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Hate the sound of people eating when I am not eating.

Hope

I hate the sound of people eating crunchy  and/or smelly food when I am not eating with them, and the person concerned is either with me or are eating in a non food related place (including supermarkets). If I am eating with them, I am fine. I do not know why this is the case, but I feel angry and as though I want nothing to do with them. I am also very pedantic and think that food should be eaten at set times, my set times. And while knowing that it is unrealistic for other people to abide by my rules, I get angry when people do things like munch on biscuits in a public walkway, shop, or when there mind is engaged elsewhere. Forgive my snobbery, but I think it is uncouth and animal like

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  • This is interesting.

    Of course people are free to pursue behaviour in public that is not a direct threat to health or would cause real tangible harm. Now ,of course we can debate  what we mean by 'harm' , but I think we all understand what behaviour constitutes harm on a public level: violence, threatening behaviour and speech, for example. But would we consider spitting in public, coughing without covering one's mouth, not washing hands after using the loo harmful? . Our law does not police this type of behaviour, and I don't think it should, because otherwise we would live in a police state. However, this behaviour is arguably 'harmful' on some level, because it poses a hygiene risk, and this is why most people consider it 'impolite'. Politeness and  harmfulness often occupy the same domain. Spitting on the street is uncouth and impolite because it potentially poses a health risk!

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  • This is interesting.

    Of course people are free to pursue behaviour in public that is not a direct threat to health or would cause real tangible harm. Now ,of course we can debate  what we mean by 'harm' , but I think we all understand what behaviour constitutes harm on a public level: violence, threatening behaviour and speech, for example. But would we consider spitting in public, coughing without covering one's mouth, not washing hands after using the loo harmful? . Our law does not police this type of behaviour, and I don't think it should, because otherwise we would live in a police state. However, this behaviour is arguably 'harmful' on some level, because it poses a hygiene risk, and this is why most people consider it 'impolite'. Politeness and  harmfulness often occupy the same domain. Spitting on the street is uncouth and impolite because it potentially poses a health risk!

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