“What’s Something That’s Considered Normal That Creeps You Out Immediately?” (40 Answers)
As our society evolves, we realize that some things we considered normal didn’t necessarily mean they were right. At some point, women didn’t have any rights and people were kept as slaves, but eventually some people pointed out that we should change it and now these things are completely unacceptable even if they happen.
By that logic, there are things now we consider normal that we eventually won’t. Reddit users shared some of the things that society still doesn’t question but they find creepy and it might be that they are the only ones to think that, or it could be they are onto something.
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When people document (video record or take a photo or write an article) themselves or other people when helping the impoverished, especially those videos of influencers on Youtube vlogging and ‘helping’ the homeless, showing their faces and stuff. BS and creepy for me. If you help, just help, no need to let others know.
Yes, and because they’re focused on themselves instead of what others want/need, the “help” they push on people can be intrusive, not useful, or even harmful.
Load More Replies...Not all homeless and vulnerable people want to be recorded like that. Some may be hiding from dangerous people and don't want to be found. That should be on the minds of anyone putting a camera in random people's faces. I know it can happen anywhere, but when it's directed/targeted at someone and they're being surprised with an unsolicited interview on top of that, it can put them in a difficult situation. Some may just not want to even come across as ungrateful and act okay with it. Like, what do you do if you're in that situation. I don't even like it when the news teams go to soup kitchens and film all the guests eating there. Not all homeless people are out in plain view on the streets. Most try to be discreet and hide, blend in with everyone else in public. There's resources out there and they may be working on trying to pick themselves up out of a tough bind.
💯 They could be runaways and have escaped domestic violence. They probably don't want their abusive ex or parents to see a video of them online showing where they are. Even if they're not, no-one wants to be recorded at the lowest point in their life to be shown around for entertainment. Only egotistical attention seekers who want the world to tell them how wonderful they are do this.
Load More Replies...I especially hate when rich assholes promote some charity they founded and want donations. F**k you Rock
Wait, who's Rock, in this context? I think I know who you're talking about, but I'm not sure
Load More Replies...Completely agree, but hopefully the videos being out there encourage people who don't normally give, to give in the hope that they'll get lucky and be rewarded for it. Also, it's definitely getting other 'attention loving' people to give wads of cash to the less fortunate, however f****d up their reasoning is, at least the impoverished are benefitting from their showy performance.
Please ask the beneficiaries if they wish to be on camera.
Load More Replies...I give blood and post that I'm doing it to bring awareness to it. I don't do it for credit. I hope it makes someone think, "I really haven't donated in a while..."
That is not the same thing as shoving a camera in the face of the person who is receiving the blood.
Load More Replies...If I'm starving and you give me food, I don't care what your motivation is.
As the saying goes… the most rewarding and noble way for charity is to do it so not even the left hand knows what the right hand is doing.
Except that now with larger scale issues, it is not like giving to your neighbor quietly, it is about showcasing a need and inviting people to help.
Load More Replies...I disagree. This way I know where my money goes when I donate to people like @murphslife or to Travis!
I can understand this if they are trying to promote a charity but it is not nice when done simply to gain clicks.
I see nothing wrong with basically saying, I helped, would you like to join me?. Many books have been written by people who got invoilved and they inspired others. So for some, it might be bragging, but for others it documents the effects of volunteer work.
Beauty Pageants for young kids.
The type of people who find it funny when child actors in movies say very explicit sexual stuff
Load More Replies...Child beauty agents should be banned globally. They are vile, creepy, and flat out exploitative.
I mean your just asking for your child to get hurt.
Load More Replies...Disgusting. I've seen a like, 6-year-old girl dance suggestively on stage with her dad on toddlers in tiaras or something. They were wearing borderline lingerie.
That not even right that sexualize your own kid and I don't mean to sound werid or creeping that asking someone to hurt your kid. Not only that your letting people look at them. When you are suppose to be protecting them. And you are an awful parent
Load More Replies...They absolutely disgust me. The parents claim it helps them with self esteem. Tell me again how forcing them to wear fake hair, fake teeth, fake nails, get spray tanned, waxed, and dressing like older women is helping them love themselves???
I usually don't watch these shows, but I did watch one. Three year old girl didn't want to go on stage, but her mother wasn't taking no for an answer. Disgusting.
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Dress coding kindergarteners
Who looks at a 5 year old in a tank top and thinks sexual thoughts to the point the 5 year old has to change?!?!?! F*****g gross.
I can see the point of having a set of clothing rules, mainly so they are wearing clothes for the correct weather and that they can play in. But that is all.
Youngest child's school called & said bring other clothes She was in 2nd grade. She had very long legs & torso -hard to find clothes that fit. She was wearing leggings, & a tank top with a loose knit top over it that had cut outs. Was told leggings were against dress code because "they molded girls bodies inappropriately for their age (elementary). 1st, that's all that fit her. 2nd, when you buy her clothes, you can decide what she wears. 3rd, I'm her parent - I decide what is or isn't appropriate. 4th, if some person thinks her pants are giving them "bad" thoughts they are sick! "Her sweater has cut outs. No spaghetti straps allowed. Needs to change " She has a tank with spaghetti straps UNDER a loose knit sweater top!. Principal backed me up saying those rules were for older kids wearing torn, ripped clothing, strapless shirts, short shorts, etc. Not for little kids!
I've got a personal aversion against leggings as trousers, but only because women in my family are on the curvy side and look very "exposed" with them and nothing else on. I won't let my twins or my stepdaughter get used to wearing just leggings at a young age, when they could just wear a dress or skirt over them, or just wear shorts or trousers instead. This way, I won't have an uncomfortable discussion why leggings aren't okay anymore, when they turn 12 and pile on womenly fat cushions like I did. I won't tell other people what their children should wear, though. This is just my rule, made from my own experience as a very embarrassed teenager, when I was told by a classmate they could see my underwear through my leggings and guess the colour. I just don't want my children to be embarrassed like that.
