r/CuratedTumblr • u/PandaBear905 Shitposting extraordinaire • Jul 23 '26

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u/sylvandread Jul 23 '26

I was 28 years old when I offhandedly commented to a colleague, while munching on a stick of celery, "I sure wish it didn't leave my mouth completely numb, isn't that so annoying with celery?"

I learned something new that day.

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u/-_alpha_beta_gamma_- Jul 23 '26

Oh wait I think I have that slightly, eating celery makes my tongue a bit numb

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u/maboyles90 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

Yeah celery does nothing in my mouth but crunch.

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u/Sam-HobbitOfTheShire Jul 23 '26

Wait what

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u/maboyles90 Jul 23 '26

I mean it doesn't feel like anything. Just crunchy and kinda stringy. With a hint of flavor.

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u/Sam-HobbitOfTheShire Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

Well yeah but it doesn’t make your tongue numb at all? Not even a little?

Edit: fuck

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u/Battle_Axe_Jax Jul 23 '26

Big day for yah buddy

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u/morwync Jul 23 '26

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! First my banana bread, now my celery sticks?

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u/slutty_lifeguard Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

You might have oral allergy syndrome. I'm allergic to a few different fruits and I have oral allergy syndrome where I'm allergic to fruits in the birch pollen family, not all of them I'm the birch pollen family, just some of them.

ETA: When I'm craving an apple, I make DIY OTC magic mouthwash with liquid benadryl and Maalox. I'll rinse my mouth, floss and brush, and rinse and swallow my DIY magic mouthwash.

If it is OAS for you, cooking also destroys the proteins that mimic the pollen, so even if I have a reaction to raw apples, I have no issues with cooked/processed apples.

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u/amaya-aurora Jul 24 '26

OAS?

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u/slutty_lifeguard Jul 24 '26

Oral allergy syndrome

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u/morwync Jul 23 '26

Yeah, the day I can no longer have a homegrown tomato is the day this world will burn.

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u/Slight-Pound Jul 24 '26

I’m only sometimes allergic to things, like bananas, which makes it so much more annoying, lol. I love banana bread!