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minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 year agoOur throat region seems poorly thought out. As somebody said recently, tube food goes in or you die is right next to tube food must never block or you die.
minus-squarezalgotext@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 year agoThe fact that billions of us still get that right hundreds of times a day is honestly pretty fucking insane, with how delicate that whole setup is
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoSometimes when I’m chewing a mouthful of food in the car it occurs to me that if I suddenly get in a wreck I will have no control over my gasp reflex.
Our throat region seems poorly thought out. As somebody said recently, tube food goes in or you die is right next to tube food must never block or you die.
The fact that billions of us still get that right hundreds of times a day is honestly pretty fucking insane, with how delicate that whole setup is
Sometimes when I’m chewing a mouthful of food in the car it occurs to me that if I suddenly get in a wreck I will have no control over my gasp reflex.