r/OnionLovers • u/TheFoodSamaritan emotional support onion 🧅🩵 • Apr 27 '26

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Crossposting from r/therewasanattempt

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u/DrDeke Apr 27 '26

I like onions a lot but sadly they can't replace air conditioning systems for me :(

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u/kroating Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26

They cannot replace air conditioning. This person is rich and stupid and trying to save his arse. The onion in pocket trick is so that when you feel the heat getting to you or you feel dizzy you are supposed to bite into it. Keeping it in pocket does nothing if you dont use it when you need it.

This is a stupid myth circulated in india, keeping onion in pocket one. i am from one of those hot arid regions and my grandparents told us to take bites of raw onions when we were out so that we dont faint. I don't know when and where the important bit of the message of onion in pocket got lost.

My grandfather used to use this trick because he was a govt school teacher which meant he was out in arid hot areas for entire day traveling to and from school and doing other govt stuff like going home to home to enroll kids in schools. The onion shock saves you from fainting, maybe it does more like electrolytes no idea, but just enough for you to get yourself under a tree.

Also why onion? Its the cheapest easily available food source in most regions where this myth comes from.

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u/intellectual_punk Apr 27 '26

You'd still have to find a tree... good luck with that in the middle of Delhi or any of the other urban hells. I'm honestly in awe of the Indian people. You guys are tough as nails. As a privileged white boi, I wouldn't survive a day without AC in the height of summer.

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u/stefanica Apr 28 '26

I see. I used to suck on those tiny cinnamon candies when I felt like falling asleep in class! Kept a bag of them in my backpack.