Random Thoughts

[Angrboda]

I remember an involved conversation that I once had with a blanket in a chair.

[AkiraTheViking]

^Really, what about?

[Angrboda]

Pigs And Rodents Can Breathe Through Their Rectums, So We Probably Can Too

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to place huge pressure on global health services, a shortage of ventilation devices has left many patients in danger of respiratory failure. However, new research reveals that mammals such as mice, rats, and pigs are in fact able to breathe through their intestines, suggesting that administering oxygen through the rectum may help to save the lives of humans suffering from respiratory issues.

It has long been known that certain aquatic species such as loaches and sea cucumbers are capable of taking in oxygen through their intestines in addition to their gills when faced with hypoxic conditions. Back in the 1950s and '60s, scientists conducted a number of experiments to determine if mammals shared this capability, yet results were inconclusive and the issue has remained a topic of debate ever since.

Appearing in the journal Med, a new study has finally settled the argument by providing evidence that mammals can indeed use their intestinal organs for respiration, and that doing so can significantly enhance survival and recovery rates following respiratory failure.

[AkiraTheViking]

I hate windows. I really FUCKING HATE WINDOWS! Satan. I wish Lenix or Ubuntu would get better so that I wouldn't have to coose between shit apple or shit pc. Got a file, got it late. Had to convert it. Took an hour, converter only had 1 sec remain. Windows freezes. I'm already half an hour behind. . Had to redownload file with the codex specs I need, took half an hour, have to wait half an hour for it to transfer to flashdrive. I'm now 1hr and 30mins behind.

[Sal]

I wonder what future me will think of this post. No smoking, no drinking. Fuck you, future me.

[Angrboda]

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Pigs And Rodents Can Breathe Through Their Rectums, So We Probably Can Too

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to place huge pressure on global health services, a shortage of ventilation devices has left many patients in danger of respiratory failure. However, new research reveals that mammals such as mice, rats, and pigs are in fact able to breathe through their intestines, suggesting that administering oxygen through the rectum may help to save the lives of humans suffering from respiratory issues.

It has long been known that certain aquatic species such as loaches and sea cucumbers are capable of taking in oxygen through their intestines in addition to their gills when faced with hypoxic conditions. Back in the 1950s and '60s, scientists conducted a number of experiments to determine if mammals shared this capability, yet results were inconclusive and the issue has remained a topic of debate ever since.

Appearing in the journal Med, a new study has finally settled the argument by providing evidence that mammals can indeed use their intestinal organs for respiration, and that doing so can significantly enhance survival and recovery rates following respiratory failure.

That could revolutionize the breath mint industry.

Boru

[Silver]

[The Valkyrie]

Pigs And Rodents Can Breathe Through Their Rectums, So We Probably Can Too

That could revolutionize the breath mint industry.

Boru

So could angry Marxists...

[Fireball]

I'm mindful of the old phrase about having "smoke blown up" one's ass. If the oxygenation hypothesis was true, I'd expect that someone who had eaten chili con carne's breath would smell like...uh, never mind.