Spitting

[SexyGreyFox]

spitting like a 'hard' man every 10-15 seconds as if we were on a farm.

I didn't know farmers did this all the time.

 

[Angilion]

A filthy, disgusting habit.

Just no real need for it.

Upper respiratory tract infections can result in blobs of mucous in your mouth. I get that occasionally and if so then I might spit it into the gutter, preferably straight down a drain if there's one nearby in the gutter. I might also use some mouthwash and spit that into the gutter if someone has coughed on me or stank at me very badly.

I find coughing more annoying. At least people who spit usually do it on the ground outside. People who cough often do it indoors at face level, on anyone or anything that happens to be within range and with utter disregard for anyone else. Many of them do it so often that they genuinely don't even know they're doing it. Since they're usually smokers, they usually stink as well and that makes it worse.

 

[No1newts]

A filthy, disgusting habit.

Just no real need for it.

+1

 

[Janesy B]

Upper respiratory tract infections can result in blobs of mucous in your mouth. I get that occasionally and if so then I might spit it into the gutter, preferably straight down a drain if there's one nearby in the gutter. I might also use some mouthwash and spit that into the gutter if someone has coughed on me or stank at me very badly.

What's wrong with carrying some tissues in your pocket...

 

[Burnsy2023]

What's wrong with carrying some tissues in your pocket...

When you get coughs like I do, you run out of tissues pretty quickly.

 

[MrMoonX]

The only time I've spat I'm public is when out running, athletes do it all the time, but its just chav if you are not doing sport

 

[arknor]

yup spitting is disgusting and the only time I find it acceptable is if something flies into your mouth

 

[Angilion]

What's wrong with carrying some tissues in your pocket...

What's right with it?

Why is it better to spit mucous into a tissue, carry it around (probably getting your hand manky in the process) and then put it in a bin? And that's a best case scenario - you may be advocating putting it back in your pocket.

Straight into a drain in the gutter is cleaner.

 

[Redz]

Gross. Not as gross as people who press their finger against one nostril to close it and then blow snot out the other nostril, that is absolutely stomach churning.

 

[FoxEye]

It's no worse than the people who throw their litter onto the street instead of in the bin.

I'd round 'em up and shoot 'em

Seriously, some things make you despair for humanity in general. Splitting/littering/having kids for benefit money... all these things are examples of how far we've fallen.

 

[-westy-]

I played rugby for a while too and never really saw anyone spitting... As for him suggesting he actively yellow cards people, didn't he say he would, not he did?

Would, did, and will again.

 

[Tute]

A filthy, disgusting habit.

Just no real need for it.

This. I can forgive it on a sports field if necessary but too many people do it just to "look cool".

They should be made to lick it up if they do it in the street.

 

[jimmy321]

I like to showoff so I gargle.

 

[Caseh]

I do spit sometimes when I'm out biking, but considering I'm always in the middle of some overgrown woods, I don't really see a problem with that. It's also normally when I'm really nervous about doing something difficult/something I haven't done before.

Can't remember spitting other than that.

 

[Elixir]

Farmers tend to spit. A lot.

No... no they don't.

 

[zuludawn]

 

[peterattheboro]

Confession time. I do it but only when I'm driving and it's properly thick phlegm that I can't swallow. I'll just shoot it out the window when no one is looking onto the road.

It's easier than getting distracted with tissues when I'm driving.

 

[Craig1981]