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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Remember the gom jabbar in Dune, the ability to react to pain with the human mind instead of animal instinct.

I went to college in Guadalajara, the local cuisine definitely gravitated towards the spicy, it was everywhere on street stands and restaurants, everywhere.

There's definitely some other parts of the body that respond favorably to the capsaicin molecule. Once the body's defenses get used to it, it's easier to notice how it picks up your mood, gives you energy, the digestive system functions and feels better... there are reasons why it's so popular with so many cultures around the world.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

See? I too read the second half here as about spicy food, but everyone else is commenting about it being hot (in temperature). Damn you English for using "hot"in two ways!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Context clues. Scorch is usually a temperature word, not a spicy food word.

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