Why, God?

  • frosch@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    My dad once felt a sneeze coming while brushing teeth. He tried to suppress it and closed his mouth, resulting in a mouthful of minty toothpaste pressure-washing his nose.

    He didn’t recommend this experience at all, besides the burning agony that lasted quite a while, crumbs of dry toothpaste kept falling out of his nose for like a week sporadically.

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    If you feel a sneeze coming on, pinch the soft tissue at the bridge of your nose. For me, this stops a sneeze 99% of the time.

    • frosch@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      Or press the tip of your tongue very firmly against the roof of your mouth. Helps me mitigate sneezes

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        2 months ago

        Tangentially related, press your tongue as flat as possible against the roof of you mouth to speed up recovery from brain freeze.

  • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 months ago

    Sneezing with a mouthful of anything is the worst. Even if you try to mitigate the damage by covering your mouth, it just blasts out everywhere.

  • atrielienz@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Are you really so preoccupied with the abilities of your flesh and bone prison that you felt the need the share this with us?