Unpopular Opinion
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Vote the opposite of the norm.
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Rules:
1. NO POLITICS
Politics is everywhere. Let's make this about [general] and [lemmy] - specific topics, and keep politics out of it.
2. Be civil.
Disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Please also refrain from gatekeeping others' opinions.
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4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...
Only until they prove to be a problem. They can and will be removed at moderator discretion.
5. No trolling.
This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.
6. Defend your opinion
This is a bit of a mix of rules 4 and 5 to help foster higher quality posts. You are expected to defend your unpopular opinion in the post body. We don't expect a whole manifesto (please, no manifestos), but you should at least provide some details as to why you hold the position you do.
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I have anosmia and can’t smell anything. I have no idea what my cologne smells like nor do I have any idea how strong it is. Yet I still have a few bottles and I put it on when I go out specifically because I’m always worried about how I smell because people take enormous logical leaps like this and will never actually tell me.
Yeah most people can smell and maybe I’m the “um actually” guy right now, but this logic seems wild to me. To assume you have the objective standard of smell sensitivity, then to assume one’s cleanliness based solely of off a momentary sensation you have just by being near someone is ridiculous.
It honestly just sounds like it bothers you and you’ve used that to construct an excuse to judge people more harshly than you feel you’re allowed to based on the actual minor inconvenience they’ve caused you.
Soap and deodorant is all that you need to not smell, soap when showering and a daily use of anti perspirant deodorant then literally you won't smell.
It's not that easy.
Turns out there's a statistically significant disposition of people to sweat way more that normal, and for those this doesn't work.
Also, when it's very hot people sweat from all over their body so anti perspirant and deodorant doesn't really work because they would have to apply it on every patch of skin which just doesn't calculate.
Then the OC talking about a different disability which makes this a guessing game.
There's just too many factors. Turns out people are very different.
Down voted bc this is the correct opinion and I think is what most adults would agree with. If this were unpopular opinions for teens tho, you win lol
An incredibly popular opinion which is accepted to be common, expected, normal practice.
This is quite a popular opinion, and a rule many businesses will enforce.
I think that when I smell really strong patchouli -- and for very good reason. When I'm overwhelmed by a scent, I chalk it up to the person not being aware of how much is too much, not that they have bad hygiene.
Usually the ones who smell too much have grown accustomed to their scent. I find older people are especially bad with it. They're so used to it that they barely smell it, so they put a lot on.