Why do some people find the noise of slurping (of tea or some other beverage) incredibly annoying?
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Why do some people find the noise of slurping (of tea or some other beverage) incredibly annoying?
You can check the answer of the people under the question at Quora “how to stop slurping coffee“
This is something I cannot stand. The sound of someone slurping coffee is soo irritating. I understand that that’s just the way they are wired. You can learn a lot about someone by the way they eat and drink. Some people are just raised this way but I don’t understand how they don’t pick up on social cues.
getting ready to offend all the mouth breathers, smackers, and slurpers out there….
Slurping, smacking, gulping, or any other unnecessarily loud mouth noises are not only annoying, they are a sign of ignorance/no class. I was raised to politely (and quietly) sip my drink where it does not disturb others. If I can hear you slurp your coffee from the next room over, there’s an issue. Whenever I hear someone “popping” their gum, smacking their lips, slurping their drinks, or the dreaded sucking of their fingers, I cringe. I automatically think of their parents and who raised them. Someone dropped the ball. It’s unacceptable and low class. Don’t do it….now, proceed to bash my response below. 😂
My roommate was just slurping his tea/water just now for what seemed like a lifetime and it was incredibly annoying. The thing that pains people like me is that these things are done to us but we WILL NEVER do this to other people. What I mean is that it is not fair that I am quiet and considerate of my roommate; I dont slurp, I close the door quietly behind me, when I’m the first to wake up I tread softly and not drag my chair around or whatever (these things go together), I do all these things because I know I have someone sharing living space with me and I have to be considerate of them. Slurping/smacking and others just is just not fair for someone who avoids doing that to you too
Slurping hot liquids is a natural body response, and it is quite ridiculous trying to supress our body’s attempt to protect our tongue from burns. To any snobs who disagree with this very sensible and logical statement: Try to eat hot noodles in a hurry without slurping. When manners get in the way of practicality, finger to manners!
Snoring and slurping are sounds that are intermittent and uneven. Apparently my brain is very bad at “spooling” noises, so unless a sound is completely consistent, or mixed in with a lot of other sounds, I can’t tune it out. (This is also true with music playing in stores. I cannot begin to tell you how many times I have walked out of a store because the music made me gag. “The Pina Colada Song” will never ever encourage me to buy a damn thing. TVs, background music, all of the constant noise that is beamed at us in every store drives me mad. I want to shop surrounded by the the dull murmur of human voices, not Alton Brown screaming a new holiday recipe at me.)
Back to slurping. You do not slurp at a consistent, ignorable level, you slurp loudly, then softly, prolonged then short. And by the third time you’ve slurped I desperately want to pour that whatever over your head. I cannot relax when you slurp. I cannot ignore it. Every time you slurp I hear it. Every time. And again, and again. Slurp slurp slurp. I CANNOT ignore you. I can’t turn you down, I can’t turn you off. It’s an audial poke every single time. Poke, poke, poke. Poke…..pokepokepoke….pooookkkkkeeeee.
It may seem to you I am overstating the matter, but in fact, I am understating it. The fact that I have not ever in my life punched people around me who snore or slurp is a great testament to my will to exist peaceably with my fellow humans.
Now, please, learn to drink quietly, thank you.
I think there’s a broader aspect to this. If you find slurping annoying, I am pretty sure, you also like to take charge of others, also get annoyed when your colleagues/peers don’t work according to your principles, you are most likely an introvert-ish person, you overthink a lot, and are most likely a perfectionist.
There’s got to be some genetic trait for this, but we’ll let the scientists do their work.
Maybe we won’t get the answers soon, because they have better things to work on anyways.
EDIT: oh, and also. You would most likely be finding slurping annoying when you are already annoyed, and not when you are in a perfectly fine mood.
I don’t know what your problems are, or why you are giving so much attention to a sound… but let me tell you the solution : MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS. If you don’t like the behavior of someone, you just ignore them. If you don’t like a piece of music, just don’t listen to it… and enough with the sensitive ears of yours; I never commented on the tone of your voice and how annoying it sounds in my ears… so yeh, look elsewhere and leave us alone *slurps my tea is a joy*.
Almost every Indian slurps especially while drinking tea & it’s annoying like hell. I get irritated and can’t eat or concentrate on what I am doing. But, since our Indian eating practices is so disgusting, can’t ask every other villager to stop doing it as its what they have been seeing and doing since they are born.
Because sl***ing is unbelievable annoying for some people like me. I agree with other top comments, which explained the reasons behind it less or more. And I would like to add one fact, which no one mentioned: It annoys me even to see this kind of words (sl…) in any language that I know (they are 6)… It is so annoying sound that even the word for it is incredibly annoying. (That is why I even can’t write this word.) S…ing can be enough for me in order not to want to befriend or whoever with that person.
Please, try to drink like a normal human being. It is easier.
Now, I am happy that I will leave this page soon and I hope, I will forget about the s…ing discussion asap.
Victor Allen’s
I think its petty as hell when people complain about slurping. Slurping is usually sign someone liked what they were drinking.
My bodily functions are fine. Your bodily functions are disgusting.
I’ll make a reference to the second episode of the third season of Peaky Blinders, where Polly apparently slurped coffee on purpose after everyone left except John at the end of a family meeting about John having explicitly provoking the Changretta family causing Tommy to decide burning a couple more of their bars. You see, the slurping to me appeared very intentional because Polly was drinking the tea silently when Arthur was still around. After he left however, she started slurping it in front of John. So it might be a rude gesture, in English society at that time? So it’s probably not only annoying, but a sign of rudeness as well, socially speaking.
Eight O’Clock
Its called misopohonia, which is most easily described as “A strong reaction to specific sounds.” Its usually either extreme irritation/anger or anxiety. Essentially its a problem with the central auditory system of the brain. It sends the sound to the wrong part of the brain so the sound you hear does not go to the area it should and it gives conflict of the perceived origin. It goes to the anterior ansular cortex which both integrates outside input like sound, but also plays a role in emotions like anger. Studies have shown people who have these volatile reactions generally have more myelin in the area but its not proven that it is the cause, its just observed to be higher in people who have misphonia
Misophonia may cause a reaction to sounds such as dripping water, chewing, snapping gum, or repetitive noises, such as pencil tapping
Erica, ever heard of misophonia? If not, look it up.
its about getting the enjoyment out of the beverage