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Some men are skipping showers before dates to embrace a new trend called pheromone-maxxing
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Bluescluestoothpaste sh.itjust.works Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-05
#202 · Quote Reply

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You dont have to date either!

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SpaceNoodle lemmy.world SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
#203 · Quote Reply

Lmao why did you say this so formally?

English, motherfucker - do you speak it?

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Greymattertripp lemmy.world Greymattertripp@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-07-19
#204 · Quote Reply

Incorrect. Because most of those guys aren't going on dates. ...unless they think it's a date and Chris Hanson pops out from the corner

This is an underrated comment lol

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FE80 lemmy.world FE80@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-08
#205 · Quote Reply

The future is weird.

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nikki lemmy.blahaj.zone Nikki@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-12-27
#206 · Quote Reply

men stinking on purpose: 🤮

women stinking on accident: 🤤

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thejoker954 lemmy.world thejoker954@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-05-01
#207 · Quote Reply

There is a reasonable scientific basis for this though, even though a lot of people are making fun, this isn't useless advice.

It is when you can buy pheromone cologne and have the best of both worlds.

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NigelFrobisher aussie.zone NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-08-07
#208 · Quote Reply

so how many men is "some men?" weasel words imply the actual reality is someone saw a statistically insignificant number of tweets and didn't want to say that because it weakens the point they already decided they want to make. anyway my junk smells great after a shower, and i know people with sniff kinks, so... i guess that makes me more alpha than these losers.

Aye, this is the most non-story thing ever.

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Tiral lemmy.zip Tiral@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-04-29
#209 · (edited) Quote Reply

Sounds like a Cosmo magazine that give advice on blow jobs instead a few years ago. They reccomended using teeth. They said something like "he won't ask because he's embarrassed" or something.

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Skeezix lemmy.world skeezix@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#210 · Quote Reply

I’m pretty sure if it’s anything-maxxing it’s stupid as fuck. Unless it’s giving me money-maxing. I’m all for that one.

It’s shitmaxxing

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RampantParanoia2365 lemmy.world RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-02
#211 · Quote Reply

I think I may have been standing next to one yesterday. He was much less greasy looking than I expected.

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Skeezix lemmy.world skeezix@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#212 · Quote Reply

I mean yeah if you showered in the morning and didn't sweat during the day, you're fine. We naturally smell good, it's when we sweat and bacteria grows in our sweaty pores, that's where the bad smell comes from.

That’s called festermaxxing

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nomy lemmy.zip nomy@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2024-12-06
#213 · Quote Reply

Aye, this is the most non-story thing ever.

I swear 4chan was telling people to rub ballsweat on themselves like perfume 20 years ago.

This is internet lore that someone fell for.

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nomy lemmy.zip nomy@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2024-12-06
#214 · Quote Reply

men stinking on purpose: 🤮 women stinking on accident: 🤤

I'm fairly scent-sensitive and it's true some people stink better than others, men and women.

Story time: I was hiking one time and met this vaguely hippy looking couple coming the other way, as we passed they both stank but in a musky, animal way. It was comforting and more than a little arousing if I'm being honest. I wanted them to rub themselves all over me, or roll around on them like I was their dog and they'd come home from a new place.

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Varesti lemmy.zip Varesti@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-08-14
#215 · Quote Reply

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Bubbaonthebeach lemmy.ca Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-02-15
#216 · Quote Reply

Didn't "The Joy of Sex" have a chapter about natural odor being a turn on? Too many years since I read it to remember exactly.

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Rampsquatch sh.itjust.works Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-14
#217 · Quote Reply

Any excuse to not have to wash your ass, boys. 🙄

"Touching a butthole is gay"

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Jax sh.itjust.works Jax@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-22
#218 · Quote Reply

I swear 4chan was telling people to rub ballsweat on themselves like perfume 20 years ago. This is internet lore that someone fell for.

Monetized internet lore*

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pjwestin lemmy.world pjwestin@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-11
#219 · Quote Reply

My wife has always told me that women really just want a guy who is nice to them and doesn't smell, and monosphere weirdos keep telling them to do the opposite.

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Seth Taylor lemmy.world SethTaylor@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-04-06
#220 · Quote Reply

I’m pretty sure if it’s anything-maxxing it’s stupid as fuck. Unless it’s giving me money-maxing. I’m all for that one.

Max-maxxing. Max everything out. Have everything and do everything. Become one with the universe, be the beginning and end of time

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cuerdo lemmy.world cuerdo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
#221 · Quote Reply

Fresh pheromones are really powerful, that is why dancing is great for a date. But any other activity works, the key is in fresh.

Old pheromones are diluted in pee.

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Lucidlethargy sh.itjust.works Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-28
#222 · Quote Reply

Jesus, I can smell them through the cartoon...

