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[–] MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone 93 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Sorry, 2-7 times a day??? Oh no

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 77 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm gonna reach that limit before leaving my bed in the morning.

[–] cinoreus@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

I reached the limit while reading this comment

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Who the fuck farts twice a day

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Jimmy Two Farts

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Most people fart before taking a shit. You probably don't think of it as a fart just because you're on the toilet. But it is indeed a fart.

[–] BlushedPotatoPlayers@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

One from 7 to 9, and one for the afternoon from 19 until 21

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[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 89 points 2 months ago

Some scientist is like "Jerry, you fart so much I wrote a research paper about it. "

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Just one, long fart per day is all you need.

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 80 points 2 months ago (9 children)

I've told this story before recently, but somehow it seems vaguely apropos.

When I was a kid, I tried adding fried spam to mac and cheese.

As you can tell, my mom was very concerned about my diet, AKA, not at all, and she just let us do whatever the fuck we wanted to do.

So anyway, it was alright. It was not a meal I would repeat. But in addition to the fact that it was not very good, that night at three o'clock in the morning, my butthole woke me up.

This is not a normal occurrence in my life. In fact, in all of the years since then it has never happened again.

My butthole woke me up to let me know that it was about to open, and it opened, and exhaled one long continuous fart for what felt like two solid minutes.

There was no sound, it was completely silent, it did not rattle my cheeks. It was just a whoosh. Like my butthole had been waiting to exhale its entire life and finally got the opportunity.

At first I was like, why am I awake?

Then I was like, wow, this is a really long fart.

Then I was like, dear god, why has this fart not stopped yet?

Then I spent the remaining minute and 30 seconds of the longest fart in my entire life, absolutely flabbergasted that it was still happening. I wish I had shit the bed, I would be less traumatized.

That fart changed my life and not for the better.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago

I think moby dick might actually have been written about a fart like this.

[–] DireTech@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago

Thank you for your contripootion.

[–] gothic_lemons@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Bless you and long winded farts!

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fart PTSD. What a concept! Glad you survived it.

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[–] halfeatenpotato@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

I believe the scientific term is 'cropdusting'

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I feel seen.

You want it nice and deep. A truly satisfying fart might cost you a tooth

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Where is that tooth coming from. WHERE? D:

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

you pay the tooth fairy with the tooth to bury the fart waaaaay up there. sorry, i thought this kind of deal was common

[–] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well. Except for No Fart November. There's a peptide for it and everything [there isn't].

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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

One, long fart, you say?

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

Sounds like you may have some sphincter trouble there. Too much olestra?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Number isn't what's important. What matters are volume and volume.

[–] Alberat@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

that still only counts as one!

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[–] Matty_r@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That is (pretty obviously) my #2 joke

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago

A pretty solid one

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Wait wait, holup...

Australia has more than 6400 people?

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[–] AceSLive@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Oh, I am not ok then... I think some days I fart more than I talk...

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Please stop posting my diary

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[–] tyler@programming.dev 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

OK so my brother was right.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Was your brother the author?

[–] tyler@programming.dev 16 points 2 months ago

No but he did say that my wife and I fart an incredible amount.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Episodes rose gradually from morning and reached a peak between 6 pm and 10 pm

And everyone at day jobs are grateful.

[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The 8th one was def my dog.

[–] Red_October@piefed.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

I’d love to have been a fly on the wall with the panel required to approve a flatulence study that uses an app called “Chart Your Fart”

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

That's just because they didn't include me, Jimmy Fartling.. They said I was an outlier and the lab hasn't stopped smelling like cabbage

[–] iocase@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wtf? Do these scientists explicitly eat ultraprocessed food that becomes Portland cement in your guts and kills all the bacteria in your microbiome?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

you dont need to eat ultraprocessed, just alot eggs or cauliflour or broccoli

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I drink so much carbonated stuff, I fart constantly.

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[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

Fast increases around breakfast and after evening meal, also the app they made was called 'chart your fart'

[–] femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Is this the average for non lactose intolerant people?

[–] vrek@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

I reviewed the article but not the paper direct but this could be very beneficial knowledge for gi doctors. I wouldn't be surprised to see this at least nominated for a ig nobel prize.

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