That's because the spicy is felt thru thermoreceptors that "feel" if there is any heat, it happened that capsaicin can bond with this receptor, making you feel the spicyness;
That receptor is found in both your mouth and your butt, since we don't really digest capsaicin since it's not useful for us, it get in to the shit
Edit: just realized that i wrote this in a science meme sub
I love the fact that you wrote this in a science meme sub. I like getting learning alongside my memes
(I'm a biochemist, so I didn't learn anything in this particular instance, but I frequently find my day brightened by helpful people like yourself, who take the time to explain stuff)
It's a pain perceiver where capsaicin activates it.
Our senses run on chemicals, and that means sometimes chemicals activate these senses. Capsaicin is similar to a different chemical that our bodies use as signal, and binds to the receptor instead.
You could imagine it like a vending machine that's supposed to dispense soda if you put Euro coins in, but it'll equally dispense soda if you put other flat pieces of metal in it.
You could imagine it like a vending machine that's supposed to dispense soda if you put Euro coins in, but it'll equally dispense soda if you put other flat pieces of metal in it.
If you could taste all the flavors with your butthole it would still taste like shit when you shit, you would only taste food when you shove a cucumber up your ass and that is the time you are most willing to taste shit.
I once went to a little hole in the wall Thai restaurant on the north end of Toledo. I ordered Panang or the closest thing I could find on the menu, as is my wont. They asked how spicy I wanted it and, having had far too many Americanized "extra spicy" dishes, I said as spicy as they could.
Now, this food was really good. But half way through the bowl, and having already drained the solitary glass of water they deigned to deliver to my table, I saw God. Which is intense for an atheist.
I finished the whole thing. I'm not sure if I was trying to prove something to myself or to them. I never got a single drop of water after that first cup, but I ate every ice cube.
Another time, I was in Thailand at a fancy restaurant. Eating Thai in America is different from eating it in Thailand. Different ingredients, different styles. And on the table was a small bowl of teeny peppers. I took them to be similar to pickled jalapeños, so I put a few onto my plate to mix with my food.
They were not pickled. Or least by the time I could taste again, I detected no brine. I don't know what they were suspended in, but I can only assume it was secreted from the glands of a hell-beast, or perhaps squeezed out of an elemental ur-pepper.
My point is not to marvel at the myriad ways I've tried to kill myself with Thai food, but just to say I've never had a spicy shit in my life.
It could be some people digest capsaicin more than others. I've had my fair share of the (I want to say) second highest types of spicy. Your ghost peppers, your birds eyes, Thai red chillis, etc. Hardly anything over a million scoville. I get the afterburn from some of it. But one time, I got a Nashville chicken sandwich from a hole in the wall place that popped up during COVID. It was so hot I was running around the room for half an hour, and for the first time in my life, I felt the spice in my urethra when I peed afterwards. I'll never forget it.
It really depends on the chili for me. Certain chilies can be very spicy but short lived, and others are medium but just destroy my guts for the next day or two. I think it might also have to do with the amount of oil in a dish?
Once I got older yeah, even peed spice one time when the dude at the Thai restaurant warned me several times about a dish and I dismissed him because I had spicy Thai before. Turns out I didnt and the next morning I peed spice then shat lava.
My body can't take the heat anymore which sucks because I can't really taste spice anymore since covid, I mostly just feel it on my lips and throat which warns me to take it easy
I believe it's a European thing. I've cried after eating Andhra food (more spicy than most Indian styles) but my stomach doesn't seem to mind. European visitors get indigestion.
Because you breakdown all the flavinoids before it reaches your butt. The capsasine survives digestion and gets tasted again. However. If you butt chug syrup. You may taste it. Or maybe just carbonated drinks.
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Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it · 124 pts · 214d
That's because the spicy is felt thru thermoreceptors that "feel" if there is any heat, it happened that capsaicin can bond with this receptor, making you feel the spicyness; That receptor is found in both your mouth and your butt, since we don't really digest capsaicin since it's not useful for us, it get in to the shit
Edit: just realized that i wrote this in a science meme sub
Mora@pawb.social · 32 pts · 214d
I appreciate the explanations and "did you knows" that appear in science meme subs - so thank you for your answer. :)
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net · 28 pts · 214d
I love the fact that you wrote this in a science meme sub. I like getting learning alongside my memes
(I'm a biochemist, so I didn't learn anything in this particular instance, but I frequently find my day brightened by helpful people like yourself, who take the time to explain stuff)
x00z@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 214d
Why is there a capsaicin receptor in the butt?
DonPiano@feddit.org · 23 pts · 214d
It's a pain perceiver where capsaicin activates it.
Our senses run on chemicals, and that means sometimes chemicals activate these senses. Capsaicin is similar to a different chemical that our bodies use as signal, and binds to the receptor instead.
You could imagine it like a vending machine that's supposed to dispense soda if you put Euro coins in, but it'll equally dispense soda if you put other flat pieces of metal in it.
Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 214d
Superb explanation!
Railcar8095@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 214d
Wait, so if I put a flat piece of metal in my butt, then I get euros? I love science!
makkurokurosuke@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 214d
Yes but thru your mouth
MagicShel@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 214d
... bruh...
to keep us from doing stupid things with our butts.
