system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why after 30+ years of life do I still randomly choke on my own spit at random?
gpt
I've read that as we were evolving to allow for complex speech, the larynx dropped lower in our throats. This makes it a lot easier for us to choke, though. So it's just an annoying trade-off for being able to speak.