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How does the smell affect your life, how do you deal with it, do you have any stories.

Im a trivia nerd and sometimes facts connect in an "oh no" kind of way.

Today the fact of "smell is the strongest scent tied to memory and emotions" hit the fact "pigs are very close in alot of ways to human tissue"

That leads to the "oh no"

Its got to be difficult entering after a terrible fire and smelling food, possibly even remember you nyanas famous pulled pork.

Sorry to be gruesome but that's what I'm asking about.

How do you put that aside? Do you get sick when Nana makes what used to be your childhood favorite?

I couldn't deal with that, the thought alone shook me. How do firefighters deal with that? Do family members change meal plans if you had a bad situation that day? Do some firefighters become vegetarians? Is it something you kinda just get over after a couple times?

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[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 11 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Personally I get more of a reaction from smelling diesel exhaust and smoke at the same time

I've never associated dead people smells with food though.

[–] chickenf622@sh.itjust.works 7 points 19 hours ago

OP is secretly a cannibal confirmed.

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

That's good to know. I told another commenter I'm glad to be wrong. I just assumed it would smell like pork because of all the ways pig is used to test things as replacement for human flesh. Being close here doesn't mean it's close there. I just assumed and I'm relieved that's not something people actually have to deal with.

Still obviously a horrible and traumatic thing to deal with but at least it doesn't ruin Nana's famous pulled pork. Which is so small and silly compared to dealing with the horrors of a tragedy but... To use a silly example "it sucks I got fired but it would've been slightly worse if I got fired and hit my shin on the table while I was being escorted out of the building". Basically I'm not implying "well then it's not so bad" just...One small thing I'm glad isn't part of the problem.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 1 points 17 hours ago

Depends a lot on the circumstances from what I heard from my VFD friends. Apparently it's very rare to find someone cooked but not charred by the fire and that's the smell your describing. They all say CSF is the really bad smell that stays with you.