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Monday, April 03, 2023

Yeah..... no

Smelling other people’s sweat might not seem like a desirable activity, yet a new study from Sweden suggests that exposure to body odor could be an alternative therapy for social anxiety.

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They're just making up excuses for showering only once a week as most Europeans were prone to do when I was there.
I remember one time when I was 15-16 years old, my family got hung up in a packed gondola in the Alps for a couple hours. We were all green by the time repairs were made and we could make our escape.

12 comments:

  1. “Just relax and eat the bugs” as greta would say.

    “Fuk the at shit” as Bert would say.

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    1. "Fuck them all" as I would say....

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  2. In the seventies a friend worked at a big hotel in DC. He said the French would come and stay and the showers and bath tubs were never used. None of the soap/shampoo products provided ever opened. Give em a shower and products and they still would not bathe.

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  3. Sweat containing Pheromones are a 2 edge sword. Depending on the producing individual and receiving individual they either get you instantly ready for hot sex or make you projectile vomit till the remains of your stomach come out your nose.

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  4. First time I went to Europe - thought it smelled like gym socks and diesel.

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  5. We were treated to a French family on Air France. Mom, dad, three early 20s sons, all smelled like a summertime locker room in the ghetto. They were happy as could be. We could noy get enough fresh air pumped in.

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  6. Ha! Sweden is only saying that to cover for their imported diversity that definitely has an aversion to soap, water & deodorant. Are you not culturally enriched?

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  7. I spent a week-long MOBEX trapped in the cab of a Unimog with a Belgian driver. They were alloted one shower a week and their diet was based on cooked cabbage. Funk doesn't describe it, I'm not sure there is a word in English for that smell.

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  8. I don't have social anxiety, I just hate people

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  9. I figured out if I sweat regularly that my sweat (and body) don't have much of an odor if any at all. When I was sedentary I noticed I never smelled great, and just going for a walk every day and sweating did wonders in that department.

    Not showering daily? That's a hard pass.

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  10. I'd rather smell some mild BO than these guys who skip showers and dowse themselves in cologne. Why is it usually guys of one persuasion?

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  11. Some archeologists have a theory:
    * most animals have a great sense of smell, so successful humans evolved by stinking too bad to eat.

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