Spitting on the streets?

[ihatepop]

Have you seen anyone do this? It's really gross and this could spread some diseases.
Those people with this bad habit should shut their mouths up when in public.
Reply now or I'll come personally to your house and spit on your computer.

ihatepop

[gonzalo]

It's a shame really . Not only I have to dodge dog's excrement but I also have to dodge spit. One can't walk safely on the street.

Gonzalo.

[bella musica]

Ha, I think it's illegal in Singapore to spit on the streets.  I think it's a kinda disgusting habit myself but I'm not worried about picking up diseases cause I don't clean my shoes with my tongue... 

[pianojam]

i think its disgusting too.
alot of my friends do it and the bit i hate is when they miss their target and it lands on someone walking past...
then there was also one of my friends who tried to spit straight forward while riding on a bike. it flew back and hit his face (not my most clever friend )

[mephisto]

I spitt on the street all the time.

[trix]

Actually spitting on the streets is illegal presently in the way jaywalking is (i.e.,you won't get busted for it even if a cop sees you do it; it's not enforced) but it used to be a greater offense because it was a major health hazard as TB germs become airborne in the dried spittle and  occasionaly caused mass outbreaks via this route back when TB was less well controlled and that's how it became a "criminal offense" (i.e., in the US anyway). 

And, it really is pretty gross.

[ihatepop]

I spitt on the street all the time.

 

[Barbosa-piano]

 I think it is repugnant.
I believe that Peter the Great (the Russian Czar) really hated it, creating a law banning that- since Russians had this habit.

[Waldszenen]

Ugh come to Sydney where all the wogs do it all the time.

[aliena]

Ugh come to Sydney where all the wogs do it all the time.

Whats a wog?

[Waldszenen]

Whats a wog?

Racial slang for a migrant of south European, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern descent (in Australia, that is).

A "wog" in Britain refers to a Sri Lankan, I believe (though I'm probably wrong).

[aliena]

Racial slang for a migrant of south European, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern descent (in Australia, that is).

A "wog" in Britain refers to a Sri Lankan, I believe (though I'm probably wrong).

I suppose it's OK to use racial slang.. if thats the way you think.  I'm glad I dont think that way.

I'd rather spit on your street.

[brewtality]

It is a derogatory term, like the n word. Also this topic, a bit sheet.

[nanabush]

I spit on the street when there's pretty much no one around... where I am, you look like an a$$ if you spit on the street where tons of ppl are walking.

[kony]

then there was also one of my friends who tried to spit straight forward while riding on a bike. it flew back and hit his face (not my most clever friend )

in physics, one learns that if you spit forward whilst already having speed (on the bike), then the speed of your spit would be equal to the speed of the bike + the speed with which you released it from your mouth.

unless your friend installed nitrous boost on your bike, the phenomena you stated is impossible. 

this applies on any object with speed. if you are, say, riding on the top of an aeroplane travelling at a few hundred metres per second, and then you jump straight up, you will actually travel the same horizontal distance as the plane. This means that when you land, you will still be on the plane (at roughly the same position as when you first jmped up)

and i think spitting on the street is bad 

[pianojam]

unless your friend installed nitrous boost on your bike, the phenomena you stated is impossible.
 

this just proves that the laws of phisics are wrong.
(or maybe there is another reason like i was really windy)

[donjuan]

in physics, one learns that if you spit forward whilst already having speed (on the bike), then the speed of your spit would be equal to the speed of the bike + the speed with which you released it from your mouth.

unless your friend installed nitrous boost on your bike, the phenomena you stated is impossible. 

it's possible.
the question is one of air resistance.  At which speed will speed of spit < speed of bike? 
This means that

air resistance  > (speed of spit with which it was released - bike speed)

in order for it to land back in the person's face.  And not only that, but the spit must have a small mass in order to hit him in the face and not in the stomach or groin area.  no nitrous boost is required if the spit is light enough.  and of course it will happen all the more easily with a wind in your face..

and I know it's possible; it happened to me

[kony]

in order for it to land back in the person's face.  And not only that, but the spit must have a small mass in order to hit him in the face and not in the stomach or groin area.  no nitrous boost is required if the spit is light enough.  and of course it will happen all the more easily with a wind in your face..

and I know it's possible; it happened to me

mass has nothing to do with how fast it will fall to the ground, only the surface area and shape of spit does. now, since a spit has almost 0 surface area, as well as having a spherical shape, air resistance would have negligible effect on it. for comparison, you and your bike would experience a much greater air resistance than the spit.

