Why people smell bad

All sorts of reasons.

Learning difficulties, autism, mental health problems, poverty.

Don't be so judgemental.

Pretty shitty to get your own thread taken down.

It did come across as quite judgemental to me at first (hence my first comment which was apparently 'lunacy'!) but in fairness it seems there are a minority of people who go out knowing they smell, for whom it's part of a wider thing of being generally obnoxious and disrespectful to others.
My concern would be that it's difficult to tell obnoxiously smelly and unintentionally smelly people apart and therefore I'd tend to lean towards not getting too worked up about it unless it was someone I had to interact with again

People are complaining it is judgemental
Well it is. Fair play to you for realising that and taking it back though.

why is it “shitty?”
Some people on this thread probably think you’re being a bit of a spoilsport

in fairness it seems there are a minority of people who go out knowing they smell, for whom it's part of a wider thing of being generally obnoxious and disrespectful to others

Nah thinking people are deliberately smelly just to piss you off is just a narrative that allows you to be judgemental AND the victim at the same time.

It’s more likely to be a problem with functioning - either their self care is poor for whatever reason or they don’t know how to keep their clothes clean (because a lot of the time it probably is the cloths that smell rather than the person).

Tbh if we have this amount of adults around with issues functioning lately, we should look out for sociatal collapse...

I don't believe all these people have actual issues. While aome people do have problems, ome people just simply don't wash themselves or clothes properly. Whether that's because they don't care, don't smell it or it's "for the environment". I had that with couple of colleagues over the years. They were generally unhygienic eg lack of hand washing etc. They did not last long in hospitality.

It's really annoying to be in the middle of a conversation to find a thread having been deleted.

@GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER exactly! Although as kids we had one bath a week - Sunday evening - we would still wash at the sink twice daily - hands, face, pits & bits and feet.
If modern day families are trying to save money by not bathing or showering they still need to fill the sink with hot water and use a soap and flannel to clean themselves daily. Maybe they don't realise they need to do this. I feel sorry for the teachers - 30 unwashed kids by Friday must be a joy!

I think also that cheap soap powder on low temperatures does not clean clothes properly and sweat smells cling on to synthetic clothing even after washing with cheap soap powder .

Tbh if we have this amount of adults around with issues functioning lately, we should look out for sociatal collapse

Bit of an exaggeration 😂

Is this because we wash them at lower temperatures though?

Low and short. You do ine or other. Hence why eo programmes are long. Iirc there were people doing 20c 20min washes on MN which is not enough unless you have some really special detergent and sanitiser

Well yes. Same way like thinking everyone who smells is ill either physically or mentally...

But...
Have you been to bus in summer midday 🙈

Well yes. Same way like thinking everyone who smells is ill either physically or mentally..
Not really

But...
Have you been to bus in summer midday 🙈
An enclosed space with dozens of people in it, in the middle of the day, in 20-30 degree heat with no air conditioning is going to whiff a bit.

It’s a lot hotter in this country than it used to be and we don’t have the infrastructure to deal with it.

20s are not heat.

I don't whiff even in a aummer purely because I do make sure I use adequate washing procedures for clothes, wash myself and use proper antiperspirant (got 2 strenghts depending on weather). Summers have been warm for years in UK. Time to get used to it. Tbh public transport is often not pleasant even in other seasons but I think in winter lots hide under zipped jackets.

I have problems with tonsil stones and am prone to tonsil infections. I can often taste when my tonsils start to get bad, and feel self conscious knowing others can smell them on my breath.

There's not a lot I can do though, I don't get horrific bouts of tonsillitis/strep throat frequently enough to qualify for a tonsillectomy.

Yes this. Smelly bits need to be washed daily, doesn’t matter whether in the sink or shower.

Fucking hell. I just checked NHs page to see how many infections one needs😱 ridiculous.

Ok I lost quote option. Tgat was about tonsils removal

20s are not heat

🙄

Yanbu
I live in Thailand, one of the hottest and most humid countries there is and with people often living in poverty. People here simply do not smell. At all. I take public transport to work, no one has bo. The only time someone was whiffy I looked over and it was a foreigner.
When I was in England - and even worse France - this summer, I was struck by how smelly some people were.
It's cleanliness. That's all. Thai people shower two or three times a day or even more (often a bucket wash if thats all they have), use deodorant and talc to soak up sweat. You see launderettes everywhere because they will change clothes frequently and many don't have washing machines.
Poverty is no excuse. I volunteer in a slum. Sanitary conditions are pretty bad and it's hot and crowded but people still take care of personal hygiene.
In thailand they see it as shameful and disrespectful to others to go around with a body odour.

I live in Thailand, one of the hottest and most humid countries there is and with people often living in poverty. People here simply do not smell. At all. I take public transport to work, no one has bo. The only time someone was whiffy I looked over and it was a foreigner.
When I was in England - and even worse France - this summer, I was struck by how smelly some people were.
It's cleanliness. That's all. Thai people shower two or three times a day or even more (often a bucket wash if thats all they have), use deodorant and talc to soak up sweat. You see launderettes everywhere because they will change clothes frequently and many don't have washing machines.
Poverty is no excuse. I volunteer in a slum. Sanitary conditions are pretty bad and it's hot and crowded but people still take care of personal hygiene.
In thailand they see it as shameful and disrespectful to others to go around with a body odour

Mmmm
So your argument is…Europeans don’t wash?

I agree! @Sawadeekakaka i said the same upthread. Been to various very hot & poorer/ developing nations and the people just make sure they shower more and better including using the bucket wash.

It’s rare for people to smell …BO smell is far worse in places like London among a range of social classes and they have access to “proper” showers.

I’ve heard other Europeans wash even less than Brits, but I’ve not spent enough time in those countries to know but yeah there’s isn’t a massive shower culture in Britain compared to these poorer countries so I don’t buy the poverty argument either.

I was horrified in uni to hear a very middle class affluent English girl talk about how her parents only shower once a week 🤢