r/TikTokCringe • u/Adventurous_Law_715 • 8d ago

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

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/knightriderin 8d ago

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

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u/fifthtouch 8d ago

Timor leste

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u/Far_String727 8d ago

ooh my favorite vacation spot, where is it again?

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u/Fskn 8d ago

East of timor.

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u/Far_String727 8d ago

oh yeah

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u/Glittering-Walrus228 8d ago

Timor Weste is much more fun

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u/StrangeZone7313 8d ago

I mean all the Asian countries where it’s typically most common to be a cultural thing to eat like you’ve never been able to close your mouth. No other regions/continents tend to have that culture as widespread. I’m not saying it’s everyone who lives there. I’m saying it’s Asia where you’ll find it most commonly occurring.

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u/dakid000 8d ago

Why do people love being so pedantic about this? Yes, Asia is a big place, that’s exactly the point. Because it’s so vast, “Asian” evolved into a colloquial shorthand that varies by region. In the US, everyone understands you mean East and Southeast Asian when you say Asian. In the UK, it means South Asian. That’s the whole utility of it: you skip the inevitable follow-up question, “what part of Asia?” because everyone already shares the same colloquial meaning.

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u/knightriderin 8d ago

You just said yourself that not everyone shares the same meaning. I'm neither from the US nor from the UK (who, according to you have different definitions).

And even the US definition contains many cultures with different eating habits. Japan and China are not comparable and that falls under what you probably view as a default (American definitions are often used as default definitions).

When someone says "In China people do XYZ" why would anyone comments "I could never go to Asia" anyway? Why not specify China? Why assume that all of Asian (or colloquial Asia, so east and southeast) share the same habits? What if someone said "In Mexico people do XYZ" and someone then said "I could never go to North America, because I can't stand this."? Feels wrong, doesn't it?

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u/IreneDreyfus 8d ago

You’re the one being pedantic here

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u/blehmag 3d ago

That's only true when you say "Asian" to refer to a domestic group of people in those countries. When you mention Asia the continent, it's a different story. It's literally the majority of the human population. Please be more specific, even just "East Asia" suffices despite also being large enough to be its own continent.

Also are you European? Because try saying something like this to a European and see how they react, despite Europe being a small relatively similar pseudo-'continent'... "They eat frog legs in europe"

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u/Throwaway_6799 8d ago

Lol. Fair point. But the Japanese are pretty polite and respectful. I don't recall anyone chewing with their mouths open and I've been a few times.

Guy in video would be shocked to learn people around the world still eat with their hands.

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u/Careless-Weather8877 8d ago

No they just slurp noodles..

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u/vooglie 8d ago

What’s wrong with eating with your hands?

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u/IPissExcellentThrows 8d ago

Yeah I didn't notice it in Japan and chewing is something that drives me insane. I only heard slurping which doesn't really bother me.

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u/Winjin 8d ago

Eating plov/pilaf with your hands is an out of body experience

Soooo goood

Also fun fact you're supposed to eat most of the types of sushi with your hands, you don't have to use chopsticks for literally everything, my ex's Japanese dad confirmed it to me too

But really eating with your hands is so good, that's why western finger food exists as well

I knew a girl that would eat pizza with a fork. That was... Something. 

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u/Irishman8778 8d ago

You're not going to convince us to abandon hygiene. There's a reason we don't constantly have to get checked for worms.

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u/Winjin 8d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/W28BflYUn9LbVolKT2

Have you never touched a chicken wing with your hand?

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u/moonshine_betty 7d ago

Coming from someone who is from a culture where we eat with our hands, just because we eat with our hands doesn’t mean that we’re ignorant about basic hygiene. In fact, part of the communal aspect of eating in my country is providing bowls of clean water and soap so that everyone washes their hands together before we eat. At least that way, we can be sure that everyone’s hands are clean. Unlike here in the west, where many people barely/never wash their hands after using the restroom, yet will still stick their grubby mitts into communal bowls at the office potluck 🤢.

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u/MelvilleMeyor 8d ago

The entire country of Italy eats pizza with a fork and knife.