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If you had to finish a meal, would you prefer to find a dog/cat hair or a human hair in your food?

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Snooks1971 · 01/02/2026 18:35

Sorry not an AIBU at all, but this allows voting.
We concluded as a family that we would rather find an animal hair than a human hair. Obviously none is preferable!

DD17 and me then explored it further - nail clipping or claw (casings)? We came to the same conclusion!

So - purely for voting -

YANBU - cat/dog hair
YABU - human hair

Again apologies 🤮🤮🤮

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NotMeAtAll · 01/02/2026 23:14

Humans eat animals' insides without flinching.

TheChosenTwo · 01/02/2026 23:12

Definitely human head hair. As a pp said, it’s easy to see how that would get into food while preparing.
Dogs and cats anywhere near food prep areas make me feel a bit grim in general, at least humans wash their hair! Cats and dogs lick themselves and their bum holes, don’t fancy that in my food 😫
It’s also why I’m choosy about which homemade treats I eat in the office!

XenoBitch · 01/02/2026 23:10

PollyBell · 01/02/2026 23:08

Human as humans don't generally lick their own bollocks

Well, half of all mammals do not do that either, and even less again if they have been spayed.

StCuntyMcCunterson · 01/02/2026 23:09

I own the floofiest of floofs so am used to dog hair in my food with absolutely zero bother. However, if it wasn’t my dogs hair I’d vomit on the spot.

PollyBell · 01/02/2026 23:08

Human as humans don't generally lick their own bollocks

pizzaHeart · 01/02/2026 23:07

meganorks · 01/02/2026 18:38

Hmm, I'd say human probably. I presume humans are making the food so its easy to see how a hair could get in there (usually mine!!). But if there are animal hairs in there, what the hell is going on with that food prep?!

this^ 100%

Contrarymary30 · 01/02/2026 23:05

Cat , I've got 3 so it's quite likely

SnowyRock · 01/02/2026 23:01

Human, especially for DC as 2 have a bad allergy to cats and dogs. I have a mild allergy myself.

Sparrow7 · 01/02/2026 22:57

Definitely cat. Human worse than dog though.

Myfridgeiscool · 01/02/2026 22:53

Dog hair from my own dog is ok.
Human hair from someone in the household, starting to feel a bit bleugh but ok.
Unknown dog/human - revolving.
Cat hair, yuk, no thanks.

I think it comes down to how clean the hair is. Known hair/fur I can tolerate, I know it’s not overly dirty.

Same as dropping food on my own kitchen floor: I’ll pick it up to eat.
Not doing that on any other floor.

I'm putting way too much thought into this…I think I’m happy with the germs and amount of dirt in my own home!

sillyrubberduck · 01/02/2026 22:14

Dog , not sure why though.

soupyspoon · 01/02/2026 20:59

FancyCatSlave · 01/02/2026 20:41

Cat gets in absolutely everything here, it would be quite refreshing to eat something without cat hair in 😂

Yes, always a cat hair floating in a cuppa here

In fact I got some cheese out yesterday, I had already opened it but put it back in the packet, as I got it out again yesterday there right on top was a cat hair, must have got inside the packet.

Little minx.

24Dogcuddler · 01/02/2026 20:59

Dog hair. Sometimes they are just in the air or fall off clothes.

XenoBitch · 01/02/2026 20:43

Animal hair.
There is something icky about human hair that is not attached to a human.

FancyCatSlave · 01/02/2026 20:41

Cat gets in absolutely everything here, it would be quite refreshing to eat something without cat hair in 😂

5128gap · 01/02/2026 20:34

Cat. I'm not an adventurous eater, so stick with the tried and tested.

Maddy70 · 01/02/2026 20:14

Human as it's likely to be longer and more visible

Toothfairy89 · 01/02/2026 20:13

Human probably, as its easy to see where it came from. And humans wash their hair fairly frequently

Maybe cat, but definitely not dog. Dogs eat fox shit and sniff piss. I've seen dogs do some very dirty things, I don't want to be finding their hair in my food Envy

soupyspoon · 01/02/2026 19:08

Yes cat hair much preferred over my hair

I gag if I get some of my hair in my food, which is unfortunately quite frequently.

Urgh. Its long and gets all caught up in my food/mouth

Cat hair? Meh.

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 01/02/2026 19:05

Human head hair would be my choice. Hair from anywhere else on the body? Bleurgh!

Definitely don’t want animal hair. I don’t even want it on my clothes.

Ohfuckrucksack · 01/02/2026 19:05

Human

Twolargewatersplease · 01/02/2026 19:03

I'm a vegan and own a large husky/mal Cross. I often joke that the only animal product I ever eat is dog hair.

Human hair makes me feel gross. I see so many flaky scalps and unwashed hair and greasy skin around the hairline etc etc. My dog's coat and skin are beautiful and healthy.

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Snooks1971 · 01/02/2026 18:59

abracadabra1980 · 01/02/2026 18:56

Either is preferable to the human pube I once found in a student household's butter..

Love how you named it a human pube as opposed to…Grin

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Snooks1971 · 01/02/2026 18:57

EilonwyWithRedGoldHair · 01/02/2026 18:54

Having found a massively long human hair in a sandwich in the work canteen once and felt sick Vs finding my own cats fur in my tea, fishing it out and continuing to drink it, YANBU

Maybe I do have logic

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Snooks1971 · 01/02/2026 18:57

This is interesting, it’s almost 50/50.
I have no logic, even if my food was prepared by robots from scratch like the Smash advert in the 70s so no chance of a mammalian hair, I would still prefer animal hair. No logic.

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