system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: why are spicy things so much spicier when it touches your throat in a wrong way/ goes down the wrong hole?
gpt
Because our saliva dilutes and surrounds capsaicin molecules, protecting our digesting tract. Swallowing it "wrong" usually means that it touched our throat without a saliva layer. Even worse when we mistakenly inhale some.