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How to Cancel Your Hiccups
22 points by RevRal on May 29, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 7 comments
Okay, this is a little challenging to describe, it is something that I've always been able to do. I've tried to describe it to many people, but so far only ~3 people have successfully executed the technique.

First, practice a "false hiccup". Do this by mildly inhaling, then abruptly close off the inhalation somewhere in the throat. There should be some kind of "vacuum" effect that feels similar to a hiccup, you should feel this somewhere between your belly and chest.

Next, time this "false hiccup" precisely with a "true hiccup". If done correctly, the hiccup should "cancel". Using this technique, it has been many many years since I've hiccuped more than twice in a row.




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My wife showed me that eating a spoon of peanut butter reliably cures the hiccups early in our marriage .


Saving this for the next time I eat couscous.


Dig through your hiccups’ tweets from before 2016. There’s bound to be something.


My solution is to eat a heaping spoonful of peanut butter.

No idea why it works but it does.


A few drops of lemon juice also cancels a hiccup.


Waiting for hiccups to try this out.




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