Pills don’t bother me, but there definitely are things that bother me like this, and so I really sympathize with Joyce. However, there’s got to be something better than 2 liters of Sprite every day.
One time I got strep throat and had to do the usual round of antibiotics for a week, as you do. I was really proud of myself because I was able to swallow the pill every time… except for the very last day where, while I was at work, I took my pill with a swig of water and it just! It got caught right at the back of my throat. Awful feeling. I hacked the pill up along with the water I drank, at the same time that a coworker walked into the room. This was during the height of COVID so she immediately freaked and grabbed the manager, who fearfully poked her head in and asked “You’re not sick are you…?” Thankfully her husband has similar troubles swallowing pills so she understood the situation. All this to say, Joyce is me and I am Joyce.
Those things are horse pills. I can swallow any normal pill, but antibiotics come in these half inch pills that are as fat as my pinky. I got some for a case of pneumonia recently and they were awful. If you ever want to get rid of your gag reflex take those for a month.
…I mean sure, it’s not perfect, but just by touching the pill at all Joyce has completed Parts One through Three of The Pill-Box Master Plan. That’s progress!
Apparently one’s ability to overcome feelings of disgust can be directly proportional to how horny someone is. If that wasn’t the case, very little sex would be had, I think.
So, clearly, Joyce needs to develop a pill-swallowing fetish. Problem solved!
ZombieKyrik
I’m sure Dorothy can pull some Pavlov-esque training with Joyce. I don’t know if she will or not, but she’s certainly capable.
Joyce I can sympathize with not wanting to take a pill, but flinging it across the room isn’t helping anyone.
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On the bright side Dorothy agrees to the shower, so hopefully we’ll see some new nsfw work in the near future. Right?
How do you live, Joyce? Literally, how do you stay alive with this kind of neurosis about putting things in your mouth? Do survival instincts override the disgust if you get hungry enough? Is being alive, ultimately, more important to you than feeling a momentary discomfort about touching things with the inside of your mouth? It’s a question of priorities.
The fun thing about texture issues like this is that sometimes if you put too much food in your mouth, or the wrong kind of food, or hell, just going to the dentist and they put the x-ray pad in your mouth the wrong way or pop in the silicone putty in your mouth without a warning, it will indeed trigger a gagging response. Ask me how I know.
Ugh, I have to pre-apologize to the dentist every time I need an x-ray or anything needs to go in there past my pre-molars, I have such bad gag reflex issues. It’s so friggin embarrassing
Joyce had a lot of little somethings going down her throat when she gave Joe that blowjob as thanks for a weighted blanket. Just pretend you’re swallowing more of that. Problem solved.
Maybe she’d be better off putting it in some food. Something small enough to swallow whole but large enough to not have that “small thing in my throat” feeling.
Personally I always try to eat something after taking any pills.
I can only imagine what Joyce would think of something like Contac C capsules. When I was a kid in the ’70s I wanted to get my hands on them, because a pill with a bunch of tiny little balls in it was cool. In the end I never took one before they were pulled from the market in 2000 because one ingredient could cause strokes.
I find it crazy that so many people voted for Joyce having “no idea and doesn’t think about” what’s in her burrito knowing all her aversions like this.
I have chronic health issues and have to take a LOT of pills every day. In the morning I have to take five, two tiny, one small, one regular size, and one horse pill. I can take them all at once (normally with a swallow of diet Pepsi through a straw to wash it down. But occasionally I will unknowingly have an empty cup, and I discovered that I can swallow them just fine using the ANTICIPATION of swallowing the Pepsi. Note, this will not work if I KNOW the cup is empty, or even have substantial doubt. The swallow reflex has to be COMPLETELY hoodwinked.
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Dara
SOMEONE GET JOYCE PILL POCKETS STAT
Doctor_Who
The pills are tiny, I bet you could slip one in a piece of EasyMac.
Dara
It’s either that or throw it in her mouth, hold her down, and stroke her neck until she swallows.
Or maybe until she does the other thing that she’d probably do if Dorothy did that.
Whatever gets the pill down.
Dara
honestly tho’ the easy mac is a good idea, that would totally work
i mean i was joking about the pill pockets but only so much
Steamweed
Heck, you could stuff one of those lil’ things inside a single piece of elbow macaroni. Cheese it up, and swallow whole.
Heavensrun
I mean, Joyce swallowed an entire california roll without issue, I’m sure you could hide the pill in *something*.
Longshot97
Ms. Maggie, we thank you for your service.
Steamweed
And your patience!
Astariel
Pills don’t bother me, but there definitely are things that bother me like this, and so I really sympathize with Joyce. However, there’s got to be something better than 2 liters of Sprite every day.
NGPZ
oh dear XD
how much longer we have till the NRE REALLY starts waning? o3o
Astariel
It’s probably going to take more than three days.
