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The same thing works with blinking, and moving your tongue.
Dang it, why’d you have to make me think about that?
Mwahahaha. (sorry, though.)
I can control all three, but they all go straight back to involuntary as soon as I stop the control. And until I first read this comic I didn’t know this was unusual!
same
But not with digestion, I’ve noticed. This probably tells us something.
(I didn’t say “something _important_, now, did I?)
Tubes rule!
breathing, semi-automatic system. Same with tongue, for when we need to eat something a certain way or when we’re learning to make a sound (learning to speak or learning a different language). Eyes because we need to be able to override instinct say to close them, when we’re looking into a bright sunset because we’re driving (or, evolutionarily, because that’s where the threat we can’t risk taking our sight off of is). Only 2 points we need to control the digestive system to avoid trouble, and those are limited (and one of those more limited as the body tends to think it has a good reason for it). Appologies to anyone eating…
What if you do all three?
Good thing this doesn’t work with your heart, or you’d be screwed.
I think Millie just needs to vent.
Nah, just ventilate.
I know how Millie feels… I usually worry about breathing until I get distract- Oh look, a rainbow!
Cetaceans are voluntary breathers all the time.
Yes, and because of that “sleep” for them cycles through the various parts of their brains; they are never totally asleep the way we are. I wonder, do they dream, and if so when which part(s) of the brain are in the sleep cycle?