My Father-In-Law sneezes when he eats potatoes. I sneeze when I step into bright sunlight. When my Dad starts to sneeze he normally does it about a dozen times.
I have the sunlight thing! It's usually if I'm sort of glancing upward at a bright light (especially sunlight)... does it make much of a difference if the light is up above you? Ever notice that?
I read the title as SneezCASTER at first, and I thought, "well that's just a better word for 'nose'".
I like the comparison with natural disasters. It leads me to think this would be a good basis for a greek-style foundation myth. Like Athena popping out of Zeus's head after he had a headache, or how Aphrodite... "originated" from Ouranos.
I'm a cat person who is mildly allergic go cats. We always had carpet in our house when I was growing up, so that made it worse. We didn't even realize I was allergic until I was 15. Our cat (that we had since I was 7) disappeared 😢 and after a month or so, we noticed that I wasn't constantly sneezing anymore. We had just accepted that I sneezed a lot and didn't really think about it. We've had cats since then, and it helps if I eat healthy and we don't have carpet in the house. I don't sneeze nearly as much, but I still pretty much hate sneezing.
I’m gonna say it had more to do with my daughter having a small cold and me just happening to read this article in the mist of sitting in my car that is a little dusty waiting for their dad to pick them up more than it being contagious. lol but for a second, I was like, how weird.
I’m not sure, but dust and pollen can definitely have me sneezing all over the place. I actually sneezed while reading this. Was it a random synchronicity or a placebo effect from reading this article, like seeing someone yawn and then also being overtaken by the sudden need myself- I couldn’t tell you. Have a great day Andrew!
Welp, thanks! I'll forever be haunted by the images you've used to illustrate today's article.
Speaking of the "bright light making you sneeze." I've had an extreme version of this all my life. My mom still retells stories of her rolling me out onto the street in my stroller and me sneezing so hard that my pacifier would fly out. Back then, they used the term "allergic to the sun" to describe it.
To this day, stepping out into a bright light from a dark place is 90% likely to make me sneeze hard, twice. (It's almost always exactly twice.)
But it gets weirder. My wife has this too. And now, so do our kids. It's quite entertaining to watch our family step out into the sun together, only to immediately break into a sneezing fit.
I've looked this up a few years ago, and it's a legitimate thing called "photic sneeze reflex," or, more adorably, the ACHOO syndrome (I'm not making any of this up). Wikipedia says it affects between 18--35% of people. It also means I'd probably have a harder time than most people in getting certified as an airline pilot, for whom it's an elevated risk factor on account of the whole "Sneezing uncontrollably upon exiting the cloud layer while piloting a giant metal tube with hundreds of peope inside."
I think I have a milder version of this. I'm certainly prone to sneezing if I look at something bright, especially if I'm looking up at the bright thing. I can make myself sneeze some of the time if I have to by doing this, but it doesn't happen every time I encounter a bright thing.
My Father-In-Law sneezes when he eats potatoes. I sneeze when I step into bright sunlight. When my Dad starts to sneeze he normally does it about a dozen times.
I have the sunlight thing! It's usually if I'm sort of glancing upward at a bright light (especially sunlight)... does it make much of a difference if the light is up above you? Ever notice that?
Pretty sure it's only when above.
I read the title as SneezCASTER at first, and I thought, "well that's just a better word for 'nose'".
I like the comparison with natural disasters. It leads me to think this would be a good basis for a greek-style foundation myth. Like Athena popping out of Zeus's head after he had a headache, or how Aphrodite... "originated" from Ouranos.
I'm kind of surprised there's not already a sneeze-based myth! Great callout.
Also: Sneezcaster is a great name for a watergun shaped like a nose. Let's patent one ASAP!
I'm a cat person who is mildly allergic go cats. We always had carpet in our house when I was growing up, so that made it worse. We didn't even realize I was allergic until I was 15. Our cat (that we had since I was 7) disappeared 😢 and after a month or so, we noticed that I wasn't constantly sneezing anymore. We had just accepted that I sneezed a lot and didn't really think about it. We've had cats since then, and it helps if I eat healthy and we don't have carpet in the house. I don't sneeze nearly as much, but I still pretty much hate sneezing.
Very interesting to think nothing of the sneezing until its absence made itself known!
For us, in my tribe, when I sneeze, it means that someone has remembered me. In the recent past, I haven't been sneezing, I don't know why 😅
Nice! I've heard that if you sneeze, your soul leaves your body for a second, so that's why people say "bless you." Fascinating!
I’m gonna say it had more to do with my daughter having a small cold and me just happening to read this article in the mist of sitting in my car that is a little dusty waiting for their dad to pick them up more than it being contagious. lol but for a second, I was like, how weird.
https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/catch-sneeze-like-yawn.htm
Ah, probably not contagious in the same way yawns are. Nice!
I’m not sure, but dust and pollen can definitely have me sneezing all over the place. I actually sneezed while reading this. Was it a random synchronicity or a placebo effect from reading this article, like seeing someone yawn and then also being overtaken by the sudden need myself- I couldn’t tell you. Have a great day Andrew!
I wonder if a sneeze can make a sneeze happen (from one person to another). Now I'm curious.
Welp, thanks! I'll forever be haunted by the images you've used to illustrate today's article.
Speaking of the "bright light making you sneeze." I've had an extreme version of this all my life. My mom still retells stories of her rolling me out onto the street in my stroller and me sneezing so hard that my pacifier would fly out. Back then, they used the term "allergic to the sun" to describe it.
To this day, stepping out into a bright light from a dark place is 90% likely to make me sneeze hard, twice. (It's almost always exactly twice.)
But it gets weirder. My wife has this too. And now, so do our kids. It's quite entertaining to watch our family step out into the sun together, only to immediately break into a sneezing fit.
I've looked this up a few years ago, and it's a legitimate thing called "photic sneeze reflex," or, more adorably, the ACHOO syndrome (I'm not making any of this up). Wikipedia says it affects between 18--35% of people. It also means I'd probably have a harder time than most people in getting certified as an airline pilot, for whom it's an elevated risk factor on account of the whole "Sneezing uncontrollably upon exiting the cloud layer while piloting a giant metal tube with hundreds of peope inside."
I think I have a milder version of this. I'm certainly prone to sneezing if I look at something bright, especially if I'm looking up at the bright thing. I can make myself sneeze some of the time if I have to by doing this, but it doesn't happen every time I encounter a bright thing.
Yup. Whenever I'm having one of those "about to sneeze but can't quite do it" moments, looking at a bright lamp will instantly do the trick.
Ever do a covid test? Does that trigger you?
Did plenty of them during lockdown times, but nope - never sneezed because of it. You?
No, but Alley (my partner) loses her shit every time! We spend like an extra 4 minutes waiting for her to be able to continue.
Oh damn, that's both inconvenient and probably quite entertaining for the onlookers.