You’re not tired, but you saw a post about yawning? Well, guess what.
You are now yawning manually.
Wtf
Just reading this made me yawn.
same! what is this WITCHERY!?1
oh gods dammit fuck aaaaall y’aaaaaall.
Yawn
When a baby is crying on an airplane during takeoff or landing, I visibly and audibly yawn in front of them on purpose, so they catch the yawn and pop their ears.
that is genius
You’re supposed to stay in your seat during take off and landing. Please, remain in your seat. Why do you keep getting out of your seat and silently scream at the babies?!
Who says you have to get out of your seat?
How to tell if your baby is a sociopath with this one simple trick. For this trick you’ll need: a baby, a stranger, an airplane, and the power to suspend all critical thinking.
Apparently there isn’t much consensus on what the actual reason(s) are for yawning. Apparently fish yawn though, so that’s cool.
Isn’t it a social signal, apebrain talking?
Solitary animals yawn too. Don’t if they can catch yawns, or how to test it.
Are there any other involuntary social signals?
….erections?
Best I can find, the 20 “most argued” reasons for yawning, at least the 20 most in 1999
Have you seen a stork yawn? They push their spine out through their mouth
You saw an animal open their mouth big? Have fun.
Got to make everyone tired so they don’t get you while you sleep.
A yawn is a signal to regain some alertness, so when you yawn in order to become more awake, it signals your fellow life forms they might want to be alert too. 🥱
I’ve yawned three times already reading through all these comments.
It’s early morning for me, it’s not fair.
I saw someone recently yawn at a zoom meeting, and I thought “rule.”
What’s that? You’re not tired and you haven’t seen anyone open their mouth big, but you read about a hypothetical person opening their mouth big? Bad news…
Luckily I managed to cover my yawn but keeping my lips/teeth together but opened up the inside of my mouth. Think I got away with it.
Careful, I literally pulled my neck last week doing that
Dogs yawn as well, and it doesn’t only mean that they are tired, more like “I try my hardest to stay concentrated, but is really hard right now”
🥱
You are all now breathing manually.
Also you’re all now aware that your tongue is never fully relaxed in your mouth.
If it was, you’d swallow it.
No, you wouldn’t. It’s physically impossible to swallow your tongue, given that it’s anchored to your mouth. Without cutting the lingual frenulum, it can’t happen.
Why the heck is yawning contagious? I would expect such a feature to evolve if it served a purpose like, say, warning of something coming. See someone give a warning call, pass it on to the rest of the tribe. But why should a sleepy signal do that? Was there a sleep illness people had to worry about catching? Maybe it evolved to signal to everyone that it’s nighttime. How many species is yawning contagious for? I’m picturing lions for some reason. I have a feeling the behaviour is common among mammals
Didn’t have to see anyone, I’ve done it twice just reading this post.
