@skinnylatte once a french visitor commented on mexican food: your taste buds are atrophied, proof is the very small amounts of icecream you people eat. To which I replied: your french tastebuds are atrophied, proof of which is the small amounts of chili you guys eat.
Anyways, since I got covid mine did really atrophy. Now I get the hiccups even with very moderate spicyness. Which might be good for my digestive tract on the long run. *sigh*