bioLarzen
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Post by bioLarzen on Nov 10, 2012 15:34:46 GMT
I don't think the guys would ever want to test this one (with the pőossible exception of Adam...) - and even if they would, the channel would never let it on the air... still...
There's this folk wisdom that sneaky flatulation smells much worse than the loud ones - the softer the smellier.
I see no reason to assume any correlation between the composition of the gas that's passed and the way it leaves the body down there. I suspect we just think it's smellier because we have no idea the gas is out, so we aren't oprepared - while those loud ones make us prepare for what's to come to our nose, so we won't think it's so bad...
Sorry for the topic, it isn't too pleasant...
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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on Nov 10, 2012 19:40:01 GMT
Oh, the SBDs....silent, but deadly ones. Is it that the amount of noise detracts victims from the smell?
Would this require a live examination? Or, would this be a bottle it and save it for later test?
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Post by freegan on Nov 10, 2012 22:12:40 GMT
The hypothesis that silent farts are more odoriferous may have some validity.
Firstly, they are not as voluminous as audible farts hence their expression occurs after residing in the anal canal for some time.
Secondly, the anal canal in mammals harbors glands for producing aromas for personal identification and defence.
In humans, they are regarded as vestigial but after some hunting on the Internet (I must get a life), I found that, although vestigial, the anal glands are susceptible to pathological infections and, I surmise, can harbor odoriferous bacteria.
Hence, after absorbing the miasmas from the anal glands in the anal canal, the gas (being of low volume) is released silently and the resultant stench would be markedly different (and presumably more potent) than those from more capacious farts released from deeper within the rectum.
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Post by bioLarzen on Nov 11, 2012 11:16:42 GMT
The hypothesis that silent farts are more odoriferous may have some validity. Firstly, they are not as voluminous as audible farts hence their expression occurs after residing in the anal canal for some time. Secondly, the anal canal in mammals harbors glands for producing aromas for personal identification and defence. In humans, they are regarded as vestigial but after some hunting on the Internet (I must get a life), I found that, although vestigial, the anal glands are susceptible to pathological infections and, I surmise, can harbor odoriferous bacteria. Hence, after absorbing the miasmas from the anal glands in the anal canal, the gas (being of low volume) is released silently and the resultant stench would be markedly different (and presumably more potent) than those from more capacious farts released from deeper within the rectum. Cool  bio |
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Post by silverdragon on Nov 11, 2012 11:55:27 GMT
Concentration?....
"Silent" ones contain more "deadly" parts per litre than loud farts by volume?....
I [Think] that is what is being suggested?...
If so, I can vouch for that.
Bar experience, the ones you hear, and everyone ELSE hears, get more warning....
The ones that are let loose and just "drift" sneak up on you when you least expect.
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Post by bioLarzen on Nov 12, 2012 2:44:05 GMT
Concentration?.... "Silent" ones contain more "deadly" parts per litre than loud farts by volume?.... I [Think] that is what is being suggested?... If so, I can vouch for that. Bar experience, the ones you hear, and everyone ELSE hears, get more warning.... The ones that are let loose and just "drift" sneak up on you when you least expect. I strictly mean the smell. "Smellier" would either indicate bigger concentration or different, smellier composition. bio |
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Post by Cybermortis on Nov 12, 2012 19:20:01 GMT
Loud farts indicate a large volume of gas, and therefore assuming that (smelly) gas production is more or less constant in the gut it would be logical to conclude that a larger volume of fart-gas would result in the smelly components being diluted.
Oh, and the problem Discovery had with the flatulence myth was about the lighting them on fire. I'm guessing that they decided someone would be stupid enough to try it at home, especially since they showed it to be possible.
You can probably understand why they might be unhappy at the idea of people holding a flame near their trousers....
