# Yay! I have a disease! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2012, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-have-a-disease/632145 "2012-08-21T06:26:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-have-a-disease/632145/21 "2012-08-22T13:18:21Z")
Why is this labeled a disease? Why can’t we label people who constantly create unnecessary, irritating sounds as being diseased instead? ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-have-a-disease/632145/22 "2012-08-22T14:51:26Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > My god. There’s a name for it. Snapping, rhythmic sounds (think the kit kat commercials) cause such a visceral horrible feeling in me. Tapping fingers, crunching of chips, any repetitive, staccato sounds. Eating noises? Don’t even go there. > > I mostly deal with it, but \*\*sometimes I have to remove myself \*\*or change the channel. IMMEDIATELY. When that damn kit kat commercial is on. Bolding mine. I have a coworker who sits 2 desks away from me. She brings pretzels to work every single day, and makes SO MUCH FUCKING NOISE with them. Snap! Crack! Before I knew they were pretzels I thought she was chomping on carrots. How can someone make that much noise with a pretzel?! We’re not supposed to wear earbuds at work, so I don’t have that escape. I usually try to leave the office when she breaks them out. Otherwise, there have been days when it has actually caused me tears of frustration to hear her eat. (ETA: I mean my eyes well up and I feel frustrated and angry; not that I start sobbing and carrying on). ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-have-a-disease/632145/23 "2012-08-22T15:50:39Z")
Y’all should have heard it yesterday when my co-workers (Shrieking Laughter Lady and The Plegm-Mover) took turns all afternoon trying to get me to kill them… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-have-a-disease/632145.md?page=1)