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 214d
idk why people calling communities "sublemmys" pisses me off, but it does.
can@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 214d
But did they? Sub (forum) isn't exclusive to reddit.
rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social · 1 pts · 214d
"Communities" is waaay too long and complicated compared to "sub"
ElBarto@piefed.social · 2 pts · 214d
Easy peasy:
Communities = commies
You're welcome.
pipe01@programming.dev · 2 pts · 213d
Oh no
gegil@sopuli.xyz · 46 pts · 214d
Because spicy is not a flavor, its a pain. Anus cant taste, but it can hurt.
Camille@lemmy.ml · 20 pts · 214d
Sounds like an old proverb lmao
stupidcasey@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 214d
If you could taste all the flavors with your butthole it would still taste like shit when you shit, you would only taste food when you shove a cucumber up your ass and that is the time you are most willing to taste shit.
dmention7@midwest.social · 5 pts · 214d
What if I put pizza in my butt?
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 214d
I'll give you a dollar
FireRetardant@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 214d
But you woukd finally get to enjoy the corn and peanuts a second time around
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 214d
Nothing's stopping you from doing that now.
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe · 20 pts · 214d
So, it can detect pain from an irritant, not taste.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 12 pts · 214d
I can't say I've ever had this spicy shit after spicy food experience.
Venat0r@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 214d
sounds like you haven't had very hot spicy food...
Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 214d
I enjoy a phaal and a sambal oelek chili amongst my hot dishes, so no.
Do 100% of people really have a stingy ass after spicy food? I doubt it.
MagicShel@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 214d
I once went to a little hole in the wall Thai restaurant on the north end of Toledo. I ordered Panang or the closest thing I could find on the menu, as is my wont. They asked how spicy I wanted it and, having had far too many Americanized "extra spicy" dishes, I said as spicy as they could.
Now, this food was really good. But half way through the bowl, and having already drained the solitary glass of water they deigned to deliver to my table, I saw God. Which is intense for an atheist.
I finished the whole thing. I'm not sure if I was trying to prove something to myself or to them. I never got a single drop of water after that first cup, but I ate every ice cube.
Another time, I was in Thailand at a fancy restaurant. Eating Thai in America is different from eating it in Thailand. Different ingredients, different styles. And on the table was a small bowl of teeny peppers. I took them to be similar to pickled jalapeños, so I put a few onto my plate to mix with my food.
They were not pickled. Or least by the time I could taste again, I detected no brine. I don't know what they were suspended in, but I can only assume it was secreted from the glands of a hell-beast, or perhaps squeezed out of an elemental ur-pepper.
My point is not to marvel at the myriad ways I've tried to kill myself with Thai food, but just to say I've never had a spicy shit in my life.
yakko@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 214d
This was a fun read, thanks.
It could be some people digest capsaicin more than others. I've had my fair share of the (I want to say) second highest types of spicy. Your ghost peppers, your birds eyes, Thai red chillis, etc. Hardly anything over a million scoville. I get the afterburn from some of it. But one time, I got a Nashville chicken sandwich from a hole in the wall place that popped up during COVID. It was so hot I was running around the room for half an hour, and for the first time in my life, I felt the spice in my urethra when I peed afterwards. I'll never forget it.
kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 214d
It really depends on the chili for me. Certain chilies can be very spicy but short lived, and others are medium but just destroy my guts for the next day or two. I think it might also have to do with the amount of oil in a dish?
Ephera@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 214d
Capsaicin (the chemical that causes the heat sensation in chilis) is soluble in oil, so it can definitely play a role.
fascicle@leminal.space · 5 pts · 214d
Once I got older yeah, even peed spice one time when the dude at the Thai restaurant warned me several times about a dish and I dismissed him because I had spicy Thai before. Turns out I didnt and the next morning I peed spice then shat lava.
My body can't take the heat anymore which sucks because I can't really taste spice anymore since covid, I mostly just feel it on my lips and throat which warns me to take it easy
Venator@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 213d
Oh probably just desensitised gradually enough or early enough to not notice/remember it then 😅
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 214d
I believe it's a European thing. I've cried after eating Andhra food (more spicy than most Indian styles) but my stomach doesn't seem to mind. European visitors get indigestion.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 214d
I'm Northern Irish. We're pretty pale and historically spice averse.
DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 214d
That’s not flavour thats inflammation
blackbrook@mander.xyz · 9 pts · 214d
Just put lots of hot sauce in your pancakes. Duh! Problem solved!
TwistedTurtle@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 214d
A genie would have fun with this one
konna@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 214d
Matthew here really eager to install tastebuds to his asshole
zo0@programming.dev · 6 pts · 214d
Local man devastated after not tasting his own shit.
snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 214d
If op had taste buds in his ass he probably wouldn't be posting anything.
undu@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 214d
Demonstrably false, to feel the pancakes again you just need to make them spicier
JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 214d
You just have to dip your balls in maple syrup like the soy sauce tiktok trend
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online · 4 pts · 214d
The skin on your lips is the same as the skin on your asshole. That's why.
webp@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 214d
Why don't we pick our assholes?
kunaltyagi@programming.dev · 3 pts · 214d
You pick you lip? Learn to pick your nose
lengau@midwest.social · 2 pts · 213d
Pancakes don't contain a neurotoxin.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 214d
Because evolution remove savory, bitter, sour, and sweet...
Gsus4@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 212d
neuromorph@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 214d
Because you breakdown all the flavinoids before it reaches your butt. The capsasine survives digestion and gets tasted again. However. If you butt chug syrup. You may taste it. Or maybe just carbonated drinks.