Blowing your nose

3greenrizla's · 03-12-2005 02:20AM

so is it a question of weather you blow or swallow (or sometimes is it ok to spit)?

personally i'm not to fond of swallowing snot!

Time Magazine · 03-12-2005 02:25AM

Ohmigod Apex you're like such a social retard :rolleyes:.

:v:

ApeXaviour · 03-12-2005 03:45PM

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Nope I'm not disgusted by it, i imagine i would be amused

Right so nothing disgusts you. Good for you. You're obviously an exception. So why are you even here? I'm talking about society which you do not seem to represent.

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

a girl goes to kiss you, you must surely go, no this may disgust other people and does myself, we must wait till home darling sorry.

No. Did you read what I said? A little kiss is fine wherever whenever. It's usually not polite to go wearing the face off your significant other while in other peoples company, not disgusting, just impolite. I mean like a group of your friends in the middle of a conversation. If you're out in public it's usually pretty ok. Like not on a crowded elevator or anything. There are notable exceptions: cinema, crowded pub or anywhere where drink is being served. I'm sure I need not go into further detail. I'm beginning to wonder who is the real social retard here however, if you speak the truth.

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

I know what you are thinking but as I see it,somebody puts tissue to their nose, somebody makes a noise, they then put the tissue away or in the bin.
Funny I just somehow don't find myself retching?
the worst that is happening as far as i can see is that you are being disgusted by a noise....

Never said it made me retch. That was someone else. Nothing makes me retch actually. I have an incontinant dog at home who I have to regularly clean up after. It disgusts me but it doesnt make me retch. The nose blowing makes me cringe. I cringe cos I wonder why would someone do something that makes them appear so unnattractive, like farting or burping loudly, picking their nose, scratching their privates. Its not considered a social faux-pas which I cannot understand. It's not so much the noise, more the idea of what the noise is doing and where it's coming from. Like PICKING THEIR NOSE, its the same as far as I'm concerned. I cringe similarly when I see somebody doing that. The worst is when someone blows their nose and then starts to pick it through the hanky right infront of you! In the middle of conversation!

Angry Banana wrote:

Ohmigod Apex you're like such a social retard :rolleyes:.

:v:

Heheh. I guess this would be in reference to my choice of study?

Tar.Aldarion · 03-12-2005 04:56PM

ApeXaviour wrote:

Right so nothing disgusts you. Good for you. You're obviously an exception. So why are you even here? I'm talking about society which you do not seem to represent.

right, will the guy who holds societies views step up please?

No. Did you read what I said? A little kiss is fine wherever whenever. It's usually not polite to go wearing the face off your significant other while in other peoples company, not disgusting, just impolite. I mean like a group of your friends in the middle of a conversation. If you're out in public it's usually pretty ok. Like not on a crowded elevator or anything. There are notable exceptions: cinema, crowded pub or anywhere where drink is being served. I'm sure I need not go into further detail. I'm beginning to wonder who is the real social retard here however, if you speak the truth.

My very point is you are being hypocritical about what you find disgusting. Some people find even small signs of affection in public disgusting and that is ridiculous much as with the blowing of somebodies nose.
Should people not do something because some people think it is out of taste?
Some people even have the idea that holding hands in public turns their stomach...do you have that feeling? doubt it.
So it comes to the fact that you just don't like it and personally find the blowing of ones nose disgusting, much like somebody could find a lot of things disgusting that you do not.
You are not then an exception to the inherent hypocrisy which you speak of?

I cringe cos I wonder why would someone do something that makes them appear so unnattractive, like farting or burping loudly, picking their nose, scratching their privates. Its not considered a social faux-pas which I cannot understand. It's not so much the noise, more the idea of what the noise is doing and where it's coming from.

maybe some people don't care if randomers find them attractive and would rather just have a clear nose?
Now as for it being the idea, that is a little odd. It is not the thing, it is you thinking about what is going on that makes you disgusted.
Therefore you do not find the act disgusting persay,more the fact that you are thinking about it too much. If you just try to think about wht actually happens, all you see is a tissue, all you hear is a noise which doesn't bother you that much?

