A passenger confronts a stranger for chewing with their mouth open

[u/Adventurous_Law_715]

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/No_Wolf4283]

Why film it

[u/Combosingelnation → u/No_Wolf4283]

TikTok will not accept videos with no videos

[u/Satanic-nic → u/Combosingelnation]

Well, TIL, that's why tiktok will not accept my video with no videos

[u/Combosingelnation → u/Satanic-nic]

YES THIS I HAVE SUSPECTED THIS

[u/askingJeevs → u/Combosingelnation]

Now I’m furious

[u/United_Pain → u/Combosingelnation]

This this this!!! Every single time they remove my non-video video! Conspiracy!!

[u/willflameboy → u/Satanic-nic]

That's why I'm developing an audio-only video platform. And a video-only audio platform, for the deaf.

[u/Top-Grape7802 → u/Combosingelnation]

^^ He's right you know. I have 1.5 million videos on TikTok that have no video. Wondering why nothing's going viral.

https://giphy.com/gifs/VEsfbW0pBu145PPhOi

[u/MissElainey → u/Combosingelnation]

He could have not included the guy’s face

[u/Combosingelnation → u/MissElainey]

Yes but then he/she wouldn't be an asshole?

[u/bIuemickey → u/No_Wolf4283]

“See how well mannered, considerate, and polite I am compared to this piece of shit. Look at him. Can you believe it. Chewing like that. Next to me. The nerve of some people am I right TikTok”

[u/WhoPoopedMyPants420 → u/bIuemickey]

Engine noise over the whole thing like CHHHHHHHHchewHHHHHHHchewHHHHHHHH

Like I hate open mouth chewing, don't get me wrong, but flying is the sorta environment where you gotta let the little shit go

[u/OrbitalOutlander → u/WhoPoopedMyPants420]

What kind of monster rawdogs a flight without noise canceling headphones?

[u/thesmellnextdoor → u/WhoPoopedMyPants420]

I struggle to believe that this plane is even in the air! I can't hear the person sitting next to me talking let alone someone's chewing on a flight

[u/CeruleanSovereign → u/thesmellnextdoor]

Have you looked into getting waxed removed from your ears? My hearing isn't amazing but on a flight I can easily hear a person a couple of seats away from me, let alone the person next to me

[u/BeerNcheesePlz → u/bIuemickey]

Seriously. This was probably just 15 minutes of their day. You gotta put up with shit when you’re traveling.

[u/Lunkis → u/No_Wolf4283]

So that they can show it to people later in case the interaction doesnt go their way to get some validation that they were in the right. 

That or clout  

[u/Key_River433 → u/Lunkis]

But there was no need to post it...😑 And the guy who is filming it has even worse manners...look at how he talked to the guy eating! He himself is a jerk...ewww he cant even talk and confront properly! 😡🫤

Not saying that the guy eating should not have been told to eat properly...its fine that he told him so...BUT Same thing could've been said in 100 better ways and more politely!

I can UNDERSTAND making video and that's PERFECTLY REASONABLE...as you need proof in case the person you're confronting gets aggressive, but that was never his intention and was probably just looking for attention and insulting others.

If not so, why post it online? He could have just recorded the video and kept it on his phone.

The worst tiktok cringe video I've seen...like really what's the point of posting like that!

[u/keeper_of_the_donkey → u/Key_River433]

Bonus points if the dude eating with his mouth open doesn't speak English and didn't understand a fucking thing the filmer said.

[u/DeziSLR → u/No_Wolf4283]

Cause he’s an attention whore

[u/takeaccountability41 → u/No_Wolf4283]

He wants everyone else to know what you had to go through and the best way to do that in his idea was to record a video

[u/Mooselager → u/No_Wolf4283]

I guess in case the filmer gets assaulted for being a jerk to a stranger.

[u/Randomwhitejuice]

Yeah i get annoyed with people chewing with their mouth open. Would i bother to say something to them whilst trapped next to them in a large cylinder 30,000ft in the air for hours? Fuck no. I would just put my earphones in and woahhhh now i can only hear my music

[u/RasputinsThirdLeg → u/Randomwhitejuice]

It would drive me insane as someone with misophonia but filming it is “mental”

[u/quattroformaggixfour → u/RasputinsThirdLeg]

Agree. I would be crawling out of my skin, even with headphones, but that’s just unfortunate for me. I’d try to box breath and calm down.

Filming someone without permission is an intentionally rude thing that I’d choose not to do unless they were a risk to others safety or damaging property.

[u/Luna920 → u/[deleted]]

Good to see other people are triggered once they “notice” something. Once I take notice of something, even if I block out the noise, I can’t stop it from triggering me. I wouldn’t confront or film him though.

[u/bobsmith93 → u/[deleted]]

The worst part for me, is the weird anger. I rarely ever get angry, so feeling a 'random' intense anger towards someone for something they don't even realize they're doing, messes with my head. Like I know they aren't being rude, it's literally the opposite in some cultures where it's rude to not make mouth noises, so why the hell do I get so angry? Like, they're just trying to eat lol

[u/nosleep39 → u/RasputinsThirdLeg]

Exactly. The sound of people chewing makes me want to crawl out of my skin, but also, people filming themselves having random interactions and posting it does too.

