• MehBlah@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I can smell ants and cockroaches. I can also smell when someone has been in my house hours after they leave. Its annoying as hell to have this sense of smell since its considered rude to point out that someone stinks. To me its like they are screaming in a small room.

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      11 months ago

      I recently had to close my store for an hour, because I was the only one working and couldn’t breath due to one customers bad hygiene. People treat me like I’m overly sensitive or making up my discomfort, but to me it feels like being suffocated.

      Also I can totally smell roaches, they smell worse than any other thing in existence. Never smelled an ant though. Did not know that was possible.

      • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        Did not know that was possible.

        Same, but I’m starting to think you need a pretty sizable infestation in a nearby wall for this to be a thing.

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          10 months ago

          Best way to get rid of bedbugs is by turning your house into a temporary sauna. Ensuring everywhere reaches some 50º Celsius will kill all the little fuckers.

      • Death_Equity@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        I can smell when a woman has her period if I smell her skin, so not at any distance other than intimately. My best guess is all the hormonal changes alter pheromones from the normal and we can pick up on that.

        Not like it is a bad smell, just her normal natural scent changes.

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          11 months ago

          Oh yeah me as well. I can also smell when someone has a disease. I know cancer or at least the type my grandmother had but some of them I have no idea what is wrong with them. I can also differentiate different kinds of drugs.

    • TheFriar@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      I have a good sense of smell but…that sounds more like cripplingly good