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Fish odor syndrome – A rare metabolic condition that makes sweat smell like fish

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An important character in the great Hindu epic, the Mahabharata, likely had this condition. She was the great-grandmother of the Pandavas and Kauravas and her name was Satyavati. She was also known as Matsyagandhi ("fish-fragrant").

Another Mahabharat character, Krishna might have a genetic condition as well called methemoglobinemia. Or he's a god.

I recently learned about this condition through a film called The Holdovers

So there was a redeeming element to that film!!

I've never seen The Holdovers, but I'm a stunned fan of Bob's Burgers, if we're doing a "surprised by fish odor syndrome in well-known media" thread.

Great movie.

Terrible.

Imagine that you want to make a film that is an unholy amalgam of Scrooge, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Dead Poets' Society and The Breakfast Club. Imagine that your audience is oblivious to any nuance and you're not so creative, so you will need to employ the standard tropes of bratty prep school kids, mother whose son was killed before his time, bookish professor with a heart of gold and life lessons at the end for all our protagonists.

Trowel on the schmaltz like it's wet concrete and multiply the cringe by 1000. Now you have a decent description of this movie.

I remember a girl in my music class in elementary school. She sat away from everyone else but the bullies would always make remarks about the smell, and she smelled strongly of fish. Not knowing any better I thought she should shower more because it was foul but never said anything mean to her. Sad to know this is probably what she had.

What's the condition that makes it smell like marijuana? Some days it will smell like nothing, and some days it is reminiscent of some high quality sticky icky.

Marijuana detox? At least in my case

Good to know that I'm not alone :D

https://www.vice.com/en/article/why-does-my-bo-smell-like-we...

oh so that's what my elementary school classmate had

I had a classmate like that too. You could genuinely smell him the moment he entered the room.

I used to think it was lack of hygiene, but I'm now quite sad to hear it was this condition.

That must be hell, knowing there's nothing you can do

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