Damn the smoking at the desk must have been awful. Dont get me wrong, im a smoker and do enjoy a indoor cig every so often but sitting around it all the time cant be nice.

[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The crazy thing is that it was so prevalent, I don't really remember the world smelling smoky unless I went into a small room like my grandparents living room.

I didn't notice it in places like restaurants and bars until after the bans came.

I would guess that my generation has a diminished sense of smell because of it.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 1 points 5 months ago

Not necessarily a generally diminished sense of smell. We stop sensing smells when we get very used to them.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olfactory_fatigue

[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I smoke too, and I would HATE to bask in my own. Or someone else’s. Just an icky feeling and experience.

[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I know it's wrong and that I'm going to Internet hell for admitting to it, but there's a smell when Grandma would light her cigarette in the hot box car with the windows up that I find nostalgic to this day even though I find the concept of smoking in a car repugnant

[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Nah, plenty of people have that olfactory nostalgia. It’s a pretty normal thing.

Also, my dad has NEVER smoked but he says he likes the way my cigarettes smell lol