• @ohwhatfollyisman
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    842 months ago

    well, that shouldnt have been a surprising find. we’ve already had millions of examples of people talking out of their arses over the years.

    • @Nuke_the_whales
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      42 months ago

      We must credit the great thinker, Ace Ventura for giving us an insight into the talking anus

  • @[email protected]
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    642 months ago

    There’s a saying amongst us ass breathers in regards to all you nose breathing assholes: “they hate us because they anus.”

  • @[email protected]
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    572 months ago

    There was a related podcast recently somewhere, the idea was that evolutionary lungs come from guts, so maybe guts would still have some ability to absorb oxygen, which, turns out, they indeed do. This could have some practical uses e.g. in intensive care situations where the patient’s lung is useless (extreme COVID), which could give a last resort breathing opportunity while the lungs heal to a usable condition. Furthermore it gives a shitton of opportunity for butt jokes

    • @bluemellophone
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      132 months ago

      Exactly how would carbon dioxide get exchanged if the lungs are damaged?

      • @bbuez
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        112 months ago

        Well farts aren’t just methane

    • @[email protected]
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      82 months ago

      If you can breathe through the butt as you can through your mouth, can you eat with your butt as well?

      Was South Park right and you can put a turkey up your ass and digest it?

      • kora
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        122 months ago

        Legitimately, the colon, including the part immediately after the anus, is very capable of absorption of chemicals, there are some medicines other than suppositories that are sometimes given that way if needed. And the small amount of mucous it naturally produces through normal function is also capable of dissolving solid particulates for said absorption to work.

        But(t), I don’t think there would be any means for caloric intake to happen, even if the Turkey eventually was dissolved. I could very well be wrong though, I am talking out of my very own ass somewhat!

      • Toes♀
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        32 months ago

        If you put it through a blender first. I believe you could

  • @over_clox
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    472 months ago

    People will stick anything up their ass these days, and these guys get the fucking Nobel Prize?!

    I feel betrayed ☹️

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      the fucking Nobel Prize?!

      No, the Ig Nobel Prize:

      The Ig Nobel Prize monetary award is given in a solitary banknote for the amount of 100 trillion Zimbabwean dollars ($0.40 USD)

      • @over_clox
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        322 months ago

        LOL, alrighty then, TIL

      • @[email protected]
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        42 months ago

        i’m a bit disappointed that it’s not like 10 bucks at least, like haha funny yes, but come on you can give them an actual reward for actual science

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          The actual worth of the prize could be the publicity, to stand out and be recognizer as a scientist in a flood of publications. I’m just guessing.

  • @Serinus
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    422 months ago

    It’s actually really valuable. It can be a great alternative to a tracheotomy.

    I don’t know if this is in practice yet, but I’ve heard of it in recent years.

  • @expatriado
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    132 months ago

    that’s how i win at breath holding contests

  • @Maalus
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    Wait till they add the prostate exam to checking vital signs

    • @Shard
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      72 months ago

      Core body temperature is a vital sign. Guess the most clinically accurate way to measure that one.

      • @Maalus
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        22 months ago

        Not by prostate exam, that’s for sure.

        • @Shard
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          42 months ago

          Close. It’s known as rectal temperature

          • @Maalus
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            32 months ago

            Yeah, I know. It’s not a prostate exam.

              • @Maalus
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                12 months ago

                The net result of a prostate exam is that you get a boner. Temp measuring is just sticking an item in your butthole. Two different diagnostic things

    • @Mango
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      12 months ago

      I don’t wanna wait.

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      Not really a prostrate exam but one of the first things trauma docs do is cut the pants off and put a finger up the bum to test spinal function

  • @Brickhead92
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    32 months ago

    Sure, but how bad is their breath?

  • Match!!
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    12 months ago

    Scientists who Discovered Mammals Can Breathe Through Their Anuses; Receive Ig Nobel Prize