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And there is your answer. Some people stink because they fill their head with pseudo scientific nonsense to rationalize not engaging in basic hygiene tasks.
Bingo. Why did I begin to stink when I hit puberty even though I showered twice daily and lived in a temperate climate? This person makes it sound like no one would stink if they simply never start using deodorant, when the reality is that people start using deodorant because they realize that they stink without it. For centuries, people around the world have used perfumes to cover their BO before (and after) deodorant became available. Why would they need this if they simply don’t use deodorant?
I also know a woman who swears that you never actually need to wash your hair. Your head will stop producing as much oil and you’ll naturally have beautiful hair. She is a lovely, smart, confident, and attractive woman, but her hair is greasy and stringy AF.
The beauty is that it’s a closed epistemological system, like a religion.
If someone smells when not using deodorant it’s because of the original sin of having used deodorant! They need to be cleansed with iodine baptism in order to receive the graces of the blessed bacteria.
That way you can always rationalize away smelly people you meet and not worry about your own odor.
If you read it, you know it does not support your assertions.
But the problem is, Corynebacterium colonies stink. They smell heavily of the smell we associate with body odor.
The article you linked even says so.
My issue is not whether people that don’t use deodorant have bacterium 1 or bacterium 2. It’s that they stink.
If you don’t use deodorant, you have smelly armpit bacteria.
That’s a wild exaggeration. And runs directly contrary to what is written in the article you proffered as evidence.
You are spreading pseudo scientific disinformation.
I’m totally willing to concede the point that you don’t think you smell bad.
But that is exactly why the OP started this thread isn’t it?
This is an assertion for which you have provided no evidence.
Listen man, I’m ok with you being in your weird little no deo cult, but that’s what it is. A weird little cult.
And again, none of this supports your assertions. You are either deliberately trying to mislead us or deliberately misleading yourself by reading what you want to read.
This is where I get off mr. Stinky’s wild ride.
Bacteria come from the environment. I don't understand how the iodine treatment you recommend prevents future exposure.
Why do so many comments look like AI now.
Nah man. An LLM could never cook up something this disconnected from reality. This is a one hundred percent organic hallucination.