O.k... this is a bit far from my usual commentary... anyway... As humans with physical bodies we are subject to all the functions our bodies have to carry out to keep us alive... so to speak. Now I notice that when our bodies perform certain functions we tend to feel ashamed or we try to hide it or... something... In this thread I will refer specifically to; Coughing/Sneezing (When you have a flu/virus) Belching/Burping Passing Wind/Farting... yeahPlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Now tell me, in a public setting, which is worse... and why do you think that is the worst? When I think of it the worse one should be coughing or sneezing when you have one of those nasty cold viruses... but interestingly... people don't hide that... they'll more hide farting... and... well... to a smaller extent burping... because strangely they are embarrassed when they do this (some)... why? Sure... a fart might smell like it can kill yah (very baleful) but the sneezing and coughing will do more harm.... burping... sure... it might sound like you have a bog down in your throat... but hey... what harm will it do. Now this guy is in the room which I'm in, sneezing and blowing his nose like hell... he sure isn't embarrassed... but oh... let's say he wants to fart... you'll either see him disappear... or... you might hear the sound of him trying to stop it...Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!... anyway... which do you think is worse in public? Farting, Coughing (with a flu) or burping? - What a note to hit on your 500th post. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I didn't know any of these things was wrong to do in public. I do them all the time, especially farting in a crowded elevator, who knows who farted then....LOL! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Lol. Ha. But will you let them know it was you? If not... why?Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Nice one though. Lol.
Smiling. Anyway- aren't we born between piss and piss-shit? "internuniras et faeces nascimur" said some stuffy latin eons ago. So this means flatulence is a salute to one's mother. I'm being very patriotic in my insolence. Currently in a computer lab now and half the room is cabbagey. (Serious note- disgust is learned behavior)
Yeah... seems so... I guess you really learn this when you experience other cultures. Pretty intersting though... and at times veery funny.Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Learned or otherwise, other people's discomfort is something most of us consider. I think we tend to avoid the most what we percieve to be the most "discomforting" functions.
You forgot TRIPPING! Most of the time when we trip while walking, we attempt to keep walking as if nothing happened. Really, if you are already walking somewhere, and you trip and stumble (but don't fall) you keep walking... Not like you would do anything else about it.... but it is still quite funny to watch people do this. I find farting is the most embarrassing. As natural as it is, it can give off a smell, a sound, or both.... Speaking of discomfort, public washrooms give me discomfort.... the thought that poeple can hear me doing my "business" doesn't sit well with me. I tend to hold in the "after movie bathroom break" untill I get home or somewhere better. Natural functions of the human body... it happens to everyone.... yet we still find discomfort in them. :\
No, I won't let on that it was me for I just start looking rather oddly at the other people on the elevator like they were the ones who did it therefore taking the suspicion away from myself. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
OMG That is so disgusting! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! I hate when people do this! I take public transit quite often and when somebody does it I feel I can kill somebody. :bugeye: What do you feel when you do this? Power? There are better pranks you can play... Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! This one is not funny
If you fart, just turn on some music to cover the smell. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! It is what Homer Simpson does. Lol.
Canadian: Oh my, this is absolutely funny. Consider also that as children we have no aversion for feces, seems strange to think that something so horrible was once welcome in one's palate. So, just as we find much of what we believe unquestionable (notions of I, soul and god) questioning them becomes as absurd as questioning your disgust for feces. Even though you relished in them once.
True. But well, as long as I am not in contact with any of it I'm fine. However, take this example; I go to use a 'public' toilet and this female (someone I know) is in there... no discomfort to me... she'd been in there for a while so...Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!... and I don't know her to be a drug addict... I knock... no sound... well... I heard a liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittle female squeal... like... she wanted to say "occupied" or something... but what? Was she struggling that much? I dismissed the sound as my imagination and tried the door... fortunately it was bolted... then I heard tissue paper being torn etc. and shuffling... (o.k. now that looks disgusting but it really didn't seem that way at the moment)... [...then I realised someone was in there.] It seems there is something about our discomfort in it too. Maybe attention? And trust me, those girls - of which that one* is a group - cough like hell all the time. They sure don't hide that.Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Strange as hell.
I think coughing and sneezing is one of the worse. Mainly cos its uncontrollable. I mean if you're in a public situation and cough or sneeze, of course once or twice its fine..no one notices, but having a coughing fit, or a sneezing fit - its far more distruptive that a simple fart or belch. Personally I find belching easy to suppress, although it can make an 'internal' noise when it goes back down. Farting is harder, and more embarassing, its more offensive to one's senses. In an male environment, farting or belching is almost a measure of your manhood, and blokes do it proudly. I think they are one of those things that if you do it more (i.e. voluntarily/deliberately expel rather than suppress) then you end up needing to do it more. Anyway, back to my original point, a coughing fit, in say a meeting at work, or during a speech is far more embarassing mainly because you cannot control it.
If there was no law against it id walk around naked,and shit and piss where i like. Luckily there are things i can do just to annoy other people without getting in trouble like farting or burbing,sneezing. I enjoy doing all of those things in a cue,like if im in mcdonalds waiting for my big mac,im really proud of a huge smelly fart or sneezing without covering my mouth. If youre gonna fart dont try to do it all silent and pretend it wasnt you thats the cowards way out,if youre gonna fart do it nice and loud and hold your head up high. With any luck they'll all drop dead and you can get your big mac that little bit quicker.
