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Don't let him see you cry. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[-] Nepenthe@kbin.social 61 points 1 year ago

I don't understand how people do this, to be honest. Do you know how spicy food works? The receptor it triggers in your mouth is TRPV1, which does handle heat regulation and sensitivity, but it's also a pain receptor. Like, selectively removing it to treat the pain caused by bone cancer kind of receptor.

The kind of heat that sets it off is heat above 109F/43C, in addition to things like scorpion venom. Presumably it comes through as heat. Everyone tells me it feels hot. I don't get "heat." I get what is clearly agony in one of the most innervated areas of the body, and science backed me up on this.

Y'all are addicted to licking the curling iron and I'm the weird one

[-] JasSmith@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

It's why many women enjoy being spanked. Pain and pleasure have a really intricate, interconnected system.

[-] Nepenthe@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I'm genuinely sitting here wondering if I can flip my brain to see it that way, and that might even work in theory. But if this is my best way out...I don't wanna be turned on by hot sauce 😭

[-] Deca@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You don't even have to see it in a sexual way. People like boxing and MMA. Or getting into bar fights for fun. It makes your body release adrenaline and other hormones that give you a natural high.

I love extremely spicy food that almost makes you want to tap out. But I'm Asian so might be cultural