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Not necessarily, gasses smell too.
I hadn’t considered this! So when you poop in the toilet, the bad smell is partially from gases, not entirely from airborne poop particles?
I’m also really sketched out about how belly button lint is from underwear, but i guess that’s off the topic.
Definitely partly from the gaseous byproducts of digestion, yes.
Also poop aerosols, but not exclusively.
That makes a lot of sense. I searched and found a good article on the subject: https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/48224/20240117/why-poop-smell-bad-science-behind-unpleasant-odor-stool.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skatole?wprov=sfla1 (this is a volatile, airborne chemical)
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I hadn’t considered this! So when you poop in the toilet, the bad smell is partially from gases, not entirely from airborne poop particles?
I’m also really sketched out about how belly button lint is from underwear, but i guess that’s off the topic.
MolochAlter@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Definitely partly from the gaseous byproducts of digestion, yes.
Also poop aerosols, but not exclusively.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
That makes a lot of sense. I searched and found a good article on the subject: https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/48224/20240117/why-poop-smell-bad-science-behind-unpleasant-odor-stool.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skatole?wprov=sfla1 (this is a volatile, airborne chemical)