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    3 hours ago

    Okay semi unrelated question, but do mens gym showers usually smell like poop?

    Because I recently got a fancy gym membership through my employer that allows me to go to basically any gym in the area, and so far the shower in the mixed gender sauna areas has always smelled like poop, while the showers in the woman’s sauna and changing room haven’t.
    Might just be a weird coincidence, but it’s been like 5 different gyms of different chains and I’ve been really bothered by it

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      29 minutes ago

      There are an awful lot of men that are so insecure and terrified that they think touching their own ass to wipe/wash it makes them gay… So they don’t wipe/wash their ass at all.

      And thats why they, the things they touch, and the areas they congregate, always smell like shit.

      It smells like shit, because it IS shit.

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      No they don’t. At least mine doesn’t. Probably because they clean their toilets and showers.

      Find a new gym. If they’re not cleaning the shower, what else don’t they clean?

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      3 hours ago

      No, they don’t.

      It’s either a weird coincidence or in perhaps that the fitness chains areusing the same plumber and that guy is doing a shit job.

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    5 hours ago

    how the fuck a chair smells like poop?! Is he siting there without pants? Did he poop his pants in thr chair?!

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      28 minutes ago

      5 bucks says he doesnt wipe his ass after shitting, or wash his ass in the shower, so has a perpetual skidmark, possibly even full blown melted toblerone.

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    4 hours ago

    The real answer is to get a bidet, have a better diet with more fibers, be more thorough when cleaning yourself.

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    15 hours ago

    TBH I don’t know what that smell is but if it’s related to sweat and ass fluid then cleaning should be fairly simple:

    1. Start with a 70% rubbing alcohol, set the chair on its side and soak then compress / scrub, this step should ensure no bacteria remains and that it dries very quickly for the next steps.

    2. Next we’re going to try to counteract gastric and/or uric acids, which is to say hydrochloric acid, by scrubbing with washing soda. If you don’t have access to washing soda then you can either use baking soda directly or turn the baking soda into washing soda by dehydrating it in the oven.

    3. Final step, to counter any other contaminants, rinse with some amount of acidic cleaner such as vinegar. This will also help remove any soda from the previous step.

    4. Dry in a very warm place with lots of airflow.

    5. Wash your ass with soap.

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        It was implied that alongside cleaners would be rinsing, except for the alcohol, but I guess expecting the readers to have ever cleaned in their lives was too much.

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      Worked at vet office, anything like urine or feces must be rinsed off thoroughly or it will smell. Obviously soap is needed too. Enough water and soap will get rid of it, although other cleaners incl enzymatic ones will work faster. No matter what, all that cleaner and soap has to be fully rinsed or it’ll still smell.

      He should powerwash it outside or at a carwash. Or, if in an apartment he could rinse it for a while in the shower.

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    17 hours ago

    I’l been sitting in the same (mesh) chair for >15yrs (Aeron) and have no such problem. That the OP’s response to the GF’s complaint is anger says more about them than they intend.

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    23 hours ago

    guys, need some help here. my gaming room smells like shit. like literally shit. the carpet used to be grey, but it’s brown now because of the smell. I’ve been wiping my ass on the carpet because I saw my dog do it once and it feels good. my mom has been complaining about the smell for a week now and is threatening to come clean my room. I can’t let her see the room because I’ve smeared my turds on the walls artistically for my viewers on twitch. any help to get the poop smell out, please! if I can’t get the smell out dad said he’s going to force me to get a job!

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    24 hours ago

    I could understand if it smelled like swamp-ass (sweat) from sitting there too long, especially in a chair made of faux leather, but it shouldn’t smell like poop.

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    19 hours ago

    Simple case of bad biology luck or bad diet, resulting in smelly farts, combined with not standing up. Switching to a mesh chair would do wonders.