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0 pointsorangepurple3y ago0 comments

You smell bad because of your diet.

Build up of aromatics in your adipose tissue that are released over time via your sebaceous glands, bacterial decomposition products of those compounds, and off-gassing of bacterial decomposition byproducts from your orifices contribute to bad body odor.

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innocentoldguy3y ago

I agree that diet is a factor. I started living in Japan back in the late 80s and spent a lot of time helping newcomers learn how to speak Japanese and get around in society. One thing I noticed is that people fresh from America had an odd buttery smell that went away after they ate a Japanese diet for a few weeks.

duffyjp3y ago

バッタ臭い / Battakusai / Stinks of butter was a derogatory term for foreigners in the past. Butter was unpopular with locals in Japan for a long time by what I've read, but I never thought the expression was being literal. Interesting.

Firmwarrior3y ago

I'm going to be your pal and tell this to you to help you out: You stink, and people are just too polite to say it to your face

orangepurpleOP3y ago

I'm not sure who you are responding to here. Wrong thread?

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