The Stink Jar
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About
The Stink Jar, also known as @smellyjar1, refers to a TikTok account oh which the admin possesses a jar dubbed "The Stink Jar" that they fill with disgusting ingredients, ranging from food to bodily fluids and other grotesque items. They've allegedly left it fermenting for over seven years. The TikTok account started in June 2023 but gained significant discourse and reactions in October 2024. Before the creation of the TikTok page, Reddit posts about a similar seven-year Stink Jar surfaced online.
History
On September 3rd, 2023, Redditor[6] thewalkindude shared a post to the subreddit /r/eatityoufuckingcoward, showing a jar that was alleged to contain seven years worth of waste, ranging from poop to roadkill, all to create the stinkiest smell possible. The post received over 6,000 upvotes in a year (shown below). It is currently the first known upload of the post. Similar posts and reposts went viral on other subreddits[7][8] in the following days.
On September 4th, TikToker[1] @smellyjar1 (the stink jar) posted a video of a glass jar filled with unknown substances. The text overlay alleged, "7 years ago I started adding pieces of every nasty thing I could find into this jar from roadkill to poop just to see what would happen." The video received over 262,800 plays and 3,300 likes in a year (shown below). It's the first still-accessible video on the account.
@smellyjar1 #jar #gross #nasty #slime #foryoupage #smell #tiktok ♬ original sound – the stink jar
The account achieved further virality when it shared a TikTok[2] on July 5th, 2024, with a title reading, "pee and poop burger into the jar." Over three months, the video received roughly 243,500 plays and 6,000 likes (shown below).
@smellyjar1 yes borger
On October 9th, The Stink Jar shared a TikTok[3] with a text caption reading, "menstruation mixed with baby gravy and pee sediment," gaining over 383,800 plays and 12,100 likes in 13 days (shown below).
@smellyjar1 the white sediment made it pink
Online Reactions
Reactions to The Stink Jar surfaced en masse in October 2024 after the account's then-recent virality. For instance, on October 20th, TikToker[4] @tumortasticc shared a video in which he discussed The Stink Jar, effectively making a video similar to a Don't Google meme. His video received over 2.5 million plays and 260,200 likes in two days (shown below).
@tumortasticc
On October 21st, 2024, TikToker[5] @mdg650hawk7thacct posted a similar video about The Stink Jar, gaining over 258,100 plays and 17,100 likes in a day (shown below).
@mdg650hawk7thacct The Stink Jar
Non-viral posts about @smellyjar1 surfaced on Twitter / X[10][11] in October 2024.
Following
By October 22nd, 2024, @smellyjar1 had amassed over 4,700 followers on TikTok.[9]
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External References
[1] TikTok – @smellyjar1
[2] TikTok – @smellyjar1
[3] TikTok – @smellyjar1
[4] TikTok – @tumortasticc
[5] TikTok – @mdg650hawk7thacct
[6] Reddit – /r/eatityoufuckingcoward
[7] Reddit – /r/MakeMeSuffer
[9] TikTok – @smellyjar1
[10] X – @defaphase
[11] X – @DeltaFireexx
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