A really bright light can make me blind. A really loud noise can make me deaf. Can a really strong flavour break my taste buds? Or a strong odour break my sense of smell?

  • Hegar@fedia.io
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    1 day ago

    Smoke or go into space.

    When i smoke too much weed - like as a lifestyle i mean, over the course of months - my sense of smell and thus most of taste pretty much disappears. I had to take a break from being a cupcake taster for an acquaintance because i could not possibly provide useful feedback.

    Apparently low-gravity changes how mucus settles (iirc) in such a way that humans have reduced smell and taste in space. Astronauts always want hotsauce in part because everything tastes blander in space.

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      22 hours ago

      I’ve. uh. never heard this about weed. is this common? or like a “you” thing? asking for a friend

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        17 hours ago

        Smokers (of cigarettes) also dull their sense of smell so i presume it’s not just a me thing. Possibly it’s stronger for me for some reason like allergies or genetics or some such.