Load More Replies...It doesn't have to be dirty - sometimes there are health and safety requirements. If you're in NZ or Australia in the summer, then you don't want a kid to be playing outside in a tank top, because they're going to get burned. My primary school dress code said no sleeveless outfits. It also required all children to have a sun hat during summer months, and no flip-flops, because they were a trip-hazzard in the playground. Sandals fine, barefeet fine, but no flipflops.
That makes complete sense as well. Wear clothing for the weather and having a spare set that fit the extreme weather just incase the child is wearing the wrong clothes for the day - or if its in the UK send them in with a raincoat no matter what the weather is at the start of the day.
Load More Replies...Or think a 5 year old boy is a sexual harasser because he kissed a 5 year old girl on the cheek.
And yet the world is highly messed up and people do look at children and think that sort of thing
I threw an epic sht fit on my daughter's elementary school...it's August in Southern CA, well over 100 degrees and she was wearing a tank top to school. They called me to bring a T-shirt and I asked why and they said they "didn't want the boys to give her unwanted attention" Ummmmmm....WHAT??? I told her that perhaps they should teach the boys that sexualizing girls is really unacceptable, shitty behavior and they should be able to wear a simple tank top in extreme heat without being punished for it. Then I hung up on her. She didn't call back, lol
Telling young girls to cover up when male family members are visiting. That has never say right with me
Is this a thing now that Uncle Andrew means pedophile? If not can we make it so so the Duke of York‘s actions are never forgotten?
Load More Replies...I don't walk around my house without a bra on, if there are males present other than my husband. Even if it's just me and my son, I'll wear my bra under my pajamas. I ask my husband & son to wear a t-shirt and cover up their briefs when walking around the house, too, if me and daughters are around. To me, it's respectful, but I'm very old-fashioned that way.
Load More Replies...literally. The ammount of times this has happened to me is kind of disgusting. They're family. It shouldn't make a difference. And when it does, that should be adressed with them, not me.
And yet guys will have their balls hanging out of their boxers and don't care
I think this is fine actually. I am a female and my teen niece had short running shorts on and I could see her who ha, it made me uncomfortable, I nicely and indiscreetly told her so she could cover up. Now our teen daughter wears the same type of shorts and we nicely ask her to change if people are coming over. Just something that wouldn’t make others feel uncomfortable..
If a relative tells a girl to cover up they know more about that male relative and what they are capable of than you do. It is time to protect the child at the cost of that relative being in your life. No matter. And show them the facts that clothing has nothing to do with it. It's a predatory thing. Protect the child. Period.
That's what you get when you let your boys grow up with the "boys will be boys" mentality. It doesn't change when they become men. Teach your boys to control themselves around girls and don't make the girls ashamed of their bodies. Don't let your girls grow up thinking that it's their fault if they get abused because of what they were wearing. Put the blame where it belongs, on the boys. Girls have raging horm
Tell the male visitors they'll lose an eye if they overstep their bounds.
If I feel uncomfortable with my guests seeing my child like they are normally dressed at home, I would reconsider letting those people into my home.
To be fair, there's "alone at home clothes", like that one very hot summer when I only wrapped a silk scarf around my boobs because I couldn't stand an actual shirt, and clothes that are fine to wear in public, like shorts and a tank top. When we were young (primary school age), my siblings and I regularly walked around in just underwear in our house, that doesn't mean we wouldn't have put on "proper" clothes if our friends were coming over!
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Tickling that doesn't stop at the victims request.
More than torture for people (myself including) with heart conditions this bs can ACTUALLY hurt us
Load More Replies..."Tickling can overwhelm the nervous system, causing actual, if temporary, paralysis, Alan Fridlund, Ph. D., associate professor in the department of psychological and brain sciences at the University of California, told Vice. And just because the person being tickled is laughing, doesn't mean they're enjoying it."
What about cardiovascular defects such as Brugada syndrome?
Load More Replies...While tickling is known to be enjoyable, so are many other types of physical contact. No physical contact is OK after the recipient has requested that it stop.
Everyone knows tickling my feet will end in a bloody nose. I don't try but it happens cos of my reflexes. I hate being tickled, too, so I will not fight the urge.
My older brother did that to me for several years; I'm younger by 11 years. It stopped the day I leaned back and socked him between the legs. It's bullying, it's torture, and it's a power play. I just happened to land a lucky punch that showed more power. He never did it again, but I hated it. Still love him, and he's lucky I do and forgave him. However, if anyone comes up behind me or touches me unexpectedly, I am violent and never sorry. Survival skill.
This. It's abuse, pure & simple. I was tickled constantly as a child by a cousin & none of the adults ever made him stop. I'm 70 now & still don't like being touched by anyone other than my husband, son, and immediate family. I also went no contact with the cousin years ago, and I hope I never see him again.
I’m super ticklish if I ask you to stop you stop. The fact that my physical reaction to tickling is to laugh does NOT mean I am enjoying it, even less so when the words STOP are coming out of my mouth.
Reality tv shows.
Because they'd need a reality check once in a while
Load More Replies...Amazing how making a sex film can start your whole family into a rolling ball of fame making half of them millionaires
1/2 of them? All those assholes are multimillionaires
Load More Replies...To this day I still don't actually know who this lot are. And I'm proud.
Sadly, I know who they are and would recognise them (however I'm not obsessed with them I just know of them)
Load More Replies...Completely agree, but I gotta admit I can get really into them... (Though never anything like the Kardashians, I think I'd rather scrape my face with a cheese grater)
Telling little kids(like 2-10), "aw is that your little girlfriend/boyfriend?". Like a hard stop, no. Creepy and disgusting. No matter the context.
