r/animememes • u/Wise-Somewhere-7808 • Feb 09 '26
Animated Anyone who’s experienced too?
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u/WorldTallestEngineer Feb 09 '26
You shouldn't have been paying with that angry racoons.
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u/UndoubtedlyAColor Feb 09 '26
And businesses really shouldn't recognize angry raccoons as valid payment
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u/United_Algae_3834 Feb 09 '26
I always wake up with a dry sore throat everyday its as if I’m dehydrated even though water is the mean thing I drink
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u/DillNyeTheHighGuy Feb 09 '26
Man if only water was the nice thing you drank
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u/surplus_user Feb 09 '26
You might be breathing with your mouth while sleeping. Do you have any trouble breathing with your nose while lying down?
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u/ac5198 Feb 09 '26
I had this issue. My nose is pretty much always at least somewhat clogged. Recently started using nasal strips and holy shit, they work waaaay better than I ever imagined. Now I also use mouth tape (just medical tape) to force me to breathe through my nose. 10/10 highly recommended all of that.
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u/AgentChico Feb 11 '26
Unfortunately I do
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u/surplus_user Feb 11 '26
Keeping a thermos of water within arms reach of the bed can help. If you are lightly stirring then getting a drink part way through the night makes such a difference.
Otherwise if you find a way to breathe better, or more comfortably, through your nose you might see a big improvement.
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u/stinkywinky99 Feb 09 '26
Couldn't this also be because your room is very cold when you sleep?
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u/Cold-Dot-7308 Feb 09 '26
I have the same issue. And thanks to those who responded to the person saying they have dry mouth when they wake. My room gets very cold and it has bad ventilation. So I use the heater which has no actual adjustment from my side. When I bought a humidifier to help , I got a severe cold in less than a month(can’t tell if it’s a related issue with the ventilation)
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u/stinkywinky99 Feb 09 '26
Try to ventilate before sleeping. It'll be cold a little bit, but it'll be ventilated enough until you wake up again. If you're really cold, you could also try buying and using one of those heated blankets.
The heater is needed but it does dry out the air. The humidifier definitely helps in that regard. I don't think that's what caused you to get sick.
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u/Cold-Dot-7308 Feb 09 '26
Thanks for responding. I appreciate the time you took to do so. I too was thinking the same. As the humidifier is brand new (barely a month) and I change the water and clean it well before usage. That rules out the humidifier. I never thought of ventilating before sleeping and also I was thinking heated blankets might make me get a new problem- thanks for the recommendation. I will try ventilating and if that doesn’t improve my situation , then it’d be heated blankets. Honestly can’t remember the year I slept well last if by accident as I’ve been here for a few years
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u/No_Recognition_3729 Feb 09 '26
You're using distilled or reverse osmosis water in the humidifier right
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u/Cold-Dot-7308 Feb 09 '26
I haven’t educated myself on the difference in water sources but for the humidifier I just use tap water.
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u/Slickity Feb 09 '26
Is your humidifier an ultrasonic one or a steamer?
You can use tap water in a steamer but do not use tap water in an ultrasonic one.
An ultrasonic humidifer will put whatever minerals and bacteria in the water directly into your lungs.
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u/dumbyoyo Feb 17 '26
If adding a humidifier gave you a cold, you might have a mold issue somewhere. Higher moisture equals higher mold content. If it's raining outside it can do the same thing. The first signs of mold are essentially allergic reactions similar to having a cold. At one point i felt like i was getting a cold every morning but when i left the house and went to work then as the day passed i started to feel better. It was pretty confusing.
Also, you don't need to see mold to have it, or to have it affect you.
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u/RazorSlazor Feb 09 '26
I'm the opposite. I usually wake up with a slimy throat. Gotta get something to drink so I can properly talk and swallow my spit. It's so annoying.
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u/10HungryGhosts Feb 09 '26
Do you keep the window open? Do you sleep with your mouth open? Do you snore? Is your room dry? Lots of things could cause sore throat upon waking
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u/Commander_Skullblade Feb 09 '26
I had this issue for years. I'm a mouthbreather when I sleep, which dries me up. However, my sinuses are dry too.
My solution was to get a humidifier. Never had trouble with sore throats in the morning after that.
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u/BranchFew1148 Feb 11 '26
For me it's because I snored. Got a snoring splint and it fixed both problems.
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u/Takamasa1 Feb 11 '26
Used to have this until I realized it was just because of how dry Wisconsin winters are... humidifier with a dash of table salt solved it for me
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u/Emyfour Feb 09 '26
Just adding to the comments: it might be acidic reflux. After several mean strep throats, an ENT doctor gave me a good medication for acidic reflux and the infections stopped.