[mycrabface]

how can spitting on the streets spread diseases?

[donjuan]

mass has nothing to do with how fast it will fall to the ground, only the surface area and shape of spit does. now, since a spit has almost 0 surface area, as well as having a spherical shape, air resistance would have negligible effect on it. for comparison, you and your bike would experience a much greater air resistance than the spit.

why dont you go try it?

[Waldszenen]

how can spitting on the streets spread diseases?

If the water droplets in the air suddenly made their way into someone's breathing, I suppose it can...

But I can't think of a disease so potent it's present in saliva and can spread through miniscule water droplets. ^_^

[mycrabface]

Have you seen anyone do this? It's really gross and this could spread some diseases.
Those people with this bad habit should shut their mouths up when in public.
Reply now or I'll come personally to your house and spit on your computer.

ihatepop

In the library, some people put their feet up on another chair, some sit with their feet on the sofa they're sitting on, some pick their noses, some dig their ears, some pull stubble with tweezers. No kidding.

[ihatepop]

But I can't think of a disease so potent it's present in saliva and can spread through miniscule water droplets. ^_^

Thats where you're wrong. Many viruses can be passed by spit. For example, the SARS virus in 2003, and even flu can be passed by spit(thats what my sources claim).

ihatepop

[asyncopated]

Thats where you're wrong. Many viruses can be passed by spit. For example, the SARS virus in 2003, and even flu can be passed by spit(thats what my sources claim).

ihatepop

You haven't been drafted into the army have you?  Somehow I do mind people spitting except when I was in the army when it seemed like a natural thing to do.  I can't really explain it.

[ihatepop]

You haven't been drafted into the army have you?

Nope. But it is compulsary for all Singaporean Men to join the army when they reach the age of 18.

ihatepop

[asyncopated]

Nope. But it is compulsary for all Singaporean Men to join the army when they reach the age of 18.

ihatepop

Yah, tekong is not really part of singapore, maybe that's why.  It's really an extension of hell.

[ihatepop]

Yah, tekong is not really part of singapore, maybe that's why.  It's really an extension of hell.

Our government wish to mantain a high level of defence and security in the country, and I support them.

ihatepop

[asyncopated]

Our government wish to mantain a high level of defence and security in the country, and I support them.

ihatepop

This was pertaining to the original thread.  spitting in singapore gets you a $1000 fine.  spitting in hell is fine.

ihatesingapore

[ihatepop]

This was pertaining to the original thread.  spitting in singapore gets you a $1000 fine.  spitting in hell is fine.

ihatesingapore

I think the $1000 fine is good for punishing people and teaching them a lesson.

ihatespitting

ihatepop

[mycrabface]

If the water droplets in the air suddenly made their way into someone's breathing, I suppose it can...

But I can't think of a disease so potent it's present in saliva and can spread through miniscule water droplets. ^_^

Hmm, isn't spit made of water and solid particles? (maybe I'm wrong, but if I'm right,) when the water evaporates into water vapour, only the water evaporates, leaving the solid particles glued to the ground to wait for some dumb mutt to lick it up.

[prometheus]

I heard that this is often done in China(well, China is big) and South-Korea.

Also, soccer players do it all the time. All of them.


Spitting is an example of stupid pointless human behavior. And how all humans copy each other for no reason at all.

[ihatepop]

I heard that this is often done in China(well, China is big) and South-Korea.

Also, soccer players do it all the time. All of them.


Spitting is an example of stupid pointless human behavior. And how all humans copy each other for no reason at all.

Don't forget Hong Kong. I agree with yur theory, people asume that It's legal to spit on the streets when they see others doing it.

ihatepop

[asyncopated]

Spitting is an example of stupid pointless human behavior.

Isn't it therefore a prime example of getting past our "selfish genes"?    I spit to prove that i have evolved.  gurgles -- *pewh*

BTW Have you not read dune?  I think that book singly changed my opinion of spitting.