Why do quiet farts smell more than loud farts?

Sir,

Profound. Now back to my lab.

Dr. S. Farts

Dr. Silas Farts wrote:

In my research it is a very simple answer. Loud farts originate from large gas bubbles passing quickly thru the digestive track, thus not collecting the nasty poos. Silent but deadly farts progress slowly thru the intestine, collecting noxious fumes until it passes thru the spincter.

Dr. S. Farts

Some silent farts troll the rectal sphincter and actually end up as sharts! Thoughts?

Dr. Silas Farts wrote:

In my research it is a very simple answer. Loud farts originate from large gas bubbles passing quickly thru the digestive track, thus not collecting the nasty poos. Silent but deadly farts progress slowly thru the intestine, collecting noxious fumes until it passes thru the spincter.

Dr. S. Farts

Kind of true. Farts come from two sources - swallowed air or originating from the poop itself (process of digestion gas is made). The smelliest by-product gas contains sulfur. In any event, large amounts of gas - loud farts - are likely sourced from swallowed air (eating too quickly), so are mostly just air and don't stink. Silent farts are from smaller amounts of gas produced from your poo and stink.

Exceptions are when large amounts of gas are produced by your poo and have both volume (to make noise) and stink (sulfur gas).

Glad I could help.

Guys - I feel now much more knowledgeable then before in fart science. All of this wisdom should be summarized in fart law on level with Newtonian's laws so that young generations can learn this at schools.

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Wear overall preferably wind and water proof, zip everything as tight as possible and leave only small opening around the neck and start shooting - nirvana!

They're not stinkier, its a matter of expectation.

When you hear it you know whats coming, but when its silent, its kind

of like getting sucker punched.

You never saw it coming.

Loud farts are fired out at a far greater speed. Therefore they disperse quickly.

Silent slippery, concentrated farts will always smell worse.

Like a natural dutch oven

Most farts are the result of bacteria in your large intestine feasting on undigested food that your body was not able to break down and absorb.

As an example, beans contain 2 types of sugars which you people do not have the enzymes to digest/break down/absorb. Bacteria do have these enzymes, so they can break down these sugars. Bacteria can also digest plant material which you can not. A by product of the bacterial action is gas.

The vast majority of farts are NOT the result of swallowing air.

I (and many others) have tested farts. Air is primarily nitrogen gas, but most farts contain very little nitrogen gas so they are not due to swallowed air. Most farts are made of carbon dioxide. CO2 is a byproduct of bacterial action.

Hydrogen sulfide is present in farts in smaller amounts, and this gas gives farts their bad smell. Unabsorbed protein that is digested by bacteria results in smelly farts.

Theories on why silent farts can be smellier.

A high protein meal may not have roughage and fiber. Fiber increases intestinal motility and transit time. Without much fiber, protein meals move through the intestine more slowly and bacteria have a chance to break them down more completely

The result is relatively more smelly gas.

Higher fiber meals with more plant roughage move through the intestine more quickly. Less chance for any protein to digest so relatively less smelly gas.

High fiber plant diets result in higher volumes and percentages of carbon dioxide being produced. This results in higher volumes of gas and thus higher volumes of farts. With lots of CO2 in a fart, the relative volume of smelly gases is diluted and less noticeable.

It is likely you produce the same amount of stinky gas during one or two lower volume 'protein farts' than you do in 5-10 regular farts. The gas and smell is diluted and spread out in numerous regular farts, and thus not as noticeable.

Also noisy farts are the result of your anus effectively flapping in the breeze.

Higher volumes of gas in regular farts results in a greater likelihood of increased noise. Lower volumes of gas in protein farts more likely to have lower gas volumes and less noise. Thus silent farts more likely to be stinkier

(silent but deadly).

I'm a physician and have some authority on the topic . During my GI residency we discussed this topic ad Infinitum . The short answer: the loud " fart" noise is caused by a patient squeezing his or her anus and the hydrogen sulfide gas vibrating the tight spinchster muscles much like vocal cords . This retains much more gas in the colon than farting with a relaxed anus . Since more gas is expelled with untensed muscles , the product released usually smells worse . A collary is that the stool of a patient who consistently loudly "farts" is invariably much more pungent since the hydrogen sulfide is absorbed by the fecal matter present in the colon .

senor flatulence wrote:

The term "silent but deadly" can be true more times then not. Do we have any gastrointestinal doctors in the house to shed some light on why quiet farts stink more than loud ones? Discuss!

I spoke to a knowledgeable authority on the matter and she said that the quiet ones are smelly because they are related to nutrition, and the noisy ones are loud because they are related to fiber in the diet.

God created us this way so no one can know who let out those deadly gases.

God is everywhere wrote:

God created us this way so no one can know who let out those deadly gases.

I agree with that. And if you're a person that's proficient in silent farts, let some out in a crowded environment (e.g., classroom, elevator, waiting in line) and watch people's reaction. Some will start twitching their noses pretending nothing is wrong while others will start staring at people, as if they really can I.D. the culprit. Of course don't laugh...remember that old saying from school; "first laugh...first let." 😅.

Gasser wrote:

God is everywhere wrote:

God created us this way so no one can know who let out those deadly gases.

I agree with that. And if you're a person that's proficient in silent farts, let some out in a crowded environment (e.g., classroom, elevator, waiting in line) and watch people's reaction. Some will start twitching their noses pretending nothing is wrong while others will start staring at people, as if they really can I.D. the culprit. Of course don't laugh...remember that old saying from school; "first laugh...first let." 😅.

Yes. The guilty dog barks first.