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While “sloth” might be a sin, everyone has that one day where they simply can’t be bothered to put in even an ounce of effort. While often this just means bedrotting and perhaps some snacks instead of dinner, certain folks do get very creative at doing nothing.
Someone asked “Tell me the laziest thing you’ve done, I mean genuinely the most diabolically lazy thing that would disgust the average person,” and netizens shared some truly unhinged stories. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to add your own thoughts and stories in the comments below.
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#1
I downloaded the tv remote app on my phone when I dropped the remote on the floor.
turk 8 months ago (edited)
I sort of did this. But at least the remote was about 10' away on another couch and I had a cat in my lap.
Regina Holt 8 months ago
You always get a pass when there is a cat on your lap.
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ILoveMySon 8 months ago
I am technically challenged and absolutely agree.
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Jumping Jellyfishes 8 months ago
I downloaded the app on the my phone and then surreptitiously kept changing the channel on my husband while he thought I was just scrolling on my phone (yes, he caught on after a while)
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#2
Instead of making a sandwich I ate all the ingredients separately
ToGo 8 months ago
They'd charge you a fortune and call it fancy at some restaurants.
Load More Replies... Featherytoad 8 months ago (edited)
I've bitten off hunks of cheese and than eaten crackers so I didn't have to slice it. I live alone.
Shannon Murdock 8 months ago
This is something my therapist told me to do when I admitted that my ADD and depression made it difficult to eat because I didn't want to take the time to make things. It sounds weird, but it helps me eat regularly because I no longer have this idea in my head that I must make something in order for it to be a "real" meal.
Sam Trudeau 8 months ago
"If I ate all the ingredients separately, would it make a lasagna in my stomach?
#3
FaceTimed my pot of water so I could go lay down until it boiled
PenguinEmp 8 months ago
Dumb. It does not take thatkng for water to boil.
Load More Replies... Deta Rossiter 8 months ago
is this not how live streaming started? they were watching the coffee pot?
Nathan Lewis 8 months ago
you mean you took the effort to walk to your bed/couch and didn't just lie down on the kitchen floor? amateur.
#4
Sometimes i don't skip ads because i'm too lazy to move my hand
#5
Dressed for school the night before and woke up in the clothes
Howl's sleeping castle 8 months ago
But don't the clothes smell. I have always found the clothes that you sleep in , give out this peculiar smell which is like a tell tale.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago
I imagine it depends on the person. Some people get night sweats. Some don't. I do have a tendency to drool, though, so if I slept in my next-day's clothes and ended up drooling on them, they'd smell. Otherwise, for some people, they might not enstinkenate their clothes overnight.
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Nils Skirnir 8 months ago
I never did this for school, but I did it for Saturdays so I could get out quicker. Minutes mattered when escaping the house.
Uncle Panda 8 months ago (edited)
I only lay out my clothes if I have a really early flight. I know me and don't trust myself to make good decisions at that hour otherwise.
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Dragon mama 8 months ago
Did this with my kids when they were small and the mornings were too slow
#6
Wouldn't say diabolical but one time I waited like 20mins for a bus to arrive when it would've taken me 7mins to walk home
Tussilago 8 months ago
I was very pregnant and tired heading for the doctor. The bus app refused to show me how to get there by bus and just said "walk 600 meters" I couldnt walk 600 meter, hardly 50 at that point. Two nice goth girls helped me make up a plan with 2 buses to get me there without walking. Took 20 minutes but in my pace it was still faster then walking.
Doug Moyer 8 months ago
I did the opposite on one visit to Belgium. I was going from village to village on a pub crawl. Each time I got to the bus stop and saw the schedule, I realized that it would be faster to walk. Ended up doing that like six times and walking about 10 miles.
#7
boiled dumplings in my kettle when i used to live at a dorm cause i couldn't be bothered to go to the kitchen. then i couldn't bother getting fresh water so i just drank the dumpling water.
ABC NrTen FCK CENSORISM 8 months ago
You misspelled "slightly disgusting" - I'm not sure *where* in your sentence you misspelled it, though.
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KatSaidWhat 8 months ago
My brother used my boiled eggs water for coffee, my salted water... not a mistake he made twice.
