• @LovableSidekick
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    1 month ago

    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.

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      1 month ago

      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

      • @LovableSidekick
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        41 month ago

        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.