Teenage Boys and older chewing gum on the street

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  • #598827
    anon1m0us
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    Ok, there is a lot of hype about girls chewing gum. What about Boys? I think if you follow the opinion that it is not tznius for girls, then the same applies to boys.

    Anyone feel otherwise?

    #801580
    Bar Shattya
    Member

    try rav moshe feinstein for starters

    #801581
    TheGoq
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    I don’t think anyone should chew old chewing gum that’s on the street very unsanitary.

    #801582
    bpt
    Participant

    A bochur chewing gum? Major attitude. Will most likely go hand in hand with wearing his shirt untucked, and sunglasses. (the shades are so you cannot see the pain in their eyes)

    They may also be from “the best yeshiva / best family” ect, but scratch the surface, and you find not a kid at risk. You’ll find a kid who is waste deep in all sorts of troubling behavior. Think cholent (or Walmart, depending on the season) at 2:00am

    Gum chewing may or not be a tnzius issue, but it sure is a red flag.

    #801583
    golden mom
    Member

    for sure! my boys went on a big trip om camp and the bought mentos (didnt even know they make gum) and my boys didnt know it was gum and it was taken away from them

    #801584
    WIY
    Member

    Wait so for guys it shows he is a kid at risk and for girls its just about having good breath?

    #801585
    mustangrider
    Member

    lol goq!

    WIY i think its about having good breath for both 🙂 i still fail to understand how gum – which is candy! any other candy banned? – equals “at risk”

    #801586
    YW Moderator-42
    Moderator

    I am currently chewing the new Mentos gum

    (I’m a bit older than a teenager btw)

    #801587
    Hacham
    Member

    Middle age is more than a bit older.

    #801588
    bpt
    Participant

    “I am currently chewing the new Mentos gum”

    No kidding? Sunglasses and untucked shirt too?

    #801589
    Israeli Chareidi
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    There’s nothing wrong with chewing gum on the street – just make sure that you crawl on all fours and say moo.

    Otherwise – as Harav Menashe Klien Shlit”a said (he was being asked about chewing powder gum on shabbos – which many poskim have said is an issur de’oiraisa of Losh), “Is such a thing muttar during the week?!?”

    It is simply not honorable for a human being to do it.

    They used to say (in the days when it was applicable) if it’s too demeaning for the president to do in public then a Jew is definitely far beyond such things.

    That’s also why it’s not tznius. Tznius is about being a tzelem elokim above all the other creatures of the earth. True, we must eat – but we don’t need to chew our cud.

    #801590
    frumster22
    Member

    im sorry i fail to understand how chewing gum is a red flag that a teenager is at risk

    #801591
    Sam2
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    Since it was mentioned, what is the deal with sunglasses? I have an older female relative who has serious eye issues and needs to wear sunglasses. She was walking to a store in a certain community (I won’t say where) where she was not-so-politely informed that it was not acceptable to wear sunglasses in that community as it isn’t Tznius. Can someone explain the whole idea there? I assume they wouldn’t also ask Rav Ovadiah to remove his sunglasses on the street, would they?

    #801592
    bpt
    Participant

    “how chewing gum is a red flag”

    Look at the kids hangin’ out at the mall / pizza place / shopping center parking lot and tell me what you see. Then, check the cholent places past midnight and tell me what you see.

    Which is not to say that all gum chewers are at risk, and that all non-chewers are iron clad yeshiva boys.

    But on the whole, gum in public is not a nosh, and not to clean plaque off their teeth.

    Its a statement.

    #801593
    optimusprime
    Member

    I think its an act in memory of the days when Brooklyn was mostly farmland

    #801594
    bpt
    Participant

    I’m thinking the “lords of Flatbush” days. (for those of you 40 and under, google it so you see what I mean)

    #801595
    ayalah
    Participant

    stipidest thing ive ever heard

    #801596
    kylbdnr
    Member

    Lol ayalah I agree…

    I love mentos gum 😉 I finish a pack in 2 days

    #801597
    bpt
    Participant

    ” I finish a pack in 2 days “

    With or without sunglasses?

    #801598
    yitayningwut
    Participant

    I am currently chewing Trident white… Just had to say that.

    #801599

    Guys let’s just face it . It’s def not coolto chew your cud. Personally I’m not a cow!!but I’m not too sure about newyorkers though… They tend to chew gum the most!!! Girls if your on a date and the guy is chewing gum drop him hard and fast that def a red flag!!! Especially if he has split feet in his flip flops then you’ll know right away he’s def a cow!! In more ways than one!!! Hatzlocha everyone!!!

    #801600
    TheGoq
    Participant

    who would chew gum and eat cholent at the same time??

    #801601
    yitayningwut
    Participant

    coffee together with peppermint gum is not bad

    #801602
    bpt
    Participant

    Please, save me the trouble of asking each time. If you are a gum chewer, please specify what brand of shades you wear (extra points, if you wear RayBans, ala T. Cruise)

    #801603
    Josh31
    Participant

    mooooooooooooooooooooo

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