We all have a secret snigger when somebody accidentally slips out a fart, but when that smell lingers over, it’s no laughing matter. Except for when I do it, I don’t mind the smell of my own, do you?
This Is The Why You Can Tolerate Your Own Fart, But Not Your Friend’s Farts
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Perhaps it's the last night's Chilli Con-Carne, or that spicy burrito you ate for lunch thats giving you terrible wind. When it's sat on our plate, it looks like a delight to wolf down, but once you start puffing them out in gases? The tale is completely different It is not a pleasant smell but quite tolerable for yourself. In the same way, someone else's fart is tolerable to them but not for you.
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What's the reason behind this?
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WELL, THERE ARE A VARIOUS NUMBER OF REASONS AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENS
#4 IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH OUR DEFENSE MECHANISM.
Just like when we observe a foreign object hitting at us, we start acting defensive towards it. As the way, when a foreign smell, like smell of chemicals, rotten substance, decay of dead animals starts coming down to our nasal cavities, we sense a fear, a fear of danger. Because something which smells bad is indeed considered bad for our health.
Our own farts, are scented by our own internal bacteria and microorganisms which we have eaten. So our brain recognizes them as "safe" and therefor they don't smell "bad".
Other people's farts are scented by unknown bacteria and food, so they smell foreign, and depending on what your brain recognizes, they can either be tolerables or repulsive. I never knew this did you?
#5 IT WAS DETERMINED AT BIRTH
Just after our mom gave birth to us the smell of our farts was defined. It is because once we get expelled out of mother's birth canal, we pick up bacteria from our mother's vagina. Then these bacterias get settled on your stomach and remains there for the rest of your life. According to a research there is 1.3 kg of bacteria in our digestive system!
#6 OUR BRAINS HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH IT
According to another unconfirmed report, the smell of fart has a relation with the relative reality that our brain anticipates. When we fart, we know the fact that within no time, its going to smell. So in short, our brain has already anticipated it and is prepared for it. However when someone else fart, we are not aware of it unless we start smelling something awful and that is the gross smell of the fart just because of our brain wasn't anticipating for it and it was smashed by all the negative
stimulus.
So well that pretty much sums up everything and the science behind the explanation.
