• intensely_human
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    6 months ago

    High CO2 may be what leads to that suffocating feeling, but low O2 is what makes us literally die

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      6 months ago

      CO2 is literally toxic. As in, if you’re stuck in a hermetically sealed chamber, you’ll suffocate to death due to CO2 toxicity, not lack of O2.