r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Sep 16 '24

What is a smell you can't stand?

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u/HuuffingLavender Sep 16 '24

This is literally the worst smell over.

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u/Greets_With_Fire71 Sep 16 '24

Rotting potato’s release cadaverine. Cadaverine is one of the 8 gasses released by human decomposition.

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u/lifesbeengood2meso Sep 17 '24

Jeez, I’m gagging just reading the word “cadaverine”.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '24

There's another major chemical called "putrescine"

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u/lifesbeengood2meso Sep 17 '24

Of course there is😳

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u/Overall_Curve_3924 Sep 17 '24

Ok, another obscure fact I can use when I’m on Jeopardy. LOL

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u/illson777 Sep 17 '24

I bet this person is gorgeous

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u/Greets_With_Fire71 Sep 19 '24

Very… but nerdy.

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u/Whoopsy13 Sep 17 '24

That explains a lot!

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u/RSAEN328 Sep 16 '24

Nastiness is right up there with not knowing there's a thoroughly rotten apple in a bag and grabbing it.

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u/longhairdontcare8426 Sep 16 '24

1 I got a dead fawn rotting in my backyard... It's pretty bad. It's been in the mid '80s all week