Greg Clarke@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoIf babies can suck milks out of breasts, why can’t a grown man blow them up like balloons?NSFWmessage-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down146
arrow-up1-26arrow-down1message-squareIf babies can suck milks out of breasts, why can’t a grown man blow them up like balloons?NSFWGreg Clarke@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareSkaraBrae@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 days agoBreasts are not like a bladder filled with liquid. It’s more like a dense sponge; so you can squeeze liquid out, but you can’t inflate a sponge.
minus-squarePhilipTheBucket@ponder.catlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoI feel like you actually probably can drive air into the empty spaces (that’s exactly how your lungs work), if you can somehow make a tight enough seal on the person’s nipple, but it would be incredibly dangerous because of embolism. Don’t do it.
Breasts are not like a bladder filled with liquid. It’s more like a dense sponge; so you can squeeze liquid out, but you can’t inflate a sponge.
I feel like you actually probably can drive air into the empty spaces (that’s exactly how your lungs work), if you can somehow make a tight enough seal on the person’s nipple, but it would be incredibly dangerous because of embolism. Don’t do it.