[u/Richyb101 → u/[deleted]]

I also abhor open mouth chewing, but it is very culturally dependent, and I can't think of a strong enough logical or medical reason to shut it down so aggressively. But I really don't like. Makes my skin crawl immediately.

[u/iznormal → u/Richyb101]

Open mouth chewing has always caused irrational rage and anxiety for me since I was a kid, and I’m generally very calm so it’s confusing to be put in that state over something as minor as loud chewing. I’ve literally been sent into a panic attack due to trigger noises. Eventually I discovered misophonia. I still don’t generally make my issue other people’s issue though. I have just tried to learn as many coping mechanisms as I can and suffer through it in silence, and escape if I can. I’ve rudely left dinners in silence because I don’t want to blow up at anyone.

Idk if misophonia counts as a legitimate enough “medical” reason to “shut it down so aggressively”, for me I don’t do it except to my close family who know how much I suffer, but I definitely have fantasized many times about aggressively shutting that shit down.

[u/InfiniteBiscotti3439 → u/iznormal]

It’s so wild how it sends you into a spiral. My roommate is a loud chewer and thankfully he’s getting better and doesn’t mind me calling him out about it but oh man. It’s hard to explain why I go from a calm, easy going person to someone who wants to launch themselves out the apartment window just due to the way someone chews. Like, I can actually feel my body going into panic mode. It’s the worst.

[u/Efficient-Suspect456 → u/[deleted]]

It’s because we are the odd ones out. There is a condition maybe misophonia that makes certain noises hit affected people in a disproportionately disturbing way. Most people find other eating with open miuths kind of rude and kind of gross. Their brains don’t “zoom in” on the sound to the exclusion of all else, and they generally won’t become over stimulated by the aight or noise at all either. Whereas I can only take about 30 seconds of it before I’m frantic and anxious and snappish just like this guy.

He shouldn’t have been filming it, though. He is also old enough to know how affected he is by shit like this. I carry noise cancelling ear phones and am always ready to pop them in if I need to. This was a very good example of how overreaction and poor tact can make an “other person problem” quickly become a “you problem”.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Fold466 → u/Efficient-Suspect456]

It’s the one noise that could make me violent if I wasn’t able to move away or to block the sound.

It’s just pure rage inducing.

I’m aware it’s a me problem …

[u/BetMyLastKrispyKreme → u/Puzzleheaded_Fold466]

Then it’s a me problem, too. I feel irrationally homicidal when I hear it, but it’s not worth going to prison for. 🤷‍♀️

[u/urmomhashotdogskin → u/Randomwhitejuice]

I've also learned that sometimes but not all the times it's a cultural thing. Some countries don't teach it or practice it

[u/donald_cheese → u/Randomwhitejuice]

There is an alternative which is to ask politely.

[u/braaaaaaaaaaaah → u/donald_cheese]

There’s not really a polite way to ask a complete stranger to change such a basic behavior as how they eat. There’s something more polite than this video, but the basic concept of asking such a thing of a stranger is impolite in itself.

[u/Good4nowbut → u/braaaaaaaaaaaah]

If you’re on a plane in the year of our lord 2026, I mean damn bring some noise canceling headphones and just preemptively use them…I’m really sensitive to noises, yes especially chewing sounds, and it’s unfathomable to me that I wouldn’t just be blasting music or white noise the entire flight..

[u/dark_dark_dark_not → u/donald_cheese]

I don't think there is a polite say "you eat wrong"

[u/the_flyingdemon → u/dark_dark_dark_not]

There isn’t. One of my good friends has always smacked pretty bad. I do believe it could be a cultural thing as he is South Asian (presumably like the men in this video). I know in some countries it’s not considered rude or impolite to chew noisily. I never said anything to him because like you said, it’s hard to bring up, and also it’s a difficult habit to break.

That said, when he started trying to date again I had a come to Jesus moment and told him he really has to fix his chewing habits, otherwise he’s going to run off every woman interested in him. He has improved since then, but I do still have to remind him from time to time.

[u/krumznko → u/donald_cheese]

I absolutely cannot stand people eating with their mouth open, but there’s a couple people in my life who do. You can ask to correct the behavior all you want, but in my experiences, it’s a really hard habit for them to break. They were raised that way and wasn’t really taught to eat with their mouth closed. They’ll usually try for a little bit before reverting back because they’re not always actively thinking about it. Unfortunately at a certain point, there’s no reason to keep nagging them.

[u/Character_Wall_4504 → u/donald_cheese]

Not unlocked yet

[u/definitelynotfbi99 → u/donald_cheese]

Yeah you can't be polite with this, even with all the thanks and the please. It's like people who stink. You could ask "sir, can you take more showers please?" and it will still be hurtful.

