little_tippler

Here in Portugal people spit on the ground a lot. I find it disgusting to do that, or see it done, especially somewhere public, where people have to walk. I think it's quite rude too. Tissues people - and I'm pretty sure you don't actually need to do it. I never have and I'm fine.

I hate it to the point that it's pretty much a dealbreaker for me, I could not be with a guy who did this.

I have a funny spitting story (or sad one, however you want to see it). I was standing on a platform waiting for a train a few years back, and I heard the most beautiful whistling I had ever heard. Seriously, it was so beautiful that I was trying to work out who was doing it. I love music and this was really special. And then...he made a sound. The most revolting sound. Hocking - really loudly. And then...he spat. I was... a little shocked. Don't laugh when I tell you it taught me a lesson of sorts

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We are ever unapparent. What we are
Cannot be transfused into word or book.
Our soul from us is infinitely far.
However much we give our thoughts the will
To be our soul and gesture it abroad,
Our hearts are incommunicable still.
In what we show ourselves we are ignored.
The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged
By any skill of thought or trick of seeming.
Unto our very selves we are abridged
When we would utter to our thought our being.
We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams,
And each to each other dreams of others' dreams.

Fernando Pessoa, 1918

Fotzlid

I try not to spit in public but sometimes it just has to be done.

Baraka_Guru

I sometimes have trouble suspending the thought that this is one of the things that separates the peasants from the gentry.

Is that bad?

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Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
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SSJTWIZTA

i dont really see why anyone would care.

i dont spit often, but if i feel the urge im not holding back.
that fuckers coming out of there.

i find it odd when people give a disgusted look. Its just spit and its not on you. fuck off, get a life and relax.

i dont know, some people are just uptight and anal i guess.

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Then they came for the communists and I did not speak out because I was not a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for me And there was no one left to speak out for me.
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Baraka_Guru

Some people have hygiene and disease control in mind. Others just don't want any on them.

I know my biggest complaint is when someone does it upwind from me while walking along a busy sidewalk. As I make my attempts to step over the area and self-consciously wipe my face with my hand, my immediate thought is, "Fuck, you better not have gotten any on me!"

In the very least, people should use handkerchiefs, or spit somewhere well out of the way. It is for similar reasons that I not only refrain from coughing in people's faces but I also tend to cover my mouth. The same goes for sneezing.

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

jewels

C'mon now ... Aren't there any bodily functions that you'd prefer not to witness? Anything that makes you sick to your stomach?

You can call me uptight and anal if it legitimizes your actions. I think it's disgusting and selfish and it makes me nauseous. Plus, it would cause me to wonder about the spitter's hygiene habits.

I don't think so at all. But then again, I'm uptight and anal.

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SSJTWIZTA

selfish?

oh coarse there are bodily actions that i would rather not witness in public, spitting just happens not to be one of them. I would much rather be rid the stuff from my mouth than swallow it, thats icky if you ask me.

swallowing loogies, ick.

why would you wonder about hygene if the person spits? i see it as that they would rather rid their body of the substance than just...swallow it.

as far as my actions go, i only spit when needed, and ive never hit anyone (excluding that time when i was 9 or so.)

-pro spit-

as for the uptight and anal remark...i withdraw it. not everyone is uptight i guess, i guess some people just think its "icky"

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First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the communists and I did not speak out because I was not a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for me And there was no one left to speak out for me.
-Pastor Martin Niemoller

jewels

So then if you think it's disgusting, it's disgusting. If I think it's disgusting, it's not 'cause you don't think so? That's why I said selfish.

I see it as a disrespect for others' rights to cleanliness and not feeling nauseated. It just makes me wonder if he's up to keeping other things clean. /shrug And if you need to get rid of it, what's the problem with carrying a tissue? Or a nice manly handkerchief? Considerateness goes a long way with a lot of women.

We'll let you slide this time.

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SSJTWIZTA

you really dont know me, or any of the women im around.
we really dont give to shits.

dont get me wrong, its not like i go around spitting on sidewalks or on people.

its just that we dont care. to tell you the truth if i was walking down the street, and seen a someone sitting a puddle of their own shit, masturbating like a madman, drooling down their chin with bile and vomit on their shirt, i wouldnt be phased one bit, and nor would one of my friends.

but we would sure get a great laugh out of it later over a cheap burger and fries.

i still disagree with the selfish thing, i think im more inconsiderate.

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First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the communists and I did not speak out because I was not a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for me And there was no one left to speak out for me.
-Pastor Martin Niemoller

abaya

That would be one word for it.

If having common courtesy/manners means that I'm anal and uptight, I'm all for it. (Of course, I like anal sex anyway, so I guess it's all good.)

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SSJTWIZTA

im surrounded by decent people!

what the hell man!?! what the hell!?!

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First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the communists and I did not speak out because I was not a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for me And there was no one left to speak out for me.
-Pastor Martin Niemoller

Punk.of.Ages

Shit, this is an average Saturday night party over here! Ha

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Fotzlid

ahhhh the good old days....