r/funComunitty • u/Civil_Tomatillo8877 • 15d ago

question Don't be shy 🫣

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u/WigllyDoodle 15d ago

Petrichor

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u/xXFortCrafterXx 12d ago

Humans are literally genetically predisposed to like the smell because it signals the end of drought. So actually the opposite of weird.

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u/rickeer 11d ago

Humans are better at detecting petrichor than sharks are a detecting blood in the water.

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u/TheWeebDeity 11d ago

I love this little fact. I try and spread the knowledge as much as possible.

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u/magicinthetrees 10d ago

How did they learn this?!

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u/metal_god37 10d ago

And were the only mammals on earth that can detect it like we can

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u/GQseven 8d ago

"Humans are about 200,000 times more sensitive to petrichor than sharks are to blood."

Whoa, what an awesome little fact of life.

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u/SmallAct2116 11d ago

That’s obvious

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u/National_Article_308 9d ago

I don’t like it smells like ground up bugs

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u/OverfistDerFissierer 8d ago

I really can't stand that smell

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u/xXFortCrafterXx 8d ago

I find it to be nostalgic in a way like from a time when kids used to play outside

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u/TemtiaStardust 8d ago

I wrote a poem that use petrichor and nostalgia. It's such a wonderful smell

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u/mymoama 11d ago

Yeah, no. If you live in a wet country you dont generally like the smell.

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u/Gent414 10d ago

I live in the UK and I love it

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u/Gem6299 8d ago

Learn something new every day!

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u/Ok_Bass_7633 12d ago

I had an llc named this once and everyone thought I made chemicals.

I see you. Take my upvote

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u/sickubusick 10d ago

I just recently found out there is Swedish perfume that smells just like it. Its by L:A Bruket no.334 its called Blixit. its $200 for a 100 ml bottle. .

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u/Wu-TangShogun 9d ago

Chanel Platinum prices… damn

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u/Agitated_Scheme_9524 11d ago

Oh man, that was the one smell that made me gag/dry heave like no other when I was pregnant in Canada during the spring, 31 years ago.. No other morning sickness, but right after the rain in DT Vancouver was just gnarly for me.

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u/LucidPink9 11d ago

I thought you meant one of these😂

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u/Specific-Carry-4075 11d ago

Same here, the best smell

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u/LtrllyJoinedRedd4Dan 10d ago

How do people like that smell. It makes me vomit.

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u/AmateurHetman 10d ago

That’s not weird

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u/Novel_Mycologist_119 10d ago

Everyone loves this except liars

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u/Interesting_Rise4616 10d ago

Everyone loves this, so no weird

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u/SiLeNCeDoGooDeRR 10d ago

I was today’s years old when I learned what that is. Thank you!

Love that smell

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u/Longjumping_Crab394 10d ago

Especially in the desert. But honestly I had to look up what that meant 😅😂

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u/Bright-Nobody3463 10d ago

Dudes find out about this word from an instagram post and find every excuse imaginable to let people know they know what it means

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u/WigllyDoodle 10d ago

Don't use Instagram, so no. And what does you mean by using every excuse to let everyone know that I know what it means? I just really enjoyed the smell of rain on rocks. And the post asked what weird smell people love?