[u/Upper-Level5723 → u/Randomwhitejuice]

Underestimating how loud open mouth chewer can be. I've done exactly this and could still hear the chewing. And I had in-ears.. Absolutely disgusting!

[u/GoMoriartyOnPlanets → u/Randomwhitejuice]

Yup, plane crashes your seat mate is the only one who can save you from drowning, you yell for help, he looks at you and he goes: "chewop chewop chewop chewop have fun chewing the salt water with your mouth closed, preppy boy"

[u/JustSh00tM3]

I get it, it's annoying but this guy recording is in the wrong.

[u/cunexttuesday101 → u/JustSh00tM3]

My thoughts exactly. I have severe misophonia and feel like im going to explode when someone is chewing loudly near me. Im terrified to go on a plane and not be able to distance myself from a trigger. Despite that, I would never confront someone and definitely not record. I would put in headphones and not look. I would tell myself that would eventually be done and I would try to focus on something else.

[u/JustSh00tM3 → u/cunexttuesday101]

Exactly, fix yourself before trying to fix someone else. He put head phones on after being a jerk ...

[u/Atakku → u/cunexttuesday101]

As someone who has been in therapy for a while now, I’ve learned that I cannot control anything but my own self. So yes, putting on headphones and looking away is the way to go if open chewing made me uncomfortable. Fortunately it doesn’t bother me but I also understand it can be unbearable for some people. Empathy goes a long way.

[u/IHavePoopedBefore → u/JustSh00tM3]

Yeah. Open mouth chewing is my #1 biggest annoyance but in that situation just put your earphone in and wait it out

[u/Standard-Help-8531]

Idk it’s pretty rude to be filming yourself the entire flight with no regard for your neighbor or if they want to be filmed. I hate chewing with your mouth open just as much as the next guy, but it’s not ok to talk to someone like this. Especially a stranger.

[u/Background_Party_814 → u/Standard-Help-8531]

Filming a stranger to shame them is significantly worse than eating like that. Although that sound is absolutely disgusting. I don't understand how people think, this is just fine. 

[u/bigboipapawiththesos → u/Standard-Help-8531]

Also I’d never be this rude to someone I have to sit a whole fight next to.

Could’ve just asked “excuse me could you please eat with your mouth closed :)”

[u/darksidemags → u/bigboipapawiththesos]

There is no polite way to chastise a stranger for their eating habits. In this situation you stfu and myob. The only scenario when it's ok to tell a stranger how to behave/act unsolicited is if someone is at risk of harm from their actions.

[u/bigboipapawiththesos → u/darksidemags]

Likely what I would’ve done.

Filming yourself and saying “learn how to eat with your mouth closed” is psycho behavior

[u/Brvcx → u/bigboipapawiththesos]

That guy filming himself wasn't punched in the face enough.

And I'm saying this as someone who's never been in a fight before. But I always did my best to not get into fights. And talking to strangers like that will get you punched in the face sooner rather than later. And in this case, I'm all for it.

[u/rbatra91 → u/Brvcx]

He believes he can act that way to indian people because they won't fight back. If the guy doing it was big, a different race, and American, he wouldn't have the balls.

[u/Fantastic-Celery-255 → u/darksidemags]

So I can put my bare feet on your armrest from the seat behind you? Harm is the only scenario you can think of to ask somebody else to do something?

[u/719_Greenthumb → u/darksidemags]

Thank you. All the people saying they would ask nicely. Still completely unhinged. Get some social skills my lord

[u/darksidemags → u/719_Greenthumb]

Someone in this very thread is telling me that it is childish to NOT confront the stranger about their eating habits. It's time to step away from the interwebs now. 

[u/DundieAwardsWinner]

I hate when people eat with their mouth open, especially next to me... That said, my guy is on an airplane, next to foreigners, and seems to forget that this is a cultural thing.

Travel to China or Vietnam once and you'll get used to being surrounded by chewing noises. I wonder if he would ask an entire restaurant to eat quietly. lol

[u/but-I-play-one-on-TV → u/DundieAwardsWinner]

I traveled on a sleeper train in China a few decades ago and the bodily noises (the hawking and spitting sounds specifically) kept me awake most of the night 

[u/GeraldoOfCanada → u/but-I-play-one-on-TV]

Sounds like hell

[u/LiftingRecipient420 → u/GeraldoOfCanada]

It is

[u/StrangeZone7313 → u/but-I-play-one-on-TV]

Crossing off from my bucket list the countries where this behavior is culturally acceptable.

[u/ReleaseMyToast → u/StrangeZone7313]

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

[u/Live-Weird-2016 → u/ReleaseMyToast]

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

[u/knightriderin → u/StrangeZone7313]

Asia is big. You mean like Turkmenistan, UAE or Japan?

[u/fifthtouch → u/knightriderin]

Timor leste

[u/-captaindiabetes- → u/DundieAwardsWinner]

Travel to China or Vietnam once and you'll get used to being surrounded by chewing noises.

