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Smell.dating
- eugeneionesco 11y agowhat the actual fuck
- lapitopi 11y agoI think it lacks a bit of context. See here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/01/6/l_016_08.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/01/6/l_016_08.html
- adrice727 11y agoA little more context: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/sep/08/can-you-smell-perfect-partner http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/sep/08/can-you-... There was also a study that showed birth control to negatively affect a woman's ability to detect a genetic match by smell: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/birth-control-pills-affect-womens-taste/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/birth-control-pill...
- bpicolo 11y agoI don't think it's lacking any context. Doesn't make the idea any less strange. : P
- bifrost 11y agoHave to admit this is pretty weird, but also genius. This certainly falls under some people's personal preferences.
- erikb 11y agoThis sounds disgusting
- civilian 11y agoYou're way too divorced from how disgusting everyday human life is.
- solipsism 11y agoSure, but we don't put "May contain rodent feces and crushed insects" on our ingredients labels, and I'd frankly rather it stay that way.
- theophrastus 11y agothis assertion isn't hereby a symptom of synesthesia?
- throwaway420 11y agoRelax. It's only smellz.
- SilasX 11y agoThanks to lapitopi for the contextual link [1]; tldr: attraction can be predicted by perceived smell of sweat, which correlates with genetic compatibility in terms of resistance to disease. Could use some better marketing to mitigate the ick factor. Also, a .dating TLD? We need serious reform of the system. [1] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/01/6/l_016_08.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/01/6/l_016_08.html
- bduerst 11y ago>Also, a .dating TLD? We need serious reform of the system. Why? So they could fork out $50k to the squatter at smell.com?
- orev 11y agoFor context, studies show that mate compatibility can be determined by the reaction to pheromones. This site is attempting to bring this kind of research to the public in a usable way. This is not some kind of fetish thing for people who like the smell of armpits.
- devty 11y agoappreciate your effort to make this seem slightly less creepy!
- filipm 11y agoI can't imagine anyone using this for real. The concepts funny though.
- hotcool 11y agoLove the idea, but can't this be gamed by using synthetic pheromones? Pheromone colognes for the purpose of attracting women have been available for awhile now.
- afarrell 11y agoI too grew up with a subscription to Popular Science. I was under the impression that those were a scam though.
- jjbiotech 11y agoI'm sure a few products out there are scams, but speaking from my own experience/anecdotes I think the real ones do actually work. Specifically the products containing androstenone, androsterone, and the other related endogenous steroid hormones. I used some (from Amazon, forget the brand) on my neck and my wife literally would not stop hugging me and telling me how great I smelled. She's actually initiated sex a few times after I've applied it.
- afarrell 11y agoI'm not to proud to admit that this could solve a significant pain point for me and my wife. If you would be kind enough to look through your amazon history and post a link, I would be tremendously grateful.
- chillingeffect 11y agoYes but it would be like wearing a deer suit to attract a deer when you're a human. You want someone who matches you and is naturally attracted to you, not someone who doesn't like your smell.
- c17r 11y agoWhile it certainly sounds odd, my wife has said that when I'm away on business trips she'll take one of my worn shirts and put it on her pillow at night since it smells like me.
- dclowd9901 11y agoThat's the sweetest damn thing I've ever heard.
- booruguru 11y agoI thought this was a pretty common thing. It's a bit of of a movie/TV trope, especially after a character dies--the widow would try to preserve the scent of their spouse/lover via clothing, pillow, etc.
- music 11y agoDo they allow underware sniff test?
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- bunkydoo 11y ago"It's like Tinder, but for panty sniffers"
- bliti 11y agoA potential hit in Japan? Context: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jkMGhKGp--Y http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jkMGhKGp--Y
- fredfoobar 11y agoyou should get on http://fundergame.com/ http://fundergame.com/ and pitch the hell out of it!
- bettyx1138 11y ago2 grody 4 me
- shogun21 11y agoCan't tell if this is legit or a parody of niche dating sites.
- 0x4a42 11y agoNiches dating sites are mostly parodies or clichés. :)
- fillskills 11y agoGross, funny, experimental and scientifically plausible. LOVE IT.
- rsmsky1 11y agoThree days sounds a bit extreme to me. I think a more realistic scenario would be a normal unwashed tshirt as usually most people don't go so long with washing, etc. Maybe though it's so we can more easily determine things. But smell is definitely important. I couldn't date some guys who were very smart and had other things going for them because they smelled bad according to my nose.
- synaesthesisx 11y agoDidn't these guys just raise $5 mil (@ $100 mil valuation now)?
- _dark_matter_ 11y agoSeems like something that people might actually pay for. The smelly shirts alone, that is. There would definitely be people who couldn't care less about actually matching and just want the smells.
- downandout 11y agoI can't tell if this is getting upvotes because people think it's a witty parody of dating apps/sites, or because they think it's cool. If it's the latter, I'm somewhat disturbed by that. Based on the super-creepy background video, I sure hope that the creators of this thing meant for it to be a parody.
- dluan 11y agoIt's very clearly not a parody.
- joshribakoff 11y agoSo each 1 person who sends in 1 sample receives 10 samples in return. Its a ponzi scheme folks!
- ryan-c 11y agoHow are the 10 samples they send out selected?
- eachro 11y agoIs it already April 1st?
- MisterWalter 11y agoWhat a time to be alive.
- azeirah 11y agoFor those who think this isn't a parody, among the links in the footer is "the useless press". This project is a sibling of "the Decapitated Animals Dataset" - An open call for projects utilizing New York City decapitated animals data. "Call to Wait" - A phone line that puts callers on hold for seven years. And others. http://uselesspress.org/ http://uselesspress.org/ It might still be an actual thing.. but it's a parody for sure :)
- saaaam 11y agoHey - I worked on Smell Dating (and co-founded Useless Press). Just to be clear, Smell Dating is a real thing - 100 people did in fact sign up, and we've sent them t-shirt samples etc.
- Bedon292 11y agoInteresting concept. I think a lot of people will have issues getting past how strange it seems at first. What I am wondering though is, shouldn't they include at least a bit of personality stuff in there? If I were going to pay them to send sample to me, I would want to know all 10 of those samples are from someone I have a decent chance of getting along with. Because attraction is not everything. I also think most people know what gender(s) they are looking for, and would rather not get get a set of samples that includes others. Like what is the point in sending two heterosexual individuals of the same gender eachother's samples? Or sending a homosexual individual a sample from the opposite gender? A completely random sample of 10 seems inefficient. There should at least be some sort of simple optimizations involved. Unless I am missing something?
- _rolf 11y agoWell yes, I would expect five shirts to be women's, and if I'm lucky, perhaps one shirt belongs to a fellow gay man. Often zero.