• skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de
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    8 months ago

    this meme is wrong

    what really happens is that this thiopropenal S-oxide attacks free thiol in one receptor that usually detects spicy smells, much like about any modern tear gas (CN, CS, CR. also allyl isothiocyanate from mustard and many, many, many other alkylating things). there’s no acid involved

    • Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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      8 months ago

      I don’t know whether to believe the meme or the comment on the meme.