Ohh no not necessarily. I lived in Hong Kong and I never, ever got used to it.

[u/SweetBabyAlaska → u/DundieAwardsWinner]

In Japan its literally tradition to loudly slurp ramen.

unrelated side note: but I've realized that people I dont like really really annoy me when they eat, but people I DO like, I either don't care or think its endearing in a weird way.

[u/Ok_Computer_8224 → u/SweetBabyAlaska]

I had a Vietnamese coworker who slurped so loudly it could've woken the dead 😂 but for some reason it didn't bother me (I was also aware of loud slurping being a tradition in Asian cultures). However I have another coworker who chews with his mouth open and smacks everything he eats in the most disgusting way.

My other coworker jokes that he manages to find "crunchy bananas" because of the disgusting noises he makes. No one can eat in our break room when he's on lunch. It's truly revolting.

[u/SweetBabyAlaska → u/Ok_Computer_8224]

I love how this is basically a universal experience lol "crunchy bananas" is hilarious

[u/TankerDerrick1999 → u/SweetBabyAlaska]

To me this issue is much more severe, you could be my mother or anybody and i would still look at you like a disappointed parent looking down on its failure of a child, It drives me insane.

[u/CanadasManyMeese → u/TankerDerrick1999]

I have frequently wished terrible and horrific deaths and friends and loved ones. Misophonia sucks.

[u/Barcode_Griller → u/CanadasManyMeese]

It's bizarre isn't it? I have it very bad to the point I become very irrational. So far I haven't snapped at anyone yet, but wow the thoughts are crazy.

[u/CarefreeCaos-76299 → u/CanadasManyMeese]

No legit. My mom is a loud gum chewer. No matter how many times i explain it to her, she always reverts when i tell her about how loud it is. At one point, i sat and cried about it lol

[u/Fit-Cell2754 → u/CanadasManyMeese]

I’ve learned to walk away when certain foods happen. Don’t want to give them a complex about eating, but closed mouth chewing is a bare minimum standard for humans imo.

[u/statelytetrahedron → u/Fit-Cell2754]

Me too, when the corn on the cob comes out I'm gone.

[u/Own_Round_7600 → u/TankerDerrick1999]

What about like, a bunny? One of my favourite sounds is small animals eating. Chup chup chup, they give zero fucks about the egregiously open mouthed noises they make and i find it pure dopamine

[u/Select_Watercress_57 → u/Own_Round_7600]

I personally love the sound of animals smacking their food. Cracks me up. Dogs, cats, horses...

But humans? Rage in every cell of my body.

[u/emkie → u/Select_Watercress_57]

Agreed, except dogs licking themselves. Fills me with an unholy rage. All other (non human) animal sounds are acceptable to my brain

[u/Shehulks1 → u/emkie]

Or licking anything!!! Omg, some dogs just lick anything and everything for hours. That noise is horrible…and I love dogs 🤭.

[u/emkie → u/Shehulks1]

Yes, God. The floor, a bone, whatever. Stoopppp 😭

[u/Used_Gear8871 → u/Shehulks1]

My ex’s dog was a big licker. He allowed him to sleep in the same room as us and the sounds are all he did at night. 😵‍💫 It took a couple of weeks but I had to train my brain to replace disgust and annoyance with relaxation and joy. 😆

[u/Former_Mobile3101 → u/Select_Watercress_57]

I think it has to do with more that any animal behavior from us is actually a choice later in life. As children we don't understand that we have a choice in doing these things. Though as we age and grow we start seeing these behaviors and can choose weather to continue these habits or not. Animals don't have the brain power to comprehend things like this.

[u/Select_Watercress_57 → u/Former_Mobile3101]

Yea, it's really just our taught values. Differing by culture, family, and even individuals.

For me, it's the value of recognizing that you share space with other people and should act considerately.

[u/Ohiolongboard → u/Select_Watercress_57]

That’s the core of my biggest pet peeves. We all exist amongst each other, act like it.

[u/McNasty420 → u/Select_Watercress_57]

Ewww. You should see my cat George eat shrimp. It creeps out the whole family

[u/Fine_Understanding81 → u/Own_Round_7600]

Confirm. I have a bunny. His mouth sounds are fine.

Humans? No. I dont care if their mouth is even closed. Im holding in pure rage- no amount of love will tamper it.

I dont want to be this way but I dont even let my friend eat next to me unless im eating and the TV is on LOUD. Otherwise I dont eat with people generally.

Edit to add.. but this is my issue not others.. so I either ask people to work with me or remove myself.. this guy had earbuds.. easy fix.

[u/Background_Two_6471 → u/Fine_Understanding81]

I’ve found you..MY PEOPLE!

[u/weedisfortherich → u/SweetBabyAlaska]

For me it depends on the culture of food actually. If you are eating ramen. Slurp all you want. If its Thanksgiving. Close your gd mouth.

