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Found both of these a month and ~400 miles apart. Holds or leashes for something?

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[-] Bubs@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 hours ago

I think for a lot of people, myself included, water in the nasal cavity feels terrible no matter what. I feel it's less about preventing water from entering your throat and more about keeping water out of your nose entirely.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -2 points 5 hours ago

Eh, blowing air out after is kinda the same reflex. And decent seawater is basically netty potting yourself everytime you go under. I was in a situation to go to the beach every day for a year straight, and it was the best my allergies have ever been because at least once a day I was flushing it out with warm seawater.

Keep in mind, the alternative here is wearing nose plugs during prolonged physical activity. Restricting breathing during physical exertion is going to rub a lot more people the wrong way.

So I'm surprised people would deal with that, over the chance of some water going up their nose.

[-] fitjazz@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

You don’t wear them the entire time you are on the river. You put them on just before a big rapids then take them off after the rapid while you paddle to the next one. I have had water forced past my nose plugs going over in a rapid before, that is how forceful it can be.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 hours ago

Do you like a sinus headache? Because I don't.

Same reason you'll only see me use a nasal rinse when I'm seriously stuffed up.

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