The Kit Kat Commercial

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Wow.... I thought it was me and not really related to AS that got annoyed by the sound of people chewing on food.

But yea, when I was younger, the sound of my family members chewing on food annoyed the hell out of me, still does whatever they eat within my presence (But doesn't bother in a public setting for some reason). Actually, now that I think about it, at work when someone eats in my presence their smacking sound is mildly annoying..

I'm a neurotypical, but I too am bothered by the sound of people chewing. Other noises that are head ache inducing are loud breathing,humming, and sighing.

By Merlin's beard, I also hate loud breathing.

Sometimes I have to excuse myself from family meals because I find myself unable to focus on anything other then the sounds of others' chewing and scraping their plates, and I finish my food in a different room. Obviously this can create rifts in my family and I was wondering if anyone has ever come up with a different coping strategy then just leaving where the noise is being made?

I hate the kit kat commercial. It drives me batty!

I also hate any snoring, chewing, smacking, popping, etc. People sounds suck!

I'm not sure if I've seen it but that would be torture to my ears. It's bad enough they have the loud crack (when they break the kit kat in two) on their adds. I remember when I had to block my ears when I heard a scotch finger biscuits break in half.

Completely know where you're coming from with this. It's little sounds that drive you nuts.

For me these little sounds have some sort of synesthaesia attached to them. Not only do they seem to prod the inside of my mind, but they suggest ugly forms and shapes, like something hideous from a Dali painting.

I'd never heard of the <i>misophonia</i> classification. Thanks for that.

We have a similar advert in the UK that involves food noises and it causes me huge amounts of anger and anxiety.
I also can't stand breathing noises, throat clearing etc.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sf5Vkl4UsU[/youtube]

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!11!!!1!

after reading all of this, and realizing that my son's aversion to eating with us isn't just him being rigid with expectation and it really is yet another problem from his super sensitive hearing, I'm going to try letting him wear headphones while he eats and see if we can manage to have him be a part of the family at the table during meal time.

His school uses the headphones for many occasions when the noise levels will be louder or more unpredictable then usual, he can still hear with them on, but stops the quieter annoying sounds like food chewing as well as tones down the loud sounds.

Maybe he'll actually eat better if he can join us at the table.

Yep, eating noises are the quickest way to get me not to buy something.

I do my best to suppress the irritation because all of my families gatherings center around meals.
The irony is that as a child my sinuses were always blocked and my smacking bugged my sister to no end. I didn't notice other peoples sounds until my sinus issues cleared up.

I remember my brother couldn't stand the sound of other people eating so he would complain about it. Mom would tell him cereal isn't quiet food. I used to think he was just being stubborn and difficult. I realize now he may have had this genuine problem. I don't know if he had that condition actually because he outgrew or he learned to get used to it since it's part of life and we can't help it.

The ad isn't clever by any means, and they've made about 5 iterations of it. Very uncouth to crunch in tune IMO.

Fun fact about Kit-Kat: "Kit Kat" sounds similar to a Japanese phrase meaning "good luck", and is incredibly popular over there. There are over 200 different flavors of Kit Kat in Japan.

Also, I'm unsure if it's an NT/AS thing, I just read that hypersensitivity can be an autistic trait. I know that a study was done on people who actually become violent when hearing others eat. I've never gotten violent, but my reaction is definitely abnormal.

Sounds like someone hates fat people and feels jealous of the fact that said fat people have sex... What exactly is "fat people sex," and how does it differ from "regular people sex?" Or how do YOU refer to non-fat people having sex? I mean, I thought all people had sex by inserting a penis into a vagina just like us fat people, but maybe I was wrong... Please enlighten me, would you?

Yeah, that sounds disgusting...slurp, smack...
However, I think beatbox is pretty cool.