# Ever been caught masticating? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 6, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018 "2014-01-06T12:22:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018/1 "2014-01-06T12:22:14Z")
I went into this sleazy restaurant once, and people were masticating all around me. It was gross! ---
**Author:** ![Cognitive\_Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Cognitive\_Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cognitive_Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018/2 "2014-01-06T12:27:47Z")
Mastication is excellent. ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018/3 "2014-01-06T12:36:58Z")
If it feels good chew it! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018/4 "2014-01-06T12:39:00Z")
I hate it when I can hear people masticating. Disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018/5 "2014-01-06T12:43:24Z")
As long as they weren’t talking about the “mouthfeel” they were getting from their filthy habit, I’m okay. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018/6 "2014-01-06T12:47:01Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > I went into this sleazy restaurant once, and people were masticating all around me. It was gross! Was their epidermis showing? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018/7 "2014-01-06T12:59:20Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Was their epidermis showing? Worse, there was endosperm _everywhere_. They were drinking it and eating it. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Themis00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@Themis00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themis00)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018/8 "2014-01-06T13:06:23Z")
Yes. It was me and my sister’s dog. She was so angry! I was masticating on this loaded baked potato. Her dog walked up to me, sat politely, and stared at me with his sad puppy eyes. He smelled the bacon, and wanted some. Bacon is a good thing to masticate on. I gave some to the dog. I couldn’t resist. We both had terrific pleasure masticating together. It gives “dog is the wo/man’s best friend” a whole new meaning. My sister walked in on us and she got pissed. Apparently masticating on bacon gives the poor guy indigestion. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018/9 "2014-01-06T13:57:50Z")
I got over masticating in public long ago… it’s okay if you keep it to yourself and wash your hands. I’m still working on micturating in public without shame. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018/10 "2014-01-06T14:12:01Z")
It always feels awkward to masticate by myself in public. I just want to masticate and get it over with as quickly as possible but I’m so self conscious I end up masticating slower. In that situation it’s good to bring something to read while masticating. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018/11 "2014-01-06T14:41:58Z")
I often put off masticating as long as possible - until I feel like I am going to burst - makes the mastication feel that much better and full filling. Then, there are other days, when I just can’t get enough - I find myself masticating like a mother… ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018/12 "2014-01-06T15:12:02Z")
I saw a film once where people masticated until it was all wet and juicy, then swallowed! ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018/13 "2014-01-06T15:47:00Z")
as a child i started masticating in front of my parents. they had read Spock and let me continue my pleasurable pursuit. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018/14 "2014-01-06T16:10:33Z")
I am a compulsive masticator. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018/15 "2014-01-06T16:11:02Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > as a child i started masticating in front of my parents. they had read Spock and let me continue my pleasurable pursuit. Hippie ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018/16 "2014-01-06T16:17:23Z")
No worse than known pedagogues engaging in philately with young boys. ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018/17 "2014-01-06T16:29:58Z")
I’m doing it right now and typing with one hand on my phone. mmmmmm it’s so good. The waitress keeps coming by, I think she likes to see me doing it. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018/18 "2014-01-06T16:41:27Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > No worse than known pedagogues engaging in philately with young boys. It’s quite appropriate that the Swiss plastic pitch watering football cheats [Young boys](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSC_Young_Boys) play at the Wankdorf Stadium ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018/19 "2014-01-06T17:18:17Z")
Who was it who insisted you masticate 50 times? Just don’t masticate and engage in oral intercourse at the same time. Also don’t masticate while sucking cock. Very bad vibes, that. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018/20 "2014-01-06T17:39:48Z")
> [@Fubaya](#): > > I’m doing it right now and typing with one hand on my phone. mmmmmm it’s so good. The waitress keeps coming by, I think she likes to see me doing it. notice how they always stop by when your mouth is full ? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-caught-masticating/678018.md?page=2)