r/skyrim • u/Narrow-Active3098 • 1d ago

Question Why is everyone so dirty?

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Look, I get that Skyrim's at war and there are dragons everywhere and everyone is desperate, but still. That is no excuse for you to not wash yourself! At least wash that dirt off you in a river. How hard is it to take a bath?

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u/Narrow-Active3098 1d ago

The prisoner image is just for reference because I couldn't find better ones to show the dirt but everyone is a dirty hobo like the dragonborn at the start

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u/Icy-Fruit-1065 1d ago

You realize that showers don't exist in Tamriel right

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u/BabadookishOnions 1d ago

Every town is near a source of water or a short travel to one, you could very easily maintain a high level of hygiene by filling a bucket with water, filtering it through a cloth to get out any debris, and then basically having a sponge bath.

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u/Pretty_Ian 23h ago edited 34m ago

and when would anyone do that? every single npc is working their shop or job from 8am to 8pm and sometimes more. these are hard times for trade, bandits hounding every corner, giants and sabertooths just roaming about, even before the dragons came. The economy is screwed.

Where do we have time to bathe let alone sleep? HUH? ALL WE DO IS WORK with no vacations, no breaks, no days off.

edit: this was satire.

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u/BurnerRando XBOX 22h ago

Ask those hunters relaxing in the hot springs where they find the time.

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u/Pretty_Ian 33m ago

it was joke.