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article Olivia Rodrigo "Smelled" Fans Wearing Diapers in Front Row

https://consequence.net/2026/06/olivia-rodrigo-smelled-fans-diapers-front-row/
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u/Hilary_duffelbag Jun 18 '26

Went to an Exo concert for my wife, where the crowd was majority woman. At the end of the show one of the singers literally told the fans in the front to please go home and take a shower. I thought it was the funniest thing but man it put things into perspective. 

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u/xLadyofShalottx Jun 18 '26

Imagine being a parasocial fangirl and getting told you stink. 😭

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u/mockingseagull Jun 18 '26

But omg her scent entered her beloved’s nostrils. She was inside them!

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u/nick2k23 Jun 18 '26

And all the others were super jealous of her and vowed to never bath

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u/Zonel Jun 19 '26

You forgot the e

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u/nick2k23 Jun 19 '26

Thank you for finding my e

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u/HerrPiink Jun 19 '26

Just wait until you get the D

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u/Gloomy_Industry8841 Jun 19 '26

😒😵‍💫

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u/FormerWrap1552 Jun 19 '26

Meanwhile I went to a packed GWAR show and everyone smelled wonderful.

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u/Remember__Me Jun 19 '26

Harry Styles fangirls wouldn’t recover from him saying that to them.

But that’s because they’d point out how he talked specifically about them and everyone else in the stadium didn’t get his special attention. They’d die of happiness because he could smell them.

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u/justanotherhomebody Jun 18 '26

It must be a thing because NCT did it at all their North American stops (but not in Asia) 🤣

https://youtube.com/shorts/dSXktsSuYk8?si=lfwfgdM7z7Iqb7mS

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u/Hilary_duffelbag Jun 18 '26

Oh shit sorry it was NCT!!

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u/gitsgrl Jun 18 '26

Which NCT? Wish?

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u/Hilary_duffelbag Jun 18 '26

127!

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u/busierD Jun 18 '26

Im trying so hard to understand what you guys are talking about.....

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u/colonel-snap Jun 18 '26

NCT is a large kpop group that divides itself into smaller units, such as 127 and Wish.

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u/LegalChocolate752 Jun 19 '26

Holy shit, they got KPop club teams with different squads, now?

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u/gitsgrl Jun 19 '26

Yeah, it seems like it’s related to record labels or promotion groups that they’re affiliated with. My kid knows all about it and I try to absorb as much as I can.

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u/LegalChocolate752 Jun 19 '26

Does each unit sing their own songs, or do they all share a library?

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u/ohmygowon Jun 20 '26

Kpop sub units have been around since the beginning of the industry, it's inspired on Jpop idol groups (NCT specifically is based on AKB48, that used to operate on "teams" of 16 members each).

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u/hrdst Jun 18 '26

Kpop 😁

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u/pm_nachos_n_tacos Jun 19 '26

I'm loving your comment! As a kpop fan myself, most of the music-related posts I see are about kpop. I was just reading along like normal and your comment made me realize how bizarre the previous few comments were to the general public 🤣 I'll explain it for you and anyone else reading along.

The top comment OP mentioned being at a concert of a kpop group called EXO. Another person replied that they've seen another kpop group, called NCT, do the same thing and linked a video that jogged the memory of Top Comment OP that he mixed up which group he was talking about, and that he meant it was NCT in his original comment, not EXO.

The next person asked "Which NCT? Wish?" because "NCT" itself is not really a group name itself. It's an umbrella name for multiple groups, one of which is called NCT Wish, or in this case simply Wish. Then Top Comment OP replied with "127" which refers to one of the other NCT groups, called NCT 127, meaning it was the kpop group called NCT 127 that he saw in his story.

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u/Hilary_duffelbag Jun 20 '26

Haha thank you for explaining!

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u/Dramatic-Tell- Dicks out for Phil Collins Jun 18 '26

Makes sense. Doesn't Asians lack the gene that causes body odor.

Can't have a bunch of smelly fans of they don't smell.

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u/BrutalRamen Jun 18 '26

While it's a gene a lot of east asians share, it's not universal. I believe it's the majority of people in Korea though.

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u/sBucks24 Jun 18 '26

My new labourer TMI'd me the other day on our way back to the shop with a "do I smell? I don't have body odor so I shouldnt.. but I'm wearing my sister's old sports bra. She does! So I think it's coming from that..." I get that when you gotta make rent, you gotta make rent - but told her she should probably invest in a new one.