#8
Instead of making my bed I just slept inside of the duvet cover
LooseSeal's $10 Banana 8 months ago
*Thinking cozily to myself* that's right, I'm the duvet now.
Roshan Kassan 8 months ago
i do this, but in summer. Routinely 25deg+ in my country, so even a sheet is WAY too much
#9
I’ll literally rewash clean clothes because I don’t want to put them up
Emilu 8 months ago (edited)
This is me, but normally because I forget I've washed them, only to come back several days later and open the washer and … 🤢
Uncle Panda 8 months ago (edited)
Washing it (again) is the default if you don't want to do a sniff test.
#10
I've thrown everything within reach at my light switch and then just gone to bed with the light on cuz I missed everytime
Martin König 8 months ago
You're sick. How many things / how much effort and how far away was the switch? Just to compare, you know.
#11
I slept on 6 pillows on my floor with my tv on the ground for 2 weeks because I didn’t wanna put sheets on my bed
Regina Holt 8 months ago
I will just lay a loose sheet on the bed if I don't want to deal with a fitted sheet at the time.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago
I loathe fitted sheets with a passion. I especially hate trying to fold them once they're clean/dry. I just shove them into the cupboard in a ball. It drives my mother insane XD (even though they're MY sheets in MY house, lol.)
Load More Replies... Uncle Panda 8 months ago
BP actually helped me on this one. I felt much better knowing it isn't just me who takes a week or two to remake the bed after washing the linens.
#12
I drink humidifier water cause I’m too lazy to get up
#13
Is it bad to say I have like 5 pairs of used pajamas tucked in the corner of my bed and I pull random pieces out each night to wear then put them back in the corner
PataSata 8 months ago
Rather a preference I think. I don't wear pajamas when it's warm, and wear them if it's too cold.
Load More Replies... Regina Holt 8 months ago
It is not bad to say. You've added to this list in your own special way.
#14
Ate ice cream with a credit card
Bob Brooce 8 months ago
It makes even more sense if you finish the carton, because the straight edge will let you scrape almost all of he ice cream off of the carton.
Jaya 8 months ago
I was once in a waiting room and saw a guy use his credit card to spread hummus on his bread. He seemed to not feel embarrassed about it at all, he looked like this is a completely normal thing. I still think about him whenever I have to do something I feel embarrassed about.
#15
Sometimes I don’t answer people that are far away because I’m too lazy to raise my voice
Auntriarch 8 months ago
On a bad day I do this, somehow the energy needed to project my voice is just a touch too much
Kat Alison 8 months ago
This one is great. If everybody did this, we could lower the amount of noise pollution in the world.
ILoveMySon 8 months ago
My admittedly lazy friend once texted me from an open concept living room/kitchen combo to request a bottle of water. I was in the kitchen. I still laugh about this. She is a hoot.
#16
Sometimes i stop eating a meal cus im bored of chewing
BeesEelsAndPups 8 months ago
I couldn't do this. My grandmother will come back from the dead to torment me if I don't finish my meal.
#17
Argue with TikTok comments in my head cause I’m too lazy to type
UKGrandad 8 months ago
One I hear quite often is 'I was thinking in my head...'. I always ask 'As opposed to where?' but they never seem to understand the question.
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I just swallow my gum when I don’t wanna get up to throw it out
Caffeinated Ape 8 months ago
The whole "takes seven years to digest" thing is a myth anyway. We can't digest it, that part's true, but it just safely passes through the body.
Uncle Panda 8 months ago
I've seen the inside of my own colon. No chewing gum. No piles of red meat.
#19
Used a sea shell I had in my drawer to eat ice cream instead of going to get a spoon
#20
I ordered uber eats from a place that’s less than 200 meters away
Emilu 8 months ago (edited)
I did this once when I broke my ankle. I was still so embarrassed I never did it again and apologised profusely to the driver/tipped him well (which we don’t really do in Aus, generally) even though I was on a knee scooter and obviously not up to making it to the store myself. Edit: They're literally in a group of shops across the road. They make nice pizza though.
#21
When someone messages me on vinted asking for measurements of something I’ve listed, I find someone selling the exact same item and message them asking for measurements to reply with
Caffeinated Ape 8 months ago
That's both lazy and yet somehow more work? At least, I'd find contacting a third party harder than just measuring the thing.
