50 Anonymously Shared Secrets That People Wouldn’t Dare To Confess In Real Life (New Posts)
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Keeping secrets is easier for some than it is for others; so is revealing them. Be that as it may, sharing something you’ve kept to yourself for a while might come as a relief. That’s why people tend to turn to a friend willing to lend an ear, for example, or confess their sins to a member of their church. A number of people nowadays choose to open up to no other than their trusty device and the almighty internet as well.
Received via a Google form, their confessions are then shared on the renowned ‘Fesshole’ Twitter account, which has become an internet sensation over the past five years. Created in June, 2018, the account has already amassed over 988k followers, as well as an abundance of submissions from people in need to lift the load weighing on their chest. If you’re interested to learn what it is they’ve managed to keep a secret until now, scroll down to find some of ‘Fesshole’s’ latest posts on the list below.
In order to learn more about ‘Fesshole’ and how sharing secrets affects a person, Bored Panda turned to the founder of the Twitter account, Rob Manuel, and Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School, Michael Slepian, who were kind enough to answer some of our questions. You will find both of their thoughts in the text below.
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I, a 50yo queer who has to work at it to pass, texted a new employee to confirm she was good to start the following Friday. From my work mobile, which was on several documents she was given and which was pointed out to her. “Hey Kehlani. It’s Marco from ********. Are you good to go this Friday?” She replied with, “F**k off, I got a boyfriend.” When she called the Monday after to find out when she was to begin, she was told she was a no show and we’ve rescinded the offer. Mostly because I’m not obligated to explain myself once someone speaks to me that way. Period.
Recognized by internet users all over the world, the Twitter page was founded by Rob Manuel, a marketing specialist who’s also spent the last couple of decades building interactive web projects, such as the b3ta.com message board. The Mirror revealed that Rob started it all with an open invitation from his personal account, encouraging people to anonymously confess their sins via an online form. Upon receiving the first hundred of them, Manuel laid them out on the newly-created ‘Fesshole’ account.
In a recent interview with Bored Panda, Rob remembered the very beginning of the project: “I was bored one afternoon and I thought it would be fun to open a google form and ask people to confess stuff anonymously. I figured at best maybe 500 people would care. Now there's nearly a million followers,” he said, jokingly adding “Please make them go away.”
YOU DISGRACE OF A HUMAN BEING YOU LET YOUR DOG TAKE THE BLAME. I HOPE BOTH SIDES OF YOUR PILLOW ARE WARM TONIGHT
Indeed, Rob’s account has already reached nearly 990k followers, who have revealed secrets ranging from shocking to odd, and everything in between. He told Bored Panda what was one of the most bizarre confessions he’s ever received. The anonymous person wrote: “About a year ago, the company I worked for switched to a four-day week. Never told my wife. Each Friday, I hire out a small office where I play Football Manager. I like to pretend it's my Manager's office. I have 'conversations' with players about disciplinary matters and contracts.”
“I quite fancy living my life like this, although I actually hate football,” the founder of ‘Fesshole’ recounted the anonymous story.
I know some very intelligent people who have no interest in correct spelling or grammar, their minds do not work linguistically. If the job involves communication, you are perhaps right to reject them. If not you may have rejected many very intelligent, capable people. We have a strange fixation on spelling and grammar as an indicator of intelligence.
In an interview with the Mirror last year, Manuel revealed what early confession became a hit, receiving 36,000 likes on the page: "My husband's dying wish was to make people think he led a double life,” an anonymous person submitted via an online form. “We had three blacked-out Landrovers follow the corsage and had actors in suits and trench coats as the funeral conductors. He was a bank manager for TSB. To this day, we haven't told anyone the truth."
Rob Manuel pointed out that observational comedy is the core of it all. “Observational comedy with the added richness of going, 'is this is real?' And we're sort of recognizing we are to some degree, imperfect," he told the Mirror.
I'm a survivor of abuse with severe PTSD - I have made a point of getting unique tattoos on my arms, legs, and torso. I love tattoos so no one questions my motivation but the the truth is that if I am ever dismembered, and only one piece of me is found, the police will have an easier time identifying my body.
Maybe prep them for that so they don’t make your GF uncomfortable or offended by accident?
Over the years, Rob’s observational comedy transcended Twitter and was presented to the general public in a book, titled The Very Best of Fesshole: Britain Confesses Anonymously, comprising “Fesshole’s” greatest confessions to date. The founder of the Twitter account and the author of the book was also able to go on tours, presenting some of the submissions in front of a live audience.
“I enjoy doing the live shows the most—seeing different parts of the UK and meeting people,” he told Bored Panda. Rob added that doing audience confessions tends to get pretty funny. “We've had police people talking about letting people off crimes,” he said, providing an example. “There was also a guy who was running a WhatsApp group with 200 members for exchanging fart recordings, who turned up and told us all.”
