Freshly cut onions often cause a stinging sensation in the eyes of people nearby, and often uncontrollable tears. This is caused by the release of a volatile gas, syn-propanethial-S-oxide, which stimulates nerves in the eye.
So that's why you cry when chopping an onion.
last edited at May 20, 2019 10:00PM
Hollows
May 20, 2019 10:52PM
What I found on Wikipedia
Freshly cut onions often cause a stinging sensation in the eyes of people nearby, and often uncontrollable tears. This is caused by the release of a volatile gas, syn-propanethial-S-oxide, which stimulates nerves in the eye.
So that's why you cry when chopping an onion.
Huh. And this whole time I thought it was because killing a perfectly good onion fills me with sadness at the loss of life.
Cheesecake
May 20, 2019 11:36PM
^
With your own two hands.
BugDevil
May 21, 2019 1:49AM
I thought it was the ninja's poison while they cut them.
Givemeanaccount May 20, 2019 10:00PM
What I found on Wikipedia
So that's why you cry when chopping an onion.
last edited at May 20, 2019 10:00PM
Hollows May 20, 2019 10:52PM
Huh. And this whole time I thought it was because killing a perfectly good onion fills me with sadness at the loss of life.
Cheesecake May 20, 2019 11:36PM
^
With your own two hands.
BugDevil May 21, 2019 1:49AM
I thought it was the ninja's poison while they cut them.
HazmatChiefAlsimi May 21, 2019 8:05AM
Welp. I see where this is going.