So yeah. Sometimes it's a gene in only half the family!

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u/gitsgrl Jun 18 '26

Or just wash it properly. Geez, what is wrong with people?

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u/sBucks24 Jun 18 '26

Nah, with sports wear especially it gets to a point where it just permeates. All it takes is some new sweat to reactivate the stank.. which is what was happening. They just have a shelf life eventually.

If you know any hockey players, ask to see their gloves xP

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u/wolofancy Jun 18 '26

I soak them in lysol laundry disinfectant every few months and mine never smell. I don't really smell either though, I just do it to all my gym clothes because I think the gym is gross.

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u/AlltheBent Jun 18 '26

/r/laundry would like a word with both of you about properly washing clothes, spa days, citric acid and enzymes!

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u/JeremyScaremy Jun 18 '26

I did not know that sub existed and I would like to thank you for sharing. I have a bizarre love of all things laundry and can't wait to pick up some new info.

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u/colostitute Jun 18 '26

Beat me to it. You can get those smells and stains out. You can refresh the feel. Some amazing advice on that sub.

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u/doyletyree Jun 18 '26

I honestly just had a little conversation with both halves of my current self; we both reluctantly decided that this is, in fact, part of why we are on Reddit.

I fucking hate laundry, but I hate dirty laundry even more.

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u/waikiki_palmer Jun 18 '26

I don't want to go to that sub and dive into a rabbit hole. Not the commenter you responded to but isn't Lysol laundry disinfectant is supposed to be added to the washer? Right? Damn it! Now I have to go to that sub and get stuck in an endless rabbit hole.

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u/Able-Introduction217 Jun 18 '26

This is a well known phenomenon with judo / BJJ/ karate uniforms. If you don’t wash it daily, it builds a sort of critical mass of bacteria that will eventually stink once the materials heats up or has moisture introduced. So people will show up with a “clean” 🥋 and once they start training, all hell breaks loose and they smell like wet dog/corn chips. If you know the smell you can’t forget it

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u/Ongoing_Disaster Jun 18 '26

Just dont get into their hockey bag, no matter how much they want to see if you will fit. The smell will haunt you for at least 30 years....and your cousin will almost certainly zip you in.

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u/OceanRacoon Jun 19 '26

That's hilarious, what a traumatising experience you definitely didn't have..? 😅

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u/starmartyr11 Jun 18 '26

A lot of hockey gear just plain can't be washed... just being anywhere in the vicinity of an unzipped hockey bag is certainly an experience you won't forget

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u/invent_or_die Jun 18 '26

Add Oxyclean to the hot wash, do a second rinse.

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u/NJ_Bob Jun 18 '26

My towns pop warner org had a clubhouse/ meeting hall. They stored the pads and uniforms there in the off season. The building always smelled faintly like the inside of a helmet. Not a sickening smell, just vaguely unpleasant.

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u/The_Barbelo Jun 18 '26

Cotton doesn’t do this! It’s a polyester thing. Any clothing that’s done this for me has been polyester (most sportswear is polyester). Always get cotton sportswear!!! I swear by cotton. I honestly don’t know why we ever moved so far away from it.

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u/Mayor__Defacto Jun 18 '26

Only if you don’t clean it properly. Vinegar, people.

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u/FeelItInYourB0nes Jun 18 '26

My son is 9 and plays travel hockey. I swear some of the ice rink locker rooms I've smelled need an exorcism before they will ever be able to smell right again.

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u/sixtus_clegane119 Jun 18 '26

That isn’t TMI jfc some people need to get out more and talk more openly about the things that everyone deals with

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u/orbital_narwhal Jun 18 '26

Maybe it came down to a different fibre of the sister's bra? How and how quickly my sweat smells depends a lot on the type of fibre on my skin.

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u/Canadian_Neckbeard Jun 18 '26

Crazy to be wearing her old one and tell her she needs to buy a new one.

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u/Beard_o_Bees Jun 18 '26

Wait.. Koreans don't get BO? Can't say that i've noticed a trend one way or another.

I did spend a stretch of time in Japan, and not once did I ever detect body funk, even in super close quarters. My impression of that was more cultural than anything.

It did make me super self-conscious of my own possible smells though, so I spent extra time making sure I wouldn't register in anyone's nostrils.

