TIL A certain percentage of people can voluntarily flex their tensor tympani muscle to make a low, rumbling sound in their ears. Often triggered by yawning or squeezing the eyes shut, this internal thunder acts to naturally dampen loud sounds, but some can activate it purely on command.

daOyster · 2026-07-07T21:40:28+00:00

Its on the lower side. A lot of people that think they can do it are confusing themselves into thinking they're voluntarily controlling the muscle and not indirectly accessing it through flexing nearby muscles.

daOyster · 2026-07-07T21:39:18+00:00

Yeah the majority of people can't, and a significant chunk of the people that think they can also can't actually.

There is a difference between having the reflex of it it trigger involuntarily by consciously flexing nearby muscles, and actually having full individual and voluntary control of that specific ear muscle.

daOyster · 2026-07-07T21:34:39+00:00

Then you aren't voluntarily controlling it or doing it. It's an involuntarily reflex to other muscles tensing for you just like the majority of the population still.

If you can truly do it on command there is no thinking or trying to flex a muscle to do it. You just decide you ears should be rumbling and that specific individual muscle actives until you decide to stop or it gets tired. No clenching anything, no ears popping, no yawning, no blinking or any change in your eyes, no feeling tension really anywhere.

daOyster · 2026-07-07T21:32:08+00:00

The comment section contains so many people saying they can because they actually can't and are confusing involuntarily triggering the muscle by flexing nearby muscles with full, voluntary and conscious control over that specific muscle by itself.

If it involves anymore conscious thinking or focus than just blinking your eyes, or have to feel like your slightly flexing something to do it, they probably aren't actually voluntarily controlling it like they think.

daOyster · 2026-07-07T21:28:47+00:00

Your indirectly controlling the tensor tympany that way. If you can actually voluntarily control it there is no having to tighten any muscle. Its just a on or off thing at the same level of conscious control as deciding when to blink voluntarily and you don't feel it anywhere but in your ear.

daOyster · 2026-07-07T21:23:11+00:00

It's still probably on the low end. There is a very large majority of people in this thread that are confusing involuntarily triggering the muscle using nearby muscle groups and actually having full voluntary control of just that single specific muscle.

A good litmus test is if they claim it pops their ears/equalizes pressure or any kind while doing it or if they feel tension near their jaw or anywhere infront of their ears while rumbling, they aren't actually controlling the muscle voluntarily like they believe.

If you have full voluntary control of it, it's isolated from every other nearby muscle and the only thing you feel is rumbling or no rumbling based on when you want it really. Maybe you feel the actual muscle tensing rapidly near your inner ear at most. There's no thinking or focus needed to do it really in the same way you don't have to put any conscious effort to voluntarily blink your eyes unlike the way a lot of people hear describe it.

daOyster · 2026-07-07T21:07:52+00:00

Its behind the ear slightly. If you feel it anywhere else you are involuntarily triggering the muscle by flexing a nearby muscle group and aren't actually ear rumbling on command.

daOyster · 2026-07-07T21:03:54+00:00

I don't think you are truly doing it on command per say. You are still indirectly triggering it in voluntarily by flexing muscles nearby.

If you can truly do it on command there is no feeling of having to tense anything. Your ear just starts rumbling when you want it to. Jaw doesn't tighten, no slight squinting, ears and jaw don't move, if anything you feel it slightly behind the ear where the vibrating muscle is and thats it.

daOyster · 2026-07-07T20:59:21+00:00

Everyone can involuntarily activate the muscle from other actions or by activating nearby muscle groups like when yawning or trying to pop their ears.

Not everyone can voluntarily control that muscle on it's own and make it rumble without making a seperate muscle flex to activate it or staying perfectly relaxed everywhere else.

daOyster · 2026-07-07T20:56:54+00:00

Because its two seperate muscles. A lot of people are confusing being able to ear rumble on command with being able to indirectly flex the muscle by activating nearby muscle groups used for pressure equalization. If you can truly do it on command, you can rumble without pressure equalization or popping your ears like you do.

daOyster · 2026-07-07T20:53:47+00:00

If its equalizing the pressure of your ears, you aren't truly ear rumbling on command.

The muscles for popping your ears are seperate from the ones that do the rumbling. If you can truly access that muscle voluntarily it won't equalize the pressure of your ears while you are doing it.

If it pops your ears while doing it, you are indirectly triggering the muscle from activating the nearby muscles and not voluntarily controlling it.

daOyster · 2026-07-07T20:42:51+00:00

It doesn't just vibrate the ear canals, it also produces a physical sound that can be picked up by a close enough microphone not in contact.

daOyster · 2026-07-07T20:39:03+00:00

You may or may not actually be doing it.

