r/HFY TFOS# 660 - Humans are Weird : Crystals, The Scent of Heat, Persistence, Compliments (Reddit)

[@Thejigholeman]

Hot air smells wide and dull, cols air smells thin and sharp.

[@joshgreen2164]

Twistunder might be my favorite xeno ever

[@jamesha175]

and mine

[@calvingreene90]

Smell hot insulation/dust/vaporized conductor or feel radiant heat.

[@jeanannd]

First story: LOL, touch the rainbow. 2nd story: Humans can see a coil glowing from excess heat. 3rd story: Human pride.

[@ckl9390]

Try watching this with the auto-generated subtitles, youtube can't even decide what language to caption with.

[@genericname42]

Aaa yes the scent of heat

[@milohobo9186]

I don't remember where I read it, but I remember reading an article about how it appears that our ability to smell so many distinct aromas seem to operate on a quantum level.

[@nullpoint3346]

@@milohobo9186 With the concept of about a dozen "sixth sense"s running around, I honestly won't be surprised to hear about such a discovery. I might be surprised by _which ones specifically_ that are true.

[@milohobo9186]

@@nullpoint3346 wikipedia links to different articles on it's quantum biology page. Life is amazing!

[@Agent-Strawman]

Listen. Hot water smells different than cold water. And hot iron smells different than hot aluminum. And they all smell different than a hot day.

[@shinraset]

@@Agent-Strawman true oh so very true! And that's not even counting other modifiers.

[@undrachvrsage]

And now I'm sitting here sad that this hilarious playlist is over. Here's hoping for more FTA

[@calvingreene90]

It doesn't take knowledge of machines to surmise that one of several identical components being much hotter than the others is probably a badness thing.

[@canedy999]

I love the undulates.

[@Amehtta]

Its actually undulates, apparently, which makes a ton more sense for a long spineless species that moves via cilia. It’s been driving me nuts because they obviously don’t have hooves (which is what undulate means, scientifically). They are great though, as are basically all of the aliens in this series.

[@canedy999]

@@Amehtta whoops my bad will edit and fix spelling.

[@contrafax]

For the Audience ! For The Algorithm! For The Aggravated Squirrel!

[@sherylcascadden4988]

For the author, for the narrator and for the algorithm!!!

[@jamesha175]

this is the 4th story that has featured alien Twist-under. he is my new favorite character.

[@lukkaredwolf3534]

For the algorithm and the holiday spirit

[@AgroSquerril]

for the algorithmic spirit?

[@reasonablehiccups4792]

For the algorithmic spirit

[@genericname42]

For the Algorithmic spirit

[@localcryptid3127]

For the algorithm spirit

[@bobsterclause342]

For the swarm

[@allenmorgan1007]

For the Algorithm, For the Author(s), For the Disembodied Voice!

[@notafrisbee5907]

Can someone explain me the heat one? Did the heat vaporize the metal enough for him to smell? Was it radiating heat? maybe glowing from heat? Didn't get that one...

[@lukkaredwolf3534]

High enough heat can generate a smell for some people. Just like some people can feel an electric short at a distance.

[@notafrisbee5907]

@@lukkaredwolf3534 So the heat vaporized the metal.

[@lukkaredwolf3534]

@@notafrisbee5907 could be, or the heat increased the temperature of he dust in or on it enough to change the smell

[@notafrisbee5907]

@@lukkaredwolf3534 I know very little, but metals don't smell due to the atoms not being capable of escaping their bonds. Heating it up might give them enough energy to possibly detach, hence my use of the term "vaporized". I am pretty sure it is the wrong term... As for the reason he actually managed to "smell" it being hot, heck, what do I know. It might as well be intutition... Thanks for responding btw.

[@lukkaredwolf3534]

@@notafrisbee5907 honestly, I'm not the best to talk about the sense of smell either. I have a severely decreased sense of smell myself, due to chemical exposure. All I can say is that I can smell when things get hot, but not yet burning.

[@Gilhelmi]

I mean, the first one is weird, even by human standards. Not hurting anyone though. Xeno needs to mind his own business.

[@bobsterclause342]

Petting ritual.

[@arakheno4051]

For the Algorithm!

[@AgroSquerril]

For the algorithm

[@bobsterclause342]

Humans are weird playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLcVxcFtbECU9m3jQycRUHyyenJVZOE4j7

[@whowhat4573]

Algorithm be pleased.

[@DEMONOFLOVEANDDEATH]

Blessed be the Prophet

[@AgroSquerril]

for the algorithm

[@elfeater1760]

For the Algorithm11!

[@AgroSquerril]

For the algorithm

[@lukre4393]

F.T.A

[@josmeijers2818]

F.T.A !

[@AgroSquerril]

For the algorithm

[@merlinwizard1000]

61st, 3 July 2023