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Ask HN: Why not install a filter to prevent choking on food?

3 points by amichail 4y ago

Has this been tried?

soueuls 4y ago
I prefer taking the risk of dying.
dave4420 4y ago
What, do you mean in your windpipe?
- amichail 4y ago
  Yes.
  - dave4420 4y ago
    My first thoughts are: - How much is this going to interfere with breathing? How much aerobic capacity would I lose? - How do we prevent this from continuously triggering a gag reflex? - If it does catch some food, how do we get that food out so that it won’t block the filter?
    - amichail 4y ago
      Wouldn't coughing still work for your third point?
      - dave4420 4y ago
        Maybe? But it might stick to the filter.
UmYeahNo 4y ago
I think it's called Soylent, if that's still around. Hard to choke on liquefied food.
- dave4420 4y ago
  Still possible to drown.
  - UmYeahNo 4y ago
    True enough, but I think, technically speaking, drowning isn't choking... it's suffocation, right? Though, drowning in Soylent would be a whole 'nother kind of hell. Wouldn't it? Shudder.
Normille 4y ago
Is this a joke question?
- amichail 4y ago
  No.
t-3 4y ago
Because it's far easier and cheaper to teach people to chew properly. I can't imagine it would be comfortable having a filter lodged in your throat either.