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Air pollution
Apr. 27th, 2013 09:39 pmThe buses in Portland all run on something called BioDisel. This is a good thing, kinda, because biodiesel is renewable, where regular diesel is not. But OMG, the EXHAUST! Biodiesel puts out a much nastier stench than regular diesel. It's so bad that I gag every time I get a whiff of it, and have to keep from puking.
Worse... I'm prone to migraines. And if you've never had a migraine, count yourself lucky. The pain pulses and drills into your skull, making you nauseous and sensitive to light, sounds, and strong odors. I got a whiff of that biodiesel exhaust the other day amidst a migraine, and I had to stand leaning against the bus stop for several minutes to concentrate on keeping myself from puking. Because the absolute worst pain I've ever felt in my whole life is puking in the middle of a migraine. However bad it hurt before, the pain spikes to something like 5 times its normal level or more with each retch, which is Hell to go through.
Oddly, after the puking is done, I tend to feel better than I did before I puked, but that may just because the pain is less compared to the pain gone through during each retch.
The migraines and the puking are two of my many reasons for disliking alcohol; I deal with that kind of suffering all the time without a choice in the matter, I don't understand why anyone would risk that happening on purpose. Of course, the fact that alcohol smells like raw sewage, tastes like carbonated monkey diarrhea, and makes me sick to my stomach when I've had only a little bit of it, are other excellent reasons.
Worse... I'm prone to migraines. And if you've never had a migraine, count yourself lucky. The pain pulses and drills into your skull, making you nauseous and sensitive to light, sounds, and strong odors. I got a whiff of that biodiesel exhaust the other day amidst a migraine, and I had to stand leaning against the bus stop for several minutes to concentrate on keeping myself from puking. Because the absolute worst pain I've ever felt in my whole life is puking in the middle of a migraine. However bad it hurt before, the pain spikes to something like 5 times its normal level or more with each retch, which is Hell to go through.
Oddly, after the puking is done, I tend to feel better than I did before I puked, but that may just because the pain is less compared to the pain gone through during each retch.
The migraines and the puking are two of my many reasons for disliking alcohol; I deal with that kind of suffering all the time without a choice in the matter, I don't understand why anyone would risk that happening on purpose. Of course, the fact that alcohol smells like raw sewage, tastes like carbonated monkey diarrhea, and makes me sick to my stomach when I've had only a little bit of it, are other excellent reasons.
