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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?

38 replies

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 🤮🤮🤮

OP posts:
standtherebicycle · 01/02/2026 18:56

Dog. Followed some distance behind by cat and not human

abracadabra1980 · 01/02/2026 18:56

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

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

ScrambledEggs12 · 01/02/2026 18:50

Human or cat.

Comedycook · 01/02/2026 18:44

Human hair

CloakedInGucci · 01/02/2026 18:44

Human, because I already know a human has been around my food while it was being cooked. I don’t want an animal to have been around it as well.

LookingThroughGlass · 01/02/2026 18:43

Depends on identity of dog, cat or human! Any that were members of my household would be OK - it's happened, I put the hair aside and carry on eating.

Otherwise, whichever had the shortest hair.

Letmeloveyou · 01/02/2026 18:43

Same dog hair or claw but not sure why!

Thehorticuluralhussie · 01/02/2026 18:40

I have a large dog with incredibly fine hair and it's everywhere. In ice cubes, saucepans, closed pots of moisturiser, books , literally everywhere and infinitely preferable to human hair. Don't know why.

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?!

allcover · 01/02/2026 18:38

Dog

Bookaholic73 · 01/02/2026 18:36

I have 2 dogs and a cat, and frequently find their hair in my food, god knows how 😂So i vote for pet hair.

Teendrama1988 · 01/02/2026 18:36

Animal- i dont know why though!!