I wouldn't go as far as saying it's "sexualizing children" but I will say it's programming their minds to think a boy and girl can't just be friends.
Agreed. I think it is taking it a bit too far with "sexualizing kids" -- I think most of the time it really just means that they are good friends/very close and it is kind of sweet. But it is good to teach kids that a boy and a girl can be just friends and that's it.
Load More Replies...Happened with me and my male friend as a child. Now he's happily married to another man. Joke's on them!
Your male friend sounds lovely! Are you still in touch?
Load More Replies...then when theres a gay kid whos 15 and in love with someone theyre “too young to know”
I think it depends on how its said. Kids can have friends that are boys and that are girls and this would make them their boy friend or girl friend.
Yeah but it's not going to be long before they know the difference between friend and boyfriend/girlfriend. My daughter has had friends who were boys and things got pretty awkward for them when their peers would start making comments about them being boyfriend/girlfriend and they started to feel uncomfortable hanging around each other. It's happened a few times because she tends to get along with boys more than girls. She has no other feelings towards them that goes past just friends. But then people imply more is going on the friendships end. That is really sad.
Load More Replies...I had a friend who was a boy when I was around 6 years old, we spent a lot of time together and thankfully my parents didn't ask me stuff like that about my friendship with him
Don't get it, smakl children do sometimes have a boy/girlfriend, wirhout ever sexualizing it, just liking each ither very mutch. They can even have a cruch on someone. I was in love with two boys, nothing wrong there.
Once I asked my now grown son, when he was in 3 year old preschool if a little girl standing by him was the friend "Jennifer" he had been telling me about. His response was: "No, we're just sleeping together". Nearly threw a clot until teacher quit laughing and explained their nap pads were side by side. Children are very literal.
I’ve had male teachers and staff call me “good girl” after doing a task for them. Apparently this is a way some men say Thankyou to girls. And its f*****g weird and creepy everytime. A simple thanks would suffice.
That's so true! Or you can treat people the same, saying just like to your dog "awww, who's a good boy? ☺️"
Load More Replies...I tend to respond "good man" or "good woman" to a lot of things, don't know if that's the same. Might be an Irish thing. Sometimes "good woman yourself" for good measure
Yeah I don't see the issue either, as long as they're doing it for everyone.
Load More Replies...I had a guy “tsssssst!!!” me in anger recently …like the exact same cue Caesar (the dog whisperer) gives to rebellious dogs. The context was we are both search and rescue volunteers doing wellness checks on folks without power after hurricane Fiona- and I had a rapport going with a lady we were checking on. He interrupted me with this absurd noise. I was embarrassed because it was in front of her, so after as we walked up her dark driveway back to the truck, I told him he gets one “tsssst” and he’d used it up. He was genuinely confused.
Did you explain to him why him treating you that way was not okay?
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Influencers' toxic positivity on Instagram.
Whenever I hear the word "Influencer" I think of the word "Influenza."
Load More Replies...I can''t upvote this enough. Remember the good old days when people got famous for actually being talented at something? I've been busting my a*s for decades as a film and TV makeup artist. Companies used to sponsor us all the time due to our connection with celebrities and the shows and movies we were doing. Now when we request sponsorships they ask how many followers we have. It's infuriating. Especially since we all supported them when they were all starting out and promoting the hell out of them. They are giving HUGE contracts to "beauty influencers" and ignoring us now.
Not just insta but youtubers, too. Especially when it comes to the urban explore, ghost hunting fake ones who love to call out the people calling out all over Twitter and Youtube over petty drama, and their viewers over the most minor constructive criticisms. The amount of people Omargosh, James The Fam, and others have alienated is astounding how they can all preach positivity only in the fanbase but commend and encourage bullying.
People talking about Jesus Christ like they just ran into him at the store.
I don’t get this.. You can chat him up all you want in church, but if you’re doing it in the streets, you’re ‘mental’… Why is that?
That's what the church is for. Chatting Jesus and his father up. If you do it in the streets and run up to people like "Jesus is coming! He's real!! Pray and repent for your sins! Don't masturbate!!!!!!" Then run off screaming, you look like you just escaped an asylum. It's just not socially normal??? To preach god in the streets imo. You look like a crackhead.
Load More Replies...true, he is our lord and our savior, but I agree, we should talk good things about him though
Not "our" but yours. There are a lot of people that dont believe in your b******t.
Load More Replies...You know that we do this as Christians because we have an AMAZING true relationship with him as his brothers and sisters through his death on the cross? We can come to him for anything and we are shown his will for us through the bible and the Holy Spirit.
Every time I see anything related to Christians on BP I feel like I’m walking into a burning building in the comment section Imao
People making instagrams for their babies and making captions as if the baby were writing it
This would be cute if done in a little personal photo album, old-skool fashion, that the family keep. Online it's definitely icky.
I know people who do the first one and I prefer it. They share photos online with friends who are long distance, but it's strictly friends.
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When you’re chillin’ with your cat or dog at night with no one else home and they suddenly alert and look super-alarmed like they heard something.
Yea, mine did this a few days a go, they where playing and sudently they just stopped and started looking at a wall almost like in transe, creeped the c**p out of me.
Read about a cat staring at the wall, later the owner discovered a hornet nest behind. Listen for the buzz, just in case.
Load More Replies...My late dog let me know that a shelf was going to fall of the wall minutes before it did. I guess she heard the lose gravel in the drilled holes? She stared at it for a few minutes and barked.
It's only their invisible friends. The other night two of my dogs shot up from sleeping and watched something move from the living room door into the kitchen, both their heads moving at the same time, both wagging . I almost pooped myself.
That's what freaks the heel out of me, here's the thing, Im all about Logic and science, but exoterical s**t scares the hell out of me, and there is a superstition here, that cats and dogs can see " spirits ", and yes i know its b******t, and yes it still scares the f**k out of me....
