Doesn't "stink" mean to have something smell bad? What does it mean here?
Native speaker’s answer
Rebecca
"Stinks" is a slang word that means "sucks." Thus, we can understand the speaker saying "this stinks" to mean "this sucks." It can be used to describe situations that are not good or unpleasant. Ex: I just missed my bus! This stinks. Ex: My city is under lockdown again. This situation stinks.