• @wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
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    612 days ago

    I’m with you on crickets.

    Crickets, grasshoppers, ladybugs, ants are all smelly insects to me. My wife thought I was crazy for a while hunting down bugs and smells in the house by sniffing like a hound. Now she just goes with it.

    I can smell small amounts of sugar added to water — very helpful when we get coffee on the road and can’t tell whose cup is whose.

    There’s a lot I can smell from bathroom smells and body odours, which can be more of a curse than useful.

    I think I have the same cooking technique as you, I’m constantly smelling and adjusting by smell.

    • qyron
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      312 days ago

      Ever got the “are you part dog or something”? Always makes me laugh.

      Smell is undervalued in humans. I could smells if my partner was about to have her period before she started using contraception.

      • @wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
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        212 days ago

        I have, and I’ve been able to smell the same thing.

        Definitely agree it’s undervalued, I don’t even think you need to have an especially good nose, you just need to stop and do some sniffing.

        • qyron
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          212 days ago

          I agree. It is possible to train the sense of smell. And it should be actively trained.

    • @KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee
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      311 days ago

      Wait so not everyone can smell ladybugs? I think they smell horrible. I don’t detect ants though. Grasshoppers have a distinct smell to me too but I don’t find that nearly as offputting.