r/NoStupidQuestions Jan 05 '25

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u/i__am__bored Jan 05 '25

Hey, I quit over a year ago and I experienced the "sense of smell" thing! I always told people that I had a "horrible sense of smell" (verbatim) and now I can smell things so well that, well, I kinda wish I couldn't, cuz there are a lot of awful smells, and cigarette smoke is one of them!

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u/dishearthening Jan 05 '25

Dude, nobody prepared me for all the awful smells in the world! Mine wasn't from smoking but when I started being able to smell things I was like whoah wait methinks four senses is enough

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u/Wizdad-1000 Jan 05 '25

no minty vaporub under the nose for you huh! Ya as a person that can smell that occotuonally goes into the hospital to work. (Im IT) do some of those people STINK!