Jaya 8 months ago
Yes, but it does mean you can stay in your seat instead of having to stand up.
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I was doing the dishes I was almost finished there was like a fork to wash ONLY ONE FORK! I just threw it away because it was too much for me
Emilu 8 months ago
When I'm in a depressive state I throw away dishes you're not meant to throw away because cleaning them is too hard. I've since learnt to keep paper plates etc for those times.
Caffeinated Ape 8 months ago
My sympathies, Emilu. That kind of thing can really sap your motivation. It's not fun.
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Royal Stray 8 months ago
Lmao I've done that when I was moving. Had some really gross forks that I'd used to clean out the drain with, not worth cleaning those. (Also found a knife that wasn't even mine behind the fridge)
K 8 months ago
Welp I'm fully guilty of this. Undiagnosed depression at the time may be part to blame but the one thing I can't stand to do is wash dishes. So threw them all out pans pots plates silverware everything and bought new stuff. Also bought a table top dishwasher too.
Catlady6000 6 months ago
I need to do that. And go to one plate one bowl dishes. Which is genius, BTW. You only have one place setting. So much easier
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#23
I tell customers we don’t have certain items so I don’t have make them
ORSOrama 8 months ago
Sometimes I try to imagine how hard it must be to work behind the counter for hours and hours
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 8 months ago
Not that hard if you want to get paid.
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#24
I live out of my suitcase. (I went on holiday last summer)
🇫🇮 Goth Nurse 🇫🇮 8 months ago
I find it weird to pull out your clothes from the suitcase, fill the hotel room drawers, and then put the items all back in to the suitcase.
#25
when DVDs were still a thing, I was watching Harry potter 4. instead of moving to put another dvd in when it ended, I replayed the same Harry potter movie 4 times that day so I didn't have to get up
Regina Holt 8 months ago
I just use an external DVD player that I plug into my laptop and have all of the DVDs sitting next to me in easy reach.
#26
Sometimes when the toilet paper runs out i’ll use the empty paper toilet paper roll thing to wipe
Phantom Phoenix 8 months ago
If you're not flushing the cardboard (& I hope you're not) then dealing with its disposal actually sounds like more work. This whole concept is gross
Featherytoad 8 months ago
I've done this a few times when I forget to grab a role when I was running low. I only did it so I wouldn't drip on the way to the closet to grab another.
Howl's sleeping castle 8 months ago
I have done this in public washrooms and urgh it's not comfortable at all
john doe 8 months ago
Don't flush that though, that will clog up the loft station pumps and cost your local municipality thousands to fix.
Emilu 8 months ago
Forget that; I've paid for my own clogged up toilet and that’s a rip off 😂
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HangryHangryHippo 8 months ago
Get a bidet (or toilet insert version) instead. Much more higyenic, and cheaper!
#27
Went to wilderness therapy and refused to carve my own spoon so I ate with random sticks I found for two months
john doe 8 months ago
The legend just says he carved the spoon from a bigger spoon, Homer is too lazy to actually do that
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#28
I threw an air up away because I was too lazy to clean it and there was mold starting to form
PataSata 8 months ago
You know you can wash that out? First with dishwashing liquid (you can assist with a glass washer brush (or what is it called)), then, to be sure it's really clean, you can rinse it with e.g. vinegar out, then with clear water. The vinegar's scent goes away completely. Throwing out a bottle because of this, adding to the plastic waste, is completely unnecessary.
Load More Replies... MonsterMum 8 months ago
I'd never heard of 'air up' until now. Is it just a branded water bottle?
Jihana 8 months ago
No, those are really cool. You fill them with tap water, and on top of the straw you put scented pods. When you drink you suck in air through the pods, and you kinda taste the scent. So you drink only water but still taste a little bit of cherry or lemon or whatever. It depends on the flavour, some are stronger than others. My favourites are cherry and coconut.
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Put ketchup on my leg to dip my sausage roll in cause I couldn’t be bothered to wash up a plate
Pandaodboredem22 8 months ago
So OP got ketchup all over whatever they were sitting or laying on, attracting ants and leaving a sticky mess, after being up to make their sausage roll which either took standing at a stove or grill, or multiple trips to the oven. But wouldn't wash a plate 🤔
#30
I bought a film on Amazon prime because I didn’t want to get out of bed and walk less than 1 metre to get the dvd
#31
When im sick and i rot in my bed for a week im always blowing my nose in some shirt ill use for this for the whole week
Phantom Phoenix 8 months ago
Calm down. They're not wearing the shirt, just using it like an oversized handkerchief.
