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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Ozone is the smell of an electrical fire

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Or poliester fleece or blanket when you hear little sparks.
Some will remember playing with a CRT TV screen ๐Ÿ‘€

[โ€“] can 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I remember the feeling and the sound, but not scent.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Smells kinda dry and vaguely fishy/metallic. It's very distinct, you know it when you smell it.

Should be noted however that it's not very healthy to breathe it in and large and/or repeated exposures can cause respiratory damage. Some static electricity is probably fine but I don't want to encourage someone to go out there and learn what it smells like first hand

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Also welding. Also lasgun shots

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

When I first started learning how to weld, I always wore a respirator because a lot of the fumes can be dangerous. So anyway, we come back to the shop after our lunch break and my first thought was damn, what's that smell?