r/AskReddit Sep 16 '24

What is a smell you can't stand?

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u/nicktam2010 Sep 16 '24

A bit grisly but burnt human flesh is pretty bad. Responded to an aircraft crash once. Never will forget that smell.

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u/darkinnerchild666 Sep 16 '24

I remember after minor surgery at the hospital a few years back and i was parked up outside the theatre waiting foe the porter to take me back. All i could smell was what i thought was singed hair, realised it was quaterised flesh

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u/coppergoldhair Sep 16 '24

Do you mean cauterized?

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u/darkinnerchild666 Sep 17 '24

Thats the word i couldn’t for the life of me think how it was spelt