I hate the sound and sight of people chewing

Ever since I was a kid I've always been irrationally annoyed by the sounds of people chewing. I generally try to worm my way out of eating in groups of people (just going for a quick cigarette, I'll be back by the time you've all finished eating) and if I'm watching a TV show or movie and there's a scene where people are eating I get really annoyed.
I either have to mute the TV or skip the scene and I'm left wondering what I missed that was so important to the story that they had to eat over it, and why exactly was it so important for the story development that they be eating in this scene?
Considering that almost all movie and show scenes where a character is eating they rarely actually swallow any food (they have to take multiple cuts of scenes, so actors usually just spit out the food they're eating on screen when the camera changes) it just seems ridiculously pointless on all levels to even have eating scenes in any TV or movie.

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  • littleblu33

    I get literally pissed off if I'm in a quiet room where somebody is eating. I can ignore it if there's other noises, especially loud noises, but if it's quiet and somebody's eating, I want to actually murder whoever is chewing. I have to leave the room or put on headphones or something, and sometimes even headphones don't help. Ugh.

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  • geckopaws

    I’ve actually had 2 people I know have sensitivity issues with others chewing. It’s normal but it’s more of a bother to the person chewing to make a stink about it. It not only makes them resent you but it makes it easy for them to annoy you depending how much you obsess over someone’s chewing habits. I’ll admit some people make a lot of noise chewing. But it doesn’t bother me.

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  • BeautyBeast

    I literally get so angry inside when I hear someone smacking or slurping... I really don't understand what makes me so angry but I am surprised I haven't killed anyone yet.

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  • JerryHub

    I'm not fond of listening to people chew gum, so I guess I can kind of relate.

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  • Grunewald

    I hate it when people chew gum - or anything else that's noisy, like apples. Unless I fancy the person - then it's different. Apart from that I'm ok. I think a bit of an 'ick' factor might be normal, but you've got it dramatically more than me.

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  • RoseIsabella

    Sounds a bit extreme.

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