If proper capitalization and punctuation are what it will take to make you people listen to me, then I suppose I’ll have to swallow my pride. You’re all a bunch of tools, but hey, no hard feelings.
Anyway, the question. If I’m in a crowded elevator and feel a sneeze coming on, I try to keep it inside my face in the interest of avoiding spreading germs in a tight space, at least visibly. Other than a slight pain in my nose, this doesn’t seem to be much different than a normal explosive sneeze, but seeing as the action is designed to expel stuff I can’t help thinking it’s different somehow. Is there any danger associated with this practice, or any effects of any kind?
The punctuation looks great. You may be further outraged to learn that name calling isn’t allowed in this particular forum either though, so prepare for more indignations.
You guys take this stuff way too seriously. You’ve never called your friend a dumbass, before? Jeez, tough room. Anyway, thanks for the Dope reference. Guess this was pretty much a waste of time.
It doesn’t bother me either way. I was just cautioning you to brace yourself for when someone inevitably pointed out the rules because you didn’t take kindly to earlier criticism about your punctuation. (also by others - I don’t really care about that either).
All I’m doing is taking your humor at face-value. I don’t really even know what you’re squawking about, so the “taking things too seriously” remark shouldn’t have had my comment in it’s quotes. You just said you made a joke and I just said you crashed and burned. If you make a good one, I’ll comment positively.
To answer the question, I am unaware of any significant risk from suppressing a sneeze (at least, it appears no more harmful than sneezing in the first place - the examples given in the Straight Dope report of aneurysm ruptures were related to sneezing, not supressing sneezing.).
The benefit of not sneezing in a crowded place like an elevator, of course, is that you don’t spray snot and germs over your fellow passengers, who will thus be much less likely to view you with disgust and maybe (in isolated instances) even whomping you over the head.
True. In Taipei they’re very sensitive to that, so no perceived danger is probably going to make me stop. I do wonder about that curious burning-type sensation I get in my nose when I suppress a sneeze, though.
“Hey, I think I have a pretty neat idea. I want this group of people to answer a question, so I think I should call them names first. This will surely increase their respect and admiration for me, and they’ll want to help me even more!”
For a group that professes to be fans of Cecil Adams, you guys sure do take everything way too seriously. If I really wanted the “admiration” of a group of people on a message board, I would need to take a serious look at my priorities. I’m using the stupid capital letters, and I was trying to show that I wasn’t going to be a jerk about it with a little humor, and I get a legion of offended intellectuals trying to patronize me as if I’ve actually tried to disrespect them. Getting upset at me for making a bad joke isn’t showing your superiority by putting me in my place, it’s just missing the point entirely.
