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[โ€“] kubok@fedia.io 91 points 1 week ago (6 children)

If you cannot chew with your mouth closed and you are older than 6 years, you should not be allowed to vote, operate heavy machinery or have children.

[โ€“] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are people who have a genuine problem breathing fully through their nose though.

[โ€“] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[โ€“] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 18 points 1 week ago

I admire your commitment to this. Iโ€™m onboard. Fuck em, take smaller bites.

[โ€“] modeler@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

There's a word for not being able to handle this: misophonia

It seems that for some people (myself included) it generates a primal urge.

Or use cutlery properly.

[โ€“] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

I agree, but the one person I knew who did this was a rich asshole. He had zero fucks to give.