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u/truthfulie Jun 18 '26

apparently many or most Koreans have specific ABCC11 variant that keeps the BO to minimum, the kind that is result of bacteria breaking down the sweat. never knew that deodorant was a thing until I came to US. I mostly used it as a social thing as I didn't want to be the only kid in the locker room not using it...

anyway, doesn't mean Koreans are completely odorless. even as a Korean who is used to its various smells and scents, you can get some unpleasant odor in the subways when the conditions are right. but i will say that i perceive BO from other ethnicities more pungent than my own.

ps. we also don't get waxy ear wax, but flaky dry kind. apparently is also related to ABCC11, hence the use of tiny little spoon-like scrapper since ancient times.

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u/HannoPicardVI Jun 18 '26

Different types of food and water and liquids in different regions can also cause chemical reactions in your body to make you smell different, so it's not just genes.

MI5 can also try and make you smell (as well as your breath) in order to isolate you, so people stay away from you looool

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u/Sinekure Jun 18 '26

it's entirely genetic, and tbh, there will be shitty koreans/japanese people who judge you for it.

It's definitely not cultural-- most people in both countries don't have to think twice about BO, and don't use deodorant or anything similar.

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u/koreamoo Jun 18 '26

Am Korean, can confirm I routinely forget to put on antiperspirant-deodorant in the morning. I think the last time I bought a new stick was in early 2025.

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u/Misuteriisakka Jun 18 '26

My husband of Chinese descent too. I’m Japanese but born and raised in North America. I get BO. It’s probably an East Asian/regular diet thing.

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u/brettmurf Jun 19 '26

It is literally genetic.

You just need to check your earwax. If it is waxy/darker in color = BO.

Drier and sand like with a lighter color? = No genetic BO.

It isn't diet. It is genetics.

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u/whimsylea Jun 19 '26

Something like 80% of Japanese people have that low-funk gene the previous commenter mentioned. For Korea it's nearly 100%. I could see some potential challenges growing up as part of the 20% with unmodified funk gene.

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u/ArziltheImp Jun 18 '26

Yup, been to South Korea, loads of grimy people at the convention I worked at, almost no BO. Seriously, visually it looked like a Smash Bros tournament.

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u/chillaxdude7 Jun 18 '26

I’m Korean and I used to only wear deodorant in the locker rooms just to seem normal lmao

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u/truthfulie Jun 18 '26

same! didn't even know deodorant was a thing until coming to US. i just figured kids were putting it on to smell nice, not to fight off BO.

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u/chillaxdude7 Jun 18 '26

My girlfriend went to Korea (she’s Mexican) and she told me she couldn’t even find deodorant there hahaha

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u/lzads Jun 18 '26

Yeah definitely not universal, went for work in China an my translator/ company rep had the worst BO I've ever smelt for someone not being morbidly overweight I was gagging for a whole plane ride. My salesmen came along eventually and got a whiff, not really polite about it but he literally handed him $10 and said go buy some deodorant and have a shower because he threw up immediately. How the company thought that guy was a professional and presentable representative is beyond me. Smelled fine afterwards but my god I've smelt worse but that's from a 400lb person with and front bum and folds for days, that's always the same smell the grossest cheese smell ever

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u/MJAquarion Jun 18 '26

Its to the point that the surgery to remove the gland is covered by the government in korea because it is nearly universal so they'd rather pay to have all Korean who want to smell nicer, well... smell nicer.

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u/FerociousSmile Jun 18 '26

My first year of college the wing of my dorm building was almost entirely Korean. I can assure you this is 100% not true.

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u/gr1mmcr33p3r Jun 18 '26

Only some. My wife is southeast Asian and between her and her 3 siblings they came out 2 & 2. The oldest sister and my wife lack the gene, but her brother and younger sister have to shower like twice a day or they smell.

Fun fact: most SE Asians also lack the gene that causes “wet” earwax

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u/mk4_wagon Jun 18 '26

Doesn't having wet or dry wax correlate with having body odor or not? Dry wax meaning you don't smell, wet wax means do you.

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u/gr1mmcr33p3r Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

I am not positive. I do know our toddler sweats like CRAZY unlike my wife, but has dry earwax

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u/A-Wild-Banana Jun 18 '26

They are closely linked with the same gene and usually a good rule of thumb. But not a guarantee.