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miraclerandy lemmy.world miraclerandy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-23
#223 · Quote Reply

My wife has always told me that women really just want a guy who is nice to them and doesn't smell, and monosphere weirdos keep telling them to do the opposite.

I’ve read my fair share of romance novels by women and it’s common to describe the main love interest as smelling like freshly clean laundry lol. Literally just show up clean with clean clothes on. It’s not more complicated than that.

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beejboytyson lemmy.world beejboytyson@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-06-22
#224 · Quote Reply

My wife has always told me that women really just want a guy who is nice to them and doesn't smell, and monosphere weirdos keep telling them to do the opposite.

Your wife is being disingenuous with you. Nice isn't what women are attracted to.

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beejboytyson lemmy.world beejboytyson@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-06-22
#225 · Quote Reply

Fresh pheromones are really powerful, that is why dancing is great for a date. But any other activity works, the key is in fresh. Old pheromones are diluted in pee.

Dam this is actually a valid theory

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NoFearFrontier feddit.org NoFearFrontier@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-02-18
#226 · Quote Reply

It's almost like they want their fanbase to remain single and sexually frustrated

For clicks

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Tiger666 lemmy.ca Tiger666@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-15
#227 · Quote Reply

They also don't wash their asses because its "gay".

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Nalivai lemmy.world Nalivai@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-30
#228 · Quote Reply

They also don't wash their asses because its "gay".

They engage in a practice called "not touching butt maxing"

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Nalivai lemmy.world Nalivai@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-30
#229 · Quote Reply

Your wife is being disingenuous with you. Nice isn't what women are attracted to.

By telling you to trust virgin men instead of women on matters of what said women think, said virgin men fried your understanding of the world forever.

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Nalivai lemmy.world Nalivai@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-30
#230 · Quote Reply

Fresh pheromones are really powerful, that is why dancing is great for a date. But any other activity works, the key is in fresh. Old pheromones are diluted in pee.

Jacobson gland doesn't work in humans. We don't sence nor we produce any pheromones.

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Swedneck discuss.tchncs.de Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-10
#231 · Quote Reply

Fresh pheromones are really powerful, that is why dancing is great for a date. But any other activity works, the key is in fresh. Old pheromones are diluted in pee.

right? if you actually want to advertise "pheromones" (i don't think it's the right term but whatever) you should be taking a shower without using any perfumed products, then just do a little bit of exercise.

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Swedneck discuss.tchncs.de Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-10
#232 · Quote Reply

I’m pretty sure if it’s anything-maxxing it’s stupid as fuck. Unless it’s giving me money-maxing. I’m all for that one.

fibremaxxing: consume nothing but wood and grass so you quite literally shit bricks that can be used for construction.

seriously, using high-fibre (animal) poo in mud bricks is a legitimate construction technique that works great in dry climates!

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Swedneck discuss.tchncs.de Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-10
#233 · Quote Reply

I’m not up on whatever trend but it may work in some cases provided they’re not just marinating in filth (there’s definitely a difference). I got psy-op’d by society into being very anxious about possibly smelling around a date since I sweat easily so I ensured absolutely every time before one was a VERY thorough shower and scrub til’ I was practically raw, generous application of deoderant, et...

going light on perfume (or straight up not using it at all) should be borderline mandated by law, so many people suffer from being surrounded by pungent perfume, it can literally trigger asthma attacks!

Keep yourself clean, use like a single spritz of perfume, and apply it a while before you head out so it has time to mellow down a bit. And please god use gentle subtle scents, not Febreeze Facefuck Fury that singes people's nose hairs clean off..

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IndustryStandard lemmy.world IndustryStandard@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-18
#234 · Quote Reply

Yu-Gi-Oh tournaments is where all the ladies at

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Swedneck discuss.tchncs.de Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-10
#235 · Quote Reply

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Big pot, fill with chopped whatever the fuck you have in the fridge, add enough water to cover the whateverthefuck, add some salt (careful, can always add more later but you can't remove excess), and cook until it smells like food.

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Swedneck discuss.tchncs.de Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-10
#236 · Quote Reply

I don't clean my dishes either. But that's because I have a dishwasher lol. Seriously, aren't dishwashers a thing in the US?

A lot of people in the US have really weird conceptions about dishwashers, for some reason. Technology Connections has a video where he goes over it and explains that dishwashers work fine and don't require pre-rinsing or whatever.

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captainlezbian lemmy.world captainlezbian@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
#237 · Quote Reply

That's unfortunately not new

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Swedneck discuss.tchncs.de Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-10
#238 · Quote Reply

Of everything the manosphere is promoting, this is the most mundane and harmless shit ever. When they promote> Misogyny, doing crack, heck doing a shetload of drugs, narcissism, hitting your face with a hammer, nihilism no showers.. is.. .. so benign by comparison. jeez Let men be monkeys please, and try not to push them into a corner about stupid harmless shet. If you're going to corner mon...

better yet, this can easily be turned into a wholly positive thing: They just have to be informed that they're doing it wrong, that the proper way is to shower and then do a bit of light exercise.

