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because your noses are sensitive to certain things. if we could smell our own our nose would probably react

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Yes. If you turn your nostrils inside-out and breathe through your mouth, I can always detect a little hint of nose hair and snot/boogers.

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Most people do smell their own flatulence when it first occurs, but then you get used to the smell and don't notice it any more.

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