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Eating Noises, Do they infuriate you?

  • 28-11-2007 04:07PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 240 ✭✭


    The guys on 98 fm were talking about this yesterday, apparently one of the presenters, Dermot, gets really irritated and annoyed when he hears somebody eating. I have the exact same problem, my blood boils if I hear somebody eating, so much so that I have to leave the room.
    Apparently it's pretty common and its called Hyperacusis or something, just wondering if this affects anyone else.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Rob_l


    No doesn't bother me at all


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    i dont mind it that much, but i hate people who eat with their mouth open and food falls out.


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,351 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Not really, it's more the voices telling me to burn things that irritates me. Oh well there's only one to shut them up. *takes out tank of petrol and lighter*


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭Lux23


    No not really. I hate the smell of orange peel, thats makes my blood boil.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭mucker23


    same as myself, i cant eat in the same room of one of my family members coz a pack of lions milling into a zebra carcase would be quieter then her eating, also i cant stand people who eat with there mouth open :mad:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,143 ✭✭✭✭chopperbyrne


    I can't even stand the noises I make when eating!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,429 ✭✭✭✭star-pants


    Just gonna post once, cuz I'll get annoyed thinking of all the bad eaters.
    -I hate very noisey eaters
    -Crunching loudly
    -Eating with mouth open
    -Shovelling food in
    -Smacking lips together with every bite
    -People who go 'mmm' 'oooh mmm this is delicious' .. 'chomp chomp' 'mmm '
    goddamn it say its nice and get over it!!
    -People who slurp

    the list could go on but I'll have to stop.
    Sometimes if I'm a little loud I annoy myself. Like eating prawn crackers, cant do that quietly...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,541 ✭✭✭Davei141


    I hate people who moan non stop about how you eat/drink. Annoying as ****. the lot of them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭abelard


    I don't mind people munching on Tayto or something like that as it's unavoidable really.

    However, if there is one thing that is likely to send me into psychotic rage it's people who, when eating a bowl of cereal, suck and slurp all the milk off the spoon before putting it in their mouth. I can feel my heart beat faster with rage when I just think of that noise.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭Susannahmia


    The worst is when people bite their fork or scrape it off their teeth!:mad:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,477 ✭✭✭MOH


    Om nom nom nom.

    Doesn't really annoy me unless they're going over the top, e.g. excessive slurping sounds. Also farting noisily while eating would be very off-putting, though I presume that's a different issue.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,406 ✭✭✭Pompey Magnus


    I hate it when I hear people eating when I'm not, I actually feel myself getting hot and agitated while its going on. Even just thinking about it annoys me :mad:.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,145 ✭✭✭Lands Leaving


    Let people enjoy their food. Personally I only make noise when I eat meat, I like to go primal and make various grunts, then howl when I finish. Gotta go back to your roots sometimes


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,331 ✭✭✭Keyzer


    -Leelo- wrote: »
    The guys on 98 fm were talking about this yesterday, apparently one of the presenters, Dermot, gets really irritated and annoyed when he hears somebody eating. I have the exact same problem, my blood boils if I hear somebody eating, so much so that I have to leave the room.
    Apparently it's pretty common and its called Hyperacusis or something, just wondering if this affects anyone else.

    Ditto... This is a big problem for me...

    I haven't eaten with certain family members in years because of this.

    They are like savages who just found food after a week long search...

    People who keep sucking their teeth after eating almost drives me to punching the person, most of the time I leave the room muttering "f*cking animal"...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,589 ✭✭✭Hail 2 Da Chimp


    There's a girl who works with me who sounds like a horse when she's eating.
    Constantly chewing with her mouth open, it's especially bad when she's eating apples.
    I feel like punching her in the face... And you know what? Not a jury in the world would convict me!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,990 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    I hate it, my Mam, Dad and brother all eat like they're in a noise competition with each other:mad:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 328 ✭✭Statso


    Can't say im that bothered about eating noises, its people that breath really loud like a bellows that annoy me. God they make me want to smother them.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,145 ✭✭✭Lands Leaving


    There's a girl who works with me who sounds like a horse when she's eating.
    Constantly chewing with her mouth open, it's especially bad when she's eating apples.
    I feel like punching her in the face... And you know what? Not a jury in the world would convict me!

