A forum debate about skipping showers ends with one perfect reply

Anonymous commenters argue over whether skipping showers causes body odor — then someone drops the last word.

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Anonymous

Don't worry, you don't smell even without washing lol안씻어도 냄새안남 걱정 ㄴㄴ

Hmm... I heard washing too much destroys your natural immunity, so I try not to wash unnecessarily...음..자주씻으면 자연적인 면역력 파괴되서 안좋다는 소리듣고부터 최대한 불필요하게 씻지는 않는데..

'Washing often' means showering two or three times a day, idiot... ..... .......자주 씻는다는건 하루에 두세번 샤워 같은 걸 말해 멍청아... ..... .......

I don't wash but I don't really smell ㅇㅅㅇ never even been told I smell나 안씻는데 냄새 안나는 편이라 ㅇㅅㅇ 냄새난다는 소리도 안들어봄

That's... because you...그건...니가...

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💡 What's actually funny about that last reply?
The trailing line 'That's... because you...' implies he does smell, he just can't smell himself — a classic self-own roast.vs. Reddit: like replying 'found the guy with no sense of smell' to someone bragging about hygiene.Klore note
💡 Why are the usernames just numbers?
Some Korean forums show a masked chunk of your IP instead of a nickname, so 'ㅇㅇ (121.144)' is just an anonymous poster's connection.vs. 4chan: posting under an anonymous ID tied to your connection instead of a chosen name.Klore note

What Koreans said

10 top comments on the original thread, translated
  1. 50 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    If people don't tell you that you smell even when you don't shower, it's because you're not worth the effort of telling.

    안씻어도 주변사람들이 냄새가 안난다고 하는건 니가 그런 말을 해줄만한 가치가 없는 상대란거야

  2. 57 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    'You don't smell even without washing' is complete bullshit, stop talking.

    안씻어도 냄새안남은 지랄하지말라고

  3. 27 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Funny how the guys who swear washing too much ruins your immune system totally ignore that not washing gives you skin diseases.

    자주 씻으면 면역력이 떨어진다는건 철썩같이 믿는놈들이 왜 안씻어서 피부병걸리는건 죽어라 무시할까

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  1. 14 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    The dumbest version of this take was 'using a shower towel ruins your skin.'

    저거 관련으로 가장 어이없던게 샤워타월 쓰면 피부 망가진다였지

  2. 1 upvote on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    A hot shower feels amazing and refreshing, why would you even try to avoid that?

    아니 뜨신물로 샤워조지면 얼마나 개운하고 기분좋은데 그걸 왜 굳이 안하려고 하지..

  3. 2 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    At the study cafe I once ran into someone who literally smelled like piss. Endured it 3 days then just left myself.

    나 독서실 다닐때 진짜 소변냄새 나는사람봄. 3일 참고 걍 내가 독서실 나갔다..

  4. 3 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    The only thing that doesn't smell without washing is stainless steel.

    안씻어도 냄새 안나는건 스테인리스 밖에 없다

  5. 3 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Even a pufferfish doesn't die from its own poison.

    복어도 자기 독에는 안죽는다

  6. 1 upvote on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    They probably just never leave the house.

    집밖으로 안나가 일듯

  7. 1 upvote on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    I'm just curious what these people even do with their lives.

    그냥 궁금한게 평소에 무슨일을 하고 사는걸까

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