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minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·1 year agoOh, we’re not resistant, we’re just crazy enough to like the pain. Birds are resistant and don’t feel it at all, they can eat chilis like fruits.
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 year agoIt’s just relative. Most mammals don’t pay rent, taxes, or have to deal with the TSA. Once you do those things, spicy plant chemicals become a frivolous game.
minus-squareLemmyFeed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-21 year agoI eat peppers just to feel something
minus-squarelennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWell, given that it’s supposed to be toxic rather than just painful, I’d say we’re resistant in that it takes a high dose to kill us.
Oh, we’re not resistant, we’re just crazy enough to like the pain. Birds are resistant and don’t feel it at all, they can eat chilis like fruits.
It’s just relative. Most mammals don’t pay rent, taxes, or have to deal with the TSA. Once you do those things, spicy plant chemicals become a frivolous game.
I eat peppers just to feel something
Well, given that it’s supposed to be toxic rather than just painful, I’d say we’re resistant in that it takes a high dose to kill us.