The worst is when someone blows their nose and then starts to pick it through the hanky right infront of you! In the middle of conversation!

ask them not to do that, it seems a little odd....

Sangre · 03-12-2005 05:07PM

God there is nothing more annoying then someone snorting/sniffling every 2 minutes. BLOW YOUR GODDAMN NOSE

Kur4mA · 03-12-2005 05:31PM

ApeXaviour wrote:

I do get a runny nose often enough.. I was saying that snot running down my nose doesn't ever happen even though i dont blow it because it's dealt with otherwise.

Actually, I think it's MUCH more disgusting the amount of snot/phlegm you must swallow on a weekly basis if you never blow your nose. That is just filthy imo. Just blow your nose and get over it ffs. :rolleyes:

ApeXaviour · 03-12-2005 05:58PM

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

My very point is you are being hypocritical about what you find disgusting.

How? I don't see it.

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Should people not do something because some people think it is out of taste?

It tends to be the case. I don't think I need cite examples.

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

So it comes to the fact that you just don't like it and personally find the blowing of ones nose disgusting, much like somebody could find a lot of things disgusting that you do not.

Right, fair point. But why don't they? Yet then go on to say picking one's nose is disgusting?

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

maybe some people don't care if randomers find them attractive and would rather just have a clear nose?

Mostly it tends to be friends, as they are people I'd be conversing with most often. A clear nose can be achieved otherwise in a not so off-putting manner.

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Now as for it being the idea, that is a little odd. It is not the thing, it is you thinking about what is going on that makes you disgusted.
Therefore you do not find the act disgusting persay,more the fact that you are thinking about it too much.

We only know the world through our perceptions. Is the above not the case for anything anybody finds gross?

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

ask them not to do that, it seems a little odd....

Happens rare enough but it does happen.

Rid wrote:

Actually, I think it's MUCH more disgusting the amount of snot/phlegm you must swallow on a weekly basis if you never blow your nose. That is just filthy imo. Just blow your nose and get over it ffs.

Chill dude, let's keep this civil. The amound of phlegm you swallow even if you blow your nose is quite extensive anyway. This is how your lungs clean themselves. A little extra is fairly negligible. Stomach acid deals with it like. It's inside and it stays inside. I don't wipe my arse in public, why do you do this?

Sangre wrote:

God there is nothing more annoying then someone snorting/sniffling every 2 minutes. BLOW YOUR GODDAMN NOSE

Well done sangre, failing to add anything new or useful as usual. Read the goddam thread before making useless repetitive comments.

GLaDOS · 03-12-2005 06:01PM

I always pinch my nose, that eliminates noise and unnessecery mucus

Sangre · 03-12-2005 06:04PM

You asked for opinions and you got mine. Boo-hoo if its already been said.

chump · 03-12-2005 06:04PM

Blowing your nose is far better than sniffling/swallowing the gunk.
And how does blowing your nose compare to picking your nose?
Picking your nose you get snot on your fingers and then maybe eat a sandwich or lick your finger, blowing the crap into a tissue gets it out of your body, stops you sniffling and is relatively hygenic.

I'm pro the blow

ApeXaviour · 03-12-2005 06:21PM

chump wrote:

Blowing your nose is far better than sniffling/swallowing the gunk.

Why? One sharp sniff/swallow >> blowing

chump wrote:

Picking your nose you get snot on your fingers and then maybe eat a sandwich or lick your finger, blowing the crap into a tissue gets it out of your body, stops you sniffling and is relatively hygenic.

Well that's true I suppose. It is relatively hygenic. It's still pretty gross though. Like pissing on well, anything (bar toilet). Relatively hygenic, still pretty gross.

