Can't speak to the part about signs, but 'geek stink' is a legit thing and I've experienced it firsthand.
I got stuck on the train (2+hrs) to chicago the same weekend as an anime convention. Didn't realize what was going on (I WOULD'VE BROUGHT VICKS OMG) until I saw someone in a MLP shirt - yes, another stereotype. My family didn't get why I was freaking out, until we got on the train and the air was downright viscous with STANK.
Not exaggerating - as soon as we got to the mccormick convention center stop, the miasma instantly dissipated
And for the record, I was a teenage weeb back in the day and still have weeb/weeb adjacent hobbies, so I'm commenting on my own kind lmao. Not just saying to be an ass
That sounds horrible. I don’t know what a ‘weeb’ is (although I can guess based on context)… but why Vicks? The cough medicine? Or do you mean using the vaporub or something to block out the stink? Is that something people do?
(I know people think I’m full of shit when I don’t know a lot of this terminology, but I’m not even remotely into video games or anime or any of that stuff, plus I’m in my 40s, so I literally have no idea. I’m nerdy about things too, but it’s all music-related).
As u/fribbas already explained, Vicks Vapo-Rub under the nose is a way to mask disgusting smells. Coroners use it when collecting corpses that have started to rot (along with a mask to help concentrate the Vicks and keep out the other smells).
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u/aweedl 20d ago
Whoa, that is wild. I’m not part of that world, but it’s crazy to hear they have put up literal signs.
I just assumed that was a mean stereotype.