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Same thing in DC. I thought the new development in DC where we lived had a major sewer gas problem. Turns out it was marijuana.
by rayiner 11mo ago
Same thing in DC. I thought the new development in DC where we lived had a major sewer gas problem. Turns out it was marijuana.
- boston_clone 11mo agoGenuinely asking - had you never smelled cannabis before living in DC? To claim the odor is mistakable for sewer gas is borderline funny, unless you’re slyly trying to name a new strain.
- rayiner 11mo agoI had never smelled it before. It smells identical to sewer gas to me—I know what that smells like because our house was missing several drain traps.
- boston_clone 11mo agoFascinating. I wonder if this is a genetic thing similar to people who sense soap for cilantro, except with terpenes instead of aldehydes.
- cj 11mo agoI mean weed really doesn't smell good. If you're not turned off by the smell, it's a learned pleasure. Similar to how nearly every child will dislike the taste of alcohol, yet after drinking for a while they'll learn to tolerate or enjoy it. It can be a very overpowering smell. When an odor overpowers, it's harder to discern one scent from another.
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- boston_clone 11mo agothere are strains that, to me, smell pleasant. maybe you’re extrapolating a bit? terpenes are what make up most essential oils, in fact.
- dpark 11mo agoI’ve never smelled pot that didn’t stink. It does not smell like a sewer to me but it distinctly smells like skunk.
- rented_mule 11mo agoA few years ago, I moved from San Francisco to a rural area. Smelling weed in SF was not at all unusual. One summer night in the rural area, I smelled it coming through open windows for the first time. I wondered which house it was coming from and how it still smelled so strong after traveling a hundred feet or more. Then I spotted the actual skunk in our yard.
- golem14 11mo agoMango, especially dried, smells and tastes of terpenes sometimes. I sometimes question why I like Mango ;)
- hhh 11mo agomost essential oils also smell bad in their pure form, you can always sense a smoker or a big essential oils person from their scent from afar
- scotty79 11mo ago> If you're not turned off by the smell, it's a learned pleasure. For me it's was love at first smell. And I didn't smoke. Just smelled it from th adjecent room. It must be genetic. Alcohol is always dreadful for me. Same goes for cigarettes.
- neomantra 11mo agoYouth these days tend to say “this weed has gas” rather than “this weed is dank”. I’m unsure if that is just due to gassy strains becoming more popular or just lingo. Garlic is another rising scent.
- jacquesm 11mo agoYou're always going on about the Netherlands, surely that is based on some experience of being here and if so then you must have smelled weed it is impossible to miss on the streets of any city with more than 100K inhabitants and an active inner city.
- cogman10 11mo agoThe first time I smelt weed it reminded me of a skunk. I could see how that might be mistaken as sewage.
- dpark 11mo agoIt’s very skunky. I thought a skunk had been killed on an industrial road I drive sometimes. The smell was there for months. I finally realized there’s a cannabis processing facility there. Still stinks years later now.
- malikolivier 11mo agoI've never smelled cannabis before in my life and don't know what it's supposed to smell like. I live in an area of the world where it's illegal and I guess not many people are smoking it. I may also have had a quite sheltered education. This year, I went to British Columbia, and there was this weird scent everywhere that I could not describe. My wife said it was cannabis. I'm still not used to it so I don't know if I'll be able to recognize it next time I travel to North America.
- rayiner 11mo agoI’ve never smoked it or been around anyone smoking it. It’s more of a lower class thing in the U.S.: https://news.gallup.com/poll/642851/cannabis-greatest-among-lower-income-less-educated.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/642851/cannabis-greatest-among-... (16% of households making under $24k smoke cannibis regularly, versus 5% of households making over $180k/year).
- boston_clone 11mo agohell yeah for being in that 5%! but why bring classism into it? in states where it’s more normalized, it’s pretty even across those differentiators: https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/washington-tracking-network-wtn/tobacco-and-cannabis/dashboard https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/washington-t...
- dpark 11mo agoThis 100% matches my experience in Washington. I know a lot of upper middle class who use cannabis. I think the consumption of edibles might be higher in the upper middle class vs smoked. But that’s very anecdotal.
- rayiner 11mo agoExplaining why I never encountered it. Even today usage is quite unevenly distributed. I’m from an affluent, WASPy town in Virginia. By contrast it was common even in the 1990s in the lower class parts of Oregon where my wife grew up.
- amyjess 11mo agoAs somebody who has no problem whatsoever with weed, it smells like pus from a tooth infection to me. I have had dental abscesses in the past that made my mouth taste like I was in a room full of cannabis smoke.
- boston_clone 11mo agothis is surprising to hear - thanks for sharing! i still can’t help but wonder if there are some perceptive differences at play here versus something learned.
- chiffre01 11mo agoAlso the amount of people in DC who drive while smoking weed seems very high(no pun intended). Based on the number of cars that can be smelled from another car while in traffic.
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- itsanaccount 11mo agooh no, he had the reefer madness?
- cluckindan 11mo agoThese horror-style anecdotes are hilarious echoes from decades past.
- edgineer 11mo agoLiving in proximity to people who don't care enough to not be annoying to others has a few ways you can look at it. But I suggest you consider upgrading the cabin air filter in your car. There are likely options with activated carbon to help reduce odors. This was actually a factor in my decision to go Tesla: their models S and X have an additional massive HEPA filter, and absolutely no outside smells make it into the car.