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> Durian does not "stink of death". It does stink to some (many?) people, much the same way some people think that cilantro tastes like soap. Which is why you

• esquire_900 6y ago
  It does smell, but by far not as repulsive as the smell of actual death (rotting meat).
  • blago 6y ago
    It's called Hyperbole and it's generally accepted in everyday speech and travel writing. Also, don't assume that you know how it smells to other people. You don't.
    • esquire_900 6y ago
      It is a hyperbole; that's exactly the point that 3131s is making. It is a (quite extreme) exaggeration, and therefor factually not correct. I might indeed make some assumptions about smell. Though having smelled both durian and rotting carcasses on multiple occasions, I find it unlikely that there are people that would find durian as repulsive as rotting meat. The smell of death literally turns your stomach (and makes you vomit in extreme cases). I've never heard someone throwing up from the smell of durian.
      • blago 6y ago
        > It is a hyperbole; that's exactly the point that 3131s is making. It is a (quite extreme) exaggeration, and therefor factually not correct. We all know when we see hyperbole, but we learned even less from the terce "refutal". That was my point, as well as "nitpicking".