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Strap me in and scan my brain.

The sound that infuriates me is the glug glug sound of a cup being filled with liquid. You know that pouring sound that gets to a higher pitch as the container fills up? oof I hate that sound and it makes me shake and clench.

Its used so much in TV/movies to fake them pouring a drink or mixing a cocktail or some shit, pulls me right out of the media.

Chewing though? Nah, its annoying, but like... "oh wow, that's rude" type reaction, not an anger feeling like the pouring sound.

What part of my brain is supposedly too connected to the audio sensory?

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You must hate NPR. Nearly every story has a bunch of useless ambient noise, just so you "feel like you're there." It's entirely banal and useless, and it nearly often includes someone pouring coffee or tea. I wish this fad would go away. It doesn't have the broad appeal that its proponents believe.

Any podcast that uses those sounds is an automatic nope from me. Why do they do it? Who needs those sounds? Just tell the story, we don’t need the sounds of airplanes bombing things when talking about WWII.

The other thing that annoys me in podcasts is the two hosts switching back and forth between sentences. Either have a real conversation or just have one person, this 2-person story-telling format does not work.

It's a vestige back from times when superheroes were just radio dramas. The Green Arrow was a popular one. The sounds were the only way to add fast paced action. And despite their tackiness, people only had newspaper as an alternative.

Interesting! I love that sound and have two motor associations with it. One is definitely in my throat, the motions I'd make if I were mimicking the sound. The other is in my hands, pouring with the left into something held in my right. So next time you hear it, you might see if you experience similar motor associations. That would fit with this study.

For me its like a clench at the back of the throat and an emotional response (anger/discomfort)

I can't handle hearing someones drink as it goes down their throat; not just large glugging but even little sips. I actually physically clench up and sometimes have to leave the room. It's my experience that women tend to be the worst offenders.

I am infuriated by people who take little sips of a drink. The intense sucking around (primarily a hot tea or other hot liquid) but that pursed lip sucking sound destroys my will to live (and in a way that wants me to take everyone with me.)

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