# Come on baby, make it hurt so good **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 7, 2004, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-baby-make-it-hurt-so-good/232962 "2004-03-07T08:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Weak\_Force](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@The\_Weak\_Force](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weak_Force)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-baby-make-it-hurt-so-good/232962/1 "2004-03-07T08:26:38Z")
I’d hardly describe myself as a masochist. Actually, I’m kind of squeamish when it comes to pain. But aren’t there some sensations that, though painful, just feel strangely good? My examples: [ul][_]Alcohol on a fresh cut[_]Getting a vaccination[_]Cold wind (or even ice) blowing on my face (up to a point, anyway)[_]Aching in muscles after exercisingEating spicy food (again, up to a point)[/ul]Especially the last one. I love spicy food, but the sensation of “spiciness” is basically pain. ---
**Author:** ![Call\_me\_Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-baby-make-it-hurt-so-good/232962/2 "2004-03-07T08:42:09Z")
I agree with your last two, but that thing about alcohol is positively ridiculous, lol. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weak\_Force](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@The\_Weak\_Force](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weak_Force)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-baby-make-it-hurt-so-good/232962/3 "2004-03-07T09:18:19Z")
I can’t explain exactly what feels good about it. There’s a certain coolness to it. _shrug_ The knowledge that bacteria are dying by the millions also doesn’t hurt, but now I’m reaching 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Call\_me\_Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-baby-make-it-hurt-so-good/232962/4 "2004-03-07T09:26:38Z")
> [@The Weak Force](#): > > I can’t explain exactly what feels good about it. There’s a certain coolness to it. _shrug_ The knowledge that bacteria are dying by the millions also doesn’t hurt, but now I’m reaching 😉 2.x words for you “Q-Tip Orgasm”. You have competition, lol. I don’t think it’s freaky so much as very very odd. I’ve felt alcohol on an open wound and I find it unpleasant, myself. ---
**Author:** ![bare](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bare/32/471_2.png) [@bare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bare)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-baby-make-it-hurt-so-good/232962/5 "2004-03-07T13:31:34Z")
I know I’ve found alcohol on an open wound useful and somewhat enjoyable at times. Then I find another girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-baby-make-it-hurt-so-good/232962/6 "2004-03-07T13:39:06Z")
Somtimes, on rare occasion, I like to bend my toes in a way that almosts feels like a muscle is being pulled and it kinda locks up. It hurts, but feels good at the same time. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-baby-make-it-hurt-so-good/232962/7 "2004-03-07T19:18:09Z")
Piercings. I don’t know why, though. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-baby-make-it-hurt-so-good/232962/8 "2004-03-08T04:12:42Z")
Popping my wrist. It becomes possible only after sleeping in the daytime, I don’t know why that is. But when I wake up from a daytime nap, I feel like I have to pop my wrist by pressing on the back of my hand. Sometimes it pops easily, other times it hurts a little. But it always feels satisfying to pop it, as though my body came with its own built-in bubble wrap. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-baby-make-it-hurt-so-good/232962/9 "2004-03-08T04:19:27Z")
lifting weights really cold weather, like 20 degrees below a good massage can hurt a little too, but its worth it. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-baby-make-it-hurt-so-good/232962/10 "2004-03-08T04:59:29Z")
**[ul][li]First man “Why are you hitting your head against the wall?”[/li][\*]Second man “Because it feels so good when I stop.”**[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weak\_Force](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@The\_Weak\_Force](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weak_Force)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-baby-make-it-hurt-so-good/232962/11 "2004-03-11T08:35:53Z")
**Jomo Mojo** - I never found it pleasurable to pop any joint. Maybe I’m in the minority on that one, since so many people seem to do it so often. Anyway, I can’t believe I left one off my list: [ul]That wasabi feeling[/ul]If you’ve ever eaten sushi and taken a little too much wasabi, you know exactly what I’m talking about. (Now, I make it a point always to take a little too much wasabi.) You can get a comparable effect by eating a bunch of wasabi peas in one mouthful. Come on, somebody has to be with me on this one… ---
**Author:** ![Call\_me\_Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-baby-make-it-hurt-so-good/232962/12 "2004-03-11T08:56:37Z")
Oh yeah, forgot about cracking joints… [ul] [li]All ten fingers[/li][li]All ten toes[/li][li]Both elbows[/li][li]Neck[/li][li]Back[/li][li]Left side of my jaw[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-baby-make-it-hurt-so-good/232962/13 "2004-03-12T04:12:55Z")
> [@ParentalAdvisory](#): > > Somtimes, on rare occasion, I like to bend my toes in a way that almosts feels like a muscle is being pulled and it kinda locks up. It hurts, but feels good at the same time. 😕 Almost like a charlie horse? I do that too. My personal vote: scratching a mosquito bite until it bleeds, and then putting on some of that anti-itch gel. It stings soooo good!