Is it Possible to Drown

I just thought of the title and apparently that's what I'm blogging about today.

From a literal level, the correct answer is, "Duh, of course it's possible to drown, why are you even asking that?" That is a good point, but I want to be pedantic about it, so there.

I guess if you really think about it, drowning is still breathing. You are still inhaling a chemical to exhale a different chemical. In normal breathing we take in the chemical slough we call "air" for our bodies to clean up a bit, and then we exhale carbon dioxide. In the case of water, we're still taking in a chemical slough, but this time, all of the chemicals are in a polyamorous marriage. They're all still gases, they're just stuck together a bit. You're still breathing in oxygen, but instead of your body processing it and exhaling carbon dioxide, you exhale bacteria, some enzymes, and death. That's a pretty good deal if you ask me.

Now here's a separate thing: Would we be able to drown if we were organisms that breathed solids instead of gases? I really can't imagine that think about how freaking crazy that is. It's like something just randomly inhaling a bunch of skittles so it doesn't die. What????? Or what about some sort of whale or something that breathes tables??????? That's really funny right now but it won't seem to be at a later date when I read this again. Would it be possible for it to drown?

I'm going to start with something easier. Do fish drown? Not really. They just kind of stop being able to breathe. Humans can still breathe under water, they just can't for very long (Nor can they breathe it  very efficiently at that.) Most fish, if taken out of water, just can't. Sure there's air moving through them, but gills are not made to take in air. They run water past their gills. In the open air, they just can't do anything about it because they can't really inhale.

So what about humans? Really, drowning is a pointless word. A good thing to say would be that they, "breathed water" because breathing water kills people. So people do drown but they shouldn't drown because it's pointless to drown when drowning is just breathing water, which means doing something that people just aren't particularly good at.

Sidenote: I found an article about things that breathe solids. It's really disappointing actually because they're just bacteria and that's boring. I guess it's kind of cool that they respirate toxic metals, but still it's not like a whale breathing the solids in tables or whatever.
So there you go think about it because I'm tired of it. Tell me what you think. If you comment something to the effect of, "People drown, stop being dumb," I'm going to delete your kneecaps. Good luck.

Edit:
If you commented something telling me it is possible to drown without even considering the post, I am going to delete half of your teeth. Olivia has posted the only valid comment. You have to consider it on a more existential level. Be prepared for teeth deletion next wednesday and don't try to run.