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minus-squareDe_Narm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 years agoWhen does something count as being eaten - once you swallow it? I don’t think you’d succeed at that with lava.
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoYou’d be able to taste it which I think would fulfill the requirements of knowing its texture.
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoPeople who eat the Carolina reaper prove that this is both not a deterrent, and may in fact be the point. On the other hand I’ve never heard any of them talk about the texture afterward. So maybe the burning is too distracting.
minus-squareTheFogan@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agopretty sure the taste buds die before they can send their report to the brain.
When does something count as being eaten - once you swallow it? I don’t think you’d succeed at that with lava.
You’d be able to taste it which I think would fulfill the requirements of knowing its texture.
People who eat the Carolina reaper prove that this is both not a deterrent, and may in fact be the point. On the other hand I’ve never heard any of them talk about the texture afterward. So maybe the burning is too distracting.
pretty sure the taste buds die before they can send their report to the brain.