Ways to stop crying

GODFATHER_OF_REDDIT · 5 months

The best way to cut an onion without crying is to not get too emotionally attached to it.

mbhammer · 5 months

I just wanted to say chewing gum has never helped me not cry when cutting onions. I work at Subway 5 days a week and have to cut onions every one of those days. The only thing I've found that works is throwing the onions in the freezer for like 20 minutes before chopping. Also, oddly enough, when I wear contacts the effect of the onions is lessened.

As a side note, I should also mention that I'm a little bitch

Bipolarruledout · 5 months

Not likely. Because sulfuric acid.

http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryfaqs/f/onionscry.htm

This is also why I prefer sweet onions.

SpringInJapan · 5 months

Bull fucking shit.

I've tried this numerous times and it doesn't work.

TheWhiteCrayon · 5 months

Here's the source. It's too bad that Matt stopped updating the site.

Yboc · 5 months

I cried today more than I've cried any other day in my life. I had to make the decision to put my dog down and it was the hardest thing I'll ever do. If that makes me a little bitch, then I'm fine with that.

IstheCakeReallyaLie · 5 months

Some people have things we like to call "emotions".

HerpinDerpster · 5 months

Ah yes, because experiencing and expressing emotions — particularly emotions of distress, sadness and of feeling helpless and/or powerless — is not very macho-like, and therefor undesirable, amiritegais?

r0ckarong · 5 months

http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/36kccv/

Actually an actual way to avoid crying is to rinse the onion under water before you cut it. Halve the onion, rinse it under cold water and dry off with a paper towel. This doesn't work for some applications but if you're frying them anyway it doesn't matter.

The easiest way to avoid crying is simply to improve your knife skills and cut them faster so you can put it out of range of your eyes.

wayno007 · 5 months

When I worked at Sonic we'd keep an open bottle of bleach nearby. Whenever we started to feel like crying, we'd take a sniff of bleach. Worked pretty well.

Fenoe · 5 months

what part of chewing a gum stops the sulfuric acid from reaching your eyes?

ಠ_ಠ

traken · 5 months

Am I the only person in the world that has never had a problem cutting onions?

KingTroll69 · 5 months

I like onions

Kenny_Login · 5 months

Well, that went right on the fridge.

Talbotus · 5 months

Chewing gum doesn't work.

Belsher · 5 months

Cut onions with your mouth open and your tongue slightly sticking out.

The vapor from the onions then doesnt make contact with your eyes but makes contact with your tongue and loses its effect.

No more tears.

polishprince76 · 5 months

Breathe in through your mouth and out through your nose, you'll never cry while cutting onions again.

mcmurphy1 · 5 months

But some people can't chew gum and not be a bitch at the same time.

Produent · 5 months

I've always heard that smelling a chopped onion will also help to clear your sinuses of tear gas after exposure. Absolutely not interested in verifying this personally.

Pit_of_Death · 5 months

Supposedly burning a few candles nearby works as well, though I've never tried it. Freezing the onions for a bit is the only thing that has worked.

[deleted] · 5 months

i cut the unions like man! i also fry bacon naked! YHEEEEAAAAA!

[deleted] · 5 months

I wonder if chewing gum will help when I watch Titanic...

code_reuse_boss · 5 months

This hurt my feelings :'(

Owatatsumi · 5 months

All of the 'tricks' to stop crying while cutting onions are wrong. The actual way;

Get a sharp knife
Learn how to cut an onion so you do it fast.

stanek · 5 months

The real way is to take it like a man and tear up. Once you tear up you can cut 20lbs of onions no problem.

Stop being a bitch. Don't close your eyes when you feel the water.

The difference between a teary eye 'ussy and a macho man is that the little bitch closes their lids to cry.

Men let the tears evaporate from their eyeballs. They are secondary balls for a reason, use them.

Rainb0wcrash99 · 5 months

I rest my case!

Titan7771 · 5 months

Also biting your lip.

vendsale · 5 months

I read this in Ron Swanson's voice...it was glorious.

kriss554 · 5 months

But but.... My little dashie is just so sad :'(

pmssucks · 5 months

I never found the gum thing worked. I now have a slap chop. Problem solved

mandog202 · 5 months

i was NOT crying..... and i'm not crying now http://i.imgur.com/30bYy.gif

TrueAmurrican · 5 months

I wear contacts and work as a chef. Onions do not make me cry, so long as I wear said contacts. If I wear my glasses, I die. Or I guess cry. A lot. The end.

YesNOorMaybe · 5 months

or put lemon on it

kikichun · 5 months

I wore my swim goggles once.

Skulder · 5 months

You cry because you press down on the onions when you cut them, thus making them spray onion juice. They don't do that if you don't press down on them.

The trick to not cry when cutting onions is using a sharp knife.

The trick to not cry in other situations is using a sharp knife.

StinkYourTrollop · 5 months

On a related note, to get the smell out of your hands all you need do is rub your hands on stainless steel.

goombapoop · 5 months

No1. way to stop crying over onions: Wear contacts

swoledaddy · 5 months

toothpick works better than gum but both really dont help...once u get done, go into the cooler and stare into the fans for almost instant relief

powpowbang · 5 months

Yah, the gum thing is total bullshit. Who is allowed to post this drabble anyways.

MikeTheInfidel · 5 months

HA HA MEN DON'T HAVE EMOTIONS AM I RIGHT GUYS

FuckYoureShit · 5 months

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Magnum8517 · 5 months

Touché sir...

justaref · 5 months

Re-post

RepostsOnReposts · 5 months

The best way to cut an onion without crying is to not get too emotionally attached to it.

JohnAbruzzi · 5 months

The reason this works is that you're breathing through your mouth and not through your nose, the gum doesn't really do much.

A full proof way is to cut it going down the onion vertically before horizontally so that the individual onion veins do not bleed out their juices.

saryis · 5 months

I believe the correct term is "sissy la-la"

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