Yawning

lufties

Ok, In the last few days, 2 of my friends have been yawning in my face while talking to me. One over the phone and one in person. Also, my dad yawns constantly while taking to me but apparently this is a side effect of anti depressants. I am actually quite an an interesting person and am 'alive' in general. Maybe I just need to find new friends who could be arsed.

Anyone else experience this? perhaps people are genuinely tired or not interested in what i have to say.

Tail Docker

lufties wrote: »

Ok, In the last few days, 2 of my friends have been yawning in my face while talking to me. One over the phone and one in person. Also, my dad yawns constantly while taking to me but apparently this is a side effect of anti depressants. I am actually quite an an interesting person and am 'alive' in general. Maybe I just need to find new friends who could be arsed.

Anyone else experience this? perhaps people are genuinely tired or not interested in what i have to say.

Yawn.

fleet_admiral

Sorry what did you say

solomafioso

I'm sorry, I totally zoned out. Could you repeat what you said there?

Tiercel Dave

Boring

Banjo String

Op have you ever considered the possibility that you might be boring?

solomafioso

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxVLaTVBnpg

Stinjy

Yawning is allowing extra oxygen to the brain and allows people to concentrate better on what you're saying / doing me thinks

HalloweenJack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAFnH4X9dXQ

lufties

Tiercel Dave wrote: »

Boring

You know what's boring? being a conformist Irish person

Banjo String

Stinjy wrote: »

Yawning is allowing extra oxygen to the brain and allows people to concentrate better on what you're saying / doing me thinks

Someone listens to newstalk during the day.......

Tail Docker

lufties wrote: »

You know what's boring? being a conformist Irish person

I nodded off there for a minute, sorry bout that, what were you saying again?

fleet_admiral

Ladies and Gentlemen please take your purchases to the checkout as the store is about to close, hurry up, come on, hurry up

lufties

Banjo String wrote: »

Op have you ever considered the possibility that you might be boring?

No, I reckon fools can't handle how interesting I am

solomafioso

lufties wrote: »

You know what's boring? being a conformist Irish person

What?

Czarcasm

lufties wrote: »

Ok, In the last few days, 2 of my friends have been yawning in my face while talking to me. One over the phone and one in person. Also, my dad yawns constantly while taking to me but apparently this is a side effect of anti depressants. I am actually quite an an interesting person and am 'alive' in general. Maybe I just need to find new friends who could be arsed.

Anyone else experience this? perhaps people are genuinely tired or not interested in what i have to say.

I think I may see what your problem is there OP -

lufties wrote: »

You know what's boring? being a conformist Irish person

lufties wrote: »

No, I reckon fools can't handle how interesting I am

Who would want to be listening to that all *yawn*... day?

Mint Aero

lufties wrote: »

I am actually quite an an interesting person and am 'alive' in general.

This means, you never shut up talking about yourself doesn't it and you wear people out. You know, you drone on and on and on and on about all this sh*t you're gonna do like photography classes and get into graphic design and you saw this and it was the sh*ts and people yawn because they're wondering are you ever going to stop talking but sure what does it matter cos you're so alive man.

lufties

Mint Aero wrote: »

This means, you never shut up talking about yourself doesn't it and you wear people out. You know, you drone on and on and on and on about all this sh*t you're gonna do like photography classes and get into graphic design and you saw this and it was the sh*ts and people yawn because they're wondering are you ever going to stop talking but sure what does it matter cos you're so alive man.

Nope, I'm actually the exact opposite, anyway get back to your pint.

WILL NEVER LOG OFF

Stinjy wrote: »

Yawning is allowing extra oxygen to the brain and allows people to concentrate better on what you're saying / doing me thinks

That's one theory; it's not clear why we yawn.

one of the most interesting theories is that it serves no physiological purpose at all. It's just some weird genetic accident.

ballsymchugh

Stinjy wrote: »

Yawning is allowing extra oxygen to the brain and allows people to concentrate better on what you're saying / doing me thinks

apparently the only thing it does is slightly cool the brain down. other than that it's a signal to everyone that it's sleepy time. heard this on the science phone in on 5live at 3am on thursday mornings

Mint Aero

lufties wrote: »

Nope, I'm actually the exact opposite, anyway get back to your pint.

Cheers are you having one yerself?

lufties

Mint Aero wrote: »

Cheers are you having one yerself?

tt
Nah, I'm dreaming of ways to get out of my ****ty job that I hate.

Stinjy

Banjo String wrote: »

Someone listens to newstalk during the day.......

News talk? Really? Not a hope!



Is anyone else genuinely yawning reading this? Not from tiredness but because talking about yawning encourages it?

jimgoose

lufties wrote: »

tt
Nah, I'm dreaming of ways to get out of my ****ty job that I hate.

You could always bore a tunnel.

The Backwards Man

WILL NEVER LOG OFF wrote: »

That's one theory; it's not clear why we yawn.

one of the most interesting theories is that it serves no physiological purpose at all. It's just some weird genetic accident.

Why do other animals yawn then?

WILL NEVER LOG OFF

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Why do other animals yawn then?

i have no idea. i heard it in a physiology lecture years ago.

maybe because it's an accidental outcome of a genetic sequence that also happens to code for something useful?

Topper Harley

The first time someone calls you a horse you punch him on the nose.

The second time someone calls you a horse you call him a jerk.

But the third time someone calls you a horse, well then perhaps it's time to go shopping for a saddle.

WILL NEVER LOG OFF

Topper Harley wrote: »

The first time someone calls you a horse you punch him on the nose.

The second time someone calls you a horse you call him a jerk.

But the third time someone calls you a horse, well then perhaps it's time to go shopping for a saddle.

because you want to ride the man?

duurty

stmol32

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Why do other animals yawn then?

Interestingly enough the only animal that doesn't yawn is the giant sloth, natures laziest animal.
Now I may have just made that fact up but it doesn't make it any less true (because it's now on the internet).

foxy farmer

My mother used to say yawning was contagious. If you were in company and someone yawns its likely you will yawn shortly thereafter. Some believe its to do with air pressure in our ears more say its atmospheric conditions.

foxy farmer

foxy farmer wrote: »

My mother used to say yawning was contagious. If you were in company and someone yawns its likely you will yawn shortly thereafter. Some believe its to do with air pressure in our ears more say its atmospheric conditions.

Yawning helps to get more oxygen to the brain, contagious yawning happens because when you see someone else yawn, your brain thinks that there must not be enough oxygen in the air and so that makes you yawn too!