I'm a game developer, professionally!

You may know me from things like: Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, The Museum of Mechanics: Lockpicking, Gone Home, Bioshock 2, or maybe something else.

Right now I work as a Technical Narrative Designer at Remedy Entertainment in Stockholm, Sweden

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I can stop my hiccups after a single one. There's a bubble of air that causes them and I can trigger a burp that releases it. It's easy! But no one else ever seems able to do it.

I read an article recently about doctors desperately trying to figure out what causes hiccups to help sufferers who can't stop having them, and it made me think I should volunteer for studies. But no one believes me, that this is my magic power. I bear my mark of glory silently (except for this chost)


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in reply to @johnnemann's post:

in my experience, the air-bubble cause is one (common) hiccup-inducer, but not the only one. if you get hiccups after eating something too quickly, it's probably this. drinking water deals with this as well I think by basically clearing out whatever's getting in the way of the air bubble. (triggering a burp sounds more awesome though)

on the other hand, the hold-your-breath-for-30sec trick works nearly 100% of the time for me when it's not the air-bubble thing. but I'm told that doesn't help people with serious chronic hiccup issues.

I'm definitely part of the crowd that can stop them after one by just concentrating. But if that doesn't work and I get a second then the concentration doesn't work after that and I have to do Drink Water As Slowly As Possible Without Stopping

For whatever reason, eating peanut butter stops them while it's in my mouth. If I take my time with a medium spoonful it has stopped me hiccuping every time. I would guess it works for texture equivalents for those with allergies? Maybe cream cheese?