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Comment by aleph_minus_one

10 hours ago

There exist lots of non-wetting liquids in which humans cannot breathe.

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foo12bar  1 hour ago

Your lungs have sensors that can detect being coated by a liquid which invokes coughing. In that sense, you can detect wetness.

  • teiferer  7 minutes ago

    They detect being coated, no matter liquid or not. (Source: Parents who smoke. And don't tell me the crap they are inhaling is a liquid.)

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