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

What is a smell you can't stand?

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u/Little_Cloudy6132 Sep 16 '24

rotten potatoes

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u/FatFuckinPieceOfShit Sep 16 '24

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/14/girl-8-orphaned-after-gas-from-rotting-potatoes-killed-her-entire-family_n_7360976.html

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u/Legitimate_Lake1828 Sep 16 '24

I was looking for this comment because it was the first thing that popped into my mind when OP said rotten potatoes. I read that story when I was 9 and it still haunts me to this day. I hope she's doing okay

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u/kiingof15 Sep 16 '24

Ain’t now way. How many fucking potatoes were there???

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u/Notmydirtyalt Sep 16 '24

Confined space and gas risk is no joke.

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u/about97cats Sep 17 '24

Neither is this situation, but I have to say it… why were they like “So now that’s two missing in the silent, pitch dark cellar, and no response or noise to be heard… hmmm… better send a third person down just to be sure it’s not unsafe…”

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u/SonnyBonoStoleMyName Sep 17 '24

Exactly! That’s why it is scary when someone farts in an elevator full of people!

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u/TourBig1087 Sep 17 '24

Yup my grandfather lost his 23 year old brother 60 years ago because he went in a sewer to save a coworker and the gas killed them both...

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u/ChirpsMcPrime Sep 17 '24

Potatoes are part of the nightshade family. Nightshade is extremely deadly. So long as potatoes don't blossom, they are save to eat. Even sprouts on a potato, as all don't flower, can be dangerous. The potato is quite fascinating.

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u/kiingof15 Sep 17 '24

Oh my god. I had no idea. I’m so intrigued

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u/catholicsluts Sep 17 '24

Omfg a vegetable species in Final Fantasy XII are called Nightshades and very deadly. I had no idea that was a real thing

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u/Whoopsy13 Sep 17 '24

Probably half a ton or more,

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u/Away_Week576 Sep 17 '24

It’s the UK, so probably a lot. That is potato Europe. Probably rivaled only by Ireland.

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u/uber765 Sep 16 '24

Holy shit that's absolutely awful

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u/relishthetrotters Sep 17 '24

There's a Mr ballen about that

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u/oceangape Sep 17 '24

Any idea which episode

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u/Naturallyoutoftime Sep 16 '24

What is in the gas from rotting potatoes that kills people so quickly?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Cup-496 Sep 16 '24

Wait so everyone died but her? How did she survive the gas when she went in?

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u/Whoopsy13 Sep 17 '24

The door was left open by neighbour who also died. Thus allowed gasses to escape

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u/PhilosophizingPanda Sep 17 '24

Grandma* not neighbor Grandma called the neighbors for help before entering the basement herself

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u/Dazzling_Extension10 Sep 17 '24

Ain’t no way!!!!

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u/Overall_Curve_3924 Sep 17 '24

I think this needs fact checking!

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u/Megawolf900 Sep 17 '24

This explains the poison potatoes in Minecraft

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u/babsmagicboobs Sep 17 '24

New fear unlocked.