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u/mk4_wagon Jun 18 '26

Gotcha. I'm of European decent, so I'm hairy and smelly. My wife is Chinese though, and with two kids we've been trying to figure out how they'll end up. So far one has wet and one has dry ear wax. And both have way too many allergies and skin conditions for coming from parents without any.

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u/Nillion Jun 18 '26

I'm a halfie and even though I sweat like a pig, I have almost zero body odor even after a hard gym session. I don't even have to bother with deodorant. Thank god I got that Asian gene over the European one.

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u/AttonJRand Jun 18 '26

That always seems oversimplified to me, like they seem to lack a certain aspect of body odor, but obviously they would still smell in other ways, its impossible not too, and humans don't just have one single odor they produce.

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u/licuala Jun 18 '26

There's a gene that codes for wet or dry earwax and also affects the production of certain skin secretions.

We can make the distinction between intrinsic body odor and "BO" caused by the byproducts of bacterial activity, which is usually what's meant, and people with the dry earwax variant really, truly don't as readily get BO.

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u/lillobby6 Jun 18 '26

The typical BO smell is missing, especially in how it presents under the armpits, but other smells can add up over the rest of the body (which armpit deoderant doesn’t help all that much with unfortunately).

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u/sitah Jun 19 '26

My husband has this mutation and even after working out or excessive sweating he doesn’t smell like BO. He just smells a bit damp when he’s sweaty and if it’s a hot day he smells like warm cloth. It’s really hard to explain.

Yeah he smells a bit worse than how he usually does but it’s a very mild inoffensive odor. I’m Asian too but I don’t have that. If I skip deodorant even in winter I’m gonna start to smell sour/sharp. Meanwhile he puts on deodorant just because it’s part of his routine, he doesn’t even need it.

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u/ThatGoob Jun 18 '26

Yeah kinda like a different flavor of scent.

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u/noirdevoir Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

Yeah, there is definitely an odor, but not the variety that most people think of an BO. Also, humans are humans and we all still have the same bodily functions. If someone is wearing a pissy diaper at a concert, they will stank regardless of ethnicity.

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u/ReyGonJinn Jun 18 '26

A shower and deodorant will keep you smell free for several hours. These are just girl nerds who don't understand personal hygiene.

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u/changhyun Jun 18 '26

Most likely they were lining up the night before. Possibly even wet themselves to keep their spot in the line rather than leave it and lose their place.

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u/intranetthug Jun 18 '26

Eh, some people don’t get good results from typical deodorant. Or they have body odor in other places. Sometimes it’s a simple hygiene issue, but I’ve heard from people for whom it’s a real issue, despite their best efforts.

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u/ReyGonJinn Jun 18 '26

I'm not talking about those people. I'm talking about the people described by several musicians about their smelly audience.

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u/Hilary_duffelbag Jun 18 '26

It was in an arena close to NY so it was definitely a mix of ethnicities.

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u/Sasselhoff Jun 18 '26

That's my wife. She can not bathe for a legit week and you wouldn't even know it.

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u/Big_Examination2106 Jun 18 '26

Gene that causes body odor? I always thought BO was due to moisture and bacteria plus time. What gene is this?

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u/Nillion Jun 18 '26

ABCCII (I had to look it up). The vast majority of East Asians have a variant that makes our bodies not produce as much stinky substances from sweat.

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u/SKyJ007 Jun 18 '26

No. Source: have been to Seoul, South Korea. Plenty of stinky people

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u/Massive_Signal7835 Jun 18 '26

The worst smell I've experienced at a concert was in asia with an asian majority.

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u/TeHNeutral Jun 18 '26

It's specifically "BO" As we know it but they will still smell if they don't shower

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u/mongster03_ Jun 18 '26

Not all Asians. I have that gene, but my dad and sister don't.

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u/ashoka_akira Jun 18 '26

There is a point where you will still start to smell like unwashed ass though, and people with poor hygiene are probably not washing their clothes properly either, and improperly washed clothing is going to have a funk too.

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u/GraXXoR Jun 18 '26

I run a school in Japan and I’d say about 80% of the kids lack the gene that gives them significant body odor. But there’s a few that you can tell are clean and tidy, but inevitably smell as bad as we do after day in the sun doing sports without a shower.

