What? So you're telling me that if I'm not focusing MY ENTIRE MENTAL ENERGY into thinking about the fact that I am currently eating or drinking something, I'm gonna choke and probably die or something?
It's just like this: Me drinking water: "Yes this is a nice cup of water and I am relaxed hmmmm I think I will let my mind wander a bit while I relax drinking this water. Maybe I can think abou-" CHOKES AND FUCKING DIES
Like come the fuck on why is the human body like this. You should be able to fucking tell if something's going down my throat. You do so many other things automatically WHY DO YOU NEED ME TO DEDICATE MY THOUGHTS TO DRINKING/EATING TO MAKE THINGS GO DOWN THROAT WITHOUT KILLING ME GOD DAMMIT
Doesn't help that I talk about things going down my throat in the post does it.
That's why no rational human being drinks water from a cup, you need a glass so you can see what you're doing
maybe even drink through their stalk eyes, sort of a reverse lobster kinda deal
If I remember right, basically no other animal has the same problem with eating/drinking and breathing at the same time, including other primates and even human babies. It’s seemingly associated with the ability to speak, and becomes a problem for humans around the age they start speaking.
Or I heard something vaguely similar years ago and it’s bounced around in my brain until I produced this now and it’s totally wrong.
In other mammals, the combine nasal/throat setup makes their sense of smell and taste better. The combined stimulation of smell and taste receptors increases flavor notes in food (like maybe you need specific nutrients or need to spit out minute amount of toxins), and it allows mammals to more easily track things by scent.
:jesse-wtf: I eat and drink without thinking about it all the time.
Yeah I'm a little curious about this, like stuff occasionally goes down the wrong pipe but I have never felt I need to concentrate on the act of eating/drinking.
one thing nobody talks about with loneliness is the awareness that choking and being partially consumed by your cat is one way to die
one time while living alone I passed out on the toilet and hit my head on the side of the tub. I woke up ? minutes (hours?) later and had fucked up vision for like 20 minutes.
at least I didn't have to worry about someone else's dirty dishes in the sink
Get obstructive sleep apnea, and you do that all the time!
...Please do not get obstructive sleep apnea. It fucking sucks.
i had a two week crisis when i was pretty young where i couldn't seem to swallow anything without choking. barely even water and my own saliva. it suddenly went away after 10 days. was weird shit the human body is weird.