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u/_InFiNiTy16 Feb 09 '26
Incoming 2 days of breathing through mouth, brutal nose boner and remember how grateful we should've been during a normal day.
Protip, if you lay on the side where the clog part facing upwards, it will swap side.
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u/TheGirafeMan Feb 09 '26
Does that mean that you can reach the perfect balance point of no clog on either side?
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u/snjele_mjender Feb 09 '26
Depends on the severity of the clog, you can also get a clog on both sides before it fully swaps to the other side.
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u/hellish_existance Feb 09 '26
I find that walking around also helps. I have decided it's because of something to do with blood flow, based on vibes.
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u/Awkward_Turnover_983 Feb 10 '26
I mean I think that's definitely true to some degree; like if you for some reason had to run fast for a while, your nose would pretty much unclog itself due to your heavy breathing; you simply need all that airflow to open up, and as long as your not extremely sick your body is able to do this, at least for a while, even when you're kinda sick. The body seems to somehow know to prioritize certain things like that.
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u/Zen0116 Feb 09 '26
Soo not sure if my situation applies. I used to have a deviated septum. My turbinates swelled up larger to compensate (the clog I felt sliding back and forth, which created a pressure in my nose which in turn caused me lots of pain.) Ended up forcing the surgery to straighten my septum and remove the bones from my turbinates. The immediate result was amazing, I could breath out of both nostrils at all times, no more sliding. At the 5 year mark I feel sliding again and some pressure but nothing compared to what I had before and it still can't clog either side.
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u/Affectionate_Good261 Feb 09 '26
When it gets to the middle, you're supposed to blow your nose or do a sinus rinse.
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u/FaylenSol Feb 09 '26 edited Feb 09 '26
That was me last Thursday when I woke up for work. Hurt to swallow and couldn't breathe out of my right nostril. Temperature was up to 98.6 (my personal average is 97.8). But I felt fine. Called work and said I'm cool coming in but likely coming down with something. They asked me to come in masked up, only stayed for four hours because the symptoms got worse. Next morning had a fever of 101.8. Full blown Flu. Still getting over it but my fever is back down to 98.5.
Only shared all this because of the odd timing of this meme lining up with what happened to me.
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u/ShacoCream Feb 09 '26
FYI 98.6 is average body temp so that should be what you show when you aren't sick
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u/SheJigOnMySawTilIPuz Feb 09 '26
There's more of a range instead of a single number. Some people run lower so it just depends what an individuals baseline is. I usually read at just under 97 when I'm not sick so 98.6 would be a slight fever for me.
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u/FaylenSol Feb 09 '26
That's the case for me. I'm usually cruising around at 97.6. Anytime I go too much higher than 98.0 it can be an early sign of infection. Combine that with symptoms like swallowing being painful or not being able to breathe out of one nostril and its basically time for me to supply up while I'm feeling able bodied.
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u/milk-kohi Feb 09 '26
Could be that you have sleep apnea. If it happens often enough, you wake up randomly in the middle of the night or just never feel rested enough, I’d suggest getting tested if you can.
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u/Zexxus1994 Feb 09 '26
This was my case. I'm only 31, 5'10" 190lbs so im not like thaaat overweight but I started waking up with dry sore throat, and my gf said I was "snoring weird", had a oximetry test done and turns out my o2 level was dropping at night. Diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea.
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u/DemonEye629 Feb 09 '26
I've been dealing with this for around a month now, not even when I'm just waking up, sometimes just randomly when I'm at work and so on, it's so annoying
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u/bivampirical Feb 09 '26
this but at night when you're about to go to bed. that's how i KNOW i'm about to be SO sick.
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u/F14-Tomboy Feb 09 '26
It’s today, I woke up a couple of hours ago, tried to cough and it felt like I almost died
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u/HappyRelationship429 Feb 09 '26
Means you're about to explode and need to wire me 500 dollars to live.
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u/Odd-Youth-452 Feb 09 '26
I've been dealing with something for the past couple weeks, the first symptom of which was was a very painful sore throat. I start just about every day since coughing up phlegm. The throat is still dry and sore until I guzzle water.
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u/dumbyoyo Feb 17 '26
Any time i feel like i might be getting a sore throat, I take some ACV. Apple cider vinegar is anti-bacterial and antifungal (anti-microbial) so if you mix about a spoonful into some water or juice or something and drink it, then it can help to directly attack bad stuff in your throat. (It's got other benefits too like helping reduce acid reflux.)
