Random thought thread!

ibdoomed · 2012-06-13T14:34:21.000Z

I think I smelled something today. I lost my sense of smell somewhere around 2000. It just kind of dawned on me one day that I couldn’t remember the last time I smelled something.

It’s probably just in my head though.

Eric_Majkut · 2012-06-13T14:43:11.000Z

Yikes. How do you lose your sense of smell? That has to suck :(

ibdoomed · 2012-06-13T15:16:26.000Z

Eric Majkut:

Yikes. How do you lose your sense of smell? That has to suck :(

Actually it’s wonderful. I’ve always considered it a blessing. There are far more bad smells in the world than good smells and I’ve forgotten what good smells are like so I don’t miss it.

Apparently my taste is off though… small price to pay.

No idea how I lost it. It’s not like sight or hearing that’s constantly bombarded with stimuli.

RichVR · 2012-06-13T15:20:12.000Z

When I was hit by a car my skull was fractured including the right orbit and my sinuses. Nerves were damaged then and also during the surgery afterward. For about 3 or 4 years I had no sense of smell. Obviously new connections were made because I’m okay now. Inhaling certain chemicals will temporarily cause a loss of smell, such as ammonia.

John_Many_Jars · 2012-06-13T15:34:13.000Z

Far out.

Omniscia · 2012-06-13T17:52:53.000Z

ibdoomed:

Actually it’s wonderful. I’ve always considered it a blessing.

Yeah, until you find yourself stuck alone in a building with a gas leak.

Brendan · 2012-06-14T00:18:43.000Z

We work in an all male office and one of the guys seems to have developed a mental twitch that manifests itself in the form of burping. He belches constantly (At least every ten minutes.) without putting his hand in front of his mouth, even when he is looking over your shoulder. I’d buy that it was a digestive issue but you can see him swallow air befotre he burps.

It was amusing for the first week or two but now it is just pissing me off.

ibdoomed · 2012-06-14T05:09:48.000Z

Omniscia:

Yeah, until you find yourself stuck alone in a building with a gas leak.

True. I could get a parrot to put on my shoulder?

ibdoomed · 2012-06-14T05:13:10.000Z

Brendan:

We work in an all male office and one of the guys seems to have developed a mental twitch that manifests itself in the form of burping. He belches constantly (At least every ten minutes.) without putting his hand in front of his mouth, even when he is looking over your shoulder. I’d buy that it was a digestive issue but you can see him swallow air befotre he burps.

It was amusing for the first week or two but now it is just pissing me off.

Have you talked about this with your therapist? He/She could suggest some behavior modification specific to the situation.

Eric_Majkut · 2012-06-14T06:25:39.000Z

Brendan:

We work in an all male office and one of the guys seems to have developed a mental twitch that manifests itself in the form of burping. He belches constantly (At least every ten minutes.) without putting his hand in front of his mouth, even when he is looking over your shoulder. I’d buy that it was a digestive issue but you can see him swallow air befotre he burps.

It was amusing for the first week or two but now it is just pissing me off.

Why would you not just directly address this? If a co-worker were doing this to me, I would confront them about it. Stay professional, of course, but I don’t think this needs to be that difficult of an issue.

ibdoomed · 2012-06-14T07:57:37.000Z

Eric Majkut:

Why would you not just directly address this? If a co-worker were doing this to me, I would confront them about it. Stay professional, of course, but I don’t think this needs to be that difficult of an issue.

The mental twitch part makes me think he’s subconsciously swallowing the air, which is the root of the problem. If you tell him to cover his mouth, that’s just a band-aid on a gaping wound. The behavior of swallowing the air needs to change.

RichVR · 2012-06-14T08:02:21.000Z

The next time he starts to swallow air punch him in the gut.

Eric_Majkut · 2012-06-14T08:17:57.000Z

How about a simple “Excuse me, could you please not belch like that? This is an office, afterall…”.

SuperAdventurer · 2012-06-14T09:30:19.000Z

“This is an office, after all.” Hilarious.

RichVR · 2012-06-16T17:43:27.000Z

The wife got me a Nook Tablet for Father’s Day. Wow. I was reading on my iPhone up until now with no problems. Had you asked me yesterday if I wanted an e-reader/tablet I would have said no. After using it for various things today (Netflix, browser, reading) I’m very impressed. The display is crisp and the scrolling is responsive.

Guess who gets a Father’s Day gift this evening? Nudge, nudge.

Ed_Solomon · 2012-06-16T18:05:51.000Z

One of the members of Monty Python?

Brendan · 2012-06-19T07:38:42.000Z

How many units have you united this unit of units?

MORE UNITS! WE DEMAND MORE UNITS!

walTer · 2012-06-19T08:20:46.000Z

Please stop putting stickers on CD’s. Just write on the damn thing with a sharpie please.

Dave_Perkins · 2012-06-19T08:21:37.000Z

Please stop putting apostrophes on “CDs”

lololol

walTer · 2012-06-19T08:28:18.000Z

So, what if the sentence was incomplete and I meant to say, …cd’s top? Then I would be right! HA!