Phillip brings up the question this week and it’s about our olfactory organ. K Sera discusses the importance of being honest with respect to scent. Micah smells a business plan.
Show Notes:
Coping with a co-worker’s body order takes tact
K Sera Afterthoughts
- Mayo is a great condiment! I like bland fat and protein. (Ngl, I am craving deviled eggs rn.) I had a strange childhood of weird culinary experimentation. In middle school, my friends and I would often dare each other to create strange (often disgusting) flavor combos with our lunches. On extended summer vacations while staying with my grandparents, I would crack open their refrigerator and create the weirdest condiment concoctions and try to see what pantry (and freezer) items went best with ketchup. Part of me wonders if this has something to do with my current dissatisfaction with ketchup in general. Ketchup is probably my least favorite condiment.
- The woman who can smell Parkinson’s disease.
- We are also developing AIs to detect issues that are about as accurate as dogs, so that’s neat.
- Update on my anxious cat: I still have no idea about the ultimate cause of his issues, but even as a kitten he has had a sensitive stomach and disposition. Any time I went on an extended vacation especially, his bladder issues would flare up. Switching him to a prescription diet has helped. He is also drinking purified water and drinks waaaaay better than I do. Being home more often because of COVID seems to have helped as well. Since these changes, he hasn’t had an incident, so fingers crossed that he is comfortable and won’t be peeing outside his box anytime soon.
-As for nose friends, I think it all comes down to tact and compassion. If there is a problem that can be changed or fixed easily by sharing your observations, I think you should consider mentioning the problem and offer advice or knowledge on how to fix it. If it is something they can’t easily do anything about, keep it to your damn self. Likely they are aware and are struggling and would probably appreciate it more if you can look past their present or chronic difficulties and treat them with compassion instead of disgust or contempt.
-However. For the love of all precious things, TELL ME IF MY HOUSE SMELLS GROSS.
Phillip Afterthoughts:
-Receiving constructive criticism is hard enough, but telling others that they need to improve their hygiene is almost unbearable. But a good friend will figure out a way to help, no matter what.
-Perhaps the way about going through life is recognizing that embarrassing stories are not the worst thing to happen to us, even though I swear it certainly feels like it when I am living through one.