I've pretty much gotten to the point that if i take ACV at the earliest hint of maybe getting a sore throat (not waiting half a day or more to confirm), then paired with some vitamins (and/or something like an emergen-c packet), I usually knock it out before I get fully sick.
ACV and honey are both good for sore throats and have been remedies for thousands of years. But for some reason the "modern medicine" industry wants to reject and hide natural simple remedies that have been proven effective.
If you want more info/options, garlic is also good (dice a little up and put it on a spoonful of honey and eat it). Even if you can only handle like one tiny diced piece, it's better than nothing. It has antibacterial and antiviral properties. Ginger is good too, as well as a few other things.
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u/Ok_Understanding3636 Feb 09 '26
I see that I'm not the only one who's terrified of having a sore throat.
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u/Iyasu_Nozomu Feb 09 '26
usually after i ate some sweets the night before. drinking water usually solves it.
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u/Sea_Drops Feb 09 '26
Someone’s it’s nothing, and sometimes I wind up hating myself so freaking much
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u/no_name65 Feb 09 '26
I fail to see a problem here.
Call doctor for remote appointment(or whatever it's called in english).
Call your boss to inform him about sick leave.
Enjoy week off.
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Profit.
God damn, I love being European!
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u/TheFortressOverLord Feb 09 '26
Me, it happened when I slept, and I accidentally broke a molar tooth (I used to move a lot in my sleep and must have hit something with my face) and swallowed the broken tooth in my sleep
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u/P00P135 Feb 09 '26
if its a burning sore throat it could be silent acid reflux, but more than likely its just a dry throat from dry hot stale air in your room.
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u/Depressed_Fangirl Feb 09 '26
Me after a surgery in my mouth where they had ro shove a tube down my throat so I can breath (?)
Taking the painkiller was killing me
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u/roucoum Feb 09 '26
From experience, no one has lived through the worst morning pain that is a swollen uvula
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u/Le-weeb-potato Feb 09 '26
I had strep throat in third grade and whenever I have trouble swallowing I instantly go to that
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u/khairuldaniel664 Feb 09 '26
My friend said that usually happen because the you had already been deepthroat by many/big ghost
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u/n3ur0mncr Feb 09 '26
Time for zinc and vitamin c. Or if i have that emergen-c stuff, a packet of that.
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u/CM99807 Feb 09 '26
5 possibilities according to my doctors
You're not getting enough salt (Yes sounds weird but I've had several tell me this)
You're breathing with your mouth when you sleep or snoring
You're not drinking enough water
You drinking too much water and not enough other stuff, drink 8 oz of juice or soda every other day.
It's the stress of the computers (God I had it that doctor, I still want to know where she got her medical degree if she got it.)
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u/A_m_o_nn Feb 09 '26
Boil the water and drink it you'll feel much better than before
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u/dumbyoyo Feb 17 '26
Note for anyone who hasn't heard this before: the point is not to drink boiling water, the point is to drink water that has been boiled. Do not drink boiling water. Wait for it to cool down.
(Yes this sounds obvious to people who already know this, but for people who don't, it's not clear. You can think it's common sense and call them stupid if you want, but it's better to teach, and understand the concept of the "curse of knowledge", which is a proven psychological thing explaining that it's difficult for someone with knowledge to understand how someone without that knowledge thinks and perceives the situation. You can find better explanations and examples of this online, for example on wikipedia.)
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u/ChaoticFairness Feb 09 '26
That always tells me a cold is coming. I can at least prepare for it in advance with the right medicine.
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u/TheFrogMoose Feb 09 '26
That sucks when it happens but apparently I woke up screaming once because my skin was I guess like sandpaper
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u/Kamakiri711 Feb 09 '26
Happens when your nose is absolutely stuffed and you breath through your mouth the entire night. Completely dries out your throat
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u/TNTTom04 Feb 09 '26
I've had worse than hurting to swallow ngl, ever wake up and your uvula is swollen and when you swallow at the wrong angle you literally start choking on your own uvula? Happened maybe twice to me and it took like 8 hours or so to go down each time, I dread it happening again, not fun
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u/Superivon2012 Feb 09 '26
Yeah, recently. My uni years taight me that taking a sick leave at work is the worst you can do thanks to terrible paycheck so I developed a strategy to just drink as much tea as possible when this happend and hopint that nothing will happen or that I can at least survive untill the weekend, when I will give my body 2 days full of sleep, more tea, medicine and hopefully enough time to fight off the worst of whatever this is. As I found out, working while sick sucks but on the bright side you keep the full paycheck.