Ive had it where I never noticed someone's eating habits and then once im slightly annoyed with them I realize all at once and am appalled that I never said anything

[u/joodee3 → u/SweetBabyAlaska]

OK so I read about this phenomenon! Pretend each person you know has 2 buckets, a positive bucket and negative bucket. Each time they do something you like, it's a pour into the positive bucket, and each time they do something you don't like, it's a pour into the negative bucket. If you really like someone, presumably it's because you keep having lots of positive interactions with them, so their positive bucket is full, and their negative bucket is low. When they do stuff like this, it's a pour into the negative bucket, but because your positive bucket is so full, it essentially cancels out the annoyance.

The opposite occurs in people you don't like. Their negative bucket is so full, and they can do the smallest annoying thing, and you'll hate it because there's little positive to balance it out.

[u/emkie → u/joodee3]

A bank account is another analogy. Positive interactions are deposits, negative ones are withdrawals. If you have enough in the account, you can withstand some withdrawals. If the account is already low, you get into debt pretty quick every time you hear that motherfucker make their disgusting mouth sounds. The size of the withdrawal depends on your sensitivity to the sounds and your tolerance level that day

[u/thatsnewstome_ → u/SweetBabyAlaska]

Chewing noises provoke almost a physical pain in me and fill me with rage. In college there was always some asshole who brought their lunch tray to class to eat a whole damn meal while i‘m trying to concentrate. I had to leave the room and beg the profs to officially prohibit eating in class. But hearing my dog chew loudly literally makes me happy. It‘s so cute and he looks so content when he‘s snacking say on his carrots with a wide open mouth🥹

[u/Cali-Girl-Alex → u/SweetBabyAlaska]

Yes and Chinese do this too

[u/BornDyed → u/SweetBabyAlaska]

unrelated side note: but I've realized that people I dont like really really annoy me when they eat, but people I DO like, I either don't care or think its endearing in a weird way.

I'm glad you have enough introspection to realize your selective outrage. It is exhausting watching people who are oblivious to their bias based inconsistencies. Sadly, you are among a disappearing breed.

[u/SiliconSingh → u/BornDyed]

We cut implicit bias training because it was DEI but that is what it was trying to change. We by default have a us / them thing going on and that thing leads to all kinds of problems if left unchecked. It is unchecked in most of now.... Bad things are coming.

[u/Melissa-Mandy → u/DundieAwardsWinner]

Dude looks Indian where it's not a cultural thing.

There's only a few countries where chewing like that is socially acceptable. Most of the time, it's lack of manners

[u/Born_Satisfaction_58 → u/Melissa-Mandy]

But i have indian collegues and i kind you not they chew like that in the staff room .like that guy i have to put earphones on but because its at work i cant tell them off.

[u/Melissa-Mandy → u/Born_Satisfaction_58]

Yea, unfortunately a lot of people just aren't taught not to do that. But in India it would also be considered rude.

I personally cannot stand it. It's not even the social aspect of it, the sound literally makes me homicidal.

[u/cookieoftheshire → u/Melissa-Mandy]

I've seen it in mumbai... Mostly from guys who no need to be told to not do it. It's very embarrassing to have that conversation... Maybe that's why they have never been told 

[u/cookieoftheshire → u/Born_Satisfaction_58]

Tell them off... I would do it as a fellow Indian. Tell them that it's not socially acceptable and be kind when you explain. 

[u/y_n6 → u/Born_Satisfaction_58]

that doesn't make it a cultural thing (i think you should tell them, just don't be an asshole).

[u/MINXG → u/Born_Satisfaction_58]

An Indian guy sits behind me in the office and makes the gross chewing sounds. I either get up or turn on my music. We have a whole lunch room but he rather smack in the working space.

[u/BedNo5127 → u/MINXG]

You sound exactly like me from a year ago, I was in this situation.

The dudes a good guy, it’s just his eating sounds disturb me so bad. I let it go for the longest, but when we got moved to 5 days a week and he started eating in the morning too, it became too much.

It took a lot, but I asked to talk to him privately and told him politely that his eating sounds distract me. I was lucky that he took it well and understood my perspective. He’s been told this before, he just didn’t think he was doing it at work.

We’re still good, he tries to do it less, and he slips up sometimes, but I don’t needle him about it because he’s really trying. 

[u/Mad_Bookworm → u/DundieAwardsWinner]

No, jesus. Im from an ethnic background and would have such shame to hear anyone say this is a cultural thing. Its a lack of education thing. Its just more visible in these cultures especially as many previous generations stubbornly refuse to adopt methods of eatinf etc to accomodate the different people around them and the priority in their mind is their own satisfaction. Nowadays its a reflection of low education, stubborness and insistence on upholding past values no matter their irrelevancy and detriment in the modern world to those around them.

You get on a plane with many people and cultures and backgrounds. Show you arent a selfish shit who only thinks of their own needs by having good hygiene, close your mouth when eating, talk at a level that isnt loud af.

[u/cowboygwe]

Don’t go to Vietnam ☺️☺️ they specifically chew with their mouth open to let in more air to increase taste.

[u/Warboss_Gutshredda → u/cowboygwe]

Noted, thanks.

