I have a theory.
The sensitivity of human taste and smell is extremely variable. This may be something that clusters along race lines. All those people microwaving kippers or curry or God Forbid fish curry in the office
cannot really smell it.
I have become convinced of this through a few decades of a. People microwaving fish curry in the office and b. Peoples bodily hygiene.
I know I have a very sensitive sense of smell and taste because I can smell if someone four offices down the corridor opens and peels an orange. I can smell if my kids are going to get sick. I can taste things like the milk not being fresh to the point it’s a family joke to give it to me for a sniff test. I do not like very spicy food. It’s not so much the initial overwhelming taste as the fact you can then Taste it for days afterwards and smell it on your skin and when you piss it out.
That being able to smell things in you days after as it gradually smells more and more degraded - It revolts me. A few things are particularly revolting , including….
Fucking onion powder. And garlic powder. These are two things that should be nuked off the planet. Fresh garlic? Ok it’s strong but fine. Fresh and cooked onion? Again, don’t give me raw, but it’s OK. But onion and garlic powders smell like satans undergarments and they make people smell for DAYS.
‘I don’t use shampoo any more and my hair looks great and it doesn’t smell!’
No you smell. People are just too polite to tell you, but let me tell you, you smell. At best you smell like a dog that could do with a wash and at worst you’re a biohazard. Ditto ‘I don’t use deodorant’ . ‘I only need to shower once a week for my skin.’ Sorry, you smell.
Anyway, I think that there are clearly HUGE differences in how sensitive people’s sense of smell and taste are.
I dunno about the cornstarch. The idea makes my teeth retract into my skull
