for background, I shaved my forearms for practicing methods of shaving my legs. low-key a mistake, don't think id recommend shaving arms lol

I picked up a pizza after getting a shower and to dry out my hair faster I didn't turn on the AC, was in a hot car in Florida for like 5m while it cooked and this is what happened. Pretty cool!

Edit: also it's interesting to visualize how much water is lost when you sweat

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[–] 63 points 1 year ago

I find your water discipline lacking. May Shai Hulud forgive you.

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  • [–] 119 points 1 year ago (17 children)

    The other day I had a weird experience with pores and sweating.

    I was given a family-sized bag of chips that were "too spicy" for my parents. They were spicy, sure, but not painfully spicy.

    However, my body's reaction was not the usual sweating... It was to excessively sweat from a square inch spot just above my temple.

    I could literally FEEL the sweat coming out of the pores. I went to the mirror and watched it pour out like a damn faucet. It was fascinating but very uncomfortable, both physically and psychologically

    Super weird.

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  • [–] 44 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Wow, that is super weird actually.

    Reminds me of an incident I had a few months ago. I arrived at work, by bike. I hadn't taken the bike for a good while, and I biked harder than I should have. Anyway, I sat down by my desk, and I started salivating.

    It wasn't too much at first, I could keep up by swallowing. I immediately attributed it to the biking and wrote it off, and thought it would pass soon.

    But it didn't. It kept getting worse. More saliva, and faster. I was swallowing mouthfuls at this point, and it was uncomfortable. Like I was being forced to drink lots of water, or being waterboarded.

    At last I reached my breaking point and I swiftly walked to the bathroom, locked the door, and just stood with my mouth open and tongue hanging, over the sink, and it was just running, like a faucet opened just enough to be running yet not dripping. This is the part that was similar to your experience—I could feel my saliva... glands? excreting the saliva.

    Anyway, this went on for about a minute or two, then it stopped, and I went on with my day.

    Have never had something like that happen before, and not since.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That's even more bizarre than my story lol

    Usually excessive salivation is a sign that I'm about to vomit so I think I would have wound up in the stall as a precaution

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, exactly. That's why I thought it was due to the exertion from biking, and that I would soon vomit. I guess I was like on the very brink of vomiting, but never did? And my mouth was just like, "RED ALERT, FLOOD THE CAVITY, ANY MINUTE NOW. ... AAAANY MINUTE!!!"

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I have something similar happen to me when I eat kiwis. The top of my head just starts sweating.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I know a lot of people are mildly allergic to kiwis so I looked up the symptoms and stumbled on something unexpected... Frey's Syndrome:

    Sweating (face, neck, temples) triggered by food. Usually a result of gland surgery, it can also be caused by ingrown hairs near the auricotemporal nerve.

    I've suffered from ingrown hairs my whole life (yes I bathe regularly) and definitely have had some near my ears. It's almost too coincidental...

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I had that reaction but all over my whole torso the last time I was in a sauna. I've been in saunas many times but never experienced anything like that before, it was so weird to literally feel the sweat come out of you.

    I can only imagine it must have been even weirder for you since it was just because of some hot snacks and from such a localised area.

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  • [–] 105 points 1 year ago

    It does that when you don't shave too.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It also beads up when you don't shave. Had that yesterday with my hairy gorilla arms when sitting still and trying to cool off.

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  • [–] 50 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Where did you think sweat came from?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Shaving one's arms is weirdly common among women in Japan.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Balkans, too. And, of course, Turkey. In fact, apart from the North Atlantic Rim and Scandinavia, it's kind of common in Europe, especially when compared to the US.
    For women. that is. For (black) men, the US seems to take the lead.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago*

    Mid-key no. Sweat always comes of of pores.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Sweat is stored in the balls.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Dogs must look at you like 🤤

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