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Wednesday, July 12, 2006 12:00 AM

The sound of people eating drives me insane

I have a condition that makes the smacking of lips almost unbearable to hear.
By Cary Tennis

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  • Wednesday, July 12, 2006 04:31 AM

    it's psychology

    "this LW can hear himself louder than anyone next to him every time he takes a bite and chews."

    Well, actually your brain suppresses its response to your own actions, while being highly sensitive to stimuli coming from others' actions.

    And, because it sounds like you never learned: to the rest of us, your sh*t really does stink. Worse than you think it does.

    —teho Read teho's other letters

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