Load More Replies...That happened to me years ago when I was babysitting. The man was RCMP and the RCMP dog lived at their house. The kids were in bed and the dog got up stood at the top of the basement stairs hackles raised and started growling.
I lived in haunted homes before and some of the behaviours I've seen in our pets creeped me out. Me and my mom were getting ready to go out with the dog. The big foyer was right next to the stairs to the 2nd floor. She started barking towards the ceiling and intensely staring, and whimpering like she was scared and alarmed. We saw nothing around us. I wasn't about to go up there. My mom thought it was paranoia from a past experience of being frightened by a low flying hot air balloon, as since then when outside she would keep watch of the sky. But we were still inside the house and she never did that before. Other times, in the same house, our cat would purr and wiggle around like she was being pet.
You know full well that the cat knows exactly what it's doing, the arsehole!!! Lol, i love my kitties.
well they heard something we didnt im thankful for what my pets notice it gives me warnings, like a big storm that would set off a bunch of powerlines and knock down trees, my animals wouldnt let me out in the woods that day and im thankful, even if the storm wasnt there yet it was startin to rain, but i seem to have a better sense of "smell" for some reason I can smell rain and smoke before its their, my pets don't seem bothered or acknoledge it
People standing next to or behind you when they can just wait or give you a bit more space. I hate going to airports or any other public line and trying to leave space in front of me and the person behind me just shuffles closer trying to get me to move. Trust me, you pushing me to move forwards isn’t going to make the line move any faster. It just makes it more congested and it’s weird imo
Wow, your comment has just given me a brilliant idea: dear fellow pandas, please, let’s all agree that next time this happens to any of us, we’ll very loudly say: “ARE YOU TRYING TO PICK MY POCKETS OR WHAT????”
Load More Replies...If you touch someone while queuing then you have Failed Queuing and should have to resit the whole queue.
I've never liked people getting to close to me in line, it really makes me nervous. And I've got a little trick I use in grocery stores & anywhere I use a shopping cart - once I'm at the checkout stand, I move up beside my cart, or I put my cart behind me!
Lol! I thought everybody did this! Pull the cart behind you so you can unload it onto the conveyor belt, then pull it in front of you once the person in front of you is done (and you're now at the payment terminal). Then you have your groceries on the belt, so the person behind you has no reason to advance because they need to unload their own stuff onto the conveyor behind yours!
Load More Replies...I sure hope so. Social distancing is probably the only thing I liked about the lockdowns.
Load More Replies...I really hoped this one thing, the keeping of a fairly large distances in lines, would breach the containment of "strictly COVID-behaviors", and bleed over into just... normal behavior. I so dearly hoped it would stay, and I'm so sad that it didn't.
Ugh. The worst. Then if you have to back up you don't see them there and you bump right into them. They still don't move, just stare at you. It's so creepy. Always has to be an old man, too. Like, WTF?
Every company creating an ecosystem requiring my home address and credit card and my birthday just to listen to some music or use some software. Not a shred of my identity is unsold at this point.
Can't even apply for a job without having to make an account on their website first.
Also, needing to sign in with a password just to browse on every single website.
Sadly, this is too normal now. And this is also why I laugh til it hurts when I see all the anti-vaccine c**p about "microchips" in the vaccine here in the U.S. Our government doesn't need to "implant" chips in anyone, they've got everything they need to track us. Social security #, drivers license, cell phones, credit/debit cards. Sheesh.
I think it's weird that most couches don't come with washable cushion covers. Everyone finds that normal, but they would think it's weird if someone just slept on a bare mattress without ever putting a sheet on it. When in reality it's exactly the same thing. I bought a couch with cushion covers you can take off and put in the washing machine for that reason.
Lived in a few different countries and never had a couch that didn't have zip off washable covers. Even though we don't have pets there is always the possibility of spills or infant visitors accidents.
There's couch covers but they're a pain to keep straightened on the couch and I don't particularly find them comfortable to relax on. It's like when the mattress sheet corners start sliding off and you have to fix it.
Couch pillows as well. Ever tried to wash those things? They take a good 72 hours to dry.
This was the biggest selling point when I bought my couch at IKEA and the next thing I did was buy a spare cover.
I have an Ikea sofa that is nearly twenty years old. Bought two sets of covers at the time and wash one whilst the other is in use (different colours for spring/summer and autumn/winter). Frame is still great so last year i got an upholsterer to replace the cushion pads and found a company that did replacement Ikea covers so now have beautiful 'new sofa', which is much admired.
Load More Replies...I made my own covers. it was fairly easy, and I have almost no skill in sewing.
Sofas used to be made with removable cushion covers when things were built to last. They fit well before and after a wash.
Same. The post confused me and the comments have made me think about every couch I've ever owned or sat on or saw in a furniture store. I can't think of a single one that didn't have removable covers.
Load More Replies...Given my sister still (at 23) is known as the Crumby monster, that would have been a good thing to have growing up!
"what no hug?" When saying goodbye to a person I'd never shown interest in touching
This. Omg. I was a fan of the finger guns WAY before Covid. When I get unwanted hugs I have to resist the urge to slither out of the embrace, right to the ground like a toddler pretending to be a noodle.
Why resist the urge? Non-consentual physical contact is never ok.
Load More Replies...I'm an old-fashioned guy. And by "old-fashioned" I mean not tactile. And by "not tactile" I mean be happy if you get a handshake.
