What is currently on your mind?

[MehGuy]

How strong is the smell when you're pumping gas in the car?

 

[Michie]

That would make sense, then. I was wondering how someone in our world had managed to avoid ever being near enough to smell it!

I find the smell of petrol very unpleasant, almost nauseating.

It gives me an instant headache.

 

[Paidiske]

How strong is the smell when you're pumping gas in the car?

It depends. Usually not very, but if you drip outside the car, then it can be very strong.

 

[timothyu]

Better get used to sniffing ozone as electric takes over

 

[MehGuy]

It depends. Usually not very, but if you drip outside the car, then it can be very strong.

I always manage to drip some gasoline out on the pavement. Even a few drops smells strong?

Although if it's giving some people headaches, I might just be lucky that I am unable to detect it.

 

[MehGuy]

Better get used to sniffing ozone as electric takes over

Can you smell electricity? Like when you put something into an outlet, and you see a little spark?

 

[Paidiske]

I always manage to drip some gasoline out on the pavement. Even a few drops smells strong?

It can be, yeah.

Can you smell electricity? Like when you put something into an outlet, and you see a little spark?

Technically what you're smelling there is not the electricity, but the ozone formed when the electric charge acts on oxygen molecules. Ozone has quite a sharp smell.

 

[MehGuy]

It can be, yeah.



Technically what you're smelling there is not the electricity, but the ozone formed when the electric charge acts on oxygen molecules. Ozone has quite a sharp smell.

Interesting... do people smell things constantly? Sounds so bombarding, lol.

 

[Paidiske]

Interesting... do people smell things constantly? Sounds so bombarding, lol.

Yes and no. If you're in an environment with something - say you put aftershave on that morning - after a while you won't notice the smell any more. But someone walking close to you might notice it. It's like, after a while, the brain stops paying attention to that input, unless it's really overwhelming.

Right now, for example, I've just had breakfast and I'm not conscious of smelling anything in particular. But if I go outside, the air will smell different, and I'll realise that whatever the smells were in this room, I'd just gotten used to them.

 

[Robban]

Can you smell electricity? Like when you put something into an outlet, and you see a little spark?

No worries we have a sense of touch.

Can be hair raising,

 

[Chesterton]

Nope, I was born with no sense of smell.. so I've never smelled anything. Out of all the smells.. I'm most curious about the smell of gasoline. Lol.

Sorry, I forgot that about you. I wouldn't have brought up smell. But, do you have to be extra careful about how long you keep fresh meats in the fridge? Like, if I have meat for a questionable number of days, I rely mainly on smell to tell if it's still good. I could rely on sight, but it's always way gone by the time it turns greenish-gray, lol.

 

[Chesterton]

Careful. Those street fuels can lead to much harder substances.

Yep. I've had my demons to battle. Went from gas to diesel, then jet fuel, then when I hit rock bottom I was going to shabby parts of town to meet Elon Musk for my rocket fuel.

 

[MehGuy]

Sorry, I forgot that about you. I wouldn't have brought up smell. But, do you have to be extra careful about how long you keep fresh meats in the fridge? Like, if I have meat for a questionable number of days, I rely mainly on smell to tell if it's still good. I could rely on sight, but it's always way gone by the time it turns greenish-gray, lol.

I just risk it. Can't do much else. Still alive.. so I must be doing something right. Cannot say I've ever had food poisoning before either.

 

[Chesterton]

Can you smell electricity? Like when you put something into an outlet, and you see a little spark?

No, but I've heard that horses can smell electricity. Don't know if that's good science or a myth.

 

[MehGuy]

No, but I've heard that horses can smell electricity. Don't know if that's good science or a myth.

Sounds like a bona fide fact to me.

 

[timothyu]

Don't want to get the thread moved to conspiracy theories.

 

[Chesterton]

Interesting... do people smell things constantly? Sounds so bombarding, lol.

I have some important thoughts which are currently on my mind, but I need to walk the dog. While I walk I'll try to flesh out the thoughts. I'll get back to you.

 

[Michie]

I think Putin’s face looks like it is full of Botox or filler. He looks like an embalmed cross between the Mona Lisa and Napoleon.

 

[MehGuy]

He's a no chin wonder, that's all I can say.

 

[Chesterton]

Interesting... do people smell things constantly? Sounds so bombarding, lol.

Sorry, I was unable to flesh out my thoughts, probably because I don't know what "flesh out" means. But I will say this - ask any human which of their five senses they'd choose to lose if they had to lose one, and they'd say smell. Not that big of a deal. If you were a dog it would be huge, but you're not. Plus there's a lot of bad smells you don't have to deal with. It's kinda like what Norm MacDonald said about diseases: of all the diseases, if you've got alcoholism, you've got the best one.