jae

I don't have a very good sense of smell either. I think that's why I like to eat extremely smelly stuff like cheese, natto, durian, fermented tofu, etc. When I eat that stuff it's like "wow, I'm alive! I can smell things!"

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we only very rarely are able to smell anything. this used to lead to us saying things like "oh wow, horse poop!" while out hiking. it's not a good smell, but having a sense of smell is nice...

while it hasnt happened as much with smells (despite also not being great at smelling things), i had the same response to telling people i dont remember something for SO LONG, like it was just incorrect that my memory was bad. some ppl really really hate the idea that someone might not have an answer i guess

i have congenital anosmia and every single time i tell anyone they say 'youre lying' or they stick something smelly in my face and balk at my lack of response with a big whiff. is there something commonly believed to be gained by claiming no sense of smell. it mystifies me

meanwhile people who have known for 8+ years (including my best friends and my Blood Family) will say 'smell this' followed by 'oops, i forgot, sorry' like at least once a week

I have some kind of sinus issue that I need to get checked out. One of the things it does is also reduce my sense of smell (and therefore taste). I also have a hard time breathing through my nose. I joke that my nose is purely aesthetic.