For me, it’s corn on the cob.

  • Chozo@fedia.io
    20·
    2 months ago

    My stepdad would eat bananas with his mouth wide open as he chewed. And he’d chew each bite for a solid minute before swallowing. Even though it’s a banana and you can literally just mash it agains the roof of your mouth with your tongue. He would do this as he was driving, so I think he’d just get distracted and forget that he was still chewing food. But it made every ride to school in the morning an absolute living hell.

    So I’m gonna go with bananas.

    • datavoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Were you a terrible kid? Sounds super passive aggressive (and kind of hilarious)

      • Chozo@fedia.io
        3·
        2 months ago

        Nah he’s just always had no self awareness when it comes to the noises he makes. Lots of loud chewing while you’re trying to eat, grunting and snorting in the middle of a conversation, full-volume “whispering” in movie theaters, etc. He’s not even hard of hearing or anything (dude hears like a bat, honestly), he’s just a very loud guy lmao

    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
      1·
      2 months ago

      Same. I hate eating with other people unless theirs a loud tv/music in the background. I have found that those loop earplugs help with it at least but then you have to answer questions about what those are.

      • Webster@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        Oh my god those loop earplugs have been a lifesaver! Started using them about a year ago. Can’t recommend them enough for anyone else suffering

        • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
          1·
          2 months ago

          My brother’s wife bought me a pair a couple years ago and I was really skeptical but they are great. They also help me not get stressed out when I’m around loud children which was another big issue for me. I actually enjoy going to family gatherings now and don’t have to step away to calm my nerves every 30 minutes or so.

  • Grabthar@lemmy.world
    9·
    2 months ago

    I’m so deaf I could sit in a room full of large, sweaty men slurping chicken off drumsticks while making open-mouthed, gruntled dad noises with every gasping breath, and it wouldn’t bother me in the slightest. Well, other than such a room existing, that is.

  • Tazerface@sh.itjust.works
    8·
    2 months ago

    The food doesn’t matter if the person eating is my dad. He makes loud nasty noises no matter what he is eating. Once he is done eating the noise continues for 10 minutes because he is cleaning his teeth with his tongue.

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    For me, it’s corn on the cob.

    Man, I dunno if I really want to explore this rabbit hole, but I’m sure that there’s much-less-tolerable stuff out there. Say, live mice or something.

    • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      I was honestly envisioning foods that people eat normally, that might sound disgusting. But I don’t want to be too restrictive of answers now.

  • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
    3·
    2 months ago

    I’m torn between “no teeth (just gums) and a mouth stuffed with chocolate pudding (specifically the one that many American buffet restaurants use)” and “crunching jagged jawbreakers (or rocks)”