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[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 122 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 87 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The next morning you'll be taking an icy hot shit.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 96 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

A ~~song~~ shit of ice and fire.

[–] 9bananas@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

you can just say season 8, but why would you, when a "a shit of ice and fire" is available as drop-in replacement?

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[–] BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 62 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (13 children)

I wanted to try this, but I dont exactly have a menthol source :/

(Or do I?)

Edit: I have a mint mouthwash and spicy cheese paste, hmmm

Edit2: Well, I took half the dosage of the moutwash and did a flush and then ate the cheese paste with the bread. I dont know if it was the fact that I didnt use enough mouthwash, but the experience was kinda mediocre.

At first the spicy didnt register, but that might be because for spicy cheese paste it takes a little time to feel the burn. I think I could feel both the icy and the spicy sensations, depending on where I focused, but it wasn't something amazing (or intense, but that's probably because both sources were mild). I think the taste that lasted the most is the sweetener from the mouthwash.😅

Maybe one day I'll make my cherry juice with menthol and capsaicin.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 43 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What the fuck is wrong with you?

[–] BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 42 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It could be many things, I dont exactly know😊

But come on, it's kinda safe fun, you just need to have the vision😌

[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 weeks ago

I appreciate your vision.

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

For science

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Next time try Fishermans friends and straight hot sauce.

[–] BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

Ohh I remember those pastilles, thank you for the idea!

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

This might be the best comment I've read all night.

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[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

As someone who loves hot sauce and smokes menthols, I'm dubious. Maybe my hot sauce is too hot, but it will completely negate the menthol. I haven't tried it with Altoids or anything, but I don't know...

[–] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

post results on Yahoo answers

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 81 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We mammals, and only we mammals, have nerve receptors capsaicin triggers. Birds don't have such receptors. They happily chow peppers and poop the whole seeds all over.

Meanwhile, we mammals, who are supposed to hate the heat because we grind the seeds to death, have happily bred hotter and hotter peppers and spread them all over the planet.

I know of no such evolutionary win-win as peppers have pulled off. Genius.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 3 weeks ago

Truly "mission failed successfully"

[–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 56 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Years ago I did a different version: getting out of a very hot jacuzzi then jumping into a snow bank. 'Worth a try. Once.

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 75 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

That's basically how you're supposed to do sauna in Finland

[–] weker01@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

And it is amazing! Especially further north in like -20°C

Yeah, it's pretty good!

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

I love sitting neck-deep in an outdoor hot tub on a cold day!

[–] M137@lemmy.world 46 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

"they'll each other out"

How has no one commented on this?

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 40 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Because our brains are amazing and can just fill out the missing word while reading. It sometimes makes us miss obvious errors like that.

[–] daddy32@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That wouldn't make for good programmers or proofreaders or autists I guess.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's why we invented ide's with linters

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[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 30 points 2 weeks ago

I literally did not notice. My brain just filled it in for me.

[–] taytay@lemmings.world 23 points 3 weeks ago

Because we can it without needing all the words

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 33 points 3 weeks ago

News: A recent Internet trend has people forming hurricanes in their mouths!

[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago

My new recipe book:

A Taste of Fire and Ice.

Just don't expect the sequel to be released anytime soon.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 27 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Rub A535 or Icy-Hot on your tender bits.

For science.

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 12 points 3 weeks ago

I'm more of a tiger balm on the starfish kinda guy

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 23 points 2 weeks ago

No, this is cursed knowledge. I will have to try it now.

[–] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 20 points 3 weeks ago

Reminds me of the Exploratorium in San Francisco. They have an exhibition that has a long rail with metal coil wrapped around it. On one side, the coils are warm to the touch. On the other side, they're cold to the touch. In the middle of the rail, the coils alternate hot-cold-hot-cold, and when I first touched it, my reflexes yanked my hand away because the nerves interpreted it as "so hot the 'burned nerves' feel cold". Took a few attempts to be able to hold my hands there, and the sensation was very confusing. Would recommend+

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

Best avatar ralsei-blush

Cuz there ain't no party like a nudibranch party

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm love to experience with different heat sensation when cooking. Every pepper is warming slightly differently and you can change the whole tasting experience by change the "heat source" of a dish. Recently, I've tasted Sichuan pepper and it what actually cold! And a cold very different from mint. Although round-leave mint and pepper mint (here another plant called pepper that's cold!) have different sensation as well. I should try experiment with cold as well (*_*)

[–] Astronauticaldb@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Spearmint would be good too if you're going for a slightly sweeter, less intense flavor than peppermint!

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I didn't know the english name but this one is very good. A nice balance or freshness and flavor.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

According to this theory, if I make Buldag ramen using boiling Listerine, it will be tasteless.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I gotta try this. Sounds like fun. The feels anyway. The tastes are gonna suck. Minty jalapeno? 🤢

[–] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

They make spicy toothpaste at least.

[–] somebodysomewhere@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is not new and it does work to some extent. Back in highschool my buddies and I used to cheat at hot wings challenges by chewing a few cough drops first.

[–] PrimeMinisterKeyes@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

In a very traditional Afghan restaurant I used to frequent, if you ordered something really spicy, they'd bring you these small mint drops afterwards to chew on, no extra charge. Worked very well for me.

[–] Kwakigra@beehaw.org 3 points 2 weeks ago
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