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Repeating something I've read on the internet: there are people who lack the sweat glands which produce the kind of sweat that stinks. It's a somewhat rare gene
by burntoutfire 6y ago
Repeating something I've read on the internet: there are people who lack the sweat glands which produce the kind of sweat that stinks. It's a somewhat rare genetic mutation. Their sweat is basically almost only water. They can wear the same shirt for a week and the shirt, after drying up, is as if they was just washed!
- 100011_100001 6y agoI am that anomaly. I change my shirt twice a week, not because it smells but because it gets dirty from the environment (spills, rubbing against something etc). It takes about 7 days of no showers to have a noticeable smell. However I prefer showering daily or every other day because I enjoy taking a shower at the end of the day. I also don't need deodorant. I used it once as a teen and saw no purpose for it.
- prepend 6y agoI’ve had many people tell me that have this special mutation. They all stunk. I suppose it is possible and I’m around them all the time without knowing. But I’ve probably encountered 30 people who said this and it’s kind of an odd thing to mention to coworker or classmate or casual friend. But they all had an unpleasant odor. Aside from maybe 1-2 close friends I never argued with them or confronted them, but thought it was funny how they would go out of their way to say they don’t stink but they actually do. Helps remind me that I’m probably wrong about many things I deeply believe are right.
- burntoutfire 6y agoHow do you meet 30 people who, apropos nothing, change the conversation to them not stinking? Do you live in some hotbed of weirdness? (like San Francisco perhaps).
- prepend 6y agoI’m old and have met thousands of people. I’d say I’ve had at least an hour long conversation with at least a thousand people through dinners, classes, parties, work, etc I certainly don’t change the conversation to this topic and that’s why I’ve noted that I think it’s odd that 30 people would mention how they don’t need to wear deodorant due to their lack of stinking.
- silicon2401 6y agoThe annoying thing is that more people think they have this trait than actually do. Then you're in the awkward position of not only telling them they stink, but having to fight the uphill battle of changing their mind rather than just making them aware
- benibela 6y agoThe ABCC11 gene. The odorless version is very common in Asia