The hygiene meter kind of stinks

[Fuppy]

I'll just reiterate what I said on the last thread regarding hygiene along with some other thoughts. I don't think hygiene adds anything substantial to the game. At best it is a minor annoyance that you either leave your department to clear up or make a pool of water on the ground to splash in, and at worst you're in the middle of RPing and either have to break the moment by going to shower to get rid of the stinklines/flavortext or suffer through it. There is definitely an idea of what RP showering could potentially bring as opposed to what really happens: you walking into a room, turning a shower/bath on and standing still for one second and leaving. Granted its nice seeing the icon turn green but not much else.

I've never had my PDA/ID stolen while showering, I've been attacked by an antag a grand total of once in the shower and it was over a year ago at this point, and I can safely say the interactions I've been pulled into by leaving my department to go shower could have easily been facilitated by food/drink... hell you're usually hungry and thirsty as well by the time you go and shower. One could say the same thing about eating and drinking for a lot of these negative points I've brought up, but there is at least the potential of RP with the bar. I've had far more person to person interaction facilitated in a single round by eating and drinking than I ever have with the hygiene stat.