Comments on: Two weeks’ Prilosec progress ruined in half an hour http://www.spinnwebe.com/wp/2007/05/31/two-weeks-prilosec-progress-ruined-in-half-an-hour/ The occasional brainshot Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:35:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Craig http://www.spinnwebe.com/wp/2007/05/31/two-weeks-prilosec-progress-ruined-in-half-an-hour/#comment-17674 Craig Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:25:40 +0000 http://www.spinnwebe.com/wp/2007/05/31/two-weeks-prilosec-progress-ruined-in-half-an-hour/#comment-17674 Avoidance learning is a very important part of operant conditioning. But even lowly laboratory mice quickly learn that touching the lever on the left gives them a shock while the one on the right gives them a food pellet. How many more shocks is it going to take you? And whatever sympathy this post generates for you should be multiplied a hundredfold for your poor wife, who undoubtedly had to contend with some horrific "Dutch Ovens" last night (look it up). Avoidance learning is a very important part of operant conditioning. But even lowly laboratory mice quickly learn that touching the lever on the left gives them a shock while the one on the right gives them a food pellet. How many more shocks is it going to take you?

And whatever sympathy this post generates for you should be multiplied a hundredfold for your poor wife, who undoubtedly had to contend with some horrific “Dutch Ovens” last night (look it up).

]]> By: ewhac http://www.spinnwebe.com/wp/2007/05/31/two-weeks-prilosec-progress-ruined-in-half-an-hour/#comment-17704 ewhac Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:59:33 +0000 http://www.spinnwebe.com/wp/2007/05/31/two-weeks-prilosec-progress-ruined-in-half-an-hour/#comment-17704 Some Indian dishes will strip the paint off the Golden Gate bridge. Others are relatively mild. What did you have? Start with the naan, and work your way up :-). Some Indian dishes will strip the paint off the Golden Gate bridge. Others are relatively mild. What did you have?

Start with the naan, and work your way up :-).

]]> By: J Crowley http://www.spinnwebe.com/wp/2007/05/31/two-weeks-prilosec-progress-ruined-in-half-an-hour/#comment-17990 J Crowley Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:05:36 +0000 http://www.spinnwebe.com/wp/2007/05/31/two-weeks-prilosec-progress-ruined-in-half-an-hour/#comment-17990 Seconding ewhac's sentiment: Try for the least spicy dishes you can get, and make sure you tell them "as un-spicy as you can make it". I know it sort of defeats the purpose of Indian food, but at least you'll be able to eat it. Of course, different restaurants have different ideas of "spicy". Janet and I once ordered a dish from an Indian restaurant and told them -- as we'd been doing at nearly every restaurant to that point -- "make it as spicy as you can". The dish was so spicy we couldn't even eat it. I lost feeling in my mouth, and it felt like my esophagus was the chimney to my stomach's roaring fireplace. We ended up taking it home and mixing it with plain yogurt, which the waiter at the Indian restaurant even recommended. So you could also try that, too... mixing Indian dishes with yogurt. Mango lassis also help soothe a spice-seared tongue. Seconding ewhac’s sentiment: Try for the least spicy dishes you can get, and make sure you tell them “as un-spicy as you can make it”. I know it sort of defeats the purpose of Indian food, but at least you’ll be able to eat it.

Of course, different restaurants have different ideas of “spicy”. Janet and I once ordered a dish from an Indian restaurant and told them — as we’d been doing at nearly every restaurant to that point — “make it as spicy as you can”. The dish was so spicy we couldn’t even eat it. I lost feeling in my mouth, and it felt like my esophagus was the chimney to my stomach’s roaring fireplace. We ended up taking it home and mixing it with plain yogurt, which the waiter at the Indian restaurant even recommended. So you could also try that, too… mixing Indian dishes with yogurt. Mango lassis also help soothe a spice-seared tongue.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.spinnwebe.com/wp/2007/05/31/two-weeks-prilosec-progress-ruined-in-half-an-hour/#comment-18018 Anonymous Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:06:11 +0000 http://www.spinnwebe.com/wp/2007/05/31/two-weeks-prilosec-progress-ruined-in-half-an-hour/#comment-18018 Or, ya know, you could quit being a pussy? Or, ya know, you could quit being a pussy?

]]> By: Gawain http://www.spinnwebe.com/wp/2007/05/31/two-weeks-prilosec-progress-ruined-in-half-an-hour/#comment-18042 Gawain Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:08:08 +0000 http://www.spinnwebe.com/wp/2007/05/31/two-weeks-prilosec-progress-ruined-in-half-an-hour/#comment-18042 My feeling's always been that if I really want to have pain with my meal I'll just jab a fork into my arm. My feeling’s always been that if I really want to have pain with my meal I’ll just jab a fork into my arm.

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