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Also shower every day, and use deodorant. Too many people think if they can't smell anything then no one else can. They're wrong. Smell is a very primal sense,
by XorNot 4y ago
Also shower every day, and use deodorant. Too many people think if they can't smell anything then no one else can. They're wrong.
Smell is a very primal sense, pretty much linked to our "you are in danger" response.
- feet 4y ago>Smell is a very primal sense, pretty much linked to our "you are in danger" response. Are you stating that all scents are fear inducing?
- XorNot 4y agoNo, but it is a sense we use constantly: people instinctively avoid unpleasant odors. It's one of our most basic environment assessment tools and it's always active: we smell things to assess all sorts of properties, but chiefly "is this toxic/a biohazard" is pretty well coded into us. Forcing someone to consciously suppress that impression upfront is fighting against some pretty basic "am I safe?" instincts.
- feet 4y agoSmells also let us know when people are sick or signal a good match for mates, but deodorant is us covering up all signals without considering those other possibilities. When is the last time smells helped you avoid a toxic human?