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

After a week, you won't even notice the off smell.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Methane is practically odorless, and certainly doesn't smell like farts. Ethyl mercaptan is added to natural gas explicitly for leak detection purposes.

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

When I see Titan mentioned, I think of that scene in Gattaca where Ethan Hawke blows smoke into a snifter.

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

usually an odorant is added to methane so people can semll gas leaks. methane is odorless.

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