Submitted 2 days ago by ramble81@lemmy.zip to [deleted]
I got crop dusted on my flight the other day and I thought I was gonna get diabetes from one person running to the bathroom. And then a couple weeks ago it smelled like death walking.
After that I realized that I’ve noticed most everyone that is fairly old (70+) is similar. So what causes that compared to the normal methane composition of adults?
The “Death” smell is normally associated with an inefficient digestion, which causes amino acids to break down - relevant ist especially cysteine, which contains Sulfur and therefore smells intensive. The “sweeter” smell can have multiple reasons, but having an disturbed gut microbiome is the most likely cause.
We are trying to ward of death by biological warfare. Beans,cabbage,broccoli and onions make for a formidable gas that will linger for hours and of course we fart at least 6-8 times every hours. It is a great way to get rid of annoying relatives and the kind of official visitor that thinks old people are ripe for scamming. We can vary the strength,length and audio depending on variation and quantity of food eaten. Halusky, a dish made from pasta,onions and cabbage for example is a good beginners dish.
I imagine a good chunk of it is due to the various medications they take. Whereas most younger people don’t take the same types of medications or in combinations.
@meow@discuss.tchncs.de
Likely their meds.
I don’t want to answer this, there is a smell to this question
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 days ago
Why are you smelling old people’s farts?
Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
No kinkshaming unless it’s your kink.
meowmeow@quokk.au 2 days ago
I bet they’ve made a few charts and diagrams on this topic.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 days ago
FART CHART