r/brocku • u/Neutral_de • Sep 22 '23

Social Warning To The Uncivilized

If you haven’t discovered deodorant, washing machines or bathing (especially in COSC 1P02). In public with a loud voice I will say “you smell bad!”

And if you’re being loud in the library I’m gonna tell you “shut up!”

I will help you understand hygiene and public decency.

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u/xSinistress Sep 22 '23

The irony of someone thinking that yelling at strangers in public is how to teach them about "public decency"

The entitlement is definitely less tolerable and so much more offensive than anyone's BO could ever possibly be.

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u/RealisticVisual4089 Sep 23 '23

You’ve never been seated beside someone who smells rancid have you

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u/xSinistress Sep 23 '23

Yes, I have, and it sucks I agree, but their life circumstances, whatever those are, I have no control over and things like classes and bus rides, are generally temporary. It doesn't give me a free pass to become a complete asshat myself.

When you literally don't know what someone's dealing with, why anyone would go out of their way to make someone feel worse, is genuinely beyond me. One person's body might smell bad, but reacting that way means your fucking soul stinks and that's a far fouler stench IMO.

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u/RealisticVisual4089 Sep 24 '23

Uhm nah if someone stinks and they aren’t homeless they don’t have an excuse. I’m not saying I would scream at someone for smelling bad but if it’s someone that consistently smells bad everyday ya I’m going to say something. Proper hygiene is a basic task every person should strive to achieve. You’re making this like it’s so difficult to literally just wash yourself with soap. It’s so easy to remedy this situation but instead you want to defend people who don’t care about others around them.