I can yawn with my mouth closed.
Whatever you do, don’t you dare cover your mouth so we didn’t have to see your gaping maw
And the gas pump isn’t a parking spot.
And turn off your headlights if you’re parked.
And just stop being a clueless shithead all the time always.
Just saying
Snake yawns are the most cute of yawns and I will fight every one who says otherwise.
My idea is that yawing helps sync our internal clocks. So, we sleep at the same time, and wake up at the same time. That way, no one is left behind when the group starts moving to the next waterhole, or feeding ground.
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You read the word Yawn several times in a meme, guess what
Literally just yawned reading this meme, lol.
Yeah I had to yawn when I opened the comments. Yawning is really weird
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.
What? You’re hungry? Well, I’ll just make you yawn
Co2
Isn’t the leading theory that yawning is more about cooling down the brain temp rather than a lack of oxygen or buildup of CO2?
Yeah, you are correct. There are several reasons. :)
Which does nothing to explain why it’s “contagious”.
I thought the idea was that back when we were in settlements, keeping watch out into the dark, the yawn would happen to a sentry if nothing was going on and would subconsciously signal to other humans, even the watch dogs that " nothing is going on, all is well" then spreading throughout the camp as sort of a psychic link, literally conveying information at the speed of light to anyone who can see you.
At least that’s what some article I read had to say about it
I’d say for empathy and humans showing connection by yawning when others do.
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
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.
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.
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?
that is genius
You’re not tired, but you saw a post about yawning? Well, guess what.
You are now yawning manually.
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This seems like such bullshit pseudoscience. Anyone have any real data to back this up?
I got you fam:
Yawn contagion and empathy in Homo sapiens https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22163307/
That abstract is not very convincing to me if I’m being honest.
That’s okay. You asked for real data. You can find more if you care to search peer reviewed articles. I’m not trying to convince you of anything, just showing that it is a real topic of study.
Can confirm, I do struggle with empathy (more in the autism way than the socio/psychopath way though) and don’t really catch yawns from anyone. I will still pretend to yawn when someone else does though, because I know that not doing that will make them subconsciously wary of me
Not everyone will get wary if you don’t yawn. Same way as not everyone thinks the same way about yawns, or just over analyze what others do.
But good for you to try mixin and minglin with the neurotypical crowd :)
Just keep it relaxed
I’ve yawned three times already reading through all these comments.
It’s early morning for me, it’s not fair.
You hit the gym and are having a good session, guess what
This. I have started to wonder if yawns are actually a way to wake up. We know little about them. Some brain scans showed that we refresh the blood around our brain, like changing the water in a fish bowl.
I used to yawn incessantly during warmups before rugby matches. My coach would yell at me to get my head into the game. I kept telling him it’s just what happens when I’m warming up it doesn’t mean anything!
