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I didn't realize this until 10 years after I started feeling these feelings, but diesel exhaust elicits a strong feeling of nostalgia in me from my travels thro
by oh_sigh 6y ago
I didn't realize this until 10 years after I started feeling these feelings, but diesel exhaust elicits a strong feeling of nostalgia in me from my travels throughout Europe. I would be occasionally reminded of it in the United States but I never knew what it was until I stood next to an idling 18 wheeler
- perardi 6y agoSigh, oh, that lovely passage in Proust’s In Search of Lost Time when he writes of diesel exhaust…
- cameronh90 6y agoDiesel exhaust smells like ice cream to me. I assume it's an association from diesel ice cream vans as a kid.
- xyzzyz 6y agoI have similar association between bottled propane smell and cotton candy — cotton candy vendors around here used gas powered machines, which must have leaked during operation.
- TedDoesntTalk 6y agoI have the exact same nostalgia from that smell, although I was fortunate enough to know what it was at the time (“exhaust” not diesel specifically).