I have some padded bike shorts I'd like to wear on a bike ride, but I'm getting pretty in my head about poop particles getting into the shorts and not washing out in the wash.

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[+] [S] -11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Have you ever tried washing exercise clothes? The smell persists.

Farting is normal, and i assume that with the gas escaping, little poop aerosols come out too. Not something any doctor can help with. It's just part of being human.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    My exercise clothes come out the wash as fresh as a daisy, and they have been through a lot and get washed at 30C.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 22 hours ago* (1 child)

    Maybe that is a difference -- i usually wash them as cold as possible to try to make them last longer. I could try washing them on a warmer setting.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Your rectum has an internal and external sphincter. When the internal sphincter encounters pressure there’s a whole neural pathway that decides whether to let the external sphincter relax based on if it’s gas or solid.

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  • [+] [S] -6 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

    If you can smell a fart, you are smelling poop aerosols.

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  • [–] 3 points 19 hours ago (1 child)

    Not necessarily, gasses smell too.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 7 hours ago (1 child)

    I hadn't considered this! So when you poop in the toilet, the bad smell is partially from gases, not entirely from airborne poop particles?

    I'm also really sketched out about how belly button lint is from underwear, but i guess that's off the topic.

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