One of the most annoying things in the world is listening to somebody eat their food. They don't even have to be obnoxious eaters; simply the sound of crunching chips (that are going to crunch no matter who is eating them) or the chomping of chewy fruit snacks (that are going to require a good chew no matter who is eating them) can make you want to freak out!

Sometimes, you do freak out on the innocent snack-eater, but you just couldn't help yourself. Other times, you just remove yourself from the room to end the relentless chomping, chewing, slurping, and smacking sounds slipping through the lips of someone across the room from you. Following this moment, you begin to contemplate if you have totally overreacted; after all, these people are only eating food.

What's the big deal?

Then you remember that it's annoying, and you cannot help it, as much as you wish you were not annoyed by these sounds.

Here are 57 things I would rather experience than hearing people eat:

1. Run through fire

2. Get stung by a wasp

3. Shave my head

4. Run a marathon

5. Have a hundred mosquito bites

6. Listen to country music

7. Get gum stuck in my hair

8. Cut my ankle while shaving

9. Go dumpster diving

10. Trip down the stairs

11. Fail a college course

12. Get pulled over for speeding

13. Eat burnt popcorn

14. Take a cold shower

15. Pull weeds

16. Get caught in the rain without an umbrella

17. Lose all my Snapchat streaks

18. Do the dishes

19. Go to Chipotle and find out they are out guac

20. Wake a sleeping bear

21. Put my contacts in my eyes inverted

22. Have a wedgie

23. Get fired from my job

24. Be stuck in a traffic jam

25. Get blood work done

26. Be stood up on a date

27. Pay for shipping on Amazon

28. Ruin my shoes by walking through mud

29. Watch cement dry

30. Tame a wild swan

31. Wear socks and sandals

32. Diet

33. Read a play by Shakespeare

34. Erase all the photos on my phone

35. Work a double shift

36. Be ignored by my close friend

37. Have a flat tire

38. Like somebody's Instagram post from two years ago

39. Drink a soda that has lost all carbonation

40. Give up bread

41. Get a paper cut

42. Have a nightmare

43. Run my nails down a chalkboard

44. Eat dog food

45. Plunge a toilet

46. Take the ACT, plus writing

47. Babysit triplets

48. Brush my teeth and then drink orange juice

49. Ride a school bus

50. Eat a cicada

51. Roll in the snow (naked)

52. Pick my nose

53. Learn to write with my non-dominant hand

54. Take a math test with no calculator

55. Drink warm water

56. Train a monkey

57. Stub my toe