• Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 days ago

    That moment when you realise the ‘smelling salts’ folk used to use in Victorian- and Edwardian-era England to stimulate the senses and/or revive a fainted person… Was often ammonia

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      5 days ago

      Bro my roommate once got some smelling salts from his work. No wonder that wakes you up, sniffing it legitimately feels like razor blades in your nose

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        4 days ago

        i’d pretend to be your roommate but i feel like this is not a unique experience. i took a whiff from about six inches away and wanted to punch whoever gave me the idea to do that (me)