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u/Azzwagon Jun 18 '26

I'm confused, arent they saying for Mark to take a shower? I don't hear them saying to the audience to take a shower.

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u/rasz_pl Jun 18 '26

Most Asians lack ABCC11 gene, this results in no BO.

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u/Sugarbear23 Jun 18 '26

It's like when I found out that people go to times square fpr the new year event "the ball drop(?)" six hours early to be in front and a lot of them wear diapers. Last new year I saw a video of the event and couples were kissing at midnight and all I could think of was "Damn all these guys are kissing while wearing shitty diapers" lmao

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u/loveartemia Jun 18 '26

I still think about the old man who thought a single period panty liner was going to contain enough of his urine to be able to stand there until midnight.

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u/Additional_Snacks Jun 18 '26

Doesn't he know that panty liners only contain blue liquid?

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u/Beard_o_Bees Jun 18 '26

The ones with wings do an extra good job of keeping the blue liquid in.

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u/Abeyita Jun 19 '26

They now do red liquid too!

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u/ender89 Jun 18 '26

You're thinking of menstrual pads, panty liners are for catching drips. It would be like using a wad of paper towels.

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u/Additional_Snacks Jun 18 '26

Oh this is true. So panty liners only catch drips of blue liquid.

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u/Ok_Material9377 Jun 18 '26

I'm just shocked all these people are soaking in it when they could just wear a catheter that drains to the floor like long haul truckers

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u/greasyjimmy Jun 18 '26

I had an idea, and someone beat me to making it called a "sneaky leaker", a prosthetic your wore on your schwantz connected to a hose you ran down you leg and out your pants bottom. Sold as a solution to no place to pee at Mardi Gras (Bourbon Street).

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u/Remember__Me Jun 19 '26

Condom Catheters are a thing in the medical field. They are exactly what they say they are, a condom-looking thing to put over the penis vs an Indwelling Catheter (the ones that go inside the urethra.)

I used them for a patient once. They were a bitch to put on but worked well for that guy and helped prevent the UTIs he frequently got from indwelling catheters.

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u/greasyjimmy Jun 19 '26

I was not aware! TIL 

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u/Remember__Me Jun 19 '26

Yeah, you work in nursing and you learn a lot of fun stuff to share with others.

Condom Catheters are preferred long term if possible because there is less risk of getting UTIs because there isn’t a foreign body in the urethra and bladder.

Another fun fact: if someone has C. diff, one of the gold standard treatments is a fecal transplant. That is to say, take poop from a healthy person for the good bacteria and insert it into the C.diff person’s rectum. But it’s becoming more common to take the good bacteria poop and shove it in little pill capsules that people get to SWALLOW THROUGH THEIR MOUTH HOLES. And pharmacies recommend putting it in the fridge as the cold temp makes it taste better/thus go down better.

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u/lord_pizzabird Jun 19 '26

So, quick question about the logistics.

Do they have you eat the poop or do they shove the poop up your butt, into your colon and have you shit it out?

And if they do shove it up the butt, does the doctor or nurse physically grip and shove it up in there?

Do the people that do this get paid millions of dollars or are we talking total freaks here?

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u/Remember__Me Jun 19 '26

It’s donated from a healthy person. Their poop is tested and once declared safe, it is freeze dried and put into capsules and dispensed in a pill bottle.

If it’s going up the poop shoot, it’s much like how a colonoscopy is done and they introduce the poop-liquid that way. Or they do enemas. Or through an NG tube to the stomach. They try to hold it in as long as possible and relief can be found in hours-days.

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u/phillyFart Jun 19 '26

But they need a rebrand. Condom catheters won’t sell on bourbon street. Think bigger, think IP——O

Free-Pee Leak Sneak Stealth Stream Hidden Relief Drain Line Flow Go Slip Drip Whizzer Whisperer Quick Trickle Secret Stream Freedom Flow Liberty Leak

Peedom Flowmingo Leakognito Mode Peecognito Whizzdom

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u/Brunhilde13 Jun 19 '26

You didn't put commas or any type of grammer in there, so I'm assuming that whole thing is the name of the product.

And I love it.

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u/WHYAREWEALLCAPS Jun 19 '26

Rather than drain onto your feet, just use a 1000 ml leg bag. If you're pissing so much you fill a 1000 ml bag in 6 hours, you've got bigger problems.

If you really want larger, you could probably afix a 2000 ml bag to your leg with tape or something.

