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[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I knew a girl in college that had lost her sense of smell. This was 20 years before covid, so that wouldn’t have been the cause. Maybe this loomer person has no sense of smell.

[–] [email protected] 105 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We know she has no sense of taste.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

She'll debase herself as much as needed to continue the grift. Conservative beliefs are the MLM of politics.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The dude probably cums secret sauce though.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I imagine it looks like boogers when you have a bad cold.

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

I was picturing more like a pimple, you have to start squeezing it from the base to get it all out.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Bound to be olfactory damage related to cosmetic surgery in that area

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago

Or excessive cocaine use.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

You need a healthy functioning brain for your sense of smell to operate correctly. Trump probably smells like cinnamon to that whack job Loomer

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

On a serious note, COVID isn't the only virus that can cause loss of smell (permanent or temporary). I lost it before COVID for a month or so, and it took some time for it to return completely. But to this day, there are still certain chemical smells (like deodorants in spray) that smell a tiny bit off to me.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Know somebody that lost smell due to covid and they also said there are certain things that just don't smell the same anymore.

Like coffee apparently. It no longer smells as good to him as it used to.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I think my sense of smell in general has never returned in full capacity. I think it's slightly weaker. Crazy stuff.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My wife has COVID olfactory loss that has never fully come back. I'm thankful in a way because I can fart on road trips and she doesn't know it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Joke's on you. To compensate for her loss of smell, she developed super hearing. Now she hears you fart every time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

My mom has no sense of smell, I believe it was from a polyp surgery where the surgeon nicked something during the operation. We couldn't have any gas powered appliances growing up because she wouldn't be able to smell a leak if there was one.

Plenty of reasons beyond COVID for why someone may not be able to smell.