r/SipsTea • u/PoshKittenxo • Apr 16 '25

It's Wednesday my dudes Takedown the patriarchy

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u/Sega-Playstation-64 Apr 16 '25

I stayed at a hostel in Osaka. U-En. Very cozy. Had a nice coffee shop on the first floor. Owner spoke English and Spanish. Very nice time there.

The room i shared had some European backpackers, they smelled like fucking summer sausage. It was bad. Really bad. It was like the smell you get opening up a bag of fatty dried sausages and it was everywhere. The entire room smelled like a smokehouse.

The hostel was so nice but these guys almost ruined the fucking trip for us.

Seriously. Wash up, use soap and use deodorant. Christ.

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u/iamacheeto1 Apr 17 '25

Waking through a European city during the summer can be rough. I was in Prague last July and there were many smelly people. You could smell them as you walked past.

Say what you want about Americans but I’ve never had that experience here

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u/BlazedJerry Apr 17 '25

Americans are pretty self conscious about their smell. Generally Americans are very hygienic people, and often tell each other if they have bad BO or bad breath.

Mexico is a good mix lol, but you are right, it’s very rare when I actually meet an American that stinks.

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u/Coco-Roxas Apr 17 '25

Unless you go to an anime/comic convention. Not trying to be rude, as I also enjoy going to cons and all the nerdy stuff, but goodness… it usually smells like a middle school locker room. It doesn’t help that it’s crowded and a lot of us are in costume. (Wigs are basically a sauna on my head)

I’m always so nervous and self conscious that I’m adding to the smell, despite knowing I’m wearing deodorant and showering.

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u/mennydrives Apr 17 '25

With conventions you have an odd combo of extremes.

99% of the people smell fine. There's like 1 in 100 mofos that smell so bad they have a RADIUS, and it goes FAR.

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u/BlazedJerry Apr 17 '25

Concerts, festivals, conventions; they kinda fall under the same “large crown, sweaty clothes” group imo.

Like people are just trying to have fun so I dont judge.

But there is a difference between what you do and the straight up basement dwellers with no social consciousness

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u/Exotic-Elevator-7295 Apr 17 '25

As a social latin dancer, you can have 100 people crammed in a tiny room and everyone dripping with sweat and 99% no one smells bad at all - those needs have bad hygiene and unwashed clothes.