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What is the evolutionary advantage of my butthole being able to taste spicy....?
You could probably light a smoke like a car cigarette lighter.
Wait. Taste?
It doesn't get the garlic, onion, capsicum, sugar, vinegar... Just the spicy. Pretty annoying
Right. Got it now. Spicy punches all the others out of the way.
This is also why I like to eat ass, what a conundrum.
You should order that for breakfast tomorrow.
Any sensitive skin will taste the spicy. The spices even speed up your digestion because you're intestines taste them. It's not that curries make people shit themselves, it's that people aren't used to the spice and fiber (lentils) to their body works to get it out faster.
A spicier version of lick, sip, suck.
it's one long poison detector from lips to bum
Maybe it's a 'don't eat that' reminder for anyone that didn't get the message the first time
Taste whether it's a fart or a shart iirc
Edit: as with most biology, this function is never 100%