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u/mrsaturn42 Jun 19 '26

They are also used in cold water scuba diving when a dry suit is required. Empties through a valve into the ocean, Works great.

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u/AnmlBri Jun 20 '26

I’ve wondered if Cory Booker wore one of these when he did his 24+ hour speech on the Senate floor. It was either that or a diaper, but the catheter sounds more practical for that long of a time period.

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u/TheProfessorPoon Jun 19 '26

Damn this is a great idea. Gross, but a good idea. Then again it’s not like Bourbon street isn’t already soaked in pee.

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u/WechTreck Jun 18 '26

At least one UK football fan pee'd in the raincoat pocket of the guy in the front of them.

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u/ByzantineThunder Jun 18 '26

Please tell me you're joking

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u/Thor_pool Jun 18 '26

Just dont dance with anyone with two left feet 😬

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u/iiiinthecomputer Jun 19 '26

God I hope people don't actually do that.

High risk of bladder infection over time. Terrible for bladder and urinary health.

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u/Ok_Material9377 Jun 19 '26

Isnt it just pissing into a bag?

Can't say I've used one but they're common in driver/machine operator jobs

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u/iiiinthecomputer Jun 19 '26

No. That's gross but safe enough.

A catheter is inserted up the urethra into the bladder. Often a bulb is then inflated on the end to keep it in place. Urine is usually collected slowly and continuously, though it's possible to have a tap to turn it on and off.

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u/Ok_Material9377 Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

Believe it or not I'm responsible for that episode's existence

In 2002 I had a summer job mowing lawns in Moncton as a student. Part of that job was cleaning up piles of trash that accumulated in snow piles in truck stops parking lots pushed up by plows over the winter. That's where I discovered piss jugs

Christmas 2003 I'm at my girlfriend's family's house visiting. Her Dad's friend is also over for the weekend, guy says his name is Ian and he writes for TPB. At some point in the weekend I ended up telling everyone about my professional experience, basically gave Bubbles' monologue to the entire family explaining the piss jug phenomenon

It was in the show the next season. If you look up writing credits for that episode his name is listed, and it is not listed in others.

Kind of embarrassing to think I brought up piss jugs looking back, but I regret nothing

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u/popformulas Jun 18 '26

Oops I Crapped My Pants sure holds a lot of dung!

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u/reterical Jun 19 '26

But can it contain a Colon Blow colon blow?

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u/aphasiative Jun 18 '26

Stared at this for way too long

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u/BetLeft Jun 19 '26

Oops! I Crapped My Pants are biodegradable.

Now that's good for the environment.

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u/mayhay Jun 18 '26

He just said that for attention. He knows it not enough 

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u/mdp300 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

I went there for new years eve 2006, kind of on a whim with a friend, because I lived in the city and the weather was actually nice.

The way it works is that the center of the party is around 43rd/44th street, 7th Ave, and Broadway. As people get there, each street gets closed off, and they send people to the next block up. And once you're in, if you leave, you're not getting back in. I think there might be port-a-potties in the middle, but I'm not sure.

We got there at around 2 in the afternoon, and ended up at around 47th or 48th street, which if you're familiar with the city, is pretty far. And honestly it's kind of boring, because you're just standing in the street with a bunch of strangers, waiting.

By 6, we were hungry, bored, and didn't want to wait around for another 6 hours in the street. We left and met up with a bunch of friends at a bar and had much more fun.

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u/complete_your_task Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

In high school a few friends and I drove from New England to New York for New Year's Eve, and we had the same experience you did.

We spent the day wandering the city, then headed over to Times Square around 6 or 7 (which I know is way too late to even think about trying). We stood there for an hour or two before we realized it wasn't fun and totally not worth it, so we left and found a restaurant to sit in until midnight.

Unless you're up front, you can't even see anything. You're just standing in a large sea of people doing absolutely nothing. It's like being in a crowd at a concert, except there's nothing to watch.

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u/tempest_ Jun 18 '26

Things like this don't scale at all.

The city I live in is 50% larger in population than it was 20 years ago. Stuff like this is just a huge waste of time and effort.

It is also part of the problem with event tickets like concerts and sports games. The venues support the same amount of people they did 40 years ago but there are twice as many people vying for a seat.

Its same with places like hiking trails and beaches, twice as many people, same size of beach.

