Comment on People that have face/butt labeled towels must do a terrible job washing their butts
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoYes and no.
What you are actually smelling are mercaptans, specifically methyl mercaptan (aka methanethiol), hydrogen sulfide, and a few other organic compounds.
tyler@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
They are particles that came out of your ass. It’s not like you just magically smell fart when someone rips without something traveling from their butthole to your nose.
ameancow@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Organic molecules aren’t dangerous or infectious in any way. They might have smells but they are chemically identical to other sources of the same particles.
If particles bother you, you are gonna have a hard time.
You’re getting downvoted because you’re trying to make a somewhat scientific argument about a thing that is completely a subjective feeling of disgust. It’s totally valid and honest to say you have that feeling, we all have irrational feelings about things. But many of our problems in the world come from people trying to write stories to explain their irrational feelings rather than shrugging and saying “It’s just how I feel, I know it doesn’t make sense.”
tyler@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I didn’t say they were dangerously or infectious, where the hell did you read that? I said there’s clearly stuff coming out of your butthole all the time, it’s not a clean location, no matter how much you clean it. Acting like putting some soap on it means it’s clean in an hour is completely disingenuous and scientifically inaccurate. And the example I gave was of one single thing coming out. If one thing is coming out then more is as well.
ameancow@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This is irrational, you may be on an OCD spectrum and I don’t say that to be a snark but many people learn they have issues from exchanges like this when they realize the stories they write for themselves to explain things aren’t normal or rational.