Not a fan of ALL the hugging these days. Too much. Perfect example: Two girlfriends introduce their guys to each other. The next time they meet, these two guys hug hello. Ugh. Bro hugs when they barely know each other. So weird. Everyday greeting hugs are reserved for my family and close friends. Don’t misunderstand me—I’ll hug a stranger or mere acquaintance in a time of need or celebration, just not during a simple hello or goodbye. IMHO
It does depend on the chemistry and the circumstances. Like, I used to be in a drama group, we had to get physical in plays, you couldn't just go "Nope, not hugging HIM" when you were Romeo and he was your "cousin" etc. So we all hugged hello and goodbye. But with a friend of about 8 months, who is the mother of a child from my twins' daycare class, whom we started meeting for playdates, and who I got on really well with from the start - we only started hugging a month ago, because usually we're trying to get the children settled or packed up, and would already have greeted each other 5min before we'd have our arms free. If you don't want to hug, that's fine, but it's not one size fits all.
Load More Replies...I actually told someone "no" once and they were so offended. And then it's like, "so you'd rather this very obvious awkward hug I'd rather not give willingly than no hug at all?"
Yeah, I had that. Last year I went on a date with a guy, I asked him out so when I met him and realized that we weren't really compatible I stayed since I asked him. He was constantly trying to touch/get close to me while I was awkward and keeping to myself. I involuntarily cringed when he tried to touch my shoulders to show he was good at giving massages. And he asked for a hug at the end and I just shuffled over and gave a quick hug. It ended in mutual ghosting lol
Asking a couple when they plan on getting pregnant, or a couple’s unsolicited sharing they are trying to get pregnant. I feel gross every time.
There's nothing wrong with someone telling you they are trying for a baby. I'm not the type of person who asks people if they are trying to get pregnant either.
Hey Martha it’s been a long time no see did you know we’ve been having sex for the past five weeks trying to get pregnant you didn’t want to know well too f***ing bad(sarcasm increases)
Load More Replies...How it is socially acceptable to tell your parents, friends and whonot you're baking creamy pies with your partner every chance you get is beyond me lol. (Am joking. Mostly. But it IS what instantly comes to my mind. Am a woman.)
Oh Oh ... Oh no I'm not having cream pies anymore. /s
Load More Replies...Am I a prude in that I don't want to hear about or even think about other's sex lives? Maybe, but...
I personally don't think so. I don't like hearing about it either. It's just too personal. I don't want some random thought coming in my head 10pm "Well, I guess Shannon and her husband are getting it on right now. Wonder if this is the night they get lucky and Shannon will be knocked up by tomorrow." Gross.
Load More Replies...Just been to my sisters baby shower and was asked by 5 different people when I am having kids. And when I said I won’t be - every single one asked why! It’s a choice fro me but some people it isn’t and it could have upset someone! Also - you have nothing else to ask me but about my uterus? Sad
Yes tell me about it!! Like having a child or not is really none of their business! You after all are in charge of your body, and people shouldn't try to change what you do with it. Hope it's gotten better for you since then
Load More Replies...If someone told me they are trying for a baby I would immediately start asking detailed questions about their sex - positions, frequency etc. just to make them feel awkward. Hey! You started the topic!
This reminded me one of the most awkward conversations I had. I was a 25 years old guy at that time. I ran into this late 30s female colleague in the elevator. We were not even close. Just to have some small talk, I asked how her weekend was. Rest of the conversation was as follows: - her: I’m soo tired, I barely slept any. - me: I know, right? Being in academic life is hard. You never get a break from research, it’s always on your mind. No weekend breaks. - her: no no not that. My husband and I are trying to get pregnant. These few days are particularly very important. We had to try many things. Even the position is important, we are trying to do everything by the book. - me: 😵💫😵💫😶🤐 Ps: when she had the baby, we were constantly listening about it. She had the baby’s pictures printed on her mug, mousepad, pen, calendar etc etc…
The whole "we're all family here" at the workplace. It's like some weird brainwashing to get you to enjoy your job more than you should. Like, no, you're not my family. I'm here to do work and get paid, and that's the only reason I'm here.
You're all family until something goes wrong and then you're thrown under the bus. I don't do that if a member of my family makes a mistake. I learned early that corporate America has no heart. The major company that I worked for had "early retirement " phases 1 & 2. If you didn't take the deal then the layoffs started. They laid off a middle aged married couple! How cold could they be? Family! Bah
So agree. There is NO family in the workplace! Lord and corporate b******t
If my company is so terrific, why do they have to pay me to work there?
Okay, but can we all admit THOSE SPIDERMAN FIGURES ARE SO COOL
I actually run my family business.. My late fil would get mad at me all the time for not doing his way. He was so negative. There is little regret that he died 12 years ago.
Family channels. Imagine having to live your entire life on camera, with little to no privacy without being able to consent for it. Also to my knowledge there are no current laws that protect child influencers income like child actors have. If your content can’t exist without your child, it’s their job not yours.
Here’s an upvote. I don’t know why someone downvoted you
Load More Replies...I'm waiting for the kids to get old enough and hearing all the law suits pouring in.
Especially the ones who broadcast their adoptions of their kids...or broadcasting when they can't adopt because the countries have child protective laws that won't let them film them without consent since they're two.
This should be higher. Even if it wouldn't be embarrassing for your kids when they get older, there are some real creeps in the world. I would be careful how frequently you put them online.
Open door policies in families. My in-laws just walk in whenever they want and I hate it.
If only there was some kind of device that could prevent this. Like some kind of contraption which prevented doors from opening. Someone should invent something like that
They only walk in if you allow it. Mine did this. It lasted about 24 hours after I moved in. My SIL actually thanked me for knocking on her door first and started instituting the same rule between our houses which are on the same land block
Try locking the doors. : - / You are funny in a pathetic kind of way.
Omg that’s literally what “Everybody Loves Raymond” is about!! I watched 3 episodes with my grandma :,)
Employers rewarding us with 8 hour staff retreat at work where we are expected to share personal info with each other all day. Staff bonding.
