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Teacher catching me chewing gum in class.. [FIXED] (imgur.com)

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[–]LoganPhyve 35 points36 points ago

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I'd go to bulk places and get 100 packs of gum to keep in my book bag.

Teacher: I hope you brought enough gum for everyone!

Me: I DID! starts handing out gum to all classmates

They stopped bothering me about it after a few times.

[–]mMelatonin 6 points7 points ago

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Although I would appreciate the free gum, as someone with misophonia I still would have resented you for giving everyone in class the tools to make horrible smacking noises.

[–]LoganPhyve 6 points7 points ago

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Sorry to hear about that, but sadly to say, you can't please everyone. I'd give you some earplugs, had I needed to.

[–]mMelatonin 2 points3 points ago

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Haha, that's a nice gesture but I think earplugs would kind of disrupt the learning process. I wouldn't have just been displeased, the sound of 30ish students (well, maybe not that many, not everyone chews like a cow, thankfully) smacking on gum would be enough to put me in such emotional distress that I'd have to leave, so I guess I'd be missing class either way.

I actually did miss class because of gum once. We had a "gum day" in elementary school and it was so maddening I ran outside (California school-doors open to ourdoors, not a hallway). Embarrassed, I told the teacher I left because I thought I was going to throw up.

[–]LoganPhyve 0 points1 point ago

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Just wondering, what are the effects of your disorder? Not too familiar with it.

[–]mMelatonin 0 points1 point ago

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The wikipedia entry is pretty spot on in describing it. The only deviation I have from the wiki is that I'm also annoyed if I make an offensive noise, not just by the noises of other people.

Mostly I get anxious/irritated/enraged/sick/fatigued (usually all at once) by certain sounds or the nervous habits of other people (like picking at their fingers or biting nails). If the offending noise/sight is bad enough or I'm really tired, I'll completely shut down. I know one guy who will flip out on people when he's triggered, but I tend to just suffer in silence. I will politely ask someone to chew their gum quietly, but a lot of people will look at me like I just asked them to drop kick a baby out a window. Worse, some will tell me I'm just too sensitive and need to learn to deal with it. They're right on one hand, I am sound sensitive, but there's nothing I can do about it. I've been trying to acclimate myself to annoying sounds and sights for most of my life (I'm 25). Life would be a lot less stressful if I could.

The worst is when my boyfriend chews loudly. He knows about my aversion, but forgets himself a lot of the time. This leads to an irrational chain of thoughts ("God motherfucking dammit, he knows that drives me batshit insane. Why is he doing this to me?? FUCK HIM! ARRGGH!) but I don't get outwardly angry as I know he's not doing it on purpose. Aside from when I get annoyed by sounds, I'm an extremely laid back, rational person.

[–]nimmit 1 point2 points ago

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As another person with misophonia, thank you so much for actually saying something. I'm always terrified to say anything because of the reactions you described from other people.

I do carry earplugs at all times, but in a lot of situations, they don't help that much. Either you get ones that block out almost everything (which are useless for class/lectures/social situations) or you get ones that only dull most sounds and of course encounter loud chewers all the time. Honestly, I respect the right of other people to chew gum (and even click pens, although that drives me BONKERS), but I think a compromise would be reasonable... chew your cud (or food, or anything really) with your mouth shut. It does a lot to keep the triggering smacking to a minimum and makes you look less like a big cow, and you still get to enjoy the minty flavor and mouth action.

[–]mMelatonin 0 points1 point ago

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Not only do you get that reaction, but they don't stop a lot of the time and you have to awkwardly ask again :(

What kind of earplugs do you use that block out almost everything? I've never found ones like those. Typically, I just use my ipod for noise cancellation (when appropriate) and otherwise suffer. Thankfully I have a doctor's note that allows me to take exams alone in a quiet room.

I don't even understand how people can chew so loudly and not notice they're doing it. I'll point it out to my friends and they will aplogize, but then start up again 5 minutes later. I know they're not doing it on purpose to annoy me, but I can't help but be perplexed. Like you a respect people's right to carry out habits and behaviors I find annoying, unless they're doing it on purpose for the sole purpose of annoying me.

[–]nimmit 1 point2 points ago

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I actually don't have them myself, but I've heard that ones made for industrial use pretty much do that. It can be tricky to get ahold of them without belonging to some company that provides them to employees for hearing protection. I tend to use foam plugs, which are meh, and white noise on my iPod.

I don't get it, either. My family is so sick of me at the dinner table, but chewing with your mouth shut is basic manners. At least with that, you can argue that seeing their sloshy food is nasty, and most mature people would stop.

I think there needs to be a line between respect for people to do their thing and respect for people to ask others to curb some behaviors temporarily, but it's a tricky line to define since problems like misophonia aren't very well known outside the immediate circles of sufferers and tend to be met with accusations of whininess or controlling behavior.

[–]Immynimmy 5 points6 points ago

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You stole this from the cartoon "recess"!

[–]LoganPhyve 6 points7 points ago

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Except recess started airing (1997) long after I was out of elementary school (no one cares about gum in jr high/high school), and I've never watched it.

[–]Sandcat7 0 points1 point ago

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My high school gave out fines for people chewing gum.

