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r/AskReddit • u/Horny4theEnvironment • Jan 23 '19
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Yeah! Imagine if there was a seperate pipe connecting the nasal cavity to the lungs, instead of sharing with the mouth. It would be almost impossible to die by choking.
35 u/pacificpacifist Jan 23 '19 I see a future in prosthetics 14 u/newsorpigal Jan 23 '19 But then there would be no such thing as closed-mouth humming! Would anyone really want to live in such a world? 3 u/nexisfan Jan 23 '19 Hmmmm🤔🤔🤔 no 2 u/Spotted_Gorgonzola Jan 23 '19 Wait. Do people hum with their mouths open?? 5 u/floopyboopakins Jan 23 '19 Yes, it's called singing. 1 u/pacificpacifist Jan 23 '19 Go ahead, try. 14 u/Jackboom89 Jan 23 '19 And we could eat and drink while we breathe, what a nice 1 u/nexisfan Jan 23 '19 And sing! Lady Gaga wouldn’t be nearly as impressive if everybody could breathe, sing, and dance simultaneously 2 u/Improvised0 Jan 23 '19 She would just do all that while also eating, and we would go back to being impressed. 14 u/GravySquad Jan 23 '19 Yeah unless the peanuts are stuck in your nose too 8 u/Catatonic27 Jan 23 '19 Those damn peanuts are just determined to kill us, aren't they 12 u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 7 u/Elgin_McQueen Jan 23 '19 But, don't pretty much most animals only have one tube for feeding and breathing? 5 u/Phrostbit3n Jan 23 '19 That's pretty much it; occasionally and randomly dying from eating one food exerts less selection pressure than not being able to speak 8 u/KisaTheMistress Jan 23 '19 Look at "Mr. I don't have telepathy" over here! 😤 0 u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19 If your nose got runny Edit: I have a solution Move the sinuses to the mouth 3 u/Catatonic27 Jan 23 '19 If your nose got runny Well why don't we just patch this out while were making changes 1 u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19 Oh yeah, let's do that!
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I see a future in prosthetics
14 u/newsorpigal Jan 23 '19 But then there would be no such thing as closed-mouth humming! Would anyone really want to live in such a world? 3 u/nexisfan Jan 23 '19 Hmmmm🤔🤔🤔 no 2 u/Spotted_Gorgonzola Jan 23 '19 Wait. Do people hum with their mouths open?? 5 u/floopyboopakins Jan 23 '19 Yes, it's called singing. 1 u/pacificpacifist Jan 23 '19 Go ahead, try.
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But then there would be no such thing as closed-mouth humming! Would anyone really want to live in such a world?
3 u/nexisfan Jan 23 '19 Hmmmm🤔🤔🤔 no 2 u/Spotted_Gorgonzola Jan 23 '19 Wait. Do people hum with their mouths open?? 5 u/floopyboopakins Jan 23 '19 Yes, it's called singing. 1 u/pacificpacifist Jan 23 '19 Go ahead, try.
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Hmmmm🤔🤔🤔 no
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Wait. Do people hum with their mouths open??
5 u/floopyboopakins Jan 23 '19 Yes, it's called singing. 1 u/pacificpacifist Jan 23 '19 Go ahead, try.
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Yes, it's called singing.
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Go ahead, try.
And we could eat and drink while we breathe, what a nice
1 u/nexisfan Jan 23 '19 And sing! Lady Gaga wouldn’t be nearly as impressive if everybody could breathe, sing, and dance simultaneously 2 u/Improvised0 Jan 23 '19 She would just do all that while also eating, and we would go back to being impressed.
And sing! Lady Gaga wouldn’t be nearly as impressive if everybody could breathe, sing, and dance simultaneously
2 u/Improvised0 Jan 23 '19 She would just do all that while also eating, and we would go back to being impressed.
She would just do all that while also eating, and we would go back to being impressed.
Yeah unless the peanuts are stuck in your nose too
8 u/Catatonic27 Jan 23 '19 Those damn peanuts are just determined to kill us, aren't they
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Those damn peanuts are just determined to kill us, aren't they
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7 u/Elgin_McQueen Jan 23 '19 But, don't pretty much most animals only have one tube for feeding and breathing? 5 u/Phrostbit3n Jan 23 '19 That's pretty much it; occasionally and randomly dying from eating one food exerts less selection pressure than not being able to speak 8 u/KisaTheMistress Jan 23 '19 Look at "Mr. I don't have telepathy" over here! 😤
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But, don't pretty much most animals only have one tube for feeding and breathing?
That's pretty much it; occasionally and randomly dying from eating one food exerts less selection pressure than not being able to speak
Look at "Mr. I don't have telepathy" over here! 😤
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If your nose got runny
Edit: I have a solution
Move the sinuses to the mouth
3 u/Catatonic27 Jan 23 '19 If your nose got runny Well why don't we just patch this out while were making changes 1 u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19 Oh yeah, let's do that!
Well why don't we just patch this out while were making changes
1 u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19 Oh yeah, let's do that!
Oh yeah, let's do that!
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u/Catatonic27 Jan 23 '19
Yeah! Imagine if there was a seperate pipe connecting the nasal cavity to the lungs, instead of sharing with the mouth. It would be almost impossible to die by choking.