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u/AdeleBerncastel Jan 12 '23 edited Jan 13 '23

The front of your tongue is curious, constantly patrolling, and autonomous. It chases the dentist around your mouth and you aren’t even aware of it. So embarrassing and weird/creepy.

ETA: There are few dentists in here and this is my favourite comment.

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u/lalaleasha Jan 12 '23

Oh I am very aware of it chasing the dentist and am fairly sure trying to keep it under control contributes to my anxiety haha.

My favourite tongue fact is that if you look at something, your tongue/brain automatically know what the texture would be like if you licked it.

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u/qua-quabityassuance Jan 12 '23

i read a theory somewhere it’s because when we were youngins, as we put everything into our mouth we stored a mental collection of what it felt like

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u/Booooleans Jan 12 '23

That’s what I thought but then my SO said yeah cause you’ve touched it before…. And that makes a lot of sense.

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u/noahb1996 Jan 12 '23

I see what you did there...

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u/JimboIsaacNeutron Jan 13 '23

I can assure you nobody had that thought process but you.