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• Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  actually, I’m in India right now and am shocked that so far it’s the least smelly country in terms of sewage and BO I’ve been to, tied with Japan so far.

  I say so far because I’ve only been here for 2 weeks.

  I’ve been all over Asia and there’s always a sewage smell somewhere, or a smelly river, or you can smell BO on people when you’re crowded together on a bus, but now I’m in India and there’s no sewage smell, and I’m here during a huge festival, literally one of tens of thousands of people crowded in these temples without smelling any BO, and I’m wondering if it’s a cultural habit that is dovetailing into their infrastructure and hygiene(kind of like how Chinese chefs traditionally cook everything at super high heats, even though the origin is tied into making sure the food is clean) and their sewage pipes are all very far removed or thickly covered and treated, or if the largely vegetarian diet plays into a much less offensive smell overall in terms of bodily function and by-products.

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  • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m willing to bet their diet plays a huge role in the smell factor, especially in their localities. It seems like anyone with a western, especially American, diet, has a propensity to smell less that fresh on lieu of daily hygiene.

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    • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      makes sense.

      I’ve switched between a lot of different diets, and anecdotally meat, alcohol, and sugar play a huge role in how bad i and my byproducts smell.

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      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        my byproducts

        Just might be my first time reading that phrase

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      • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Alcohol was my big one, especially as I get older. Quality of meat makes a big difference too, I found there’s a huge contrast between fast food burgers and quality steak in terms of red meat.

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• pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Native Americans often have the gene too.

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