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poll idea-
Do you enjoy the scent of gasoline?
(also btw I love your polls you seem like a really cool guy)
Aw, thanks @ihappentobeadoorknob for the lovely message! That's given me a boost of motivation 🥰 And thank you for the poll request, too! Keep 'em coming, folks.
Do you enjoy the scent of gasoline?
I love it
I like it
I neither like nor dislike it
I dislike it
I hate it
I've never smelled it before
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The process of learning the basics of a new topic:
1 - Get a reason to learn about it: "I don't really have a sense of smell, but I've been thinking about omegaverse pheromones lately, so I should learn the basics."
2 - Read a few Wikipedia articles to build a skeleton for future knowledge: "Yeah, I knew about the overlap between taste and smell, but FOUR HUNDRED different types of receptors? Interesting! Also, why is it so hard to find categorization schemes? Why are there no links? WHY DOES SYMMETRY HAVE A SMELL?!? Ugh, am I going have to read about perfumes? I HATE perfumes!"
3 - Find some intermediate level sources: "Okay, an article on the history of categorization schemes ... and why they all failed? That's ominous."
4 - Figure out what preconceptions are getting in the way: "Okay 400 different types of receptors, and almost all scents are actually a complex synthesis of multiple of them, plus we STILL don't understand the relationship between chemical structure and scent? And a lot of relationships between scents seem to be cultural? I'm not going to get a nice categorization scheme, am I? And I can't actually smell well enough to understand any of this intuitively, so how CAN I increase my knowledge here?"
5 - Experiment: "Okay, if I look at this list of perfume terminology, can I start to get an idea of the language ITS using and the relationships it suggests? Can I make a cross-referenced list?"
6 - Get a better idea of scope: "Okay this is going to be 2-3 days of work, and while it WILL help, it will only give me about a third of what I'm looking for. Is this really worth a week of tedious sorting? Especially since there won't actually BE similar lists for unpleasant odours to complete my model?"
7 - Refocus: "I don't actually NEED a complete model here, do I? I started off wanting to know just enough about scents to start worldbuilding some omegaverse stereotypes relating to them. So as long as I know enough to not use near-synonyms as names for different groupings (ie. knowing that "resinous" and "balsamic" HEAVILY overlap), and can create some reasonable groupings, not knowing the rest is FINE!"
8 - Success! Slightly more knowledge has been obtained!
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Did you know that the sense of smell is the only one of the (five, well-known) senses that people haven't been able to categorize? No wave-lengths, no grouping by types of receptors.
Did you know that smell is really hard to test because the various receptors HATE GROWING IN LAB CONDITIONS? And people can't figure out why? They refuse to grow in the proper positions, or sometimes at all.
Did you know that 'animalic' is a stupid term and I hate it? They couldn't even pull out 'faunal' to match with 'floral'? Pathetic.
Did you know that 'caprylic', 'hircine', or just 'goat-like' was a weirdly tenacious smell category while they WERE trying to categorize odours? Like, I get that they probably have a pretty distinct smell, but you're dividing things into 4 fundamental categories, and you're sure one of them HAS to be 'specifically THIS animal's stench'?
Sewer Gas Destructor Lamp
Joseph Edmund Webb patented a design for a sewer gas destructor lamp in 1895. Such lamps served the purpose of burning off gases (such as methane) from sewers, removing their odours and potential explosive hazards, with a further benefit of providing light to the surrounding area.
Webb sold many of his lamps worldwide (notably to Sheffield), though the success of his design was limited, as the lamps were not as efficient at removing the odours as hoped. The last remaining sewer gas destructor lamp of London stands in Carting Lane, an alleyway to one side of the Savoy Hotel. In the 1950s, a lorry backed into the lamp, leading to it being restored by Thames Gas; it is now looked after by Westminster Council. It still burns biogas both day and night.
The neuroscientists Dr. Christina Strauch and Prof Dr. Denise Manahan-Vaughan from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have investigated which brain area is responsible for storing odours as long-term memories. Some odours can trigger memories of experiences from years back. The current study shows that the piriform cortex, a part of the olfactory brain, is involved in the process of saving those memories; the mechanism, however, only works in interaction with other brain areas. The findings have been published in the journal Cerebral Cortex.
More information: Christina Strauch et al. In the Piriform Cortex, the Primary Impetus for Information Encoding through Synaptic Plasticity Is Provided by Descending Rather than Ascending Olfactory Inputs, Cerebral Cortex (2017). DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhx315
Crowdfunding-Projekt von Jeevaanu. Jeevaanu bietet umweltfreundliche und nachhaltige Alternativen für Mensch, Tier und Umwelt.
J is for Jeevaanu Jeevaanu is the name of a biotechnologically optimised liquid that uses microorganisms to aid processes in the home, the garden, for water treatment, agriculture and more. The bacteria in the solution provide an alternative method to clean drains, toilets, cat litter boxes, rubbish and compost bins. They eliminate smells and the need for chemical pesticides and artificial fertilisers. The spray helps ferment biodegradable food waste and garden scraps so that the composting process is accelerated. Jeevaanu (Hindi for bacteria, jeevan = life) was produced by Actibak, a small start-up that so far operates in Germany and India. Actibak's founder Christopher Koikkara's ambition is to make sustainability a fun endeavour with the help of simple and innovative ideas. By seeing the bacterial solution in action you learn the benefits of creating closed loop systems first hand. - With the help of Jeevaanu compost bin and compost accelerator everyone can turn one's biological kitchen waste into high quality fertiliser through anaerobic metabolism. - Since cats are carnivores they process a lot of protein. The microorganisms that cause feaces to decompose also produce the unpleasant smell. This can be neutralised with with the cat litter spray which also creates a probiotic environment and supports the cat's health. - The drain cleaner metabolises biological waste (hair, feaces dandruff) and thus prevents blockages. Additional profits will go to social projects in India as well as research into plastic eating bacteria.
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Do you like the smell of Vicks VapoRub?
Love it, mint smells great
Yeah
No
Hate it, the smell is too strong
Hate it, just don't like mint
Never heard of this
Thanks for the poll request, anonymous! Keep 'em coming, folks 😎🧡
Do you like the smell of Vicks VapoRub?
I love it
I like it
It's okay I guess
I dislike it
I hate it
I've never heard of it or never smelled it before
Do you like the smell of cinnamon?
Yes
It's okay I guess
No
I've never smelled it before / I have no sense of smell
Do you like the smell of vanilla?
Yes
It's okay I guess
No
I've never smelled it before / I have no sense of smell
