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.
*Yawn*
Submitted 3 weeks ago by LillyPip@lemmy.ca to [deleted]
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explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
that is genius
glandrid@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
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?!
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Who says you have to get out of your seat?
FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Wtf
Just reading this made me yawn.
_Nico198X_@europe.pub 3 weeks ago
same! what is this WITCHERY!?1
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
oh gods dammit fuck aaaaall y’aaaaaall.
AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Apparently there isn’t much consensus on what the actual reason(s) are for yawning. Apparently fish yawn though, so that’s cool.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Isn’t it a social signal, apebrain talking?
its_prolly_fine@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Solitary animals yawn too. Don’t if they can catch yawns, or how to test it.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
It seems like it helps the brain switch modes (from low activity to high and from high activity to low). So yawning could help prepare the brain to pay attention to something important, as well as wind down for the evening. Hence both morning and evening yawns.
The contagious aspect could be as simple as “Oh, you’re changing modes? I should get ready to do the same.”
Agent641@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Are there any other involuntary social signals?
QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Have you seen a stork yawn? They push their spine out through their mouth
StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Best I can find, the 20 “most argued” reasons for yawning, as t least the 20 most in 1999
AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Increase alertness
Decrease alertness
lmao
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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…
faceula@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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.
StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Careful, I literally pulled my neck last week doing that
Manticore@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
You read the word Yawn several times in a meme, guess what
Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Literally just yawned reading this meme, lol.
EldenLord@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah I had to yawn when I opened the comments. Yawning is really weird
besmtt@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ve yawned three times already reading through all these comments.
petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
It’s early morning for me, it’s not fair.
aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
[deleted]prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
This seems like such bullshit pseudoscience. Anyone have any real data to back this up?
Mobiuthuselah@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
I got you fam:
Yawn contagion and empathy in Homo sapiens pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22163307/
python@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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
anzo@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
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
Angelevo@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Co2
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
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?
Angelevo@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Yeah, you are correct. There are several reasons. :)
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Which does nothing to explain why it’s “contagious”.
ButteryMonkey@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
You saw an animal open their mouth big? Have fun.
certified_expert@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You hit the gym and are having a good session, guess what
anzo@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
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.
WanakaTree@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
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!
oppy1984@lemdro.id 3 weeks ago
This post literally made me yawn. Not because it’s bad either.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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.
aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Except nocturnal circadian cycles were evolutionary in nature. The pack wanted someone awake at all times to protect from predators.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Snake yawns are the most cute of yawns and I will fight every one who says otherwise.
madjo@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
What? You’re hungry? Well, I’ll just make you yawn
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
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. 🥱
umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
🥱
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Didn’t have to see anyone, I’ve done it twice just reading this post.
einlander@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Got to make everyone tired so they don’t get you while you sleep.
tetris11@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I saw someone recently yawn at a zoom meeting, and I thought “rule.”
MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You are all now breathing manually.
ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Also you’re all now aware that your tongue is never fully relaxed in your mouth.
If it was, you’d swallow it.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
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.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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
MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Yawning is more about getting more oxygen in your system. Which sometimes can be for to you being sleepy and not breathing as well, but always to do with tiredness.
I think when you see someone else yawn, you do the same to make sure you’re just as on point as they are. Since more oxygen in your system means you’ll operate more efficiently.
I think that’s correct, anyway? If someone knows better, please correct me
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Sounds like a plausible theory. I wonder how extensively it’s been studied. I’d like to know if it’s unique to humans. Figuring out which species do ot woukd give a clue to when it evolved
Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
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”
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I can yawn with my mouth closed.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
You can stifle a yawn with your mouth closed. It isn’t a proper yawn if your mouth isn’t open.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Why the heck is yawning contagious? I woukd 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
OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Read a meme about opening your mouth real big? You guessed it: open your mouth real big about it.
flipflop97@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
You’re not tired, but you saw a post about yawning? Well, guess what.
ch00f@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You are now yawning manually.