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What is a Yawn about?
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:32 am
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:32 am
Is this even medically necessary for us? Why do we do it? Does this tell our bodies something important that I'm unaware of?
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Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:33 am to Broke
your body needs more oxygen
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:35 am to WG_Dawg
used to keep mammals awake while they were tired, so they wouldn't be eaten
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:36 am to Broke
This thread made me yawn
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:37 am to WG_Dawg
quote:
your body needs more oxygen
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:37 am to Broke
Science literally doesn't know.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:39 am to fr33manator
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Science literally doesn't know.
They should have consulted the people replying with their oxygen theory.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:39 am to fr33manator
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Science literally doesn't know.
There was a report today that was basically "It does a bunch of shite and we don't know"
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:39 am to When in Rome
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This thread made me yawn
Have an upvote, baby sis!
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:40 am to Broke
But we do know that autistic people and kids are immune for the contagiousness of yawns.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:41 am to Broke
bunch of theories...really is a modern medical mystery 
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:42 am to Broke
quote:
What is a Yawn about?
4 or 5 seconds
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:43 am to WG_Dawg
I read one it is for oxygyn. 4 hours after awake and 4 hours berfore sleep. More or less. I read this on the shitter out of a readers digest back in the 80s though.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:44 am to Broke
It's obviously because nature wants us to laugh and go "awwww"
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:45 am to Broke
quote:
Is this even medically necessary for us?
Theory that I found interesting is that it helps to cool the brain.
You won't get more oxygen by yawning vs normal breathing so that doesn't make sense to me.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:46 am to Broke
Do anyone else's ears pop every time they yawn?
ETA: by pop I mean like when you ascend and sounds get louder. I guess decreasing pressure?
ETA: by pop I mean like when you ascend and sounds get louder. I guess decreasing pressure?
This post was edited on 8/19/14 at 11:48 am
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:47 am to htownjeep
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Theory that I found interesting is that it helps to cool the brain.
I read that a 1 degree change in the temp of the brain can cause all kinds of strange things. That's pretty cool.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:53 am to Broke
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I read that a 1 degree change in the temp of the brain can cause all kinds of strange things. That's pretty cool.
Intriguing. I'm gonna try to rapid fire yawn for a few minutes straight and see if I can trip balls.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:54 am to Broke
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:55 am to When in Rome
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Do anyone else's ears pop every time they yawn?
Never. But I yawn on a plane to make the pressure go away.
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