I hated the staff bonding days, I purposely got myself killed on a paintball day out so I could spend the rest of the day in the canteen/rest room on site :)
I try & book holiday the week of team away days. Failing that I call in sick
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True story: I was looking for a job back in the day (almost 20 years ago) and due to my record several companies were interested in me. I was deciding between them so one of them that really wanted me invited me to one of their "special Sundays" where they have stuff out and everyone just get to "chill" and start doing these forced socialization. I told them right then and there that I'm out.
Employers don't understand that in a safe, comfortable and progressive worksite, bonding will occur naturally and will be positive for the employer. Trying to create this bond by such activities with out the environment is just a waste of time and money.
Taking pics of strangers
Like the recent Reddit about the teenager in a supermarket taking a photo of a worker with Down’s syndrome without his knowledge. OP saw her her and told her off
Like so many themes here on BP? Oh, look att this strange woman on the subway.. Oh, look at this bizarre man on the bench.. And so on... Please stop this aswell then!
The various poses from Instagram models. It's so cringy it actually creeps me out. Especially when their eyes are slightly squinted and their mouth is half open like it's some sort of seductive sexy thing but it's just way off.
I do it all the time taking selfies with my pet ducks
Load More Replies...I tried imitating that face and ended up looking like someone who just got out of an 18 hour nap
The duck face!!! UGHHHH And how about the heavily edited photos?? Some of my friends go WAY overboard with the filters. We're in our 50's now...it's okay to age!!
They look more like real dolls than actual thinking human beings when they pose like that.
I wish they knew how incredibly stupid they look. Or those filters that make them look totally unnatural & then claim it's all real.
It's the weird dancing, and the annoying overacting for "anime characters" that gets me. Like, stop bobbing with every movement, it's grossly uncanny.
The lip injections that look like they’ve been punched in the face.
When people come to your door and knock or ring the bell and then peer in the window.
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Get really close to the window they’re peeping in, and peep back out at them. When they realize your face is right in their grill thru the glass they usually sh*t themselves. I did this to a nosy neighbor once. She screamed & jumped 2 feet in the air 😂😂 You don’t get a free pass to be a peeping Tom just because you knock on my door…
This happened to me at work today. My desk is near an employee entrance, and the windows are tinted to keep people from looking in. I hear a lady knock and look around the corner to see her face squished against the glass trying to look in. WTF do you think the tint is for lady?
This is why we keep blinds shut, besides keeping the police from looking in as well
When people talk with food in their mouth, just chew and talk after, you can barely understand them.
Unless you are going to tell me I am about to d1e, there is nothing so important that it can't wait for you to finish your mouthful.
Is die censored? Oh it’s not but at the same time BP has such weird censoring things I understand that you “censor” it before them
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Load More Replies...When I was a child, my brothers would purposely slurp their cereal making smacking sounds with mouths agape knowing full well it was the singular thing that sent me over the edge. Rat bastards.
Telking and walking, chewing chewingun with thour mouth open. Why do you think i want to see or hear that.
My former FIL! He never shut his mouth when he was eating. He be talking with his mouth full and food would literally fall onto the plate. My 4 year old piped up one time and yelled "Grandpa! Chew with your mouth closed, that's gross!" I couldn't believe my MIL hadn't done anything about that in their 40+ years of marriage.
If I absolutely have to talk, I will cover my mouth and try to push the food into my cheeks like a chipmunk so I don't slur my words.
Getting a phone call from an unknown number
I Google the number rather than answering it. If it's really important they will call back.
Sometimes I Google the number while my phone is ringing
Load More Replies...if it’s someone who needs to actually contact me and i dont have their number saved, they can text me and i’ll know its them
The #4 landline of your transplant surgeons office doesn't have texting to tell you they have a liver for you en route, and calling it back just reroutes to the main switchboard that takes 20 minutes to navigate through 40 different departments, buildings, floors, and office suites.
Load More Replies...You can't tell me who's calling? What are you hiding? Never answer
I have a very similar number to Handi Transit. The other day some lady called me 4 times in a span of 10 minutes leaving 3 voice mails. I missed the first 2 of her calls, then I declined the other 2 before blocking the number. On my voice mail greeting I state it's my personal cellphone. Her messages were just her going Hello? ... .. Hello?..... Hellooo? It wouldn't surprise me if Handi Transit has gotten a lot of angry complaints about no one answering their calls. XD. I changed my voice mail greeting to include the Handi Transit number. I understand some people who use the service probably can't comprehend what they're dialing.
My dad used to walk with his fingers around the back of my neck when we were in public. He could bever understand why I squirmed away from that and batted his hand away. It just felt like a power thing, it made me feel small and vulnerable. I see it occasionally in public with guys and their girlfriends and dads with their kids and I always get goosebumps from remembering what that feels like.
Actually, I’ve done this with my kids, to maintain contact in a crowd, when they were old enough that they didn’t want to be seen holding my hand. Nothing is scarier than losing your child in a crowd. Maybe this was how your dad felt ♥️
My dad did it too. It feels revolting. Like properly, creep-you-out vile.
Load More Replies...I get it that most dads who do this mean no harm whatsoever, but having experienced it, I totally agree with OP. The neck is a very sensitive and vulnerable place to be touched and whenever my dad absentmindedly did this, I would instinctively recoil.
Dad wise It's a contact thing, nothing creepy at all, he's just holding on to make sure you don't run off or get abducted. Boyfriend wise i've not experienced nor seen it.
My grandpa would do this and squeeze to steer me around. It was a horrible feeling.
I rested my hand on the back of my kids lower neck (where a Tshirt collar would be) But SQUEEZING & STEERING is NOT OK!!!
Load More Replies...I just found my old prom photos my mom took in our driveway. This was in 1986 and my then boyfriend (who wound up being an abusive cretin) is grabbing my neck like that. I never noticed until recently.