Sangre wrote:

You asked for opinions and you got mine. Boo-hoo if its already been said.

To be frank, and for future reference. I'd rather not have your opinion on anything. Harsh? Well at least I'm being honest.

Sangre · 03-12-2005 06:37PM

Well then don't post on a public bulletin board...mmmkay?

muckwarrior · 03-12-2005 07:22PM

ApeXaviour wrote:

Why? One sharp sniff/swallow

You may be blessed with nasal passages where one sharp sniff can extract everything to the back of your throat but most people aren't. Personally when I have a bad runny nose sniffing will only suck up about 20% of whats there, thereby delaying the need to blow my nose but not eliminating it. So while you may have the choice between blowing or sniffing, most people dont. Also, as other people have pointed out, I found the noise of continuous sniffeling much more irritating then an occasional blow.

Furthermore, when you have a cold doctors actually reccommend that you blow instead of sniff in order to expell as much surplus mucus as possible.

So basically what it comes down to is that you and a few other people have an abnormal sensitivity to people blowing their nose. Your problem not ours!

Dave! · 03-12-2005 07:27PM

muckwarrior wrote:

You may be blessed with nasal passages where one sharp sniff can extract everything to the back of your throat but most people aren't. Personally when I have a bad runny nose sniffing will only suck up about 20% of whats there, thereby delaying the need to blow my nose but not eliminating it. So while you may have the choice between blowing or sniffing, most people dont. Also, as other people have pointed out, I found the noise of continuous sniffeling much more irritating then an occasional blow.

Furthermore, when you have a cold doctors actually reccommend that you blow instead of sniff in order to expell as much surplus mucus as possible.

So basically what it comes down to is that you and a few other people have an abnormal sensitivity to people blowing their nose. Your problem not ours!

EXACTLY.

Well put.

rugbug86 · 03-12-2005 07:29PM

i blow my nose but i leave the room to do it. its yuck when someone does it around you...

jptk · 03-12-2005 08:23PM

Well, I have a problem with my left nostral and if I get a cold its practically impossilbe to "suck it back". Therfore, I will blow my nose and anyone who has a problem with it can go f?ck themselves.
Pissing on the bar toilet is pretty different then blowing your nose
You seem to have a very unhealthy dislike for noseblowing

NoDayBut2Day · 03-12-2005 09:06PM

I don't mind people who blow their nose in public; it looks better than it running down... eww gross.. haha.

Personally, if I need to blow my nose, I go to the bathroom.. it's just me though. I don't like to be in front of people when I blow my nose...

jonny68 · 03-12-2005 09:17PM

Another amazing thread :rolleyes:

ApeXaviour · 03-12-2005 09:28PM

muckwarrior wrote:

You may be blessed with nasal passages where one sharp sniff can extract everything to the back of your throat

Maybe I am but I doubt it.

muckwarrior wrote:

So basically what it comes down to is that you and a few other people have an abnormal sensitivity to people blowing their nose. Your problem not ours!

Right so you're giving out to me about something I already told you in my original post:

me wrote:

I dunno if I'm just weird here but: ... I find it absolutely disgusting when other people do it in public. ... Am I alone in this?

People drew me out to explain this and I did. Thank you for pointing out in no uncertain terms that I am indeed weird/abnormal. And that I have a problem.

jptk wrote:

and anyone who has a problem with it can go f?ck themselves.

Honestly people (muckwarrior included), there really is no need to get so defensive. Seriously, chill.

Pissing on the bar toilet is pretty different then blowing your nose

Why is it so different? I mean why the hell should I have to go into the bathroom everytime I need to take a goddam piss eh!? It's feckin sterile for christ' sake! When I need to take a piss I'll do it whereever the fk I want and anybody who has a problem with that can go fk themselves.

rugbug86 wrote:

i blow my nose but i leave the room to do it. its yuck when someone does it around you...

Thank-you. Seems I'm not alone anyway..

