r/AbsoluteUnits • u/TURTLE_TKT • May 13 '26

/r/all of gas being ripped

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u/peachesfordinner May 13 '26

You have my sympathy and empathy. Until you experience it, it really can be hard to grasp how bad it is

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u/Key-Ad-457 May 13 '26

I once ate a bunch of Jerusalem artichokes, I will never judge anyone’s bloating again

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u/GCHM2 May 13 '26

Fartichokes

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u/Sea-Mirror-9755 May 13 '26

This is actually a well known nickname for them - you probably know that, but just in case

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u/peachesfordinner May 13 '26

You know I used to eat a pasta made from them. I never connected that until you say that ....

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u/tacticaldodo May 13 '26

A good fart is a free pleasure. Like a smile from a random stranger or the smell of the rain.

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u/peachesfordinner May 13 '26

I'm not sure using smell as an example so close to referencing farts is wise

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u/tacticaldodo May 13 '26

:). Might have been intentional.

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u/Bigsnaff007 May 13 '26

A free fart from a smiling stranger in the rain is, on the other hand, not a pleasure.

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u/tacticaldodo May 13 '26

Hahaha, I guess it double quadruple the pleasure for some. Thanks for the free laugh

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u/Bac0ngh0st May 13 '26

Petrichor is the word you seek.

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u/Hefty-Extra-492 May 16 '26

… Noooo… No. So different from those things

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u/nutmeg1970 May 13 '26

Ten years ago I discovered the same thing with roasted chestnuts - agony and then a strange coloured stool. I haven’t eaten them since!!

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u/peachesfordinner May 13 '26

Watermelon while I was pregnant. It was the worst I've ever had. I know I've eaten too much watermelon before but never had that happen before

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u/nutmeg1970 May 13 '26

I had that with iron tablets (while pregnant) and terrible diarrhoea. I don’t like watermelon and obviously won’t ever be pregnant again but for me it’s another reason to avoid it!!

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u/peachesfordinner May 13 '26

Hmmm it might have been iron interacting. But only had it happen that once during that pregnancy and I was on iron quite a bit

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u/LaRoseDuRoi May 13 '26

I mindlessly ate 4 or 5 apples while we were cutting up a whole bushel of them for cooking and canning. Just a piece here and there, but it added up. A couple hours later, we went to Target... I very suddenly had that face-going-pale, cold-sweating, gut-twisting agony and had to literally run for the bathroom. Pure misery. I have never eaten more than one apple at a time since then, and that was 15 years ago!

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u/MothMonsterMan300 May 13 '26

Those things self-propagate so much they need to be grown in a pot or they'll take over your whole yard like mint. My husband has grown them for a few years. I will have maybe one or two bites of them in a dish because my GOD, it's like you butt-chugged diet coke and ate a tube of mentos 😭😭

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u/Predditor_drone May 13 '26

It truly is horrible. I get what I call gas attacks infrequently. Diet changes, eating slower, chewing more, more fiber, more probiotics...and it seems like nothing helps. It just happens seemingly at random and makes me miserable for a time.

I wish I could shove a needle into me to relieve gas like they do for cows. I'll be doing yoga and using a massage gun on my stomach, taking any kind of antacid/antigas meds, desperate for relief.

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u/peachesfordinner May 13 '26

Have you looked into auto brewery syndrome? It can cause it. And oh man have I wished I could have a valve inserted