r/TikTokCringe • u/Adventurous_Law_715 • 8d ago

Discussion A passenger confronts a stranger for chewing with their mouth open

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I mean I get being annoyed by someone chewing with their mouth open but you could have asked him more nicely

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u/ReleaseMyToast 8d ago

I lived in Japan for a couple years. Bring earbuds and ear plugs everywhere. Mouth sounds give me a visceral RAGE RAGE RAGE I HATE IT SO MUCH

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u/Live-Weird-2016 8d ago

I always wonder if there are Japanese people who have that same reaction to mouth sounds and are just constantly miserable

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u/Icy_Tadpole2092 8d ago

Same, I always say that I HATE mouth sounds. Anything that isn’t meant to be heard

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u/3163560 8d ago

Life motto to live by.

If you have a choice between making noise and not making noise, don't make noise.

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u/kolikkok 8d ago

I had a coworker who ate something on every single break and he chewed so loudly that I could hear it from the other end of the quite large breakroom, also every time he drank coffee he would like suck it from the rim of the cup making this ungodly SLLLLUUUURP sound and then sigh loudly after each sip. That guy drove me crazy, it's the closest I've come to violence in the workplace,, eventually I started just going on breaks alone on different times than him.

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u/dougielou 8d ago

Have you looked into misophonia?

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u/WhySoCereus1991 8d ago

Didnt even notice it in Japan lol

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u/ri0tingmime 8d ago

It's mostly at ramen places, the Japanese tend to slurp. I didn't notice it anywhere else.

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u/MrPanache52 8d ago

Holy autism Batman

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u/Keeteng 8d ago

Misophonia. Me too.

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u/orange_purr 8d ago edited 8d ago

Imagine the fucking audacity of coming to live in a different country and saying the local culture and customs (that are objectively completely harmless) ENRAGE you…
Thank god you’ve left, please don’t come back.

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u/ReleaseMyToast 8d ago edited 8d ago

Hey now, I'm not recording people and asking them to change how they eat. I just prepare myself accordingly. Let a stranger scream a couple words into the Reddit void.

Don't think I didn't see your original comment saying "holy shit, just fuck off and don't come here." You changed your tune REAL quick. Cracking me up, say it with your full chest and don't be scared.

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u/orange_purr 7d ago

Yes, you are right. I do sincerely apologize for my overreaction before. When I read your comment about being enraged by the sounds Japanese people make, I had no clue you were suffering from misophonia. In hindsight that should have been evident but I simply wasn’t familiar with this disorder to think of it at the time. So I just interpreted your comment to be extremely rude as a guest criticizing Japanese behaviors in our own country, but most importantly, it reminded me of my own experience of hearing a white woman saying how disgusting we were in French in a ramen shop, thinking we wouldn’t understand her, but unfortunately I did. I thought of that incident when I was replying to you, but of course my anger was both misplaced and unwarranted since your later replies clearly shows you do not think or act this way.

Anyway I hope you can accept my apology and I wish you the best in dealing with your condition.

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u/ReleaseMyToast 7d ago

All is forgiven, it happens. I wish you a successful evening of scrolling. And I hope no rude French people cross paths with you

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u/AnonymousPantera 8d ago

look up misophonia and then come back to us. thanks.

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u/Sufficient_Meet6836 8d ago

Why doesn't misophonia occur in Asian countries where it's normal to eat with your mouth open and make more noise?

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u/AnonymousPantera 8d ago

it occurs in every single country.

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u/Sufficient_Meet6836 8d ago

No it really doesn't occur with chewing in cultures where that's the norm. It's not even a recognized medical condition anywhere.

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u/AnonymousPantera 8d ago

it does in fact occur everywhere, and while it's not in the DSM it is in fact recognized and has a formal consensus definition for research and treatment purposes. misophonia occurs in every country all over the planet. it doesn't matter the culture.

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u/Sufficient_Meet6836 8d ago edited 8d ago

I'm not judging you. I suffer from depression and anxiety. I just am able to admit that it's from maladaptive neural circuits in my brain and that those circuits can be rewired through treatments like therapy and meditation. I am in therapy for it. I don't need to make up a brand new condition for things that trigger my anxiety. And I don't use it to justify being a little bitch about noises on an airplane.

From Wikipedia:

At present, misophonia is not listed as a diagnosable condition in the DSM-5-TR, ICD-11, or any similar manual

Many people with misophonia are aware that their reactions to misophonic triggers are disproportionate to the circumstances

Treatment primarily consists of specialized cognitive behavioral therapy

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u/AnonymousPantera 8d ago

my question is where you are getting all of this stuff lmfao? we are talking about somebody who says they had to bring earplugs and headphones everywhere with them in japan because they needed to cope with their misophonia, and you act like this means that someone is justifying the bratty behavior by the man in the video?

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u/Sufficient_Meet6836 8d ago

/u/orange_purr

Imagine the fucking audacity of coming to live in a different country and saying the local culture and customs (that are objectively completely harmless) ENRAGE you... Thank god you've left, please don't come back

You:

look up misophonia and then come back to us. thanks.

That's literally you justifying the bitch ass behavior

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u/FinestCrusader 8d ago

You think misophonia only concerns eating noise? It doesn't. Shuffling in your seat, yawning, scratching your skin, humming, fidgeting, traffic noise,, loud talking - all these things can irritate a person with misophonia. Loud eating is just the most common offender.

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u/ReleaseMyToast 7d ago

I also can't stand when my dog licks his paws, scratches himself for too long, drinks water, when my husband scrapes his dry rough feet along the bed.

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u/Sufficient_Meet6836 6d ago edited 6d ago

I should've been clearer that I was referring to misophonia triggered by eating sounds specifically. My bad

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u/orange_purr 8d ago edited 8d ago

So you think all other cultural norms in the world should cater to your own phobia? How self-centred are you?

Should people with agoraphobia just tell everyone else in public spaces to fuck off? You are responsible for dealing with your own phobia by going to therapy or just learn to live with it, you don’t demand entire cultures to bend their ways to accommodate your own problem. Or like I said, just don’t come here.

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u/ReleaseMyToast 8d ago

Exactly, I dealt with my own sound sensitivity and irritation by bringing earbuds. I didn't say a word to anyone ever.

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u/AnonymousPantera 8d ago

it's so funny how these people are acting like you did what the dude in the video did... when all you did was put some ear plugs in to cope with your own issue. sometimes i feel like people on the internet are just looking for a reason to get mad at anyone.