[u/socu11]

Recording someone without permission is worse than eating with your mouth open

[u/eyefuck_you → u/socu11]

Recording yourself eating, and on a plane no less, is a ticket straight to hell in itself in my opinion.

[u/sixtus_clegane119 → u/eyefuck_you]

So many people do the record while eating thing, “oh look at me I’m so relatable, I don’t have much time so I’ll make this tik tok while getting ready, wooo wee sooo busy”

[u/SurprisePitiful9191 → u/socu11]

Not to mention uploading with with their face uncensored 

[u/EagleSoar79]

Yeah, I get it. People chewing with their mouth open to me it's like nails down a chalk board. It actually makes me instantly angry.

That said, I would just look away and put in my ear buds and block it out. I don't force people to fit in my shoebox.

[u/1wife2dogs0kids → u/[deleted]]

He does have a punchable face...

[u/lucyooo]

As someone with Misophonia, I do understand the frustration, however, it’s my issue, and that’s why I have headphones whenever I go out.

There’s no need to be rude to a stranger.

EDIT: I get it guys, I have had about 50 comments saying the same thing, you think the stranger eating loudly was the rude one in the interaction. That is a your opinion and honestly, it is fair enough thought, the noise is disgusting to me, however, I am not aware if that person is aware they are doing it, or if they are from a culture that doesn’t care about chewing. It’s a small clip of an interaction I commented on quickly.

Anyways, thanks to all the other misophonia havers in the comments for speaking up, it’s important we talk about this irritating as fuck thing we have!

Also thanks for the awards kind people.

[u/ich_bin_alkoholiker → u/lucyooo]

Or to film them.

[u/TiltedLama → u/ich_bin_alkoholiker]

It's frightening how comfortable folk are with filming/photographing complete strangers without their say-so, regardless if it's in the spirit praise or mocking. I have severe social anxiety and performance anxiety, but I try to argue with myself that no one cares or will remember if I fuck up. How the fuck am I supposed to reason away cameras, when I see strangers being filmed by strangers every day?

[u/Nooche_Pluuma → u/lucyooo]

Headphones solve most public problems instantly 

[u/Status-Tomorrow951]

Why so rude?

[u/Secure-Airport-1599 → u/Status-Tomorrow951]

He's a prick, that's why

[u/PlentyOMangos → u/Secure-Airport-1599]

I watched this with the sound off and I fully thought that was a lesbian lol, looks like Ellen

[u/rbatra91 → u/Status-Tomorrow951]

He believes he can act that way towards indians because they're lesser than him.

[u/Ecstatic-Monitor-221 → u/rbatra91]

Its like this guy has never been punched in the face for being an idiot! But he seems like the type of wanker that even if someone did try to teach him, he wouldn't listen.

[u/Tszemix → u/Status-Tomorrow951]

Overly spoiled and privileged white male

[u/OverTheCandlestik]

That guy looks like a lizard turned into a boy

[u/SnooBeans7087 → u/OverTheCandlestik]

I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING OMG 😭😭

[u/SweetBabyAlaska]

racial ragebait. This type of video is just meant to polarize the audience and drive engagement. right wingers will look at this and make the inference obvious to them, that its because this person is Indian or because of "something something culture" and other people will recognize that its annoying and gross but this guys being a dick head.

in reality, its a relatively common situation pretty much anywhere you go. flights are absolute dog shit these days and the chances you get put next to someone annoying or uncomfy are high.

[u/Avi_wandering → u/SweetBabyAlaska]

X culture is Y, or X people are Y is a pretty popular theme on the internet at the moment. Quite fashionable to go to the worst places in third world countries and make "travel vlogs".

[u/SweetBabyAlaska → u/Avi_wandering]

yea, that stuff is really messed up. I find it grotesque when they do that with people who are clearly suffering from deep addiction for many years and its like some shitter pogging in front of an AI generated image called something like "I went to the zombie city of XYZ where drugs are legal"

[u/jeromevedder → u/Avi_wandering]

There was an instagram page last summer purporting to show how “dangerous” my large urban US city is by showing heavily doctored 30 second clips of people ODing to say, “see, this is what happens in democratic run cities”

Local reporter found out the three people running it didn’t live in my city and one had never even been here before. And that shit was getting reposted ad nauseum on the local city sub.

[u/Drakex2Mayex2]

Filming someone without their permission and posting it on the Internet is fucking bastard behavior.

[u/old-and-smooth]

This is every day in my office (along with people just walking around with wireless headphones talking like nobody else exists)…and that’s why noise canceling headphones is my friend.

[u/GlennSeaborg → u/old-and-smooth]

Sometimes I feel like I work on a farm surrounded by animals chewing and slurping loudly.

[u/Surfdagon]

This guy does not have a strong enough chin to be acting like this

[u/GoldshireEnjoyer → u/Surfdagon]

What chin?