[–]original-finder 45 points46 points ago

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Original Submission (100%): Teacher catching me chewing gum in class..

Posted: 1d before this post by dnauge (fixed by DasBeerBoot)

This comment generated by an automated bot. Is this match wrong?

[–]fashizzIe 19 points20 points ago

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Thanks to this bot I almost don't even mind seeing all these [fixed] posts outside of their respective submissions!

Almost ಠ_ಠ

[–]madcaesar 1 point2 points ago

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So is this bot a real thing? I always thought it was some guy with shitload of time on his hands...?

[–]JAsherP 1 point2 points ago

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http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/kglw8/we_are_the_creators_of_the_automated_bots_on/

[–]al0newestand 1 point2 points ago

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Posted 1d, 1 wk, 1 mnth, and 1 yr ago as well.

[–]fancy-chips 0 points1 point ago

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNbEFIY7OuI

[–]Darrian 5 points6 points ago

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When I was in highschool I was in Airforce ROTC.

if they caught you chewing gum, they'd make you stick it on your nose for the rest of the period. You better not be chewing mint or cinnamon at that point, or you're going to have bright red and raw skin by the time you take it off.

[–]smellycatjazz 4 points5 points ago

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...that shit aint right

[–]3danimator 6 points7 points ago

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Then dont fucking chew in class when they ask you not to!

[–]reallybigshark 0 points1 point ago

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pretty sure they did this to everyone from 1820 - 1977.

[–]drossen 2 points3 points ago

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Worth the wait to see what you changed

[–]NickTheNewbie 5 points6 points ago

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Way to be a complete douche to your teacher.

[–]LiveByTheGuN 7 points8 points ago*

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Looks like my current GPA this year is gonna be....

Puts on sunglasses

Hard to swallow.....

BAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

[–]KiNGofKiNGs891 1 point2 points ago

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back at my highschool if they caught you chewing gum it was a write up and a one day suspension.

[–]thunderbug 1 point2 points ago

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This makes me very angry.

[–]adelav 1 point2 points ago

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I don't understand why some teachers have something against chewing gum and when they sit closer than 2 meters to you and you feel like fainting from their bad breath, you just think: "you stink man".

[–]mavstar 1 point2 points ago

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Don't pee your pants now guys, but once you get to college, you can chew ALL THE GUM. But then your teacher gets pissed at you for being on drugs. You just can't win!

[–]greenbluur 1 point2 points ago

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I just laughed so hard, this is great

[–]ap2200 1 point2 points ago

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I laughed twice as hard, I'm listening to Spit It Out.

[–]Ijustdk 1 point2 points ago

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I lol'ed so hard my gum fell out of my mouth.

[–]speedflyer 1 point2 points ago

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Upvote for making me laugh uncontrollably at my night shift causing one of my coworkers to look at me like i was nuts

[–]tHeSiD 2 points3 points ago

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I waited waited and waited!

[–]JuJuMountainMan 1 point2 points ago

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[FIXED][FIXED][FIXED][FIXED][FIXED][FIXED][FIXED][FIXED][FIXED][FIXED][FIXED][FIXED][FIXED][FIXED][FIXED][FIXED]

stop it.

[–]Yoyo8 2 points3 points ago

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What a BAAAdass.

[–]Testtube173 -1 points0 points ago

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Ewe got that right.

[–]smellycatjazz 0 points1 point ago

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I missed the joke, wool you kindly explain it to me?

[–]alok99 -1 points0 points ago

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Shear man, I'll explain it to you.

[–]radiomonkey20 0 points1 point ago

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I never understood what the big deal with chewing gum in class was. As long as your mouth isn't wide open and a pool of spittle isn't collecting on your desk who the hell cares?

[–]gordonlovesgordon 1 point2 points ago

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It's hell for custodians scraping off all the nasty gum under the desks.

[–]sirkablaam 0 points1 point ago

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my high school allows gum to be chewed. There's no gum anywhere because it's not like we got to hide it from the teachers.

[–]zacheadams 0 points1 point ago

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Only matters in high school T___T

[–]wilsonism 0 points1 point ago

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My only issues with gum when I was teaching was: not on the floor, not under the desks, and no loud ass chomping or popping. Past that, I didn't give a fuck. You broke any of those, then no gum for you. Start chewing again and it was time to go away.

I never really had a gum issue in my classes.

[–]AKTOBOS 0 points1 point ago

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swag

[–]rchase 0 points1 point ago

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French class:

Mettez le chewing-gum dans la poubelle!

[–]ScottPDX 0 points1 point ago

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With all these chewing gum in class gifs it reminds me of this

[–]iamhusband 0 points1 point ago

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Chewing gum in college.

[–]Hampurda 0 points1 point ago

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Ryerson?

[–]flirtycole 0 points1 point ago

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Be careful or your teacher will catch ewe!!

[–]SmackadoodleJ 0 points1 point ago

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I am so bitter. SHEEP!! You're all sheep!!

It's like adding "s" to "squeeze" in scrabble. SHAME!!!

Ugh

[–]misappeal 0 points1 point ago

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Most upvote-worthy thing I've seen so far today.

[–]emoney_33 -1 points0 points ago

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I once got written up for "regurgitating gum". I used to half-swallow my gum when caught then bring it back up again. Teacher didn't like me.

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