Dot
We’re gonna be in this for a while
Doopyboop
One time I got strep throat and had to do the usual round of antibiotics for a week, as you do. I was really proud of myself because I was able to swallow the pill every time… except for the very last day where, while I was at work, I took my pill with a swig of water and it just! It got caught right at the back of my throat. Awful feeling. I hacked the pill up along with the water I drank, at the same time that a coworker walked into the room. This was during the height of COVID so she immediately freaked and grabbed the manager, who fearfully poked her head in and asked “You’re not sick are you…?” Thankfully her husband has similar troubles swallowing pills so she understood the situation. All this to say, Joyce is me and I am Joyce.
GreyICE
Those things are horse pills. I can swallow any normal pill, but antibiotics come in these half inch pills that are as fat as my pinky. I got some for a case of pneumonia recently and they were awful. If you ever want to get rid of your gag reflex take those for a month.
RassilonTDavros
…I mean sure, it’s not perfect, but just by touching the pill at all Joyce has completed Parts One through Three of The Pill-Box Master Plan. That’s progress!
darkoneko
it’s a work… in progress.
Anna Grant
I think it might be time for our girl to look into a subdermal implant
Jon
Or at least disposable latex gloves. My wife works with resin, so we order them in boxfuls.
Mollyscribbles
mouthful of water, at least. It’s not that bad if you’re not taking it dry.
Steamweed
Joyce, my dear, my dearest dear, you’re gonna be a right ass-pain as a student learning oral sex.
ZombieKyrik
Funnily enough, I feel like she’ll take to that long before she gets comfortable with pills, and weird foods.
Trip
Apparently one’s ability to overcome feelings of disgust can be directly proportional to how horny someone is. If that wasn’t the case, very little sex would be had, I think.
So, clearly, Joyce needs to develop a pill-swallowing fetish. Problem solved!
ZombieKyrik
I’m sure Dorothy can pull some Pavlov-esque training with Joyce. I don’t know if she will or not, but she’s certainly capable.
Doopyboop
I dunno about that one, she didn’t seem to have any issues with Dorothy or Joe as far as oral goes.
Sirksome
I wanna sympathize with Joyce’s pill problem, but that’s kind of difficult. Almost as difficult as it is for Joyce to take a pill.
Amós Batista
don’t be self-aware about swallowing pills don’t be self-aware about swallowing pills don’t be self-aware about swallowing pills
ZombieKyrik
Joyce I can sympathize with not wanting to take a pill, but flinging it across the room isn’t helping anyone.
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On the bright side Dorothy agrees to the shower, so hopefully we’ll see some new nsfw work in the near future. Right?
Amelie W
How do you live, Joyce? Literally, how do you stay alive with this kind of neurosis about putting things in your mouth? Do survival instincts override the disgust if you get hungry enough? Is being alive, ultimately, more important to you than feeling a momentary discomfort about touching things with the inside of your mouth? It’s a question of priorities.
Doopyboop
The fun thing about texture issues like this is that sometimes if you put too much food in your mouth, or the wrong kind of food, or hell, just going to the dentist and they put the x-ray pad in your mouth the wrong way or pop in the silicone putty in your mouth without a warning, it will indeed trigger a gagging response. Ask me how I know.
Shiro
Ugh, I have to pre-apologize to the dentist every time I need an x-ray or anything needs to go in there past my pre-molars, I have such bad gag reflex issues. It’s so friggin embarrassing
Adam Black
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Li
Pff. Oh, Joyce.
IntangibleMatter
Dorothy can work her down to a cup of apple juice, I believe in her
Shogo
Joyce had a lot of little somethings going down her throat when she gave Joe that blowjob as thanks for a weighted blanket. Just pretend you’re swallowing more of that. Problem solved.
Random832
Maybe she’d be better off putting it in some food. Something small enough to swallow whole but large enough to not have that “small thing in my throat” feeling.
Personally I always try to eat something after taking any pills.
tim gueguen
I can only imagine what Joyce would think of something like Contac C capsules. When I was a kid in the ’70s I wanted to get my hands on them, because a pill with a bunch of tiny little balls in it was cool. In the end I never took one before they were pulled from the market in 2000 because one ingredient could cause strokes.
Shakes
I find it crazy that so many people voted for Joyce having “no idea and doesn’t think about” what’s in her burrito knowing all her aversions like this.
Big Steve
I have chronic health issues and have to take a LOT of pills every day. In the morning I have to take five, two tiny, one small, one regular size, and one horse pill. I can take them all at once (normally with a swallow of diet Pepsi through a straw to wash it down. But occasionally I will unknowingly have an empty cup, and I discovered that I can swallow them just fine using the ANTICIPATION of swallowing the Pepsi. Note, this will not work if I KNOW the cup is empty, or even have substantial doubt. The swallow reflex has to be COMPLETELY hoodwinked.
Dragonfire
I… but… the teeny ones are so small you can’t even feel them go down! They’re easy!
Those pentagonal fuckers, on the other hand, like amlodipine comes in? Hate those assholes. They have corners and hurt.
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