I’m Glad I’m Not the Only Freak Who Counts My Deodorant Swipes

I was just minding my business the other day when a video with two of my fave Barstool dudes (Rudy & Zac) popped up. It was a tweet from the Barstool Gametime account showing these guys Fortniting it up or whatever. I honestly didn't make it past the first 15 seconds because something Zac said stopped me in my tracks.

Someone mentioned it was a "sweatfest." Rudy was like psh no problem, he had deodorant on. Zac clarified that he uses antiperspirant (hand up, no idea the difference), and then casually dropped that he does 8 swipes per pit.

Eight.

This led to the realization that I wasn't alone in the counting of the swiping of the pits. I was never sure if it was just my OCD acting up. For the record, I do 10.

8 seems unhinged. Like, why wouldn't he round up at that point? Doesn't 10 make more sense? Maybe doing 8 instead of 10 actually makes him more psycho?

But I think I one-up Zac in one area: I do usually sniff the deodorant after I put it on. I don't know why. Maybe it's a trauma response from years of using different vegan, natural, sometimes-crystal deodorants. Ones where the deodorant ends up smelling like your BO rather than your BO smelling like the deo. I think that's why. And I don't think I do it every time. Something to unpack later.

REGARDLESS, this isn't a competition of who's freakier. Moral of the story: I'm glad I'm not alone.

But are we the freaks...or just paying attention?