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[–] 52 points 2 years ago (23 children)

It's like me figuring out after 23 years that most people don't sneeze looking at the sun

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Same for me. If I feel a sneeze coming on I look at a bright light to hurry it up. I thought this was normal but appetite isn't.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Bright lights, especially flashing ones, stimulate the same nerve cluster that the urge to sneeze comes from and can help trigger a sneeze that is loading. Some people are more susceptible to that stimulus than others.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Flashing lights. I have to try that now.

    Years ago me and my sister walked through our newly built town centre together. They had installed bright white stone on the ground and both of us couldn't stop sneezing (sunny day, stone reflects sun back up). It's not as shiny now it's not new but I hate walking through that area to this day.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    My usual strategy to force a sneeze over the edge is to look up with my eyes(not at the neck, more effective) and put a flashlight on strobe and it is highly effective.

    Another funny human quirk is the clinically proven most effective method to cure hiccups. Especially great if your partner has them and you are willing to help. It doesn't matter how the stimulation happens either, but they were more appropriate with their testing methodology than a couple needs to be.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    There are a couple other ones, like cilantro tastes like soap (took me some time to figure that one out) and apparently one that makes pee stink when you eat asparagus, and you need another to actually smell the pee stink (I don't know if it's true, I just got em all and collected info in the internet).

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Cilantro tastes like bathwater/ wet washcloth to me.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I am so sorry for your loss. Cilantro tastes amazinging fresh and plantey in a great way, for those of us without a genetic defect.

    Do you taste that with cooked cilantro in a dish or just with raw cilantro?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    do you mean like in the morning when the sun rays hit your nose you must sneeze?

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