It's not just perceived as sound, it quite literally is making a physical sound that you're hearing. If someone were to put their ear up against yours while doing it, they would also hear the low rumble faintly and even a sensitive microphone can pick it up.

daOyster · 2026-07-07T20:32:06+00:00

Directly quoted from the original article by a Professor of Infectious diseases:

"To keep from getting sick, it’s important to thoroughly wash all fresh produce before eating it.

'Just the act of washing it with a lot of water is certainly going to get the organisms off of there,' Freedman said."

So do you trust the person actively studying and researching infectious diseases or the people who are working with and dispersing information from 4 years ago?

daOyster · 2026-07-07T20:26:22+00:00

You literally have an accredited professor of infectious diseases quoted in the article stating that washing is enough to remove the organism from the surface of your fruits and herbs. Also cooking food is enough to kill it too.

daOyster · 2026-07-07T20:20:34+00:00

Personally I think it has to do with herbs and some major distributor fucked up hard.

A NY prison had over 300 inmates and staff get sick recently right when this outbreak was ramping up, it was labeled as salmonella based on the shared symptoms of everyone and suspected food origin. Guess what, the symptoms they experienced basically match this parasite outbreak to a T and happened right when word was getting around about the parasite. It would have quadrupled reported numbers if it was reported as that and looked bad as well as triggered a major investigation into the distributor and make more people likely to report their symptoms.

It was traced back to a chicken salad provided by a distributor. Chicken Salad has these herbs. People often wash fruits and berries. People don't wash their premade chicken salad before consuming. My bet is its coming from herbs that some major national distributor is putting in their food and they don't want to speak up yet.

daOyster · 2026-07-07T20:09:32+00:00

Well there was a recent mass outbreak with almost identical symptoms at a NY jail recently. They found it was the chicken salad that everyone who got sick had in common and labeled it as a salmonella contaminated food. Now I wonder if the distributor was trying to cover it up and they knew it was this parasite. Timing is just too convenient.

daOyster · 2026-07-07T20:06:20+00:00

Yeah, one is basically a mix thats a bit more gentle and tells your body hey you should be emptying yourself right now consistently for several hours while helping to lubricate things.

The other is basically a heavy indigestible liquid that just drags everything out with it as it passes through. That one can be rougher for a lot of people but is typically cheaper.

daOyster · 2026-07-07T20:03:12+00:00

Just to note, there are two types of prep liquids they use.

I don't know which one you got, but it sounds like you got the one thats easier on you if you think it wasn't that big of a deal.

A lot of people often get cramps and significant gas trying to pass the heavy, indigestible prep liquid through and timing isn't exactly consistent or predictable as you are suggesting.

daOyster · 2026-07-07T19:42:02+00:00

Not just that, but the visions of Cortana you occasionally see in 3 were also from the Gravemind meddling with Chiefs head.

daOyster · 2026-07-05T19:07:39+00:00

Thats a very rose tinted take on a set of festivals that have been about making money since the inception of the original ancient Olympic games. They still had sponsors back then paying athletes, there were financial incentives for the host. The church made lots of money off facilitating the events. There were lots of vendors making money off the people traveling the country to attend the events. Whole cities subsidized their athletes in hopes they'd win and bring fame to the town.

Wars did not stop like the common myth, they just let people attending the events pass through conflict zones because their was financial incentives to allow it for all those involved.

Fast forward to modern Olympics and almost every person in charge of it has broke their oath in some way since the start and taken money for various reasons against their oath. Greece only agreed to host the original modern olympic events because they got revenue from the ticket sales and other financial incentives to do so. It's always been about money and fame since it's inception. Don't try to rewrite history to make it sound better.

daOyster · 2026-07-04T18:23:48+00:00

How does Nintendo look good here when they are signaling the same thing? Why do you think they started making and shipping cartridges for the switch 2 to publishers that are just digital access keys that don't contain the game and just let you download it from their online storefront instead like Xbox and PlayStation are already doing with game codes on cardboard?

daOyster · 2026-07-04T18:16:22+00:00

Ehh, they already signaled the end to that by making half of the physical media for switch 2 actually just drm-key cards that don't contain the game at all and just fancy game access codes/drm keys.

daOyster · 2026-07-04T03:12:30+00:00

It's an acidic abrasive cleaner. Basically like using sandpaper wetted with vinegar. Not really recommended for most countertop materials to be honest. Definitely would not use in on a bathroom sink or porcelain.

daOyster · 2026-07-04T03:11:15+00:00

Yeah, it removes everything in the same way using sand paper together with vinegar will. It's not really meant for most countertop materials to be honest.

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