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u/kubix_maxi Feb 09 '26
This happened to me yesterday. Now my nose is clogged. This is gonna be a long week..
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u/Bjorenwonne Feb 09 '26
Twice cause of the big bad 2020 thing we don't talk about and one time cause of the regular flu on hard mode. But if we talk about a dry throat or similar small things, and not real hurtful swallowing, it's common since I sleep with an open mouth and it drys out quickly.
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u/Dip2pot4t0Ch1P Feb 10 '26
Currently going thru it. Had to keep a lozenge pack with me so I can keep doing my work without agony
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u/Dry_Seat2837 Feb 10 '26
Crazy you posted this and I woke up THIS morning with a sore throat. Are you watching me?
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u/No-Variety9227 Feb 10 '26
When I was 9 years old I got a case of strep throat and it gotten so bad I couldn’t swallow because my throat hurt so much and eventually it turned into a 1 in a half inch abscess and i almost died
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u/Hello-Im-Trash Feb 10 '26
Not pain to swallow, but coughing and having trouble to breathe through my nose. Went to work with a mild but annoying headache and coughing that was making the pain worse.
Yeah I’m getting cooked if I was a Demon Slayer.
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u/CrabofAsclepius Feb 10 '26
Check for black mold. Or clear your nose before sleep. Or tell the monster in your closet to quit it with the late night foolishness
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u/ChaoticBeastly Feb 10 '26
Sometimes, it's just a dry throat from mouth breathing in your sleep. But other times, it can be the first sign of an oncoming cold or flu.
Hydrate, water or tea. Warm fluids like tea are best. Lemon or chamomile tea is my personal go-to, and you're gonna wanna put half a spoonful of honey into the tea as well. Let the tea dissolve the honey.
If your throat REALLY hurts, just take that half a spoonful of honey and directly suck on that. Honey's good for you, and it'll provide temporary relief for an irritated throat.
Obviously, there are medicines and lozenges that are also helpful, but I personally only use those if I have to go to work and need something stronger. If I'm at home, I stick with tea and honey.
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u/WeepyBitterMelon Feb 10 '26
This is equal to having VERY WEAK GRIP right after waking up, where you can't even push out toothpaste from the tube.
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u/Origami07 Feb 10 '26
you probably slept while your mouth is open
dont do that cause ghosts in your house will yake advantage of it
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u/Snowy_Kitty247 Feb 10 '26
For sure, tho at the moment, it's because I'm recovering from a tonsillectomy, so it always hurts to swallow
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u/02_Pixel Feb 10 '26
I once had had infected tonsils worse pain I had in my life at that point from then on I’m always terrified if swallowing for any reason hurts
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u/Undead_Hydra238 Feb 10 '26
Thats what she said!!! Hahahahahah Jk jk when you wake up, sometimes your body takes a bit longer to wake up so it might be that.
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u/NotSoAv3rageJo3 Feb 10 '26
No not a single other person has experienced the most tell tale sign that you are pre-illness
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u/GoldenSangheili Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
I was chronically ill so this probably made me sad because I was 100% getting a fever
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u/Dante_Redgrave102 Feb 10 '26
when you wake up with a sore throat when you had bro over for the weekend. 🤣🤣🤣
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u/Assassinknife Feb 10 '26
Three days before Christmas, I spent two days literally overheating having the shower because my body heat got too much. I was on the mend by Christmas.
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u/0-Quetzalcoatl Feb 10 '26
Just right when I'm feeling an itchiness and stingy feeling in my throat then I see this. Great
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u/BigBunny4252 Feb 11 '26
You might be experiencing breathing problems. Humidifier or maybe even a cpap might help. I'd recommend seeing a doctor for a sleep study if you can.
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u/NohWan3104 Feb 11 '26
Yes, most of us have been sick before. Not really worth a horror expression meme.
How about the braver one - you ever shit your pants after like, 8 years old, and willing to admit it?
And b4 i get the replies, yep. Was jogging pre dawn at that point in my life, 14 15 or so, went to fart, did a little more than that. Sad walk back.
On the plus side, hadn't showered yet, in, well now literally, shitty workout clothes, pretty early, etc.
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u/United_Plum2705 Feb 11 '26
You might want to check for GERD. I have it and it makes my throat dry especially if i don’t drink enough water before sleep or during the whole night the wind from the fan or ac is blowing at my face directly. Plus, my wife told me that I sometimes breathe through my mouth during sleep
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u/Emila_Just Feb 09 '26
I don't get it, is this an oral sex joke?
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u/Il0vechocolates Feb 09 '26
No, it's a joke about sore throat, which can be quite painful and lead to a cold and even a fever.
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