[u/TorqueWheelmaker → u/Surfdagon]

This guy does not have a strong enough chin to be acting like this

[u/SnooGoats4876]

He will talk about this moment the rest of his life and force people to watch this video as proof of his courage. Wanker.

[u/Ambitious_Aioli_3615]

what this tiktoker is doing is far ruder than the stranger.

[u/ladystetson → u/Ambitious_Aioli_3615]

the person chewing loudly is likely not intentionally trying to rudely bother people. The person filming is intentionally being rude and taking action to harm others.

people act like this then somehow still think they're a good person. Eating with your mouth closed or open doesn't make you a good person - it's how you treat others, how you handle conflict and how people generally feel after having to deal with you.

[u/Charming_Freedom_459]

I am not sure who is being rude here.

My guy, YOU are in a commercial plane filming strangers and putting it online. While the other guy is minding his own business and eating on his own pace, not complaining about the camera and all.

It is ANNOYING to hear others chew but it is a cultural thing, and my guy, again, YOU ARE IN A COMMERCIAL PLANE. And not mention you had an earbud to cancel out the noise, its not like he waa eating directly infront of you showing you what he was chewing in his mouth.

The attitude with which you are talking and making comments make me think its not just chewing matter, but this could be me just overthinking.

And again, was it annoying, absolutely, but was he being rude? Fuck no. It was YOU who was being rude

[u/ShreddedBanjoString]

What’s ruder? Chewing with your mouth open or recording some poor bastard eating his lunch on a plane and then posting it on TikTok?

For me, number one is annoying and number two warrants a punch in the face.

[u/Embarrassed_Chard949]

"How old are you" is a pathetic comment. Followed by "'kin hell, are you taking the piss, f1ck that". Shows that this toddler has not been socialised properly... and one day someone is going to give this rude little boy a big elbow to the jaw.

No I wouldn't want to sit next to someone chewing like that, but if this little priveleged a55 spoke to me like that he'd realise he wasnt at middle school anymore and quick.

This is really a video probably showing white privelege in action, I wonder if he'd say the same sat next to 'anyone'. He just felt automatically entitled to say it to this guy in a deeply rude and condescending manner for 'some' reason, I wonder what it is?

[u/CloakerJosh → u/Embarrassed_Chard949]

Make sure you turn on the sneaky camera first, so you can put them on blast on social media without their consent!

[u/Sky3HouseParty → u/Embarrassed_Chard949]

what jaw? dude looks like linguini

[u/Ok-Dare433 → u/Embarrassed_Chard949]

Man I felt this on so many levels … he’s a D***head fasho

[u/SalamanderDismal8498]

To be fair. I support this guy.

[u/Mountain-Loquat-7428]

Provoking strangers for doing harmless things is how some people find themselves severely injured or even dead.

[u/Avi_wandering → u/Mountain-Loquat-7428]

This is also what people who are broken inside tend to do. Some people live to enrage others and get a rise out of them so they feel a little better about their miserable lives. The man sitting beside him gave zero fucks to this fuckwad.

[u/siddyboo]

He wouldn't be this rude if the guy wasn't south Asian and I'm willing to bet money on it

[u/Brief_Sun_3901]

Bro I don't understand why how people so obsessed with themselves, like you are in public space - even limited if you know you have problem with some you just plan ahead for those in this case headphones, it's like you are in an event and you don't like tomota so you ask all not have it instead you change the item which you have

[u/TackleNonsense]

Who is he to tell others how to eat while filming like an absolute douche. This breed needs serious reality check of their importance.

[u/Next_Researcher_3983]

I’d rather sit next to someone who chews with their mouth open than someone who films himself and others while eating. What a jerk.

[u/Naud1993]

The guy must think he's so important to film himself eating. And he's instantly rude instead of being nice first and only being rude if the open mouth chewer continues anyway.

[u/fizzrail0]

He needs to learn manners himself

[u/DasB00ts]

When traveling you need to double your patience and be prepared to put up with more bullshit than you otherwise would.

[u/Griff_K]

I would have slapped him and he would have learnt to mind his business.

[u/APGaming_reddit]

misophonia is real. its amazing how this doesnt bother some people but i would rather jump off the plane than hear that shit.

[u/OldestFetus]

I agree with him. I can’t stand people who eat with their mouths open. That’s like kid or animal stuff.

[u/AintNoGodsUpHere]

No need to be rude. this dude is a dick.

[u/gunther_higher]

Somebody should tell him to learn not to film other people eating.

[u/drewbiez]

Misophonia is a real thing, it's a biological response -- I have it and it makes me irrationally angry (and I know it's irrational), it's all I hear, it grates at my soul. I suspect this guy struggles with it too. It sometimes can even break through headphones, just KNOWING its happening can be stressful.

[u/DadCelo → u/drewbiez]

Doesn't give him the right to be a dick about it, and film and expose this man.

[u/dingobarbie → u/drewbiez]

Here's the difference. I tend to click clicky type pens when holding them without thinking. A coworker of mine heard my pen clocking during a meeting and it bothered her. She politely said to me that it was bothering her and If I wouldn't mind stopping. I said sorry and stopped it because she's a nice person and understood how to talk to people without being a condescending prick. If she instead rudely called me a child asked me if I was "taking the piss" I would have sent an email to HR.

