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[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

So, what do ants smell like?

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A nasty, sickly sweet, acidic smell that absolutely ruined all forms of mushroom and fungus for me because they seem interconnected, like an organic, alien smell of decay and fermenting biology.

I don't have a great sense of smell, but I seem particularly sensitive to smells like ants and truffles, it makes me gag.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Forming acid

[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

Oh ok, cheers!

Follow up question, what does that smell like?

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Kind of like ants.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Soury pungent smell.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No idea I can't smell it, but my mom can. Maybe somebody else can chime in.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Nah man, ask you mom. Let's to an ama with you mom.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is way funnier than it should be

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

not fully formed acid?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

formish

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

*Formic

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

To me they smell like a strong chemical-y smell. A lot like a Sharpie.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Like ballpoint pen ink

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Weird I didn't realize that was an actual thing. That's how worms smell to me too.

this post was submitted on 28 May 2024
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