From personal experience the worst possible scenario is having both at the same time and deciding which urgency is more urgent.

But if I have to choose I'd say vomiting all day (or night) is much worse- it wears you out more, you have to stick your head where other people poo (maybe someone with explosive diarrhea so you can see little spots that are too high in the bowl to get flushed), and lets not forget that puke smell and the aftertaste in your mouth.

Wow, I really elaborated this one.

Definatly vomiting. There is nothing more unpleasant than vomiting.

Diarrhea is worse.  For the reasons Roxie mentioned, also I have a particular disease that make my insides feel like sulfuric acid and burning whenever anything's not right...  So, yeah.

Oh, also, if you lie down and don't eat anything, you can stop yourself vomiting, so you'll only do it twice, and can spend the day in relative comfort on your couch.  Diarrhea necessitates that you either have to run to the toilet, or sit on it in discomfort.

Last edited by AbsintheAndCarnations (2009-05-08 07:15:20)

Everyone who thinks that vomiting is easy to hold back should go to a small diner in Melbourne and have some salmonella infected eggs for breakfast.
That kinda vomiting is not preceded by nausea, so once your stomach goes into a spasm and decides to send everything the way it came from, you have about 10 seconds to get yourself in the bathroom.

Explosive diarrhea ALWAYS comes with a nice warning signs in a form of heavy cramps at least few minutes before the inevitable happens.

Besides, question is which is worse to endure all day, not which is worse to do once- between the 3rd and 4th puking session you'd be praying to  jesusaurus rex to replace it with diarrhea while your stomach can't stop painfully contracting and your teary eyes threaten to pop out of their sockets.

Hope I was picturesque enough.

Edit: @Absinthe- no, the vomiting that lasts ALL DAY that is caused by food poisoning does not stop if you lie down and rest. Trust me, it doesn't.

Again, you didn't read the hypothetical question right- which is worse to do ALL DAY- so there's really no reason to theorize here how can you stop either of the occurrences.

Last edited by nika (2009-05-08 07:22:56)

Hmm. Good point nika.
Well, if you have explosive diarrhea, you can always stay home.

I'M SWITCHING MY VOTE!

Last edited by The Used Nirvana (2009-05-08 07:23:32)

Oh, also, I'm very glad that the special game mechanic of Spwerer is based on vomit, and not explosive diarrhea.

I get the pukes about a dozen or so times a week for like the last 4 years (ish). Other than when you heave so hard you pull muscles and cause bruises on your stomach, having to poop dissatisfying poop is much worse. If every time I had the pukes, I was uncomfortably and uncontrollably pooping (not to mention the dehydration is a LOT harder to keep in check) life would be a lot less groovy.

I'm shocked too, and have to conclude that none of you have puked more than two times in a row.

Since only few of you here understood the question in the first place, I feel the urge to elaborate it:
Lets say that first awkward moment when you realize you ate a block of cheese from 1993 is over and you already sharted in front of the girl you like while wearing light colored pants, or puked in your friend's cleavage.
So now you are in the privacy of your own bathroom, and the question is what do you wanna do for the next 24 hours- puke or sh*t?

The reason vomiting is so exhausting is that your body has to strain hard since it's fighting gravity and generally doing something unnatural.
Explosive diarrhea or not, things are going through their usual path in that case.

And if you think that after awhile you have nothing to regurgitate be sure your body will come up with some nice bile in saliva sauce- in fact, it's even worse when your stomach empties out.

TMI warning:





When I had my food poisoning I stopped vomiting about 4 hours before my diarrhea stopped- I guess that was the point when i decided puking is much worse since I was actually able to nap while sitting on the toilet for those 4 hours. I kid you not.

Wow Nika, I had no idea one could feel so strongly about their preferences for the involuntary spewing of fluids.  I do agree with you though, I would much rather sit on the throne than have my face buried in it.  The toll on the body is also much kinder with diarrhea.  I have never felt exhausted solely because of diarrhea whereas dry heaving wears you out.

Besides, without explosive diarrhea, we wouldn’t have games like Don't Sh*t Your Pants or my favorite song form third grade: “Diarrhea Cha-Cha-Cha”.

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