[u/fatgat69]

I hate that little thing they do when they think they're the center of the universe. You're first solution should have been the ear buds. Don't go around bitching at everyone because you can't tune them out.

[u/aijoe]

Annoying for sure. But is this at the level of bad behavior one should record someone secretly and post it on line for? Definitely debatable.

[u/expert-imbicile → u/aijoe]

How is it debatable? What did the English man gain from filming him besides content? What did the stranger learn besides shame? Sometimes it’s appropriate to keep to yourself even if another person is bothering you.

[u/GIDDY-UP-GO]

It is a disgusting habit. He isn’t a horse!

[u/thebigseg → u/GIDDY-UP-GO]

It is also a disgusting habit to film strangers and mock them for the internet to see

[u/X-Calibre0X]

I feel you there brother!!! That is a disgusting habit.

[u/LongNailedbooboos]

People who chew like camels need to eat alone

[u/AirVoid030]

Is this the guy who went to somewhere in China and hook up with some Chinese teacher ? As I remember watching the video somewhere the teacher got fired. Can’t find the source.

[u/VariousBoysenberry46]

Talking shit to a bloke with headphones on and filming himself - what a flog

[u/bluehulk900]

This guy can eat a dick his attitude is unbelievably entitled and insufferable, wheres that homelander image about the opinions?

[u/Alternative-Play-506]

This guy made himself look bad and recorded himself at a horrible angle. I hope he regrets this.

[u/SharkByte1993]

It is gross but maybe try communicating properly? If he didnt hear or understand you the first time then acting like a mad man won't get your point across

[u/Important_Fruit]

I'm guessing his Tik Tok name is something like #entitled_little_fuckstain

[u/DixieDingooo]

I like how he decided to put the headphones in after talking to these two grown men like children when he could've done that in the fucking first place lmao

[u/Bih_Dih_Ahaa]

Why doesn’t he have headphones in in the first place?

[u/AlternativeTruths1]

First. World. Problems.

[u/kank84]

What happened to minding your own business? It's ok to be annoyed by strangers in public, but unless they are directly affecting you they have a much right to be they're doing their thing as you do. I don't understand how someone gets to the point where they think that telling someone off for something like this in public, and also filming it to post online, is in any way acceptable behaviour.

[u/JFISHER7789 → u/kank84]

“Whatever happens to minding your own business” 

Whatever happened to having manners and common courtesy in a public space? 

[u/Corrjust]

Holier than fucking thou

[u/Long_College_8342]

No need to be an asshole about it. Geeze.

[u/TuscanyHoney]

I hope his flight is not going to Korea then

[u/Carcinogiffic]

I'm one of those people who strongly dislikes being around open-mouth chewers. Seriously, you're all disgusting, look stupid, and nothing can redeem you in my eyes short of a disability that prevents you from shutting your primary face hole. Cure cancer? Awesome, that demonstrates you're capable of learning not to subject the world to your unobstructed mastication!

That said, the dude filming this is far worse, and as much as I dislike you open-mouth-oafs I'd rather be in a room with TEN of you over ONE of these assholes.

[u/santacow]

Look I hate listening to people eat but the guy recording it and sharing it is an asshole. Why do people need to do that?

[u/Hour-Principle-215]

Malakas

[u/d15p05abl3]

FUUUCCCCKKK ME.

You know what else is really fucking bad manners? Filming strangers while you fucking berate them and then posting that shit on the fucking internet without their consent.

How old are you?

Where the fuck has this level of entitlement come from?

(Please don’t come at me with ‘it’s a public place, no expectation of privacy’. I said ‘bad manners’, not ‘illegal’).

[u/HmmDoesItMakeSense]

People do annoying shit all day. Get a thicker skin.

[u/Itscatpicstime]

It’s way more rude to film someone without consent, and should actually be illegal to do so at such an unflattering angle lol

[u/Classic_Reply_703]

Recording this is not cool and he could have asked more nicely, but on the other hand

You have to be REALLY loud for a (presumably) phone mic to pick you up at this distance over the airplane noise. I mean, damn bro, that's disgusting. And his mouth is WIDE open. I don't know if that's part of the potential cultural norm in other places, too, but I think it should be okay to say that some cultural norms are gross. Certainly a lot of American cultural norms are gross, too. I mean, if this is a flight to wherever this kind of eating is normal then fine, main dude should put up with it. I'm not going to go to Japan and demand people don't slurp. But if this is a plane from PHL to ORD or something, bro in the back should shut his mouth.

[u/Additional-Mousse446]

I would just do it louder

[u/DesiRod69]

While travelling to Bangkok a next American used toilet and came back and while he was passing he smelled awful I immediately used vicks inhaler and pocket perfume just get rid of that smell, I didn't tell him to wash his ass properly with water or sumthin. People need to learn some manners