Some people will really enjoy the way your body smells, but very few people will enjoy the smell of bacteria poo. Showering removes the bacteria stench so it's actually possible to smell your natural scent.

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captainlezbian lemmy.world captainlezbian@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
#239 · (edited) Quote Reply

Fresh pheromones are really powerful, that is why dancing is great for a date. But any other activity works, the key is in fresh. Old pheromones are diluted in pee.

Yeah a fresh mild sweat can do wonders, but too much or too old is a problem.

But also, just wearing a little scent while being clean can take it up a notch. That way as the evening goes on your scent slowly takes to the forefront. A scent should be discovered not announced, that goes for both perfumes and bodily scents

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Swedneck discuss.tchncs.de Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-10
#240 · Quote Reply

Forever ago I read the bast thing is to wear an unwashed exercise shirt under their date outfit because pheromones or whatever.

assuming it's not been stewing for a week and thus smells like shit..
I wouldn't risk that though: just take a shower, skip all but the lightest perfume, and do a couple jumping jacks, and you'll have plenty of """pheromones""" while also just generally smelling nice.

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Swedneck discuss.tchncs.de Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-10
#241 · (edited) Quote Reply

There is a reasonable scientific basis for this though, even though a lot of people are making fun, this isn't useless advice.

yes, but that's with the pretty fucking major caveat that you WANT to shower so that people can actually smell your "pheromones" rather than being hit with a wall of fermented sweat.

They got so close but managed to completely miss the point

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Swedneck discuss.tchncs.de Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-10
#242 · Quote Reply

Animals clean / "bathe" themselves in nature. Showering is natural.

also: rain

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captainlezbian lemmy.world captainlezbian@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
#243 · Quote Reply

Your wife is being disingenuous with you. Nice isn't what women are attracted to.

Technically true. Fun and interesting are what most people are attracted to regardless of gender. People also are particularly prone to developing attraction to people they feel good being around.

Kindness is however a prerequisite for a large portion of women (and an absolute no go for plenty of other women, because people). The ones who want kindness are much better partners

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Swedneck discuss.tchncs.de Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-10
#244 · Quote Reply

In reply to an earlier post

the aluminium part i get, but what contains petrochemicals?? Do you mean vaseline?

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Swedneck discuss.tchncs.de Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-10
#245 · Quote Reply

In reply to an earlier post

even if you do exercise within that time, just using a separate change of gym clothes makes a big difference. It's spending a lot of time afterward in sweaty clothes that causes the stink.

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TrackinDaKraken lemmy.world DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-26
#246 · Quote Reply

I’ve read my fair share of romance novels by women and it’s common to describe the main love interest as smelling like freshly clean laundry lol. Literally just show up clean with clean clothes on. It’s not more complicated than that.

This is a good source. Women talking to women without men around, which is what romance novels are in essence.

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TrackinDaKraken lemmy.world DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-26
#247 · Quote Reply

My first GF, many years ago. I was snuggling with her, and smelled her hair. I said it smelled nice, and she pulled back to tell me she hadn't washed it in three days. In the moment, because I was so young and inexperienced, I felt a little foolish.

It doesn't take long to realize it's okay to like what you like.

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captainlezbian lemmy.world captainlezbian@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
#248 · Quote Reply

I'm fairly scent-sensitive and it's true some people stink better than others, men and women. Story time: I was hiking one time and met this vaguely hippy looking couple coming the other way, as we passed they both stank but in a musky, animal way. It was comforting and more than a little arousing if I'm being honest. I wanted them to rub themselves all over me, or roll around on them like I wa...

Oh yeah, a good musky smell, especially in nature with plenty of woody smells, is unnnfffff so good. A natural diet (especially high in plants), with plenty of time in the outdoors and lots of exercise combined with enough hygiene to wash off the stink before it goes stale… Yeah that'll go great things for one's smell.

In a lot of ways some hippies are the opposite of these 4chan types despite some similarities.

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captainlezbian lemmy.world captainlezbian@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
#249 · Quote Reply

In reply to an earlier post

But also it's cleaning the knives, wood, and cast iron. (My house has been decreasing our use of plastic in the kitchen and while it's nice, it does result in some hand washing)

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captainlezbian lemmy.world captainlezbian@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
#250 · Quote Reply

In reply to an earlier post

That last bit is huge. When I transitioned I went from slightly bi to full homo (hormones can do weird things) and went from thinking that most people smelled pretty good with mild sweat to loving it in women and finding it utterly repulsive in a way that I get how some people could like it, but please get it away from me on men.

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captainlezbian lemmy.world captainlezbian@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
#251 · Quote Reply

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They're promoting crack?

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