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Post by bioLarzen on Nov 13, 2012 2:56:06 GMT
Oh, and the problem Discovery had with the flatulence myth was about the lighting them on fire. I'm guessing that they decided someone would be stupid enough to try it at home, especially since they showed it to be possible. Haha, a huge lot of idiots and drunk frat bros have tried it already - but Discovery is not liable for those, so oh well  bio |
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Post by freegan on Nov 13, 2012 3:20:27 GMT
Oh, and the problem Discovery had with the flatulence myth was about the lighting them on fire. I'm guessing that they decided someone would be stupid enough to try it at home, especially since they showed it to be possible. Haha, a huge lot of idiots and drunk frat bros have tried it already - but Discovery is not liable for those, so oh well bio Blowbacks are rumored to have occurred.  |
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Post by OziRiS on Nov 13, 2012 12:43:37 GMT
The hypothesis that silent farts are more odoriferous may have some validity. Firstly, they are not as voluminous as audible farts hence their expression occurs after residing in the anal canal for some time. Secondly, the anal canal in mammals harbors glands for producing aromas for personal identification and defence. In humans, they are regarded as vestigial but after some hunting on the Internet (I must get a life), I found that, although vestigial, the anal glands are susceptible to pathological infections and, I surmise, can harbor odoriferous bacteria. Hence, after absorbing the miasmas from the anal glands in the anal canal, the gas (being of low volume) is released silently and the resultant stench would be markedly different (and presumably more potent) than those from more capacious farts released from deeper within the rectum. Thanks Freegan! I've never laughed so hard at something so elecuantly and discretely formulated in my life! ;D |
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Post by silverdragon on Nov 20, 2012 10:07:29 GMT
Over 10 yrs ago my neighbour in the flat I used to live in was a Nurse...
He has some quite entertaining tales to tell.... (some may have been exaggerated slightly?....)
One was of a very reluctant teenager with third degree burns to his posterior, who "claims" he accidentally fell and "sat" on a fire..... he was not fully sober....
His friends who had driven him to A&E (One was the "Nominated" driver and quite sober..)were obviously holding in a fit of the giggles as he explained his injuries to the Nurses.....
Eventually the driver left in a great hurry to "Go outside for some fresh air"....
Curious, one of the nurses followed him to find him bent double with laughter....
Upon questioning, as the Nurse was interested as to how his (patient) clothing was almost intact, Apparently, the phrase "watch this...!!!" had been used?....
We all know THAT means hilarity is about to ensue...
The Patient had then proceeded to drop his trousers and "pass wind" onto the camp Bonfire at close range....
It is not known if it was Gas, Stray Sparks, the close proximity, or some other fire event that caused the resultant injury, but its a good story.......
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Post by srmarti on Nov 26, 2012 1:23:10 GMT
Seems reasonable that diet and metabolism would be of greater influence rather than how much noise is made.
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Post by bioLarzen on Nov 26, 2012 19:28:09 GMT
Seems reasonable that diet and metabolism would be of greater influence rather than how much noise is made. I would go as far as saying they sure do. bio |
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Post by OziRiS on Nov 16, 2013 23:38:04 GMT
Here's a video explanation of this phenomenon that lends it some credence:
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Post by the light works on Nov 17, 2013 15:49:15 GMT
Seems reasonable that diet and metabolism would be of greater influence rather than how much noise is made. I would go as far as saying they sure do. bio there is also a question of technique; which means that a higher discharge volume is not necessarily directly proportional to a higher discharged volume. I am thinking there is more to the "stealth attack" theory than there is to the concentration of odor theory; although a more vigorous discharge may result in more atmospheric dilution. |
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Post by User Unavailable on Nov 18, 2013 5:39:21 GMT
I've never heard that "SBD's smell worse". We always said SBD's were were worse because you didn't know they were coming, as the stench "sneaks up on you". Having been in many confined spaces, such as barracks, tents, trucks, berthing spaces on ships, bunkers and so on and so forth, with many Marines who take great delight in gassing one another with odoriferous expulsions of rectal gasses, I can say that in my experience, both through smelling and discharging such foul smelling, eye watering and brass tarnishing gasses that would founder a charging horse at a range of 50 yards, that loud or silent the smell is equally vile.  |
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Post by OziRiS on Nov 18, 2013 19:15:26 GMT
Well, military food, whether it's field rations or kitchen made, does have a reputation for creating more intestinal gas than foods prepared elsewhere, so soldiers would be out of the running as a control group |
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Post by the light works on Nov 18, 2013 19:20:43 GMT
Well, military food, whether it's field rations or kitchen made, does have a reputation for creating more intestinal gas than foods prepared elsewhere, so soldiers would be out of the running as a control group or would be an optimal test group due to more reliable production. |
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Post by OziRiS on Nov 18, 2013 19:27:28 GMT
Well, military food, whether it's field rations or kitchen made, does have a reputation for creating more intestinal gas than foods prepared elsewhere, so soldiers would be out of the running as a control group or would be an optimal test group due to more reliable production. I see a future full of baked beans and boiled cabbage for weeks on end for a very special group of new recruits  |
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Post by paulsee on Nov 30, 2013 15:17:31 GMT
Very fun and interesting myth to try. One item that may need to be looked at would be to have a consistent methodology to create the silent but deadly fart and loud farts on demand.
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