NYC Comic-Con demands attendees shower and wear clean clothes

[terry78]

http://nypost.com/2013/10/10/comic-con-plea-shower/


If they had to make a tangible rule, you know its bad.

 

[The Squirrel]

The article doesn't help. Basement jokes... really?

 

[KevanG]

HOW DARE THEY TREAT THE UNWASHED MASSES AS COMMON FILTHY CATTLE?

Nah, I kid. I've been to only a few cons but it is a problem, especially the really big guys who think that a gallon of aftershave (even when they don't shave) is the answer to not bathing. I have allergies and I tend not to like crowds for that very reason. I'll usually wind up beside someone who hasn't showered since they left high school covered in deodorant and aftershave and you can still smell them underneath it all.

Mind you 99% of the attendees are fine and behave like normal members of society but there's always those guys that give us all a bad name.

 

[SpideyFan866]

I find this to be highly offensive to fanboy kind.

 

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

being as I've been to numerous cons and have had to endure some of the unwashed masses either in lines or in crowds, I'm all for it... at times, it can be a bit overpowering... wearing clean clothes and not taking a shower is no deterrent to the problem of personal sour-smell stench that emanates and wafts from some of these individuals... and taking a shower but wearing unwashed, sweat-permeated clothing isn't an option either...

so with what the the NYCC people in charge are asking for from some of these con-goers, some proper hygiene would be appreciated... my nose and eyes would GREATLY appreciate it, LOL...... 'cause I've encountered some real nasty odors that sometimes almost seems like it borders on the homeless...

oh and by the way, it should not be a demand but a request by convention officials...

 

[Pink Ranger]

Based on my experience, the direction should be expanded to New Yorkers in general.

 

[KevanG]

based on my experience, the direction should be expanded to new yorkers in general.

OOOOOOHHH! Buuuuurrrrn!

 

[Hobgoblin]

An announcer once told Chicago Comic Con to never mind the convention room funk.

 

[KevanG]

It takes a long time to clear that funk out, it usually dissipates just in time for the next one.

 

[Victarion]

Ban the fedoras.

 

[SuperFerret]

Last year was awful. Most of the problem (I truly, honestly hope) is that the event is bigger than the venue (which given the size of the Javits center, is ridiculous) and if you put that many people in that cramped a space for that long, it gets funky.

 

[KevanG]

Ban the fedoras.

Why? I like fedoras.

 

[Erzengel]

I was there last year. People stunk. 100% serious.

I got my picture taken with Batman (Kevin Conroy) and Hannah Minx. Why would I want to be one of those guys who stunk?

 

[KevanG]

To be memorable?

"Yeah, I remember that one guy. He smelled like old socks, moldy cheetos and death itself was doing laundry."

 

[SuperFerret]

You can't be that one guy if you are legion.

 

[chamber-music]

Sexy sweat midnight basement club funk isn't like nerdy weekend convention sweat funk.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Sometimes I wonder if it's just one guy, who wanders around the halls spreading his pestilence in his wake.

 

[Warhammer]

This kind of s*** pisses me off. The other day, I was in class and this motherf***er comes and sits next to me. He smelled like dookie. How are you not aware that you stink? You're too old for that. Wash your ass.

 

[SpideyForPrez]

I'm in full support of this. You'd think that being nerds, people would be educated as to the benefits of hygiene, but just about every convention I've been to stunk. Not to mention getting sick afterwards.

Maybe they should start handing out toiletry swag. Superior Spider-Man Shampoo, Bruce Wayne Body Wash, Dr. Who Deodorant, and Star Wars Hand Sanitizer.

 

[NickNitro]

This is honestly not surprising in the slightest

 

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

It takes a long time to clear that funk out, it usually dissipates just in time for the next one.

truly a vicious cycle that never ends...

 

[BrollySupersj]

I'm way too self conscious for this to be offensive.

 

[Ant-manic]

i demand that all panel members lose weight. there better be no fatties up there.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Everyone knows "nerd musk" is the most irresistible aroma to beautiful actresses who come to comic con.

So this rule is just player hating.

 

[KevanG]

i demand that all panel members lose weight. there better be no fatties up there.

Some of those panel members are legend. They do not have to bow to you nor to any! They make the rules and cry themselves to sleep at night while smelling faintly of cheetos and "musk".