Why do some people keep spitting on the ground?

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jandrews

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also disgusting when people are spitting in the urinal, just screams no class whenever I see it.
 

HammerCurl

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Originally posted by: jandrews
also disgusting when people are spitting in the urinal, just screams no class whenever I see it.

Meh. If you got a loogie you spit, your in the bathroom, so feel free to fart away. I see nothing wrong with this. I'd rather use a urinal that someone spit in than any bar bathroom around midnight
 

DaShen

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Originally posted by: jandrews
also disgusting when people are spitting in the urinal, just screams no class whenever I see it.

Hahahaa... don't be such a priss.

BTW, sptting instead of swallowing a the crap is what you are supposed to do. Your body is naturally trying to get rid of the crap that is stuck in your lymphs. Why circulate it into your system again? This is just ridiculous. If you spit and you do it discreetly, what is the problem? Especially a urinal. Give me a freaking break! :roll:
 

imported_Baloo

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I'm sorry, I told them it was rude to spit on your shoes, and they agreed to stop. I've informed them of you complaint and they agreed to resume spitting on your shoes. Sorry for the inconvenience.
 

Tobolo

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I do it all of the time. I picked up the habit from when I had my wisdom teeth taken out. Mine bled for a month and I did it to get the blood taste out of my mouth. That was 6 years ago and I still do it.
 

jandrews

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Originally posted by: HammerCurl
Originally posted by: jandrews
also disgusting when people are spitting in the urinal, just screams no class whenever I see it.

Meh. If you got a loogie you spit, your in the bathroom, so feel free to fart away. I see nothing wrong with this. I'd rather use a urinal that someone spit in than any bar bathroom around midnight

being drunk or at a bar is a different story, impulse rules that world. I just make little tallies in my head at the office whoever the guy standing next to me is spitting it is almost always some guy working in the lawn or dressed casually, I am far from the cultural elite but its definately something I notice.

edit: hell I chew! So there is a fair amount of spitting going on but in certain situations and just walking around I find it to be in poor taste to be spitting everywhere. Now for me to market my portable spitters with replaceable fillaments hmmm
 

Howard

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Originally posted by: DaShen
Originally posted by: jandrews
also disgusting when people are spitting in the urinal, just screams no class whenever I see it.

Hahahaa... don't be such a priss.

BTW, sptting instead of swallowing a the crap is what you are supposed to do. Your body is naturally trying to get rid of the crap that is stuck in your lymphs. Why circulate it into your system again? This is just ridiculous. If you spit and you do it discreetly, what is the problem? Especially a urinal. Give me a freaking break! :roll:
Some people spit plain saliva.
 

Aikouka

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Around here, I don't see people spit on the ground, but when I was at college, people would just spit wherever they pleased. Pretty damn gross.
 

Mr Incognito

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Originally posted by: Superself
Spitting just feels good. I would say that it relieves stress even.

I agree. I picked up the habit playing a lot of baseball during the summer a few years ago. It was so easy to spit into the dirt and kick some dirt on it. Now there is no dirt.
 

nakedfrog

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Originally posted by: jandrews
Originally posted by: HammerCurl
Originally posted by: jandrews
also disgusting when people are spitting in the urinal, just screams no class whenever I see it.

Meh. If you got a loogie you spit, your in the bathroom, so feel free to fart away. I see nothing wrong with this. I'd rather use a urinal that someone spit in than any bar bathroom around midnight

being drunk or at a bar is a different story, impulse rules that world. I just make little tallies in my head at the office whoever the guy standing next to me is spitting it is almost always some guy working in the lawn or dressed casually, I am far from the cultural elite but its definately something I notice.

edit: hell I chew! So there is a fair amount of spitting going on but in certain situations and just walking around I find it to be in poor taste to be spitting everywhere. Now for me to market my portable spitters with replaceable fillaments hmmm

A tobacco chewer's opinion on someone else's "class"...
 

miketheidiot

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i've been spitting a bit lately, but thats mainly because of my allergies and the massive amount of mucus that was in my lungs that i was continueally hacking up. I know it was disgusting.
 

Journer

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if i'm inside or around people i hold it or swallow it. if i'm outside near a bush or the wind isnt blowing ill spit on the ground. i dont see why it is gross...its natural. people fart..thats funny...why can spitting be funny too?
 

Nik

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Originally posted by: dennilfloss
Spitting is disgusting. Swallow that crap and let your gastric acid take care of it.

I bet you say that to all the boys.
 

Nik

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Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: LoKe
I chew tobacco so I produce an exceptional amount of saliva. Out of habit I spit.

:thumbsdown:That is an extremely disgusting habit.

Then I guess you don't have to do it! :)
 

jandrews

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Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: jandrews
Originally posted by: HammerCurl
Originally posted by: jandrews
also disgusting when people are spitting in the urinal, just screams no class whenever I see it.

Meh. If you got a loogie you spit, your in the bathroom, so feel free to fart away. I see nothing wrong with this. I'd rather use a urinal that someone spit in than any bar bathroom around midnight

being drunk or at a bar is a different story, impulse rules that world. I just make little tallies in my head at the office whoever the guy standing next to me is spitting it is almost always some guy working in the lawn or dressed casually, I am far from the cultural elite but its definately something I notice.

edit: hell I chew! So there is a fair amount of spitting going on but in certain situations and just walking around I find it to be in poor taste to be spitting everywhere. Now for me to market my portable spitters with replaceable fillaments hmmm

A tobacco chewer's opinion on someone else's "class"...
There is a time and a place for many things I find.

 

Jeff7

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Originally posted by: JoeKing
//JOEKING's THEORY TIME!

Marking territory. Kinda had this thought while leaving a leak at the urinal. WTH do most guys spit into a urinal? Well we're mimicking behavior that in the wild would leave our scent. And perhaps the scent from our saliva adds to that so we subconsciously have the urge to spit into the same area!!!



the weird thoughts that occur while in the restroom :confused:
Makes as much sense as anything. I never understood the need for spitting constantly anyway. If I'm eating something, and get a bit of inedible material in there, like part of an apple seed or something, I'll carefully spit it into a bowl.

Maybe spitting is some "macho" thing. Aw yeah, he a tough guy, lookit how he spit!


Originally posted by: ppdes
I was reading about some sort of parasite the other day, hook worms or something, and a study was referenced where people who spit what they cough up had a lower incidence of intestinal infection than those that swallow. During one part of its life cycle the parasite had to move from the lungs to the intestine, you see.
So should I say "God bless you" when someone spits, too?:D


Originally posted by: DaShen
Originally posted by: jandrews
also disgusting when people are spitting in the urinal, just screams no class whenever I see it.

Hahahaa... don't be such a priss.

BTW, sptting instead of swallowing a the crap is what you are supposed to do. Your body is naturally trying to get rid of the crap that is stuck in your lymphs. Why circulate it into your system again? This is just ridiculous. If you spit and you do it discreetly, what is the problem? Especially a urinal. Give me a freaking break! :roll:
If you're coughing it up, that means that it's not supposed to be in your respiratory system. It may well be perfectly benign in your digestive system. I understand that the stomach's lining includes mucous to protect it.
Water in the respiratory tract is a rather bad thing. If you cough it up, is it therefore unsafe to swallow water?