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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Fun fact, stinkbugs produce a similar smell to cilantro. So to some people stinkbugs ironically smell nice.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What are you on about? Do you have different stinkbugs where you live? I like cilantro and stinkbugs smell nothing like it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Try different genes. Cilantro tastes and smells like stinkbug to me, aka, disgusting.

I'll link a reddit comment for source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Entomology/comments/b5kv3l/comment/ejepo22/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

And if you don't want to open the link: "Stink bugs "stink" because of two chemicals: trans-2-decenal and trans-2-octenal. Interestingly, those two chemicals are also found in cilantro (Coriander sativum), for which the mystery of why some people hate the taste of cilantro with a passion has been researched; turns out that only if you have a specific variant of olfactory receptors you can actually smell these two chemicals. People who have these receptors perceive both stink bugs and cilantro as soapy and pungent, while all others perceive it as neutral to pleasant. The part of the population who perceives stink bugs / cilantro as unpleasant is dependent on genetic ancestry and ranges from 3-21%"

[–] Jax 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I struggle to believe that they'd be named stinkbugs if 80% of the population thinks they smell nice. Something doesn't add up with the information you're presenting.

Source: I like cilantro, and stinkbugs stink.

[–] prayer 2 points 6 months ago

Just because its the same chemical doesn't make it smell the same. Try taking a spoonful of vanilla extract and you will find it does not taste like the smell. The ration and volume of the volatiles also determines how it smells.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Well that's because I didn't say 80% :) I said "to some people" and the study also shows it varies from neutral to pleasant.

[–] Jax 2 points 6 months ago

I like cilantro, and stinkbugs stink

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Aight lemme just become a GMO so I can start likeling the smell I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Some days I wish I could not smell it at all given how repugnant it smells to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Well yeah stinkbugs are repugnant.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Its the other way around, to some people cilantro have a similar taste than the smell of stinkbug.

For these people cilantro taste awful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

They smell vaguely like watermelons to me.