Uncle Panda 8 months ago
Ick but is it really any different than Mount Soggy Kleenex overflowing the tiny trash can?
#32
Took my airfryer in my room along with plates cutlery and cooked my food in my room so I didn’t have to move
#33
I sleep inside my duvet cover so i don't have to make my bed. if its cold, just stick uncovered duvet on top
Regina Holt 8 months ago
This is the 2nd time duvet cover is on this list. I think I might go buy one and just give up making my bed.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago
I don't bother making my bed XD I also don't even fold my clean t-shirts. I throw them into a drawer. (My nicer/fancier clothes do go on hangers in the closet, but my everyday t-shirts, I can't be ársed.) I also just shove clean towels into the cupboards after they're washed and dried. I don't own a lot of towels, so it's not like I have to save space, and folding wastes SO much time XD
Load More Replies... Cheryl Ramsay 8 months ago
I have a duvet cover I've never used. I tried to get my comforter in it and simply gave up. The cover sits unused in my sheet drawer.
#34
Took my makeup off with socks for a year straight
Anastasia Beaverhausen 8 months ago
Are we talking dirty socks you’ve taken off at the end of the day…..Because eww
#35
Throwing Tupperware in the bin cause I cba to wash it
Uncle Panda 8 months ago
I did this once. I don't know how long the 'mashed potatoes' had been in the back of the fridge and I could tell on sight I didn't want to open it anywhere near civilization.
Enlee Jones 8 months ago
Then I get mad at myself because I threw away some perfectly good Tupperware.
OneHappyPuppy 8 months ago
I did this once too. I was pregnant (and very sensitive to smells) when I realised something smelled *baad* in the car. Turns out my husband had a tupperware of some food in the teunk some aunt made, it was in there for quite some time. Right in the bin it went, I was gagging like those cats on those silly cat videos the whole time...
#36
I google earthed my license plate bc I was too lazy to walk outside and look
Joe Reaves 8 months ago
They didn't used to unless you formally requested it. My uncle, who was military and was advised not to advertise that kind of information, had to contact them to get his plate blurred.
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Charles McChristy 8 months ago
Yeah, that didn't happen. Google Earth and Maps intentionally block such things to avoid lawsuits.
Jaya 8 months ago
There was a time they didn't. And when they started to do it, it also wasn't foolproof so some license plates would accidentally still be visible.
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Charles McChristy 8 months ago
They are, but this is BS because they blur out any personal information and all faces.
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I bought my graduation dress too small and instead of returning it i bed rotted and didn’t eat anything for three days so it fit
Caffeinated Ape 8 months ago
New lifehack! Engage in mental disorder to lose weight fast! Next up, losing blood to fake the effects of alcohol so you don't have to spend money on booze! /s
#38
A gnat landed in my adult beverage and i just chugged it cuz i didn’t feel like getting something to fish it out
Uncle Panda 8 months ago (edited)
"Sigh. One less bug in the universe, gulp, one more bug in Uncle Panda."
Rachel Reynolds 8 months ago
I have drunk a drink with bugs in it, not because of lazy, but to establish dominance
#39
Sometimes I put the washing machine back on cause I cba to hang up the laundry
#40
i dropped my penjamin under my bed. its super dusty where it is and that cart was giving me trouble anyway. i bought a new one the next day. that was just over a year ago. its still under my bed…
#41
I was almost asleep when I realized I hadn't taken my tampon out all day, so I just pulled it out in bed and wrapped it in my left-over sandwich wrapper. and then left it there for a week
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 8 months ago
Not everything is depression. This is just disgustingly lazy and feral.
Load More Replies... Regina Holt 8 months ago
I can see wrapping it in something handy, but leaving it for a week is pretty bad.
Anastasia Beaverhausen 8 months ago
Some of these are just plain disgusting and have me questioning ones mental well being
Caffeinated Ape 8 months ago
Well, the initial question did call for "things that would disgust the average person", so... mission accomplished, I guess?
