• SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.zip
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    3 hours ago

    The thing is you can smell yourself. I can smell when I stink. How can you not notice that rancid smell following you is you?

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      1 hour ago

      That’s because there’s some times when you don’t stink, so you’ve had time to learn the difference. Some people always stink, and they forget what clean smells like

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      2 hours ago

      When my parents bought their house, there were hoarders renting out the lower flat. when they opened the door, it smelled awful. Kids being kids, I just flat out asked one of their kids “Why does your flat stink so much?”. They told me, it does not stink ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. So you can get insensitive about stuff like that.

      On another note: my wife can taste stuff I cannot taste. I can see better than other folks while my hearing is really bad. So senses work differently for different humans. So while I can smell myself as well, that does not need to hold true for others.