Your Sense of Smell Makes You Look Ridiculous

Getting information through your nostrils sounds far-fetched!

Sometimes, we feel compelled to share a strongly held opinion. This is one of those times.

Do you guys know how absolutely ridiculous you look?

I’m talking to everyone with a sense of smell, here. All you weirdos who stuff your faces into flowers or sourdough bread—or even your own armpits. Also anyone who waves their hands in front of them to dispel “bad air” like a 17th-century plague doctor.

Let me back up: I was born with a rare condition called “congenital anosmia,” which means I have never smelled.¹ It also means that I have to trust everyone else when you say that the physical world has a ghost of itself, which gives you information through your nostrils. To be honest, it sounds far-fetched! Or, to put it in terms you’d understand… something smells fishy here.