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[-] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

After reading this, for some reason, the phrase "cryogenic hellfire" lives rent-free in my brain.

[-] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

My new recipe book:

A Taste of Fire and Ice.

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

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 23 points 2 days ago

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

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 78 points 2 days ago

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 34 points 2 days ago

Truly "mission failed successfully"

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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

[-] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

They make spicy toothpaste at least.

[-] M137@lemmy.world 45 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"they'll each other out"

How has no one commented on this?

[-] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 39 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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 days ago

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

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 10 points 2 days ago

That's why we invented ide's with linters

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[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 30 points 2 days ago

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

[-] taytay@lemmings.world 23 points 2 days ago

Because we can it without needing all the words

[-] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 121 points 3 days ago
[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 86 points 3 days ago

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

[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 95 points 3 days ago
[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago

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

[-] 9bananas@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

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

[-] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

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

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[-] BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 62 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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 days ago

What the fuck is wrong with you?

[-] BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 42 points 3 days ago

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 days ago

I appreciate your vision.

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 13 points 2 days ago

Next time try Fishermans friends and straight hot sauce.

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[-] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

For science

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[-] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days 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...

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[-] lettruthout@lemmy.world 53 points 3 days ago

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 74 points 3 days ago

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

[-] weker01@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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

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[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

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

[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 8 points 2 days ago

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 days ago

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

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

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

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 33 points 3 days ago

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

[-] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 20 points 2 days 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+

[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 27 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Rub A535 or Icy-Hot on your tender bits.

For science.

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 12 points 2 days ago

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

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Raise your hand if you learned this the hard way ✋

[-] hOrni@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

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

[-] Kwakigra@beehaw.org 3 points 2 days ago

Cuz there ain't no party like a nudibranch party

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