I never had any issue with demanding that they hold my hand when in a crowded place like Disney World or in a parking lot. If they were embarrassed then too bad. They all got over it and are living their best lives. Safety trumps feeling embarrassed.
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Instagram accounts with nothing but selfies. Hundreds and hundreds of selfies.... It totally creeps me out.
self-centered people have no other outlet unfortunately "me me me!!! Look at me!!! I'm eating! I'm walking! I'm twirling for no reason at all!" just go away
I like the accounts that post things people create. There is a good purpose to it.
Just stay away from Instagram. I've never been on it or looking at it and I'm not missing anything. My life is full enough as it is.
Dark water... the ocean; a river; lake; even a swimming pool - if I can't see through the water, it's terrifying!
edit: I meant **can't** see through it - not can see through it!! I was getting a bit panicky thinking about that dark water as I wrote this!
This is my phobia, I almost blacked out in the cinemas watching Titanic ..seriously :(
Sweet Deborah, Please know there are sane ways to deal with debilitating fears. Really, you don't need to live with them. I got help, and it changed my life for the better. I feel more in control; I get more happiness as a result. You can, too!
Load More Replies...Same here. Add to that dead things underwater. Ran into a missing cow swimming as kid in the river. Just Nope.
It's not the water,it's whats hiding in the water.
Load More Replies...Thalassophobics unite
My absolute nightmare would be swimming in the open ocean at night. Daytime wouldn't be much better, but still.
Nah. In deep water in the ocean, from what divers have said, you look down and it's nothing but black. There would need to be something swimming by below to give you perspective how far the twilight zone is below. If you're underwater and you look ahead to your side, then you'll see daylight filtering through.
Load More Replies...For me it's deep DEEP water in general. I'll happily go on a boat, but, deep down inside there's an uneasiness of what lurks beneath.
This is the same for me as well. I avoid looking at photos taken underwater since it’s honestly scary
Whisper ASMR. I can't f*****g stand it, it makes me gag and makes my skin crawl. Complete sensory hell.
I don't mind ASMR depending on who it is but I hate the eating asmr. That's horrible.
autonomous sensory meridian response just looked it up for you, something like getting goosebumps x
Load More Replies...There are a ton of whisper ASMR channels that advertise themselves on youtube. So I very frequently get forced into listening to them. The ads are normally only 5 seconds, so by the time they pop up and I hit mute it's too late.
Load More Replies...I had some slime out for the kids to play with at work and one of them was playing with it and said it sounded like ASMR. I laughed it off as I edged away because the noise was driving me crazy!
The constant fake happiness at work…
"Here at XYZ, we're one big family and everyone is so fecking happy". Emphasis on 'family'.
Meanwhile my main co-worker and I spend our morning teas together sitting around grumbling and groaning, so clearly we don't have this problem.
I was deliberately and maliciously cheerful first thing on Mondays. They deserved it
Tiktokers in the wild... Y'all just look so weird doing them
It's just as awkward filming anything outside, a movie, music video, being on a modelling shoot, singing and dancing in your car, dancing at the bus stop. I could go on and on.
When people refer to kids/babies as “flirting” when they are just being playful.
Here we go with the sexualising of little kids again. Just STOP it.
At work the other day there was this little boy (like 4 or 5) and when ever i would walk around a corner or bring their food, he would smile and wave and laugh, just normal kid things. And the dad goes 'Aww you flirtin with her, yeahhhh he's found himself a girlfriend hehehe" and i just stared at him because that's gross. Besides the kid was just happy and being a kid, no need to sexualize him like that.
wait,.... that the babies them selfs are a flirt? or the baby talk is flirting?
Again, adults guilty of sexualizing are the reason this can seem creepy
Face filters
Putting a dog face or whatever is fun. fixing every perceptible slight issue with your face is not
THIS! I love this meme for that reason!https://img.buzzfeed...532880510-5.jpg
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Prolonged eye contact. And by prolonged, I mean more than 10 seconds.
After 5 seconds I would think you are an hypnotist or something.
I'll apologize for this behavior but I also learned just last year that I'm autistic, so honestly me "staring" was the fix for "LOOK AT ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU" whenever I was in trouble because making eye-contact was HARD. I went from one extreme to the other. These days I have a mental script that runs- "okay, look at their eyebrows, nod, say Mmm-hmm, now blink and look away for a sec, now resume rapt-attention-mode"
I dont like eye contact for this reason. It creeps me out (no, I'm not shy or antisocial, I just don't like eye contact.)
I would love it if it were with a tiger. (Unless tigers feel the same about it that housecats do)
Some guy did this to me at the library while grinning like the freaking Joker. I feared for my life.
Wait, doesn’t it take both people to be eye contact? Look away perhaps?
Advertising. Especially target advertising. The constant attempt to manipulate you psychologically to make you believe you need something that’s only a want. Creepy af.
Along similar lines, high-end clothing and accessories with huge brand logos on display. You want me to pay $$$ for advertising your company? You should be paying me, like car wraps.
As a woman, I find it creepy that we're constantly targeted for beauty products as if we're not good looking just as we are. I felt it was a major slap at capitalism (one small, individual slap, but still) when I simply never got in the habit of wearing makeup (unless on picture day, then washed it off). I'm 54, and I don't look like I'm in my 50s. Highly recommend SPF, though.
I can appreciate the creativity and stuff, but ads just don't tempt me into buying anything.
I figured out years ago that it's easy to manipulate the ads you see. Do a search for something like "tropical vacations" or "beautiful beaches" and occasionally click on an ad and you'll see LOTS of them.
And all the advertisement on every website, plus pop-ups that cover articles I'm trying to read. Makes me hate whatever they try to sell. I always click the x and tag them as inappropriate.
I honestly can't think of a single product I've bought because of advertising
The apparent competition to appear to be the busiest person with the most stuff crammed in.
