# Men who spit are foul disgusting creatures **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 18, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295 "2013-03-18T20:44:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295/21 "2013-03-19T01:52:55Z")
> [@picker](#): > > To the OP: > I guess a farmer’s blow would be over the top then? Nice username/subject combo. 😃 > [@kayaker](#): > > Mamma Pajama? That was going to be my guess. 🙂 People who hawk loogies on the sidewalk/asphalt are indeed foul and disgusting. I don’t think there’s a lot of room for debate on that. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295/22 "2013-03-19T02:09:06Z")
I agree, spitting is gross, especially on sidewalks, and in public places, etc. However, I am a female cyclist and runner, and yes, I spit. I don’t spit on the sidewalk (because I don’t run or ride on them), but I do spit on trails and I spit on the side of the road (because I ride on the side of the road). It’s almost an art to not get that sticky gross stuff across your face and down your chin when you get rid of it. Hard core activity spit is a very different consistency than regular spit, which I why I can’t swallow it. It forms some sort of superman web-esque blockage across the back of my throat if I try to swallow it and I choke. So I hock that luggie. But never on a sidewalk, so I think we’re good, yeah? ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295/23 "2013-03-19T02:40:26Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Wait. Did you just say, “immense quantities of spittle”? Cause that’s damn near poetic, or something. Please refrain from using the name “ **immense quantities of spittle** ”. Bubbadog Vocals, lead guitarist Immense Quantities of Spittle ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295/24 "2013-03-19T02:42:31Z")
After running and throwing, spitting is the next most natural athletic move. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295/25 "2013-03-19T04:41:33Z")
There was this guy who lived in my neighborhood who would walk down the street, spitting all over the place. I mean, he would just start making this hacking noise in his throat, and hawk lung butter everywhere. It was the most disgusting thing ever. You could be sitting in the living room and you’d HEAR him out there hacking up loogie. Ugh! ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295/26 "2013-03-19T04:46:07Z")
There was a group of teens on the train platform where I was waiting once, mostly boys. It seemed like some sort of territory marking compulsion, all of them were pacing and spitting. Could they be bothered to at least spit over the platform onto the track gravel? Nope. All over the platform. I’m gagging a little just thinking about it. I really wanted to projectile vomit onto all of them. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295/27 "2013-03-19T11:13:28Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Please refrain from using the name “ **immense quantities of spittle** ”. > > Bubbadog > > Vocals, lead guitarist > Immense Quantities of Spittle Hey, aren’t you the guys who sell the first five rows for half price? ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295/28 "2013-03-19T12:41:24Z")
Do those saying “Just swallow” ever get sinus infections with plentiful green discharge? – I do. I’m not squeamish, but have assumed expectoration is the healthier option. No? I do try to be discreet. Once walking in downtown Singapore I bought a juice – or whatever the cheapest drink was – just to have a cup to spit into. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295/29 "2013-03-19T12:52:19Z")
Is it really so hard to carry a tissue? Spitting is gross. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295/30 "2013-03-19T12:56:56Z")
_“Mr. Dallas, remember that restaurant we went to last year? Well, I expectorated into the salad bar.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295/31 "2013-03-19T13:06:32Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Mamma Pajama? Ah, jeeze, I just got that - I thought you were being delightfully random. :smack: I blame the time change. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295/32 "2013-03-19T13:23:53Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > There was a group of teens on the train platform where I was waiting once, mostly boys. It seemed like some sort of territory marking compulsion, all of them were pacing and spitting. Could they be bothered to at least spit over the platform onto the track gravel? Nope. All over the platform. I’m gagging a little just thinking about it. I really wanted to projectile vomit onto all of them. For some people, it’s clearly a dominance thing. “Hey look! I can make everyone step in my spit.” ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295/33 "2013-03-19T13:27:54Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Do those saying “Just swallow” ever get sinus infections with plentiful green discharge? – I do. I’m not squeamish, but have assumed expectoration is the healthier option. No? I don’t think there are any significant health risks from swallowing. If you spit, on the other hand, you create a hazard of infecting others. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295/34 "2013-03-19T13:48:51Z")
I can’t stand spitting, but if you insist upon it, please aim for a landing spot where people aren’t going to be walking. I don’t want to step in your loogie and then track it all over wherever I’m going. I was walking by a tattoo shop one day on my way into the gym. Buncha guys hanging out in front of the shop, as you do. They made eye contact and said hello. I said hello back with a big smile on my face. Just as I got to the point where I was about to pass them, one of the guys – who sort of had his back to me – turned and hocked a big fat one, right in my walking path. My smile faded into an EW look of disgust. The spitter looked horrified and apologized. So I tossed my cigarette butt on the ground at his feet. There. We’re even. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295/35 "2013-03-19T14:20:48Z")
I’m a 105 lb female and some guy spit on me once in a bar fight. (I wasn’t physically attacking him, just yelling at him because he attacked my friend.) I was actually more amazed than grossed out - did he actually think that was going to injure me enough to make me stop? Who the hell does that?! I fully agree that spitting in public is beyond disgusting and should be made socially unacceptable. ---
**Author:** ![VernWinterbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@VernWinterbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VernWinterbottom)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295/36 "2013-03-19T14:21:08Z")
In my hometown, there used to be a “Junior Improvement Association” for school children. One of the sentences in the JIA pledge was “I will not spit on the sidewalk.” To me, spitting in public is like littering but with the added ick factor of it being expectorated bodily fluids. It shows no respect for fellow citizens and shared community space. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295/37 "2013-03-19T14:44:22Z")
I’ve heard that beginner smokers spit a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295/38 "2013-03-19T15:27:31Z")
Spitting is disgusting and an instant dealbreaker for me. I don’t even like to be friends with people who spit on the sidewalk regularly. I totally bet spitters litter, too. If you don’t think the first is littering, why would you care about your garbage? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295/39 "2013-03-19T15:45:22Z")
I loved my former boss to pieces - he was the best supervisor I’d ever had in all my years of working. Unfortunately, he was a chewer, and he carried a spit cup with him everywhere. _ick ick ick ick ick!_ In my first engineering job, I shared a cubicle with a guy who chewed and he also kept a spit cup on his desk… till the day he knocked it over. _ick ick ick ick ick!_ To me, people who chew and spit are just a bit more disgusting than those who randomly spit - mainly because of spit cups. _ick ick ick ick ick!_ ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295/40 "2013-03-19T15:45:52Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I’ve heard that beginner smokers spit a lot. Especially if it’s Camels. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-spit-are-foul-disgusting-creatures/653295.md?page=3)