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[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago

This doesn't necessarily have to be true. There are myriads of things we can't smell, simply because we do not have the appropriate chemical receptors to detect them. If there was no evolutionary reason for us to be able to smell our boogers, then it's entirely realistic to believe that we lost or never even gained that ability in the past.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 36 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

This artist just wanted to get their thoughts about boogers out in the public discourse, and the comic with a punchline was just an attempt to make it less weird. Change my mind.

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

It's a joke older than the internet, it's not the author's own thoughts about boogers, it's someone else's that they just used in a comic format.

[–] morto@piefed.social 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Most comics being created today are simply recreations of old jokes or memes

[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That's not particularly exclusive to comics. Jokes in general are infinitely re-hashable, which is fine as long as the comedian puts in the effort to make it their own and doesn't just steal the joke and try to pass it off as their own.

[–] morto@piefed.social 1 points 7 hours ago

And that's exactly what I don't see in most comics :(

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 0 points 10 hours ago

It could have been a two panel comic.

Even a single panel.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 hours ago

if you remove the booger and smell it, it immediatly smells like booger.

🤔

[–] Todd_cross@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

Horse manure's not that bad. I don't even mind the word manure. It's newer, which is good, and a ma in front of it. Ma-Newer. When you consider the other choices, manure is actually pretty refreshing.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

If you're from the country, the smell of manure puts you at ease and makes you feel nostalgic.

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (3 children)
[–] CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago

Hava nice day lmao gottem

[–] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 9 hours ago

Hava look at deez nuts gottem

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 hours ago

what's a hava do?

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 10 points 10 hours ago

This guy's a keeper.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 6 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Sometimes i do smell boogers in my nose and tbh it's not that bad, i can't describe it tho

[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 2 points 8 hours ago

Same here. I don't know why it happens, but sometimes I can distinctly smell the inside of my nose

[–] J92@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

So what you have to do is just keep storing up your snot til you've got something like a fist-full of it. Then spray it with warm water and have a whiff. Or maybe microwave it?

[–] HowAbt2day@futurology.today 1 points 6 hours ago

It tastes like chicken but it doesn’t smell like one. I think.

[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 0 points 7 hours ago

Ah. Another account a few hours old that just posts a handful of comics. Wonder if this one will delete itself later too?