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minus-squareLudrol@szmer.infolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56·14 days agoCorrelation does not imply causation but
minus-squarecopandballtorture [ey/em]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·14 days agoHad a friend say this in person and it did work for the next 2 times I had hiccups
minus-squareLudrol@szmer.infolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-214 days agoMy hypotesis is that it needs to be absurdly funny for the trick to work. After 2 or 3 uses, it loses the absurdity so it doesn’t work anymore. edit: after another ~10 uses it gains absurdity again.
minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-214 days agohiccups are a confusion so maybe making you think about a fantasy triggers a lot of brain and distracts the confusion? it doesn’t work after a couple times because you have pathways to that though and your brain doesn’t need to do as much?
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·14 days agoBut you are, cladistically, a fish.
Correlation does not imply causation but
Had a friend say this in person and it did work for the next 2 times I had hiccups
My hypotesis is that it needs to be absurdly funny for the trick to work. After 2 or 3 uses, it loses the absurdity so it doesn’t work anymore.
edit: after another ~10 uses it gains absurdity again.
hiccups are a confusion so maybe making you think about a fantasy triggers a lot of brain and distracts the confusion? it doesn’t work after a couple times because you have pathways to that though and your brain doesn’t need to do as much?
But you are, cladistically, a fish.