Brushing your teeth: no longer the best thing for your teeth?

Re:Brushing your teeth: no longer the best thing for your te... by hrjet on Saturday November 30, 2013 @10:27PM (#6825939)

Not a fan of deodorants but, biologically, they may not be completely useless:

1. Being able to afford a deodorant indicates wealth, and thus better chances of survival of the offspring.

2. Using a deodorant might also indicate an awareness of personal hygiene in the individual (atleast purportedly). This might again increase the survival chances of the offspring.

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Re:Brushing your teeth: no longer the best thing for your te... by thaumasiotes on Sunday December 01, 2013 @12:07AM (#6826212)

Neither of those points suggests that deodorants, in themselves, are anything but useless. Instead, they suggest that paying attention to deodorant use makes sense even though deodorants are completely useless.

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Re:Brushing your teeth: no longer the best thing for your te... by mistermann on Sunday December 01, 2013 @04:12AM (#6826682)

By useless, do you mean they have no effect whatsoever?

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Re:Brushing your teeth: no longer the best thing for your te... by thaumasiotes on Sunday December 01, 2013 @04:23AM (#6826696)

I'm following the context set by my ancestor comments, which is that deodorant is to americans as, according to Socrates, horsehair crests were to classical soldiers.

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Re:Brushing your teeth: no longer the best thing for your te... by gojomo on Sunday December 01, 2013 @04:29AM (#6826708)

Aha, the "signalling theory of deodorant". Some think a college degree 'works' in the same way.

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