hate you along with the general populous and wish you would throw yourself into a vat of bleach and Dawn exponentially increases. My point being there is no excuse to not take 15 minutes out of their mornings to shower, hell, even put on some damn Old Spice or Axe to make themselves that much closer to being socially acceptable. Now to be fair I am going to go and be "culturally sensitive" and say that if it is against your religious beliefs and practices to bathe regularly than I have no problem with that, but if it is culture you say, well then FUCK YOU. This is America, we have a culture here too, one that take personal hygiene very seriously and sees it as not only a socially acceptable but more importantly a NECESSARY action of daily life. I don't know how these people would feel if I just stopped using toilet paper and never washed my hands and then sat next to them on the bus (the smell might be equivalent) but I'm sure it would fall somewhere near in the realm of how I do and others do when they decided to say "Fuck Off!" to showering. Basically what I am getting at is that if you come to the United States to go to college, then do yourself a favor and acclimate to the culture and do us all a favor by showering. The funnier part of this smelly business though is that the majority of the people I've had the pleasure of experiencing the scent equivalent of Ipecac were white people. Yes, which is funny because you would think they would care about their personal appearance and hygiene (check out Stuff White People Like's website if you don't believe me) but sadly they care more about their WoW Raid Guild than their toothbrush. I know what you're thinking too, yes J.D. I agree that all the smelly white people are hardcore video game nerds and believe socializing is talking to people over TeamSpeak or saying "you're gay" to people on youtube. Well if you disagree with that than you're a fucking idiot and political correctness will more than likely get you killed one day or just make you hated by everyone (yes you will become "That Guy" that is a politically correct douchebag). I hate to name call as I don't want to put myself on the same level as O'Reilly but I have seen several of these people come from a familiar place know to all as Psi Oops (Psi Upsilon for all those non-Greek people). I have no idea what goes on in their labyrinth of endless LAN parties and to-the-ceiling stacked empty pizza boxes (complete with Mountain Dew Code Red cases) but I'm certain it is NOT showering. Seriously I have smelled people's boots after Marine week that smelled better than these people. So to sum it up, if you decide, by some bat-shit insane and retarded logic that you are not going to shower then do people who actually have a general concern for their personal appearance a favor and don't ride the bus and don't be afraid if it rains, it's just nature's way of saying you need a shower.