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Psychopathic Shark 8 months ago
Didn't put a new one in? Just lay in a puddle of menstrual jam?
#42
I use socks as tissue when I have a snotty nose and cba to go get tissue
Ace 8 months ago
I'm starting to get worried about what happens in your shoes.
Load More Replies... Blue Flower 8 months ago
I googled it, can’t be bothered, so why isn’t it cbb?!?!?
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#43
I’ve brought a new frank green every year because I refuse to clean it
Emilu 8 months ago (edited)
Those aren’t cheap either! They start at $50 AU! (I think it’s an Aussie-based brand, which could be why you haven’t heard of it). I think they're prolly Aus' version of Stanley. Here's a link for the curious: https://frankgreen.com.au/?srsltid=AfmBOorFFAHVw193URmlMIMbM1blQQ1LXk9KU7C_UKV_Woyuhs4e9IQf
LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago
Holy heck!! I know OP says they only buy a new one "once a year" so that's only $40-$50 USD per year (I checked their North American store prices; they're just as expensive here), which doesn't SEEM super-awful, but that is still $40-$50 I could spend on something more important, like pet food or groceries!
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What do you think ?
Caffeinated Ape 8 months ago
I mean, if I'm on Boredpanda I'm almost certainly avoiding something...
Ivon_Ivon 8 months ago
"Bought new underwear to avoid doing laundry?" You don't wash your new underwear?
LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago
So when I was a kid, my mom ALWAYS washed new clothing before we were allowed to wear it. Didn't matter where the clothing was bought from, if it was in a package, etc. So I sort of learned that behavior. Now that I'm 43, I was over at my childhood home where my mom (80) and my sister (49) still live, and I watch in absolute horror as my mother shows me some new shirts she bought and just puts one on to wear for the day, right out of the shopping bag. I say "But you always told us to wash new clothes before wearing them!" She deadáss looks me in the eye and said, "I cared then. I don't give a sh!t any more." XD
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Rachel Pelz 8 months ago
Some of these sound like depression rather than laziness. Other require a certain amount of money, like throwing reusable items away and "just" buying new ones. Or using energy and water for a another washing machine cycle of already clean laundry. Guess this lazyness is for the privileged (enough) ones.
Forrest Grump 8 months ago
I worked really hard for decades and invested my money carefully so that I could retire with a paid-off house & car and enough money to live very comfortably for the rest of my life. Now I can relax and do whatever I want. I call this "long-range laziness".
Matt Blakeley 8 months ago
As other people are saying, a lot of these are signs of clinical depression. The good news is those people aren't lazy. The bad news is that they are de@d inside.
ILoveMySon 8 months ago
Although I agree, some did make me giggle as I have known people who were simply lazy and admitted it.
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Caffeinated Ape 8 months ago
I mean, if I'm on Boredpanda I'm almost certainly avoiding something...
Ivon_Ivon 8 months ago
"Bought new underwear to avoid doing laundry?" You don't wash your new underwear?
LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago
So when I was a kid, my mom ALWAYS washed new clothing before we were allowed to wear it. Didn't matter where the clothing was bought from, if it was in a package, etc. So I sort of learned that behavior. Now that I'm 43, I was over at my childhood home where my mom (80) and my sister (49) still live, and I watch in absolute horror as my mother shows me some new shirts she bought and just puts one on to wear for the day, right out of the shopping bag. I say "But you always told us to wash new clothes before wearing them!" She deadáss looks me in the eye and said, "I cared then. I don't give a sh!t any more." XD
Load More Replies... Rachel Pelz 8 months ago
Some of these sound like depression rather than laziness. Other require a certain amount of money, like throwing reusable items away and "just" buying new ones. Or using energy and water for a another washing machine cycle of already clean laundry. Guess this lazyness is for the privileged (enough) ones.
Forrest Grump 8 months ago
I worked really hard for decades and invested my money carefully so that I could retire with a paid-off house & car and enough money to live very comfortably for the rest of my life. Now I can relax and do whatever I want. I call this "long-range laziness".
Matt Blakeley 8 months ago
As other people are saying, a lot of these are signs of clinical depression. The good news is those people aren't lazy. The bad news is that they are de@d inside.
ILoveMySon 8 months ago
Although I agree, some did make me giggle as I have known people who were simply lazy and admitted it.
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