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by bgribble 1030 days ago
I have this dream scenario where they discover that the gentle swirling of a cotton swab in the ear canal stimulates the vagus nerve and has these tremendous health benefits, allowing the sanctimonious anti-cotton-swab-in-the-ear brigade to sit down and shut up for a minute.
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Arnold’s nerve cough reflex: evidence for chronic cough as a sensory vagal neuropathy

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4222929/

Make those anti-eargasm prudes take a back seat for a while!