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What is something you can see, hear, smell, etc., that others can't? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago by comfy@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What is something you can sense that few-if-any people you know can sense? Literal answers only.

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[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My nose is more sensitive than average to certain types of foul smells mostly in the poop and rotting organic material categories but also things like mouse / rodent urine, skunks, and cigarette smoke. Oh joy.

Mostly it makes me feel like I'm going crazy because I smell these things when nobody else seems to notice leading me to wonder if I'm just hallucinating the smell. But sometimes I put it to good use by being the early warning system of skunks in the area and sometimes I'm the first to notice when the milk is starting to go bad.

[–] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Are you able to smell ants? I have a friend who can track them down in their house and they have a hard time with odors too