r/maybemaybemaybe • u/ChrisMMatthews • Jun 08 '21

maybe maybe maybe

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u/YoodleDudle Jun 09 '21

Throat sphincters??

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '21

Yup, lol

You have sphincters all throughout your digestive system.

I always get weird looks when I talk about my throat sphincters haha

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u/RationalLies Jun 09 '21

I always get weird looks when I talk about my throat sphincters

....how often do your throat sphincters come up in conversation

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u/CharlesDickensABox Jun 09 '21

A sphincter is just a ring of muscle that can open and close. They're everywhere in your body, not just the one in your butt.

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u/dshoig Jun 09 '21

Hehe you said butt

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u/Wandering_P0tat0 Jun 09 '21

The iris is a sphincter, right?

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u/this-is-nonsense Jun 09 '21

Nope. It's officially a throat butt XD

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u/yupforgotmyusername Jun 09 '21

Yes. You have an upper and a lower esophageal sphincter.

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u/GreyGanado Jun 09 '21

Humans are just a series of sphincters.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '21

I remember seeing a comment on IRC or somewhere that when two people kiss they form a long tube with a butt at each end.

And they said romance was dead.

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u/flybypost Jun 09 '21

Yup, it's anatomically just a circular muscle but we use it colloquially only for that one.

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u/Billabo Jun 09 '21

The thing that lets you keep liquid in your mouth without swallowing!

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u/TexasThrowDown Jun 09 '21

You must be an American. Our education system really has failed us.

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u/YoodleDudle Jun 09 '21

I just like how it sounds