Hey DU men- I need an answer (disgusting subject matter)

[kckc]

Why do men feel the need to spit in public? And I don't mean merely saliva. I mean that deep down stuff where you make a lot of noise to bring it up. Is there some chromosomal abnormality that compels males to do this? And why must it be on the sidewalks and on parking lots, where we females who get grossed out by such things are walking? (I work in a medical laboratory, and it takes a lot to gross me out!) Do I just live in a disgusting area with uncouth males? Or am I over-reacting? So many questions, so little time...

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[gmoney]

1. Would you want to walk around

...with that yucky stuff in your lungs and/or mouth? :)

In more civilized times, there would be a spittoon or two in every room!

Just kidding... I had a college roommate who took up "dipping" and since plastic cups half filled with tobacco juice and spit weren't quite nasty enough, he bought a spittoon. I moved out shortly after that...

[Bunny]

2. I don't understand the need for it either, and it is just

disgusting. It's gross, and hawking that shit up and spitting it out for everyone to see/step in is selfish and inconsiderate!

[LastKnight]

3. i dont spit in public...

not unless a bug flies in my mouth or something... thiers no reason for it that i can find... but i know what your talking about, it doesnt bother me really either, just somethin that some guys do and some dont. if any of it hits me though, i get pissed.

-LK

[rustydog]

4. Some people are pigs and weren't raised right.

I really love getting out of my car and seeing where some dick-head cowboy wannabe spit his tobacco on the ground. Inconsiderate assholes, every one.

My son spit on the sidewalk one day years ago. (all his baseball buddies did the same thing constantly) I told him that was the most disgusting thing for other people to watch.

I have not seen him spit in public ever since. 10 years and counting.

[muchacho]

5. Sexist

I've seen woman do it.

It's all nasty, there are subtle ways of clearing your throat.

[Turbineguy]

6. I was in a supermarlet parking lot

last night and a female emloyee headed for work at the store spit in the parking lot.

Men do not have a corner on bad manners. Well not completely anyway.

But why do people spit? Because they are uncouth, stupid, or want to immitate some cool low life that they respect.

[MrSlayer]

7. Hey, sometimes you have to clear your lungs.

Expectorating, while unpleasant, is a necessary function of the human body.

[SOteric]

8. Good Lord, - would you rather they swallowed that stuff?

[Kamika]

9. That's the grossest thing ever.. I PUKED ONCE when I saw it

This guy snorted up snot for like an hour at High school and spit it out.. I saw it and PUKED omg that was so disgusting

[Jim__]

18. I think puking is grosser than spitting - n/t

[Kamika]

20. yes

But I did it when I saw his SNOT in his spit

[reprehensor]

10. Sorry.

Sometimes you just gotta let it fly. I'll do my best not to 'hock a loogie' anywhere that you could see or step in it in the future.

[hlthe2b]

11. Letterman had a clip of Bush* doing that on the way to the helicopter...

While it is impossible to lower my opinion of the Shrub, I wonder what that image did for any supporters who happened to see it!

God, what a disgusting creature, he is.

[Kamika]

12. They robably thought it was manly

im sure

[slinkerwink]

17. really? that's so fucking gross!

[neomonkey]

13. It's a very cultural "thing"

I live in an area of L.A. where many of the people are native to a land where it isn't considered quite as gross as it is in the States.

Frankly I don't get that grossed out unless I step in the gunky shit.

I've seen worse, I've seen a woman hang her infant son over a public trash container so he could take a crap. I guess diapers are precious.

[Bonhomme Richard]

14. Same reason we make loud fart sounds...............

we don't think about it or the consequence until after, if at all. All we know at the moment is that we'll feel better if I get it out of our system.

[Exultant Democracy]

15. I do it often , when I am running

in fact everyone I run with, men and women all spit when we have to. If I am not running on the other hand I never spit in public.

[TroubleMan]

16. I have really bad allergies

And sometimes, especially on the drive to work in the morning....I have to. There's no choice other that swallow a lot of snot and expectorant or hold a pint of it in my mouth for 30 minutes.

I try not to do it in plain sight, but you try carrying around half a mouth of that stuff. This is only on really bad days, but sometimes when you gotta spit, you gotta spit.

I didn't do it until I developed allergies about five years ago. I take Claritin now, and that keeps them away except for a few days a month, when they're really bad.

[DS1]

19. If I'm sick as a dog and there's nobody around,

I'll happily indulge in a country-sneeze, but spitting like that is just un-freakin-couth