Everyone's talking about how to do this without crying. Cut the roots. Wash the knife. The real way to prevent tears is to not become emotionally attached to the onion before cutting.

Water is the solution. Rinse as you're cutting.

Usually if onions are making you cry it’s because your knife is too dull!

Some people say to hold a spoon in your mouth but it's really not needed. Just breathe heavily through your mouth while you cut. 90% of the time this is enough.

I always also wondered if wearing ordinary glasses would work. Goggles obviously would be that just seems over the top

Make sure you don’t cut the root, that’s where the sadness lives.

cut off the root first. that's where the highest concentration of the stinging stuff is. i've never had an issue since i started doing that.

Everytime

Still not a word.

The only thing I have ever found to work is cutting them while submerging them in water. Which is way more effort for so little gain that I don't even bother.

Y'all just need sharper knives

Swimming goggles

I'm wondering how many of you have worked on a line. I did for a few years and never saw anyone bothered by it, at least not so much that couldn't be hidden with sweat.