# Non-nails-on-chalkboard noises that give you the nails-on-chalkboard feeling **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 30, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410 "2005-11-30T17:48:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410/1 "2005-11-30T17:48:41Z")
Millions, We all have these right? Those sounds that are intensely irritating to you but everyone else seems to tolerate just fine. And I’m not talking Captain & Tennille songs here. I’m talking about getting the shivers & feeling that odd inkling of queasiness when you hear it. Personally, I can’t stand shitty paper rubbing together; cheap napkins, bible pages, newspaper. When someone puts it between their thumb & index finger and rubs them…urg…bad. Sooo very bad. I literally just got the chills. My roommate, hilariously enough, can’t stand people chewing popsicles. He has to leave the room. So, yeah, what are yours? Anyone share my paper thing? Can ANYONE stand that styrofoam rubbing noise? ---
**Author:** ![Corrvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@Corrvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corrvin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410/2 "2005-11-30T17:49:38Z")
Just THINKING about tearing corrugated cardboard gives me cold chills. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410/3 "2005-11-30T17:55:09Z")
Aaaaaaguh!!! I’m shuddering just thinking about the sound of a metal rake being scraped across concrete. Eeeeek! Makes me want to scoop out my eyes with a melon-baller. The sound of someone’s skin on nylon stockings. Squik! ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410/4 "2005-11-30T17:57:09Z")
Scraping metal. My husband adores going down to Carkeek and standing close to the tracks to watch the trains go by. I love it, too. However, the hair on the back of my neck stands on end and my teeth get set on edge whenever I hear the high pitched squealing of metal on metal. I just got the chills, too. :eek: My teeth are senstive, and I cannot bite into ice cream with my front teeth, or anything cold, like popsicles. So if I see anyone else using their front teeth to take a big bite out of something cold… eeeyaaaaagh! Grinding teeth. Joints cracking. My joints all tend to snap and crackle (like rice krispies in milk, yep), but my husband cracks all of his, and it freaks me out. When I hear a back or neck being popped… UGH! :eek: I need to get out of this thread, my hair is starting to look like the Bride of Frankenstein. :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410/5 "2005-11-30T17:59:53Z")
Scraping silverware on teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410/6 "2005-11-30T18:05:39Z")
Someone tearing carboard. If I have to handle cardboard. If I have to write with a pencil. I had friend that chewed napkins, and this drove me nuts in the same way. Squeaking styrofoam used to bother me, but not so much anymore. BTW, in my family, to describe the nails-on-chalkboard-effect, we say, “Makes my blood run cold”. ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410/7 "2005-11-30T18:08:25Z")
Mine is nails being filed. Metal or emery board, I can’t take it. I have to cut my nails. I knew a girl who couldn’t tear cotton wool, she had to get her sister to do it. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410/8 "2005-11-30T18:15:41Z")
The sound of biting into a folded, dry towel gives me the willies. No, I’ve no explanation for it but felt safe mentioning it since someone else said eating pepperoni pizza made their testicles hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410/9 "2005-11-30T18:21:56Z")
RUBBING A BALLOON!! Aaagghhhh!! Getting the shudders just thinking about it. One of my college roommates absolutely could not stand the sound of fingernails being cut. He would leave the room when I did it. He cut his own nails with an X-Acto knife. ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410/10 "2005-11-30T18:22:56Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > No, I’ve no explanation for it but felt safe mentioning it since someone else said eating pepperoni pizza made their testicles hurt. Did I miss something? ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410/11 "2005-11-30T18:24:44Z")
Leaf blowers/gas weed-eaters. I hate that shrill, droning sound. I wish there were one day I week I didn’t have to hear it, but in this neighborhood that will never happen. Another one is cats chewing on emery boards. (Cricket is weird) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410/12 "2005-11-30T18:36:23Z")
> [@Birdmonster](#): > > Did I miss something? Sorry, another thread and I meant I use it as a general reference for determining if something is too embarassing to mention or not. Someone asked this question thinking everyone was similarly afflicted, only to discover through the tittles that he was the only one afflicted with deepdish nutache. That’s my gold standard comparison for personal anecdotes. ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410/13 "2005-11-30T18:48:04Z")
Lieu: Thanks. That had plans of driving me batty. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410/14 "2005-11-30T18:48:07Z")
Fingers sliding along guitar strings has always done it for me. ---
**Author:** ![the\_brave\_navel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee59a6/32.png) [@the\_brave\_navel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_brave_navel)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410/15 "2005-11-30T18:49:04Z")
You know that sound you get when someone goes to erase something with the end of a pencil and the eraser is completely worn down? My skin’s crawling in waves at the thought. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410/16 "2005-11-30T18:54:20Z")
Handling wet yarn. The other day I had to take a wet afghan out of the washer and put it in the dryer. \ ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410/17 "2005-11-30T19:03:38Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > The sound of biting into a folded, dry towel gives me the willies. > [@Scarlett67](#): > > Handling wet yarn. The other day I had to take a wet afghan out of the washer and put it in the dryer. I can relate to both of these, but they to my reflex they pale compared to tearing coarse cloth. Even thinking about it makes me roll my shoulders back, arch, and do the oogie dance, making little circles with my hands. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410/18 "2005-11-30T19:08:08Z")
Beeps. I hate beeps. That beep when people use their cell phone in that annoying walkie-talkie mode makes me want to disembowel and decapitate the person using the cell phone. The beeping that trucks/bulldozers, etc. make when backing up makes me want to firebomb every single one of them into slag heaps. For my next car, I’d like to find one that does not beep at all, for any reason. I once had a neighbor (townhouse) who never seemed to be there, but his alarm clock would go a beepin’ (and keep beeping) at 4am or whatever-the-fucking-hell time it was. I diemboweled and decapitated him and let the alley rats eat his remains. OK, I didn’t really do that, but I wanted to. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410/19 "2005-11-30T19:09:47Z")
It doesn’t happen often, but the sound of starting an already started car is pretty harsh. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410/20 "2005-11-30T20:01:57Z")
There was a great scene in one of the “Pink Panther” movies where the bad guy put on an enormous metal gauntlet with wickedly long metal “fingernails,” and strode towards a strapped-down damsel. You think he’s going to torture her with it, and he does, but not how you expect: after putting on ear protectors, he drags the metal fingernails down a chalkboard, and the girl screams… For me, my six-year-old son grinding his teeth makes my skin crawl. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-nails-on-chalkboard-noises-that-give-you-the-nails-on-chalkboard-feeling/333410.md?page=2)