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[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 121 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 87 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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

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

[–] 9bananas@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (2 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?

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

man everyone dogs on season 8 but i liked it

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[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Gonna start using "season 8" as a euphemism for a particularly bad shit now. "Brb, gotta produce season 8..."

[–] BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 62 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 1 week ago (1 children)

What the fuck is wrong with you?

[–] BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 42 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

I appreciate your vision.

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

For science

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

Next time try Fishermans friends and straight hot sauce.

[–] BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

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

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

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

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[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

post results on Yahoo answers

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 81 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

Truly "mission failed successfully"

[–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week 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 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] weker01@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

Yeah, it's pretty good!

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

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

[–] M137@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

"they'll each other out"

How has no one commented on this?

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 39 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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

That's why we invented ide's with linters

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[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 30 points 1 week ago

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

[–] taytay@lemmings.world 23 points 1 week ago

Because we can it without needing all the words

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 33 points 1 week ago

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

[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week 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 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Rub A535 or Icy-Hot on your tender bits.

For science.

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago

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

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 23 points 1 week ago

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

[–] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week 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+

Cuz there ain't no party like a nudibranch party

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

Best avatar ralsei-blush

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 8 points 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 1 week ago

They make spicy toothpaste at least.

[–] somebodysomewhere@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week 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.

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.

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