50 Anonymously Shared Secrets That People Wouldn’t Dare To Confess In Real Life (New Posts)
InterviewKeeping 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 When she called the Monday after to find out when she was to begin, she was told she was a no show and we’ve rescinded the offer.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?
Or prep your girlfriend for the ensuing confusion and hilarity
Load More Replies...Yeah, BS as others have said. Unless the OP is a four-year-old, pronouns would have entered the discourse at some point. "Alex is my new best friend. Alex can go really high on the swings. Alex ate three hotdogs at lunch but Alex threw up afterwards and it was funny when Alex did that and I laughed at Alex but Alex didn't mind."
I agree. They NEVER used a pronoun or possessive adjective in referring to them? Or maybe they use "they/them" for pronouns?
Load More Replies...Why? Samantha is a well-known girl's name? I mean so what even then...?
Yeah but just "Sam" is entirely gender neutral and parents have come to the conclusion that Sam is a dude. She's so comfortable with dating a woman that she forgot to tell her parents that she's dating a woman....hence they will be surprised.
Load More Replies...Don't spring it on them like that. It's not fair to anyone, especially your girlfriend. IMO, it might have been better to come out to them years ago.
Nah, I think people notice immediately when someone avoids singular pronouns.
They and them are 1st person plural, but also 3rd person singular, so her parents might not have noticed.
Load More Replies...That's funny. My husband and I (both males) referred to me as Samantha to grandma he lived with (old school Catholic). Only found out who I was when we booked a flight and she saw his tickets and my name. She was only mad he lied. Wanted to meet me. Super funny perverted old lady.
It would’ve been more fair to all parties if you had, but your parents know that your boyfriend was actually your girlfriend. This would’ve given them a chance to get used to the idea and lessened the awkwardness of the first meeting.
Seriously, you live on your own which implies that you are an adult. Why aren't you out to your family?
I know plenty of males who fit that description. The long hair and makeup are fine, but they don't mask the weight problem.
"They" is the best we have for "gender unspecified". It's wrong but it's the best we have. Not sure why someone would use "they" to refer to a known gender.
Load More Replies...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.
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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?
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What's wrong with that? Yesterday on here I was reading complaints that it's all American!
Load More Replies...What's wrong with that? Yesterday on here I was reading complaints that it's all American!
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