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Showcasing the brazen and nouveau in English communication.

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[–] anewfox@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

so how many men is "some men?" weasel words imply the actual reality is someone saw a statistically insignificant number of tweets and didn't want to say that because it weakens the point they already decided they want to make.

anyway my junk smells great after a shower, and i know people with sniff kinks, so... i guess that makes me more alpha than these losers.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 17 minutes ago (1 children)

Aye, this is the most non-story thing ever.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 minute ago

I swear 4chan was telling people to rub ballsweat on themselves like perfume 20 years ago.

This is internet lore that someone fell for.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

I’m pretty sure if it’s anything-maxxing it’s stupid as fuck. Unless it’s giving me money-maxing. I’m all for that one.

[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 2 points 5 minutes ago

It’s shitmaxxing

[–] PacketPilgrim@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 hour ago

Except for retardmaxxing. It's a vibe.

[–] FE80@lemmy.world 2 points 50 minutes ago

The future is weird.

[–] Nikki@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 49 minutes ago

men stinking on purpose: 🤮

women stinking on accident: 🤤

[–] Tiral@lemmy.zip 2 points 13 minutes ago* (last edited 12 minutes ago)

Sounds like a Cosmo magazine that give advice on blow jobs instead a few years ago. They reccomended using teeth. They said something like "he won't ask because he's embarrassed" or something.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 3 minutes ago

I think I may have been standing next to one yesterday. He was much less greasy looking than I expected.

[–] Nautalax@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

I’m not up on whatever trend but it may work in some cases provided they’re not just marinating in filth (there’s definitely a difference).

I got psy-op’d by society into being very anxious about possibly smelling around a date since I sweat easily so I ensured absolutely every time before one was a VERY thorough shower and scrub til’ I was practically raw, generous application of deoderant, etc. and applied a light bit of tea tree oil before I went on a date.

On one of the early dates with my now-wife while we were watching a movie, she finally turned to me and said that there was some sort of smell to me that was giving her a headache for the past few dates and asked if I could just not use that moving forward.

It turned out that she actually hated the deoderant and tea tree and so on and actually some sort of wire is crossed in her head such that my natural body scent smells like passionfruit to her (she very positively rates passionfruit). So my early efforts to come off as if I have never had the concept of sweat in my life were directly sabotaging my attempt to appeal to her nose, in addition to making me feel insecure about it when there was really no need.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago

Some men are fucking idiots.

[–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 hours ago

The herd thins itself.

[–] whiskers165@hexbear.net 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I'm a trans woman so obviously a little different but Ive discovered I smell mostly the same whether I use deodorant or not so early this year I stopped. I usually shower at most every two or three days but sometimes won't shower for the better part of a week.

While I don't feel like I get more attention from men since quiting deodorant I've noticed the women are a lot more into me. Most recently a couple nights ago in Asheville at a Disco Biscuit after party I was aggressively getting hit on, danced on, grinded on, just pursued by this woman. I thought it was odd at one point when she ran her fingers through my armpit and sniffed them but maybe that was part of my sauce, idk. Never been told I was sexy by a stranger so many times in such a short period.

After all the increase in female attention I was getting this year I thought maybe women were just picking up on an increase in my confidence but I guess it could just be that I quit wearing deodorant. Would be on brand for Asheville.

[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I mean yeah if you showered in the morning and didn't sweat during the day, you're fine. We naturally smell good, it's when we sweat and bacteria grows in our sweaty pores, that's where the bad smell comes from.

[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 1 points 3 minutes ago

That’s called festermaxxing

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