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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (21 children)

The first claim is true though. People used to not mind the smell of sweat.

That it's percieved as unpleasant, and that people are worried about others smelling them is a modern trend, which was pushed by advertising.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8zRpRPgJNw
11min Video on the topic by "Future Proof"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1shh4d0mz0
German short documentary

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

With don't know what you're talking about. People have been trying to mask body odor for literally thousands of years.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Unless OP's definition of 'modern' is from, at least, the 1500s till now...

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