I mean, I don’t slather myself with perfume. And now I want to even less!
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I’ve never saddle-broke or leash-trained a human, though I’ll also not judge those who have!
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the Japanese also discovered natto in a somewhat similar fashion. it is said that samurai riding off to battle, would carry boiled soybeans, rolled in bamboo mats, under their armour in the armpit area. this caused fermentation that led to that particularly… umm… fragrant viscous slime that covered the soybeans. while it is very healthy - carrying the enzyme nattokinase - it takes a very strong, or very hungry warrior to manage to actually eat it.
i am no samurai.
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I find natto delicious - once I get it to my mouth. Getting it to that point is definitely a struggle.
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wow. i can see that now.
thank you for reminding me to check my privilege before i immediately react to a posted comment.
innocent though it may be.
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Sweat added to food - that is the poor taste part for me. I didn’t say I had an aversion to Japanese food. Please don’t put words in my mouth - I dont know if you have sweaty hands.
Maybe.
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oh. I am unaware of my own priveleges at times, this is true.
should I edit my post to delete the image, or the entirety of it? what is the usual path in this situation?
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Edit/delete as you see appropriate, I just wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt and point it out rather than flag. I’ve certainly deleted my own comments a time or twenty.
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I apologise for any offence or distress. It was not my intention to cause harm.
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No worries! When I say/write stuff that could be hurtful, I appreciate being made aware so I can make it right and do better in general. I was just trying to do the same. The BBS is a good place for me in examining my own privilege.
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Thanks. You’re a pretty good crowd here. I learned a lot from reading things here through the years, and this is another one. Pointing something out, with good intentions not just “bad comment is bad burn with fire” is how I realised I could come out of the shrubberies and try and participate.
I appreciate the assumption of innocent mistake.
I also learned that there is a time limit on editing posts.
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There is a limit that has something to do with time since the post and number of edits, I believe. The amount of time that can pass before you make a first edit is pretty long, though, I think. You’ll just get a little orange pencil by your post to show that it was edited. There is a discussion/explanation of it somewhere in here:
https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/q-a-on-non-moderation-matters-mechanics-how-to-etc/
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“Armpits are the cleanest part of the body.”
-Linda Belcher, “Fingers loose” s11ep17
The origin story I never knew. Still da bomb though. Glad they don’t need armpits now of course…
Agreed! But no struggle here - took to it like a duck to water. Perfect breakfast - rice, natto, raw egg, some soy sauce. I find it really interesting that people say it smells bad - I actually don’t smell much at all from it. And yes, my sense of smell is fine for many other items. Something genetic perhaps?
There’s actually a speciality natto restaurant near me in Fukuoka that I must go and try - pretty much every dish has natto 
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They call it “backing horses” these days (although I can see there might be some confusion with gambling). I’m not aware the olfactory overload is anything to do with that or with leash-training. It’s exclusively to do with larceny, AFAIK. …unless it’s people.
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