    Bring in one of those bags for hay they strap onto horses. That'll shut her up fast


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,787 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    Bunch of snobs!! Nahoommm noam mom hack, snort, burp.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Statso wrote: »
    Can't say im that bothered about eating noises, its people that breath really loud like a bellows that annoy me. God they make me want to smother them.

    .............+1. I'd never say anything though: my dad was like that - he always herds me breathing and was like 'whats wrong are you sick?' 'you need to get some exercise' and oh god... it did not turn out well.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 154 ✭✭babyguinnessfan


    Yes Yes oh my God Yes. That and people talking with their mouths full. I'm sure I traumatised 2 of my sisters into eating silently when they were young. I would stare at them at the dinner table and as soon as they lapsed into eating with their mouths open (even for a split second) I used to shout abuse at them. I'm sure they thank me for it now though...:o


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 799 ✭✭✭Schlemm


    I can't stand it!
    It's the slurpy chewy noise that I hate, as opposed to crunching.
    But I do hate the sound of someone crunching on a bag of crisps.
    And I really hate the noise of someone eating an apple.
    I hate people chewing and talking at the same time, especially if it's about how good the food is.
    I hate looking at people eating.
    I hate it when people try to eat in the library or other quiet places and try to stifle the sounds of their chewing.
    I hate it when people gulp really loudly, but the slurping of drinks is ok.
    Slurping of food on the other hand, is horrible, as is sucking, licking, gobbling.
    Other big offenders include chicken wings, cheese falling off pizza and on to people's chins and then they have a fit about it with their mouths full, people who can't eat spagetthi properly, fajitas and bits falling out the ends of them, greedy people, overfilled sandwiches, people eating things that are too hot and then making horrible faces and noises as a result....
    AARG!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 154 ✭✭babyguinnessfan


    lol...you all right there Schlemm?!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 78 ✭✭da1&only


    Just gonna post once, cuz I'll get annoyed thinking of all the bad eaters.
    -I hate very noisey eaters
    -Crunching loudly
    -Eating with mouth open
    -Shovelling food in
    -Smacking lips together with every bite
    -People who go 'mmm' 'oooh mmm this is delicious' .. 'chomp chomp' 'mmm '
    goddamn it say its nice and get over it!!
    -People who slurp

    And i thought i was the only one.I cant bear to be eat with my family because it drives me that crazy!!My sister is like this aswell and i think thats might be why i am,the reason being i rember her threating to stab me with a fork when we where younger for eating loudly and with my mouth open:eek::eek:.I never did it again as far a i know of


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,145 ✭✭✭Lands Leaving


    I like to buy crunchy things to eat in the cinema. Lately snack a jacks and dry cereal have been my weapons of choice. I also slurp soup and scrape the bottom of my plate. Because of people who care about such trivial crap. Get over it, its eating. Big bloody deal.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,324 ✭✭✭✭Cathmandooo


    I only realised recently I dont like hearing people eating wraps, dunno what it is but its them in particular! Doesnt bother me enough to move away though!

    I hate people eating on a packed train, the heat is bad enough but then when you've to smell something........argh rotten!


  • Subscribers Posts: 32,937 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    I don't mind the sound of myself eating funnily enough, but when others are eating it bugs the sh1t out of me. I have to have my headphones handy at work for when someone near me starts eating an apple or crisps or their lunch at their desk. One of the things I hate most is the quiet bit before a foilm starts in the cimena when the censors notice or sometihng is showing and all you can hear is the sounds of rattling, slurping, and popcorn/nacho eating.

    AAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,234 ✭✭✭Malteaser!


    Those noises drive me CRAZY!!!

    I don't normally eat with my family coz they all eat like a pack of animals.

    I even hate the noise that people make when swallowing a drink!!

    Another thing that bugs me is when people ring you up and they're in the middle of eating something...ffs like...wait five minutes until you've finished or if it's really important put down the fork while you're talking. If anyone rings me while they're eating something I just tell them to ring me back when they're finished.

    There's something about that noise that just makes my skin crawl.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,475 ✭✭✭bitemybanger


    nothing gets up my goat more


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,673 ✭✭✭Miss Fluff


    I don't mind it as long as they are not overtly noisy/talk when eating/chew with mouth open etc, i.e. comply with basic manners.

    HOWEVER, if I'm going out with someone or someone I love is really annoying me, hearing them eat makes me want to vomit on my own face quite frankly. Don't know why that is. Oh, and if I hear someone slurp a drink it makes me want to curse them and hope that all their offspring be born without tongues.


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