• SolidGrue
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    6 months ago

    When you burp, your stomach contracts and your esophagus relaxes, allowing air to expel. When you hiccup, your diaphragm contracts, and your esophagus closes up. I dunno. Kinda. I’m mock-hiccupping and burping as I type this and that seems to be what’s going on.

    When all three contract, everything jams up, and that hurts.

    Cool story time: Sometimes I hiccup really hard and it’s kind of painful. Thanks for coming to my TED talk

    • Fubber Nuckin'
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      66 months ago

      My hiccups always hurt. Why does my body have an internal fist it can use to repeatedly punch me in the stomach?

    • Zelaf
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      11 month ago

      I’m imagining someone forcefully hiccuping and burping infront of their computer and then slowly looking into the distance to reflect about it repeatedly.