Okay, I realise majority rules and that's what defines what is or is not acceptable in our society. Please stop telling me that nose-blowing is. I realise this. I am not arguing this. I'm only pointing out that given what is and is not usually accepted in company, if one was to be objective nose-blowing seems to be given special dispensation. An exception to the rule. Why? It is because it is because it is and because you all like doing it so it is. This is no reason..

I'm not saying don't do it. I'm saying I'd rather you didn't do it infront of me, when I'm talking with, eating lunch with or sitting beside you.

jptk · 03-12-2005 10:23PM

ApeXaviour wrote:

Why is it so different? I mean why the hell should I have to go into the bathroom everytime I need to take a goddam piss eh!? It's feckin sterile for christ' sake! When I need to take a piss I'll do it whereever the fk I want and anybody who has a problem with that can go fk themselves.

Well when you blow your nose, usually you would do so into a tissue. If you take a piss wherever you want ie..the floor of a pub, someone else will have to clean it up because after a while its gonna smell pretty bad.
Nobody i know just blows there nose and lets it land on the floor. So it seems pretty different to me

Dave! · 04-12-2005 01:15AM

jonny68 wrote:

Another amazing thread :rolleyes:

Stop posting in the f*cking threads if you don't like After Hours.

ApeXaviour wrote:

Okay, I realise majority rules and that's what defines what is or is not acceptable in our society. Please stop telling me that nose-blowing is. I realise this. I am not arguing this. I'm only pointing out that given what is and is not usually accepted in company, if one was to be objective nose-blowing seems to be given special dispensation. An exception to the rule. Why? It is because it is because it is and because you all like doing it so it is. This is no reason..

So you start a thread to discuss the philosophy/ethics behind nose-blowing...?

ApeXaviour · 04-12-2005 04:17PM

DaveMcG wrote:

Stop posting in the f*cking threads if you don't like After Hours.

Agreed..

DaveMcG wrote:

So you start a thread to discuss the philosophy/ethics behind nose-blowing...?

Not at all. I merely question society's logic

sideFX · 05-12-2005 12:52AM

ApeXaviour wrote:

I dunno if I'm just weird here but:

I don't do it. I find it very uncomfortable and my eyes water something awful any time I try. I'd find it more comfortable to tweeze nostril hair seriously. Anyone else like this or am I alone?

Also I find it absolutely disgusting when other people do it in public. Jeeze like just suck it back, the noise is much less and it all stays inside. The fact that among my friends it seems to be the women who most often blow their nose in public, I cannot fathom!? Personally I find it more unattractive than burping or farting loudly and cringe when people do it. Am I alone in this too?

For starters it has to be done. It can be done in a mannerly way too.

If you suck it back the mucus builds up around your eardrums and hey presto next thing you know your at the doc forking out 50 sheets for an ear infection.

ApeXaviour · 05-12-2005 12:53AM

sideFX wrote:

If you suck it back the mucus builds up around your eardrums and hey presto next thing you know your at the doc forking out 50 sheets for an ear infection.

Odd.. That's never happened to me. I seriously question it's accuracy.

sideFX · 05-12-2005 12:59AM

ApeXaviour wrote:

Odd.. That's never happened to me. I seriously question it's accuracy.

It's true. happened me. Doc took one look in me ears and told me to stop sucking it up (sounds bad that eh?). It's your body's way of getting rid of germs and waste etc .... and we're just putting it straight back ...

thats why your supposed to breath through your nose ... to pick up germs and dirt on the hairs and breath out through your mouth

ApeXaviour · 05-12-2005 01:36AM

hmmm... interesting.

I shall double check with DrIndy

daphne22 · 05-12-2005 02:21AM

djmarkus wrote:

Two Words, suck and swallow

We are still talking about nose blowing...right?

Tar.Aldarion · 05-12-2005 02:26AM

He's pro the blow.

Blowing your nose

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