Plant: develops high amounts of capsaicin to ward off predators

Humans: ooh, this would be great with chicken!

Plant: am I a joke to you?

Maybe it’s just the mouth part we enjoy and the other we tolerate.

argument: we normally think of five flavors (salty, savory, sour, sweet, bitter) but without spicy the meal is not complete. shit, some people consider slimy a flavor and that's fair.

The chemical is capsaicin, and it's a neurotoxin. That's why with repeated exposure you can start to gain resistance.

Birds are less sensitive to capsaicin, which made having it around seeds beneficial for plants. Birds eat the seeds and then spread them after flying somewhere else, but mammals are deterred from eating the seeds and they are poor vectors for spread because most mammals that eat large amounts of vegetable matter have molar teeth that aid in breaking down small seeds for digestion.

Until a certain mammal decided they liked the burn, and deliberately spread those plants further than birds ever did.

On second thought, maybe I don't want tastebuds just inside my asshole.

I never remember what I ate last night for dinner, unless I've had corn

Menthol is just cool spicy

And ginger.

Did you know your urethra can also taste spicy? Try sounding a Thai chili pepper!

Rubbing one around the balloon knot is quite affective if penetration is too much for you.

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That compound is capsaicin.

All over, you say?

easier fix, just boof it

If our assholes had taste buds, you better believe there would be a whole category of dietary supplements aimed at making our shit taste good. Then there would be a backlash movement consisting of people who are proud to shit naturally and taste it.

You wouldn't want to feel some sweet diarrhea?

To some, hilarity.

To others, science.

To others, horror.

To... Others.... Pleasure :(

I'm of the first three.

Jalapeño and bacon pancakes are a thing.

Kimchijeon, haemul pajeon, dosas. All very good things

I've made pancakes with maple syrup and chili crisp and it was delicious! Highly recommend.

mildly spicy okonomiyaki sounds great actually

I bet something like cinnamon, ginger, cloves, or mustard would work alright with pancakes.

Either that or some sick fucks of you here need to do some experimenting for all of us. For science.

people who dont have a built up tolerance to hot spice just plain love talking about how their butts feel.

I envy you that you've never taken a shit with your sphincter on fire and a tear rolling down your face

if you eat spicy enough food, it will sting on the way out too

The anus isn't unique in having bodily reactions to irritants (capsaicin), people just don't expect things to not break down fully after they're ingested. No one talks about being surprised that your eye or nostril gets irritated if you have hot sauce on your fingers (nor would they be surprised by a burning sensation from hot sauce applied directly to butthole).

People who need to eat more fiber in their diet, most likely.