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[–] [email protected] 13 points 16 hours ago (11 children)

I thought it was ozone.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 15 hours ago (5 children)

Ozone is the smell of an electrical fire

[–] [email protected] 11 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] can 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 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

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