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[–] 21 points 9 months ago (14 children)

Has no one ever smelled bearing grease? Even fresh it smells terrible.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I got a syringe of same looking red grease for installing a bicycle bottom bracket, (might have been for a fancy front fork?)
    and it smelled vaguely sweet... like almost fructosey enough to make you imagine it was raspberry flavored.

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    Try smelling used diff or transmission oil...

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Diff oil is the worst, especially if it's been heated in a catastrophuck.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    Diff oil that's been burned and over due for a change is probably one of the most vile things on the planet. Even rotting carcasses don't match it.

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  • [+] 2 points 9 months ago (5 children)
  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (4 children)

    That sounds horrible, I guess it's more healthy than bearing grease though.

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    How'd they get popcorn lung from that? Did it aerosolize from the us?

    BTW those people who got popcorn lung which ended up coining the term, all were heavy heavy smokers. So yes it's dangerous but it's one of those...well it probably didn't help that they smoked like freight trains.

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    That sounds fucking awful. Did they not give you guys any PPE?

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Wtf, were was this at? Assuming not the USA, OSHA would have had a field day with that.

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