In Europe men often don't wear antiperspirants or deoderants. They let their natural body odor waft in to the collective nostrils of the opposite sex. Would this work in the US? Would the natural pheremones contained in male sweat attract women like mad? Or would the actual odor drive them away? It seems to be a paradox of biology.
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York2005-05-20 22:23 (sage)
For all our flaws, one thing that Americans do right is hygiene. This is nonnegotiable. Europeans smell, and it is wrong that they smell.
Oh, and sage all this hygiene shit that's been on the science board lately.
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Ganson2005-05-22 1:48
>>1 LaVey certainly seemed the pheromones had the upper hand, but even if that is true then your odor will still have the effect of offending:
1) People of the same sex
2) Friends/Family Members/Other Uninterested Persons
Possibly different ethnic groups smell differently also, and this might be ugly in the United States. Theoretically people of the same group have a tolerance for their own smells, but little or none for the smells of others. In an ethnically diverse society this would make the disadvantages of not wearing deodorant far outweigh the advantages.
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Ganson2005-05-22 1:49 (sage)
^^^ *seemed to think the
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Christy McJesus!DcbLlAZi7U2005-05-24 4:09
>>2
Wearing a bunch of chemicals that make me want to puke isn't "hygiene"
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Anonymous2005-05-25 18:59
>In Europe men often don't wear antiperspirants or deoderants. They let their natural body odor waft in to the collective nostrils of the opposite sex.
oh god i laughed at this
i just came back from barcelona and even on subways everguy there was wreaking of cologne so i dunno...
that's true. Which is precisely why what I was ACTUALLY referring to is that we bathe a bit more frequently and don't have a stigma against wearing shorts in warm weather, scents notwithstanding.
better teeth too.
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Anonymous2005-05-31 6:57
>>1
This is a bad misconception of Europe. Maybe it's different in other countries (France?), but at least here in Spain, hygiene is very important, and smelly people is usually frowned upon.
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Anonymous2005-06-06 3:40
I seem to remember a legitimate study a while back which showed that women were naturally repelled by the scent of body odor. It was conducted by a major Japanese medical institution but I can't remember which. Regardless, I don't think smelling like you haven't showered in a week is going to help you attract the opposite sex.
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Anonymous2005-06-06 5:30
Well I dunno all this "european people smell" crap mstly comes from americans who have never left their home state, I've met a few french grisl and they all smelled good
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Christy McJesus!DcbLlAZi7U2005-06-07 12:20
Now niggers on the other hand...
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Anonymous2005-06-08 4:38
SCIIIIEEEEEENNNNNCNCCCCCE!
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Anonymous2005-06-09 20:49
>>11
Lol, that's true... Not to hate them or anything, it's just that here in Spain, when you are, say, in the subway, and suddenly something stinks, you turn around and it's a nigger.
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Anonymous2005-06-09 20:55
>>13
Then again these are illegal immigrants from Africa. Hygiene is more of a matter of culture and education than race. But black people could be more prone to stinking, just like they have larger cocks.
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Anonymous2005-07-04 0:41
black ppl don't stink.... brown ppl do... they eat curry and it smells like shit, stinks the whole neighbourhood
Also it doesn't smell like shit, it smells like curry. Which as >>16 pointed out is delicious.
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JJ2005-10-12 16:48
curry is fucking nasty.
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Anonymous2005-10-16 0:01 (sage)
brown people don't smell like curry, they smell like rotten garbage and they seem to produce the strongest armpit smell on earth. they do stink the whole neighbourhood
holy shit, cant they at least afford to buy cologne or something?
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I don't trust the results from a country where the joke of the "smelly gaijin" is national convention. Also, from what I have heard, asians have less sweat glands and perspire less scent. Gimme western research to back this up and then we can talk.
But don't daughters and sons tends to be generally more attracted to people that smell like their fathers and mothers respectively?
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Anonymous2005-10-31 23:19
>>3
no. as you said yourself, your smell would affect less those who are close to you
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franco2007-11-25 7:21
are you stupid or racist?
European people don't wash or use deodorant?
I'm european (italy) and believe me "we are civilized"
i know what a deodorant is.
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franco's friend2007-11-25 9:43
stupidest thing I've ever heard. What is it with americans...stupid fatasses
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Anonymous2007-11-25 10:33
I believe he based his opinion on things like movies from the forties and stuff.
And besides, you cannot blame an american for not knowing shit about european culture. Most of them can't even locate Europe on a map or believe Europe is a part of North America. lulz.
The only proper retribution against prejudice is more prejudice ^^
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Blackmaster2007-11-25 17:04
europe smells bad, men touch each others buts all the time, everyone in europe is gay communist