It’s been two days since President-elect Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 election — and President Donald Trump has reportedly been coping by downing large amounts of fast food. The British Daily Mail tabloid reports that the atmosphere in the White House has grown incredibly toxic as the president and his inner […]
  • penguin_von_doom [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    OK, besides the obvious, there is something else that strikes me as interesting here, mostly becasue of personal experience. Namely, it seems that for people with certain upbringing/class/etc. the smell of food in the house is seen as disgusting. Doesn't matter if its the stench of fast food, or if its the smell from whatever gourmet meal you cooked, anything beyond a mild aroma is almost offensive ...

    • Circra [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Yeah I've noticed that. Seems a bit weird but I think it's people who grew up in big enough houses that the smell of cooking didn't spread out through the entire place.

    • jack [he/him, comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      I've been in a lot of poor houses and a lot of rich houses when dinner's getting cooked and I've never encountered this

    • blackmesa [comrade/them,he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Growing up we would eat a lot of home made bread and venison stews, so my house always smelled delicious when I got home from school. No ragrats

    • lvysaur [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      for people with certain upbringing/class/etc. the smell of food in the house is seen as disgusting

      distance and volatile compounds

      standing in the kitchen chicken soup smells good

      standing in the upstairs bedroom when someone is cooking chicken soup smells bad