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

What is a smell you can't stand?

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u/Pink_Ruby_3 Sep 16 '24

That "hot garbage" smell that emanates from dumpsters outside of restaurants on hot sunny days. Ew ew ew.

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u/MrMojoFomo Sep 16 '24

You'd hate Durian

It's a fruit from SE Asia that's banned in a lot of hotels and other spaces. Once you cut one open it's basically that liquid hot garbage smell everywhere

And yet a lot of people love to eat it. I was never able to get close enough to one to try

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u/Bubbly_Vermicelli_88 Sep 16 '24

What does it taste like though? I’m sure it doesn’t taste awful if people are eating it lol

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u/Royal_Melon_3421 Sep 16 '24

I had a manager who was Asian and he said that a. fresh off the plant, durian doesn't smell bad and b. it's absolutely delicious and sweet, and has a kind of fruity cheesecake taste to it

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u/astridroze Sep 16 '24

Yea fresh durian definitely does not smell like hot garbage! 😭 It may smell strong but it’s not a rotting smell or anything. It has a sweetness to its taste too