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School and author of 'The Secret Life of Secrets', Michael Slepian, explained to Bored Panda how getting things off of your chest can benefit a person: “When we keep a secret entirely to ourselves, we leave only one venue to work through a problem: our own mind. But when we choose to be alone with something, we often don't develop the healthiest ways of thinking about it. Other people's reactions often temper overly negative thinking, and help us out of unhelpful thinking loops.”
Don't keep this secret. Your family needs to know you're on antidepressants and should be part of your support network.
“When someone reveals a secret to a person they are keeping it from, I call this confession,” Prof. Slepian pointed out. “When we reveal a secret to a third party, I call this confiding. Confession is sometimes the right thing to do, but not always. But confiding is the best of both worlds: you get to reveal a secret to someone while still keeping it secret from others.
“What is helpful about confiding is that the person often responds in a useful way, offering emotional support or practical advice. Confiding in someone anonymously can be helpful too, but only to the extent the person offers a helpful response,” he added.
For those that don't know, Kew Gardens is a botanical gardens in Richmond, south of London. They have trees & plants there from all over the world.
Even though this isn’t as relevant when it comes to social media accounts, such as ‘Fesshole’, sharing a secret can create a stronger bond between people, which is especially prominent among kids. “Both children and adults use secrecy as a way out of getting in trouble, but if you ask a child what a secret is, they'll say a secret is something that you only tell your best friend,” Michael Slepian suggested.
“Young children think about secrets as something to be shared, and too often adults lose sight of this. Sharing a secret with someone, something you wouldn't tell just anyone, is one of the most powerful social forces we have control over. Our confidants recognize revealing a secret as an act of intimacy.”
If reading people’s darkest—well, in some cases, not so much—secrets is something you enjoy, you’re in luck, as we have quite a collection of ‘Fesshole’s’ posts here at Bored Panda. You can find our previous editions on the Twitter page here, here, here, here, and here.
It makes you feel fancy as well since it was seen as a treat when I was growing up!
This is basically the plot of a black mirror episode, it's scary that that kind of thing is possible
hilarious. I hate golf so I am totally ok with people cheating in it. Please do not murder me. My contempt for it is due to how it is used to occupy vast parts of african land and water which underprivileged people cannot use for housing in a country with water shortages.
Hmmm, i faked not knowing english or swedish to get out of talking to some pushy guy but never to this level.
this happened to me, but it was my year 7 science teacher.... :( i really liked them
I’m a woman from oz & always assume that the majority of guys do this
Sorry, I thought you said 'friends'. Are they aware you are anything but a friend?
I think you need to have a super serious conversation with her, make it as ominous as possible, lead her into the room while telling her I know you've been wondering what I'm doing late at night...well its time I told you then hand her a controller and play coop Lego Jurassic World
I thought that when the tanks emptied they had to shut down and built another. The concept of refillable tanks never occurred to me
I used to work at a small college where the surrounding neighbours complained unreasonably all the time about the students - who were in the main, pretty well behaved. To get them back, I made up a fake council planning notice stating that, following the complaints, the college would be closing and was being converted into a holding centre for sex offenders, and fixed it to lampposts around the neighbourhood. There was uproar from the residents association who complained both to the council and the college and I’m lucky I kept my job 🙂
As an American, I can tell you that this sounds very American. You'd fit in great over here. We hate it when strangers give us way more detail than is needed. I just wanted to find the eggs, I don't need your life's story.
Ah but did he throw parties during lockdown? Sexually assault work colleagues? Lie about - well nearly everything? That seems to be the criteria at the moment!!!
Hahahaha Henry’s face is the least sexy expression made by any appliance 😆 I used a James yesterday and thought he was creepier though, sticking to Henry now (they are those coloured vacuums with smiley faces you see cleaners use etc)
Yep. The trick is to be credible. Do not claim the same amount of hours every day.
When I was a child in the 1960s we always had Golden Syrup sandwiches because jam was too expensive. I loved them!
My mother in law wrote an autobiography. I am not mentioned in it. But my cat was.
The Ashes is a cricket match played between England & Australia for those that are unaware.
Same. I numbered mine. The majority of my acquaintances even know them by Initial Number lmao
You are blessed. Here in Oz, TV in the middle of the night is nothing but adverts (30 minute spiels on the amazing benefits of a particular brand of steam mop for example)
I don't see the point of the council regulating how tall someone's garden fence is??
Is there such a thing as an improper rascal? Can you be bad in the wrong way?
My parents anniversary is 6.5 months before my birthday. Hmmm... wonder why they got married...
What the hell! I know the mom won't care, but that crazy how much people will do just to not talk to people.
I let my guests put their own salt on. Everyone has different tastes.
Sorry...that shows she had taste. Why does Phil go unappreciated?
I hope kitty made it home but sadly if it was that close to a motorway I don't have much hope.
Why not put a change jar somewhere near the bin? Same trip, but you won't be putting your money literally into the trash
What's wrong with that? Yesterday on here I was reading complaints that it's all American!
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