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They smell funny because they don't share Western and some Asian norms of cleanliness. Not because they eat "different food". I ate some form of curry every si
by cbozeman 4y ago
They smell funny because they don't share Western and some Asian norms of cleanliness. Not because they eat "different food".
I ate some form of curry every single day for lunch for 6 months while my ship was in the Dubai Drydocks, as the Drydocks offered lunch for around $2 a meal and their choices were "Continental" - a.k.a., bland as fuck "European" food, "Asian" - a.k.a., whatever Filipinos normally eat, and "Indian" - a.k.a., food from the nation of India.
Every single day I was on duty and in the drydocks, which was literally every other day, I made my order for the Indian meal, because it was always delicious... chicken vindaloo, dal tadka, dal makhani, naan bread, Basmati rice, etc. That's 90+ days of eating Indian food. I often ate at Indian restaurants in Dubai when I wasn't on duty.
I never "smelled funny"... because I took a fucking shower every day and used soap. If you're living in America, you can afford soap. A 16 ounce bottle of Suave body wash is $0.99 at Walmart. And every single state has a Walmart... hell, almost every city has a Walmart.
- natch 4y agoIt the cooking that imbues clothing with a smell, not just the eating. Some foods are just more aromatic than others. I don’t suppose you expect people to wash their clothes after every time they cook, even if there is a Walmart.
- ncmncm 4y agoAmericans are known throughout southeast Asia for smelling bad, in large degree because they do not bathe as much as locals do. But also because of their diet.
- relativ575 4y agoHuh, not my experience living there for decades. Where exactly in Southeast Asia?
- ncmncm 4y agoI haven't been everywhere, but wherever they have "mandi".
- cbozeman 4y agoWell, I've never claimed to be a "normal" American in nearly any sense of the word... Hell, when I was in the Navy, I would specifically time my meals such that when lunch rolled around, I could go take care of number two and get a quick shower so I could feel "clean" again. I showered once in the morning, put on my uniform, and would always shower again in the evening while stateside. Sometimes, depending on the location and the heat / amount of sweat I was producing, I would shower in the morning before work, after I got off watch, and before I went to bed. There were times in Dubai where the heat was so oppressive I would take four showers a day... always the quick boot camp ones... turn on the water, get damp, turn off the water, soap up the important bits, turn on the water, rinse off, turn off the water, dry off... but I really don't see how people could go even a single day without a shower in that region of the world. And I'm from north Texas.
- wolverine876 4y agoThis is just unfounded prejudice and stock racism. Do you have anything to backup this claim about anyone in particular?
- cbozeman 4y ago> Do you have anything to backup this claim about anyone in particular? Yes. Half a lifetime spent in the United States Navy. Traveling to, and living in, over 39 different countries on 6 different continents, from Canada, England, Italy, Germany, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, Malaysia, Laos, Haiti, Costa Rica, Japan, China, India, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Qatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and on, and on, and on some more. > This is just unfounded prejudice and stock racism. This is fucking word. for. word. the stock "woke" response from someone who's never traveled the world. Go ahead. Travel to the countries I listed. See which ones smell not-so-great and which ones don't. If you think it's a matter of "racism" and not a matter of "insufficient public funds to provide for widespread public sanitation", you're not only wrong, you're hilariously wrong, and hilariously ignorant. India literally had a campaign called, "Poo in the Loo!" due to the fact that there was a significant problem with public defecation.