Like, I travel around for work and I’ve met plenty of people from all backgrounds.

Why is there a demographic of people who don’t seemingly bathe regularly, or at the very least wear something to cover up their BO? I could understand if it’s an allergy, or even religious reasons (though the people I’ve met that smell bad are usually you’re average American young adult man) but recently (like in the past week, recently) I’ve met a concerning number of people who don’t seem to wear any kind of deodorant or possibly don’t even bathe regularly; it’s starting to become an issue for me, as I don’t even want to interact with them when I can smell them walking up from 3+ feet away yet I need to for work.

Does anyone have any possible insight?

  • Cralder
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    4111 months ago

    I don’t think you’re going to find anyone that admits to smelling bad. I assume people who smell bad do it because they don’t know that they smell, so they don’t try to change anything.

    • @De_Narm@lemmy.world
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      1511 months ago

      Yep, that’s likely the problem with most people. It’s nothing you usually talk about and people won’t change problems they aren’t aware off. We should probably normalize talking about it without anyone being offended.

    • Skybreaker
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      1011 months ago

      Actually, I saw two people saying they prefer BO. Bewildering admission if you ask me

      • @Cruxifux@lemmy.world
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        1011 months ago

        Yeah that weirded me out too. Comes across as someone making excuses for not wanting to practice basic hygiene though.

      • FaceDeer
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        911 months ago

        And I saw someone being an asshole regarding their preferences.

        • Deceptichum
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          1311 months ago

          Preferences?

          Not stinking up a whole room goes beyond a preference into a biohazard warning.

          • FaceDeer
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            511 months ago

            Make that two, I suppose.

            What is it with this extremism? People don’t instantly turn into heaps of rotting garbage the moment they neglect to put some chemicals on their underarms.

              • FaceDeer
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                511 months ago

                No, calling a smell that you find unpleasant a “biohazard” is extreme.

                If, hypothetically, I found body piercings to be distasteful, wouldn’t it be kind of an overreaction for me to demand that paramedics come fix the “stab wounds” on people with piercings that I encounter?

                • @Zahille7@lemmy.worldOP
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                  411 months ago

                  I mean actual shit smell is a biohazard, though. Like if someone didn’t wipe well enough, that’s a biohazard (very minor, but still).

                  • squiblet
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                    411 months ago

                    Covering that up with perfume wouldn’t help though.

              • FaceDeer
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                511 months ago

                Yes. Is “biohazard warning” not hyperbolic in the extreme?