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For anyone reading this, please don't try this without honest friends or an honest spouse who will give you feedback. It works for people with specific genetic

by jdlyga 7y ago

For anyone reading this, please don't try this without honest friends or an honest spouse who will give you feedback. It works for people with specific genetics, but not for the majority.

Loughla 7y ago
Also your honest person needs to be just far enough away from you to avoid being noseblind to you. Spouse is maybe not the best choice here.
- swasheck 7y ago
  receptor-mediated endocytosis (https://biologywise.com/mechanism-of-receptor-mediated-endocytosis-explained https://biologywise.com/mechanism-of-receptor-mediated-endoc...) is the process by which the body begins to ignore a persistent stimulus (notably, smell). i'm not sure if there's a long-term version of this, though.
goostavos 7y ago
They're have to have crazy specific genetics, I'd wager. I've worked with a no-soap no-deodorant guy before.. You could literally detect where he'd previously been by smell alone. We had to keep doors open even in large conference rooms. It'd hit you like a wall.
- Aloha 7y ago
  How does someone like this get allowed to persist in a workplace?
- kstenerud 7y ago
  Your gut biome also has an effect. I couldn't tell which made more difference because I did both at the same time, moving away from processed foods, removing sugar wherever I could, and cooking from primary ingredients. For some, reducing meat also has an effect. Also, you may need to control the bacteria on your skin with salt based products like Crystal deodorant.
somethoughts 7y ago
My hunch it has as much to do with your diet as genetics, for example if you tend to eat a lot of strongly spiced food or garlic/onions.
- wahern 7y ago
  There's a very persuasive argument that humans exhibit aposematism; in particular, that we evolved a very strong scent as a warning to potential predators. Objectively speaking, most humans have extremely strong scents relative to other animals (especially non-aposematic animals), regardless of whether we personally find it strong or offensive. This is somewhat blunted for populations at cold, northern latitudes (e.g. East Asians) that evolved fewer sweat glands, so notwithstanding our origins there are now clearly significant phenotypic variations. A slightly more radical theory is that we also evolved the ability to dance and chant in unison for similar reasons--to intimate predators. That we evolved to wear clothing (in particular, colorful costumes and displays) would presumably be related, if true.

by jdlyga 7y ago

For anyone reading this, please don't try this without honest friends or an honest spouse who will give you feedback. It works for people with specific genetics, but not for the majority.

Loughla 7y ago

Also your honest person needs to be just far enough away from you to avoid being noseblind to you. Spouse is maybe not the best choice here.

swasheck 7y ago
receptor-mediated endocytosis (https://biologywise.com/mechanism-of-receptor-mediated-endocytosis-explained https://biologywise.com/mechanism-of-receptor-mediated-endoc...) is the process by which the body begins to ignore a persistent stimulus (notably, smell). i'm not sure if there's a long-term version of this, though.

goostavos 7y ago

They're have to have crazy specific genetics, I'd wager. I've worked with a no-soap no-deodorant guy before.. You could literally detect where he'd previously been by smell alone. We had to keep doors open even in large conference rooms. It'd hit you like a wall.

Aloha 7y ago
How does someone like this get allowed to persist in a workplace?
kstenerud 7y ago
Your gut biome also has an effect. I couldn't tell which made more difference because I did both at the same time, moving away from processed foods, removing sugar wherever I could, and cooking from primary ingredients. For some, reducing meat also has an effect. Also, you may need to control the bacteria on your skin with salt based products like Crystal deodorant.

somethoughts 7y ago

My hunch it has as much to do with your diet as genetics, for example if you tend to eat a lot of strongly spiced food or garlic/onions.

wahern 7y ago
There's a very persuasive argument that humans exhibit aposematism; in particular, that we evolved a very strong scent as a warning to potential predators. Objectively speaking, most humans have extremely strong scents relative to other animals (especially non-aposematic animals), regardless of whether we personally find it strong or offensive. This is somewhat blunted for populations at cold, northern latitudes (e.g. East Asians) that evolved fewer sweat glands, so notwithstanding our origins there are now clearly significant phenotypic variations. A slightly more radical theory is that we also evolved the ability to dance and chant in unison for similar reasons--to intimate predators. That we evolved to wear clothing (in particular, colorful costumes and displays) would presumably be related, if true.