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[-] Depress_Mode@lemmy.world 208 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

TL;DR: No. The half-life of hydrogen-sulfide (one of smelliest constituents of a fart) reacting with the oxygen in the jar from just your fart is 12-37 hours. The article gives an example of a particularly potent hypothetical fart that would only retain any distinguishable odor for 9 days tops.

[-] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 105 points 4 months ago

This guy farts

[-] SpicyColdFartChamber@lemm.ee 40 points 4 months ago

My dreams have been shattered.

[-] nicknonya 39 points 4 months ago
[-] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago

So if I farted into a vaccum sealed bag... I could save it then?

[-] LethargicPuppy14@lemm.ee 14 points 4 months ago

Sadly, the fart itself comes with oxygen included

[-] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago

So i have to design an attachment to take oxygen out of the fart before sealing it? I better start watching some TED talks this could be some work.

[-] lunarul@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

What about the other odor producing compounds? From wikipedia:

Hydrogen sulfidemethyl mercaptan (also known as methanethiol), dimethyl sulfidedimethyl disulfide and dimethyl trisulfide are present in flatus.

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