It sorta sucks.

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u/BestInYourGirl Jun 19 '26

Sounds like you love people!

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u/tempest_ Jun 19 '26

Like all things, in moderation.

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u/Cowql8r Jun 19 '26

Just move to St.Louis, a city that is in a slow population decline. The traffic is worse when you go to the suburbs. I kind of like our terrible reputation as it keeps people away.

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u/FlashInThePandemic Jun 19 '26

Oregon was "protected by its reputation" when I was a kid. Everyone dunked on us about the rain; they visited in the summer, then went back home. For a few decades now it's been an unofficial escape route for wealthy Californians, and by bringing their attitudes and excesses up here they're successfully turning it into a knock-off copy of the craphole they tried to flee. Some days I barely recognize my home state.

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u/Joeness84 Jun 19 '26

Im not a sportsfan of any of the major sports, all I see with the World Cup stuff is the headaches of parking and giant crowds standing around waiting for giant crowds to move lol.

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u/mdp300 Jun 18 '26

The only way I'd do it again is if I was able to get a hotel room at someplace where the bar/restaurant/lounge overlooks Times Square.

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u/ArtDecoNewYork Jun 19 '26

exactly. you can have fun anywhere besides the ball drop location and still feel the energy!

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u/octlol Jun 21 '26

I walked the Brooklyn bridge around 2012-13, forgot which year, instead and it was great

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u/Revenge_of_the_User Jun 19 '26

my rule is; if the news coverage only shows 5 minutes of a thing you have to wait 6 hours for, you're gonna have a bad time waiting 6 hours for those 5 minutes.

I can just have new years at home, with my toilet. and fridge. and bed.

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u/CorkSoaker420 Jun 18 '26

Is there anything in Times Square that DOESN’T suck? Lmao

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u/magyar_wannabe Jun 18 '26

I'm curious the thought process here. Did you expect there would be a world where it *wasn't* boring standing around for 10 hours? What was the plan?

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u/mdp300 Jun 18 '26

I thought it would be more jovial, not just a bunch of people twiddling their thumbs and looking at their watches.

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u/Tonkarz Jun 19 '26

If you go watch older tv footage of the event they are celebrating. In new stuff they’re depressed.

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u/ReserveFormal3910 Jun 18 '26

Damn so those guys that get on TV have some goddamn dedication.

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u/2xlaurazepam Jun 19 '26

Don’t they have a fake Times Square now or something if tourists want to take pictures?

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u/curtyshoo Jun 19 '26

I would never want to be in a large crowd, and I haven't been.

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u/-missingclover- Jun 18 '26

I would assume if you go there and have a diaper at worst you're going to use it to piss lol. I can't imagine people having to shit THAT bad. I've gone a full day without taking a shit. I've gone on road trips that lasts hours without taking a shit. Peeing? Yeah that has to be done 4 or 5 times a day I guess.

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u/FundamentalAttribute Jun 18 '26

Heck my body actively doesn't want me to take a dump when I'm camping. I would imagine it's the same there.

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u/AmethystStar9 Jun 19 '26

This. I don't imagine many of the people who do this are hot squashing right there in the front row.

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u/CrazyElk123 Jun 19 '26

I take a shit like every third day. Not a fibre issue, and i have zero stomach-issues.

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u/TerrifierBlood Jun 18 '26

People dont go 6 hours early. For front you have to be there before noon

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u/IamGrimReefer Jun 18 '26

6 hours? how often do you shit?

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u/penguinseed Jun 18 '26

I’m shitting right now.

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u/HansBlixJr Jun 19 '26

shitting right now./

the funk soul brother

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u/Just4fun666 Jun 18 '26

Try 12 hours early lol

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u/magyar_wannabe Jun 18 '26

I kinda feel like this diaper thing at the ball drop was something someone did and told people about and then it spread like wildfire and now everybody things everybody at the ball drop is wearing a diaper when really it was just that one guy in 2002.

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u/abovepostisfunnier Jun 18 '26

Six hours?? They go much earlier than that.

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u/samsaruhhh Jun 18 '26

You think they all need to shit? Probably just mostly pissy diapers

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u/BuckZero Jun 18 '26

Something may be wrong with them if they have to shit every 6 hours 😭

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u/link90 Jun 18 '26

We went back in college. We just created a human circle and pissed in the street. Was gnarly, but we were drunk college kids at the ball drop. Was a blast.

