Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoMore of an informal poll, but do you cover your mouth when you yawn when you're alone at home?message-squaremessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareMore of an informal poll, but do you cover your mouth when you yawn when you're alone at home?Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square35linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePika@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoI didn’t realize covering your mouth when yawning was a norm in general, like I don’t cover it at all. Note: it’s not like I yawn directly at people or in peoples faces or anything, I just don’t cover my mouth.
minus-squareQuarterSwede@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 days agoPeople do it out of respect for others since yawning is contagious. We tend to hide our mouths so that others don’t yawn.
minus-squareCmdrShepard42@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 days agoI do it because you look really stupid when you yawn, walking around mouth all wide. The hand hides all that.
I didn’t realize covering your mouth when yawning was a norm in general, like I don’t cover it at all.
Note: it’s not like I yawn directly at people or in peoples faces or anything, I just don’t cover my mouth.
People do it out of respect for others since yawning is contagious. We tend to hide our mouths so that others don’t yawn.
I do it because you look really stupid when you yawn, walking around mouth all wide. The hand hides all that.