To hate chewing gum

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People chewing gym look terrible. It makes a hideous mess when left on the pavement. I wish it didn't exist.

And the noise they make chewing it. Aargh! I'm right there with you on this one. Should be banned.

I found some freshly chewed gum lovingly hidden in the play dough at toddler group this morning. Umm.

YANBU. But it is very low down on my lengthy personal shitlist.

I totally agree with you. I would ban it like a shot, outside of the privacy of your own home.

YANBU. We hates it.

Cannot stand seeing people chew gum with their mouths open. If it's not acceptable to chew food with your mouth open, why would it be OK to chew gum so that the world can see your tonsils?

I never leave the house without chewing gum, but I always bin it (wrapped up in an old bus ticket or other bit of paper) and always chew with my mouth closed.

I chew gum a lot. It cleans my teeth after lunch (at work) and stops me eating other things.

I always dispose of it properly and would never chew it anywhere where it mattered!

I vote for keeping it.

I find it weird when people think it's okay to chew in the office. I was showing a colleague something on the computer and he was chewing in my sodding ear. Ewwwww.

I hate the sound! I hate the sound of people eating with their mouth open anyway. I do however chew gum with my mouth shut and dispose of it properly

YANBU. It is VILE

Agree with the mouth open thing...fucking grim. And as for the chu-chu-chu-chu noise as they chomp away. God!

This is the thread for me! I DETEST chewing gum with a passion. Revolting stuff

Me too. It is filth. OTOH, DD was advised to chew gum frequently with an open mouth (along with blowing balloons up with her nose) to help with glue ear.
It was the longest five months of my life and she ended up with grommets anyway.

Absolutely agree. Loathe it - the chewing noise, how it makes people look bovine, and being left bloody everywhere.

I chew. Mouth closed. And, always dispose of it properly.

It's the open mouth chewing that I hate - bleurgh

There is blobs of the vile stuff all over the pavement in the street where I live. This is a scruffy and run down area anyway, and the chewing gum makes it look ten times worse, like people have no pride in the place at all.

I know some people chew it responsibly (with their mouths closed) but I think spitting it on the street should have the same penalties as any other mindless vandalism.

hate it too. The noise, the sticky crap stuck to your shoe, urgh.

Hate the manky stuff.

Hate the vacant faced, lip smacking, jaw grinding, bovine cud chewing.

Chewing gum shouldn't be done in public. You don't brush your teeth in the office or on a train platform.

I find it so disgusting to look at / listen to. If someone is trying to speak to me while they are chewing gum, I am not really taking in what they are saying.

So I don't think it needs to be banned so long as nobody chews it where I have to see them or hear them.

I chew a lot. And dispose of properly. It has a laxative effect and helps my ibs. Other "laxatives"cause me bloating and agonising pain.

Chewing gum is actually illegal in Singapore. We should follow that example.

am i the only person who it makes feel physically sick? I'm not kidding. I'm normal in every other way (or like to think of myself). i think it might be the smell?

I sometimes have nightmares that I'm choking on a big wad of chewing gum. I'm trying to pull it all out of my mouth and keep gagging/retching.

I love chewing gum.
Some medications make my mouth very dry. There is a finite amount of water I can drink without spending all day in the loo.
Chewing gum keeps my mouth moist (!) and my teeth clean

But I Do NOT pop, pull, stringify, smack lips, drool, discard on seats or pavement, or blow bubbles

Dreamingofsun, my mum used to feel the same way about certain flavors of crisps. She was a teacher, and sitting on a coach with a big group of children all eating flavored crisps used to make her so sick that she banned all crisps except plain from school trips - she knew she was seeming unreasonable, but explained to the parents that she couldn't take good care of the child if their crisps were making her ill.