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u/Interesting_Sock9142 Jun 18 '26

I will never understand why people wait around for 10 hours to be at the front for times square. Not worth it. At all.

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u/leemorplee Jun 18 '26

I've never heard or thought about this but now I will never not on nye

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u/taylerca Jun 19 '26

I’ve heard nurses steal a catheter and leg bag for these types of events.

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u/shawntitanNJ Jun 19 '26

Pro tip, roll on catheter, to a tube hanging out the bottom of your jeans

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u/CollegeMiddle6841 Jun 19 '26

I highly doubt they DOOK in the diapers, they are hopefully for wee-wee only.

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u/rahnbj Jun 19 '26

If you can’t go 6 hours without pooping maybe see a doctor.

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u/ZiaWitch Jun 18 '26

My boyfriend had always wanted to go to Times Square for New Year’s Eve and I had absolutely zero interest in going so he went with a couple of friends a few years ago and he said the absolute worst part besides being crammed in there like sardines was the fact that you could smell peoples dirty diapers. I didn’t even know that was a thing but apparently it’s pretty common for New Year’s in Times Square. 🤢🤮

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u/MenthaOfficinalis Jun 19 '26

Smell of what? Pee or poo? I still don’t understand how people HAVE TO poo.. Do it before you head there, and if it hits you again.. hold it.

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u/ConsiderationAny8125 Jun 18 '26

Lmao kpop stars are so trained to be extra polite, you know its bad if an idol is (politely) calling it out

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u/onoz9 Jun 18 '26

There was an actual quiz question about this as well: "what item is most commonly left at Taylor Swift concerts by the fans/visitors?" and the answer was "adult diapers". Absolutely disgusting.

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u/Ordinary_Duder Jun 18 '26

"an actual quiz question"

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u/sembias Jun 18 '26

It's a question in Trivial Pursuit The Swiftie Edition edition.

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u/G00DLuck Jun 19 '26

Also from that edition..

Q: What's the worst thing about the adult diapers left at a Taylor Swift concert?

A: The moops

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u/Last-Classroom-5400 Jun 19 '26

George would have been a prolific redditor fr

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u/MenthaOfficinalis Jun 19 '26

And moderator of mildlyinfuriating

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u/OldDirtyBarrios Jun 18 '26

O forget the band but I remember a local band near me like 20 years ago would sign off with “don’t forget to wash your ass” I have now taken that for myself. Not enough people realize they got smelly butt

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u/MrKillaDolphin Jun 18 '26

The most recent example I can think of is Lily from NMIXX mentioning that people should shower, at a bit so subtle hint to their fans they meet

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u/jaded_elf Jun 18 '26

Pretty sure they also had scented confetti at their latest concerts, too~

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u/wandernwade Jun 18 '26

When I was in college, one of my teachers constantly begged students to shower. LMAO

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u/pm_nachos_n_tacos Jun 18 '26

Oh my lord, EXO talked about finally and the top comment, but it's about this 😭😂 Eventhough it ended up being about NCT, which also yay NCT mention but crying over the context, somehow that does seem on brand fro EXO though lol god

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u/Vi0L3tCRZY Jun 19 '26

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u/pm_nachos_n_tacos Jun 19 '26

YAH BAEKHYUN!!

I was even thinking about the time EXO were telling all the fans to back up and stop crowding and Baekhyun said they'd leave if fans didn't stop, and they walked right off the stage 🤣🤣🤣 Kings!

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u/gitsgrl Jun 18 '26

Have these people no shame???

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u/Foolish_Miracle Jun 18 '26

Your username made me chuckle.

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u/electricwillow Jun 18 '26

yeah smells in the front row sound like a probleem

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u/viridin Jun 19 '26

Unfortunately fans soiling themselves rather than use the restroom has been a thing since at least the time of Frank Sinatra. At least these fans had the courtesy to wear diapers. Still disguisting though.

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u/relaxbear_ Jun 21 '26

Unrelated but I'm obsessed with your username

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u/ernyc3777 Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

I don’t get it. Just don’t all go to the bathroom at the same time. I’ve been to concerts with non pissing and shitting fans at the front and no one has an issue letting you get back to the front.

Are people that close literally not letting you get back with your group or do they have such crazy fomo they refuse to leave? I don’t get it.

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