We get hearing tests, eye exams, but no smell tests, amirite?

Took a smell test when I got onto my local fire department

by Anonymous 1 week ago

For things like smoke, natural gas, etc? How do they test you

by Possible_Lawyer6088 1 week ago

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by liliana62 1 week ago

I have no sense of smell, other than greatly diminishing my ability to taste, I don't notice it.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

My brother has been anosmic since birth but has perfectly acceptable food tastes. I've always wondered if the idea that it diminishes your ability to taste was just an urban myth or if he genuinely has a lower sensitivity. If he did, how would he or anyone else know, really?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

well, I used to be a chef, so being able to taste was very important to me. now I have to get my wife to taste the final product. I have enough skill that I can make things well, but sometimes they need final tweaking and I cant tell.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Unlucky dude, probably the worst profession for that to happen.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I still get sweet, sour,salty etc, but actual flavors are very muted.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I had this happen to me once? I smelled a weird chemical smell just walking into a store. Nothing weird. And then i could not taste anything beyond what you just described too a year or two for it to come back to normal… i probably should have gone to he doctor or something…

by Estrella96 1 week ago

Drug sniffing dog is probably second worst profession for this ailment.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

That's valid.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

it is known that smell influences the taste of things. you can change how something tastes by giving it a different smell. It's not 100% necessary, but it does have an impact.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I'm gaining back my sense of smell, it does make food taste different. I would make a lot of Asian food because I could actually taste it unlike most general American food.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

If he was anosmic from birth he spend his entire life, his taste developed without smell. While taste strongly relies on smell, it can function partially without it.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

We can fix your hearing and vision.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

If we relied on smell as much as most animals do, there would probably be methods or devices to fix it.

by PalpitationSame 1 week ago

That's it. And what do you know…the folks conducting the tests can sell you the cure.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Blindfolded touch test with the doctor.

by altheahyatt 1 week ago

My coach did these on penis inspection day.

by Professional-Bit3970 1 week ago

Just your coach? Even my history teacher did those.

by Nearby-Machine1809 1 week ago

"Okay, that prostate seems okay, time for your ol' factory test. Smell my finger."

by Anonymous 1 week ago

ol' factory lol

by adelleadams 1 week ago

I have to get sight, hearing, smell, and touch tested every year for work. The only thing they don't care about is taste, I guess

by Anonymous 1 week ago

What industry is that?

by No_Beginning6761 1 week ago

Yes we do. Just because you haven't had one doesn't mean they don't exist.

by Jarretmertz 1 week ago

Exactly! Thanks mate :)

by Anonymous 1 week ago

"Seeing isn't believing. Believing is seeing!"

by adelleadams 1 week ago

ah yes whoever smelt it dealt it

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Dr: Ok what's this smell? Me: You pooped your pants. Dr: *Grins

by Anonymous 1 week ago

This doesn't pass the sniff test

by Sbradtke 1 week ago

I'd like to take one. For some fkn reason Basil smells/tastes like black liquorice since Covid and I don't like it 😒

by Anonymous 1 week ago

All coffee smells like tuna fish to me now. It's awful.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I have noticed that too but before covid.

by Ucormier 1 week ago

My brother had a smell test done. He hit his head really hard and lost that sense completely. He says he can make things taste like pepperoni pizza if he thinks about it while eating lol.

by Connect_Command 1 week ago

Fun fact. I work in natural gas and the people who are responsible for making sure the gas is readily detected by smell, do have to take a yearly smell test.

by vickyhowell 1 week ago

Cool!

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It's really a matter of taste.

by oblick 1 week ago

There are smell tests. Neuropsychologists use scratch and sniff cards. Issues with smell are an early symptom of Parkinson's.

by Icy-Round 1 week ago

Consider this: the human race had to spend thousands of generations pretending not to be able to smell one another. I reckon we just aren't in the habit of valuing sense of smell at the same level as eyesight

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I think I pass the smell test every time I get on the metro in the evening.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I suppose the gas mask training with CS gas in basic training doesn't count, does it?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Does burnt toast for strokes count?

by Rare_Solution 1 week ago

Anosmia is inconvenient, not a handicap. And it's definitely not necessary to operate a vehicle safely

by Anonymous 1 week ago

A very poor sense of smell lead me towards eventually getting my deviated septum diagnosed and fixed

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I took a smell test as part of my participation in the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative research study.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Smell doesn't interfere significantly with your daily perception. Some don't even notice it's gone once it is

by Anonymous 1 week ago

So few could pass the sniff test. Tragic, really.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You've never been fitted for a respirator i see

by Interesting_Pay8643 1 week ago

Waiting on the Smellen Nose chart

by Anonymous 1 week ago

My semi-worn clothes even get a smell test.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I'd fail. When I was a very young child, my mom would cram Vick's VapoRub inside my nostrils every night "as a precaution." Against what, I have no idea. That happened from as far back as I remember until 8th grade. I can't smell anything; not the coffee aisle in the grocery store, not a candle store, not pot, not perfume/cologne, not food cooking…nothing.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

So, what was the story? You must have spoken to a doctor by now? This must affect your sense of taste as well, because so much of what we taste is informed by smell?

by Substantial_Meet 1 week ago

Sure we do and it's a validated scientifically and is essentially a kids game — a 40-item "scratch and sniff" test. UPSIT smell test

by Temporary-Welcome-41 1 week ago

"CN II-XII grossly intact." IYKYK

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Because smell isn't typically necessary for everyday life, productivity, and safety. Also noted by how little is done to try to fix poor sense of smell.

by Longjumping-Check255 1 week ago

Can't fix a broken smeller. It doesn't really impact safety as much as the other two. *shrug*

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It's called Bath and Body Works. It's how we found out my husband's sense of smell is terrible. He couldn't figure out why I kept smelling so many things that didn't smell.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yes you do. It's part of some cranial Nerve tests. Although usually my doctor skips that part she did it once.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

We do have smell tests. "Smell test" is even an English idiom.

by alta61 1 week ago

Maybe cause old man flatulence constantly tests our sense of smell on a day to day basis?

by Ok-Lychee-8688 1 week ago

Because anosmia doesn't affect your health in any way.

by ardella79 1 week ago

Might be a sign of Alzheimer's though, so could be useful.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Oooh! Good call!

by ardella79 1 week ago

Or Parkinson's Disease, a different neurological disorder

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Come over here, I got a smell test for ya!

by Yoshikobarton 1 week ago