Why are people repulsed by each other's smell? I mean, the smell of someone who hasn't bathed in a few days becomes disgusting. The smell of someone's breath that hasn't brushed his teeth is repugnant. The smell of piss and shit is absolutely terrible.
Every other animal on the planet seems to be extremely interested in each other smell and pee and poo. Why are we so different? It doesn't make evolutionary sense.
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>evolutionary sense
I've always enjoyed it when brainlets use that phrase
I like how you can't answer the question.
because it's indicative of poor hygiene and we're naturally inclined to stay away from things that are detrimental to our health
same reason we hate mold and are very wary about how fresh our food is
Translation for brainlets:
“Why are we repulsed by strong smells and animals aren’t. Do we have weaker immune systems? We live in larger groups so disease is deadlier? Etc”
Answers like: “bc disease is bad” don’t explain why dogs still eat shit like it’s a breakfast special.
it's simply a societal norm. How do you think the Indians live?
Smelly armpits were the norm until maybe 50 years ago, and in fact perfectly natural. It makes no sense that we are repulsed by the smell. Moldy food is something else entirely. Even the smell of an ovulating vagina, which should be the greatest smell in the world to a male, is actually kinda gross. Instead we prefer to smell like flowers, which we don't even eat. Why are we so fucking weird?
>having a physical reaction because of a societal norm
Uh, no sweetie. Well, some mentally ill people might, but everyone hates the body odor of someone who doesn't bathe.
because people are fucking pussies. They can't distinguish between 'Brain is not used to the smell reaction' and genuine 'this is rotten do not eat' smell. They smell something and find it stinking just because they smell it and they're not used it.
Are we the only species that dislikes our own natural scent?