More info for those who are curious en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_cycle
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InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
It’s actually normal.
Your nostrils cycle between like this so that the one can take a break from the air flow and mitigate drying out.
exothermic@lemmy.world 7 months ago
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Also just to add to the torture of these conversations … the inside of your lungs also have a certain ‘scent’ or ‘aroma’ to it. It’s very subtle and wouldn’t be noticeable to anyone else except for yourself because the exhaled air is coming straight out of your lungs and right past your nostrils and all its receptors. Your receptors can sense it but your brain automatically ignores it and you never notice.
The same goes for your vision … you have a natural blind spot in the center of your vision … the edges are not crisp and clean, you can only focus on about 10 percent of what you actually see in front of you, the rest is just blurry … your brain just automatically processes your entire vision and autogenerates a perceived image that makes us believe that we have crystal clear vision through our entire field of view.
Same goes with hearing … just about every person has a tiny bit of tinnitus, ringing of the ears but your brain just automatically processes it all out to make you think that you have crystal clear hearing.
When you think about it … all our senses are pretty imperfect and there is a lot of interference and nonsense data that our brain processes out to make us believe that we have perfect or near perfect vision, hearing and sense of smell.
AeroLemming@lemm.ee 7 months ago
If it’s normal, why does it bother me so much? The feeling drives me absolutely nuts and I hate it.
InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Hey that’s just part of becoming aware you’re a sentient being stuck in a weird meat vessel that’s just full of undebugged closed source code blobs.
If you’re slightly congested, it sucks more.
If you think about it too much about your breathing, it sucks.
Otherwise it’s fine.AeroLemming@lemm.ee 7 months ago
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InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
You’re welcome.
dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Of course my breathing is all I can think about now.
InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Well yea.
There’s also a nose in your field of view.
Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 7 months ago
But why not both
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Then they’d both dry out.
Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Well that’s some peoples goals and its none of my business
FeatherConstrictor@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Why is your name red
InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I am the red one destroyer of spam, csam and abusive content.
You can summon me with the flag icon.For real though, I’m just a random dude lending a hand with moderation on sh.itjust.works where your account is.
Peace
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Not only does it help from drying out, but it helps with smell too; some things are better detected with a slower airflow
rockerface@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Yep, there’s a reason our noses didn’t simply evolve into a singular hole in the middle of our faces
charliespider@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Two nostrils allows for stereo smells. If we only had one nostril, we would only be able to smell in mono.
Fades@lemmy.world 7 months ago
wake me when surround-smell drops
Gunrigger@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I was going to say because it would be fucking weird if we just had one big nose hole. Now I’m thinking about it, our nostrils are already pretty weird.
I’m now looking in the mirror at my nostrils and pumping them to the beat of a song.