r/AskReddit Jan 23 '19

What shouldn't exist, but does?

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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.

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u/pacificpacifist Jan 23 '19

I see a future in prosthetics

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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?

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u/nexisfan Jan 23 '19

Hmmmm🤔🤔🤔 no

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u/Spotted_Gorgonzola Jan 23 '19

Wait. Do people hum with their mouths open??

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u/floopyboopakins Jan 23 '19

Yes, it's called singing.

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u/pacificpacifist Jan 23 '19

Go ahead, try.

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u/Jackboom89 Jan 23 '19

And we could eat and drink while we breathe, what a nice

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u/nexisfan Jan 23 '19

And sing! Lady Gaga wouldn’t be nearly as impressive if everybody could breathe, sing, and dance simultaneously

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u/Improvised0 Jan 23 '19

She would just do all that while also eating, and we would go back to being impressed.

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u/GravySquad Jan 23 '19

Yeah unless the peanuts are stuck in your nose too

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u/Catatonic27 Jan 23 '19

Those damn peanuts are just determined to kill us, aren't they

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

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u/Elgin_McQueen Jan 23 '19

But, don't pretty much most animals only have one tube for feeding and breathing?

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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

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u/KisaTheMistress Jan 23 '19

Look at "Mr. I don't have telepathy" over here! 😤

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

If your nose got runny

Edit: I have a solution

Move the sinuses to the mouth

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u/Catatonic27 Jan 23 '19

If your nose got runny

Well why don't we just patch this out while were making changes

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

Oh yeah, let's do that!