I've known a few people like this. Didn't bother me unless they also complained about never having time to just sit & relax - I'd always think "maybe drop a few of your activities/committees, and just...stay home???" And there was one person who would accept an invitation & then cancel at the last minute or just be a no-show because they were so busy they forgot - I just stopped bothering with that one!
Load More Replies...The romanticism of self-neglect. Same thing for sleep deprivation- not getting enough sleep is not a flex…
This one ! Once, a boss (a cool one) told me i wasn't "energic" enough in my work (he was the kind of bragging guy, always the best on everything he did, etc.. and i'm a calm person and don't talk much when i work, but the work was done, and much more because i liked what i did !). So, the next week i came with extra energy, telling everyone what i was onto... making seem like what i was doing was hard.. talking a lot, almost running to the coffe machine to look in a hurry !! obviously (for me) it was like acting, and it was a lot of effort (but fun), so.. less work done while talking and acting. At the end of the week, the boss told me he appreciated my effort and was convinced that i was working hard. i asked the boss to come and compare the amount of work on the last 2 weeks. I proved him that i was more productive when left alone (and not "acting" like if i was busy). He never asked me again to be "more" anything. :)
Oh no! I didn't know about this contest!! Guess I'll just have to watch from the sidelines as I already have enough to do and don't want anymore!
"Live Photos" on iPhones. I'm looking at someone's photos on their iPhone and these things move for a split second and it creeps me out. I know I'm a fuddy duddy but I really like photos to not move.
I love looking at live photos. It lets you see the few seconds leading up to the photo instead of just staring at the photo. I've had some pretty great ones with friends.
I actually like these. When I first got an iPad with the "live" function I was unaware of it and took a few photos and was more than a bit surprised. I have continued to use it and I'm glad I did. I have a few, precious "videos" of friends and pets who are no longer with us. I wish I had more. It's even better when I remember the audio.
Been trying to figure out how to stop that on my phone for a while now. I don't like it either.
Top middle there is a thing that says live you touch it to make the live go away.
Load More Replies...i hate these, they're basically short video clips if you look at them on the filesystem. They just chew up space for no good reason. If I want a video I will take a damn video.
LOL yeah I thought there was something wrong with my eyesight or brain at first
I hate them too but my phone is often accidentally on live pic sometimes. I don't even know what "a live pic" is used for...
People who knock on my door.
I answered the door to the jehovas witnesses in a t shirt that said "be gay, hail satan" once. If I see any coming I always make sure to find my most "offensive" t shirts to quickly throw on. xD
Load More Replies...Anyone that knocks on my door or uses the doorbell without giving me 24 hours notice that they are coming will be ignored and not allowed inside. 2nd rule is that if they did give me 24 hours notice I am ready 20 minutes before the time they give, say 2pm, and I'll wait 20 minutes after 2pm but if they are any later then they need to make a new appointment. That goes for home or at the healthcare centre etc.
Sign that nailed to my door / if you are not FedEx ,UPS or the USPS knock and you will get hurt no exceptions!!!
Just a couple months ago, there was a knock on the door, despite a sign that says, "Please Do Not Disturb" and another that says, "No Solicitation...not for Jesus, for the Cub Scouts, for Cancer Research, etc. If you are Jesus himself, text me......" When I opened the door, he started his nice-guy-with-the-big smile hello, running for office. I pointed at the signs and said, 'Nice going! You just ensured that I will never ever vote for you."
I have a bell I can hear, knocking just gets ignored because I’ll think it’s on tee vee, or someone in the neighborhood banging something.
For the hundredth time, no, we do not want tacky solar panels on our roof. We will never change our minds about this. Kindly stop asking.
There's this sales technique called "mirroring" where the sales person mimics the body language of the customer to gain rapport. I think a lot of people also do it subconsciously to some extent. Anyway this really creeps me out.
Never encountered this but salespeople, or other strangers, calling me by my first name gives me the creeps.
Somehow they do not know that we know that this is just a sales technique.
Load More Replies...It's an American thing that caught over in the UK a few years back. I've been to many sales training sessions that had things like this taught . I never used it though :D
I've gotten some contradicting advice on this. At one point it's good to do this, and then I was told not to.
I do this, subconsciously, I learned once that it makes people feel comfortable. I have autism and was always to direct, so this was a way of learning about conversation and the person o am talking to. Now i don't ever think about that and indin't have the feelig people notice. Bad thing is, i take someones energy and when someone has full nlown adhd, inget soooo tired, but people do this to me very easily and ther is nothing they could do to change this and i still like them but am not a good freind for this. Gives me headeaces , so i avoid people
I actually learned about this technique in psychology. Alot of people use it in non-nefarious ways. I do it to try to make my boss and coworkers like me. Or if there is someone I want to cultivate a friendship with. It's not really a bad thing.
Sounds manipulative, not to mention dishonest and ethically questionable.
Feeling my own heartbeat
Autistic guy here with hypersensitivity in his skin(yes sun/UV light it burns like hell)and hearing so imagine hearing your heartbeat every time the decibels just lower a tiny bit or better yet when you’re trying to f***ing sleep
Load More Replies...Is that image how they're shipping transplant organs these days?
Like, unpopular opinion I suppose? But I actually do like hearing my own heart beating or others, like loved ones when I hug them. Like I'll lay my head on my cat and hear her heart beat, put my ear to my kid's chest to hug them. I also hold my heart in a sense when I'm sick. Like if I'm nauseous I'll hold my chest where my heart is, I don't know why but it makes me feel better. Is any of that just me?
you Always feel your heartbeat, but you tune it out unless you concentrate...
This came to mind "Do you feel my heart beating? Do you understand? Do you feel the same?"
Me too. It's given me terrible anxiety for years now. Nice to see that I'm not the only one with this problem. ❤️🩹
When people address someone by name because they’re wearing a name tag.
Never understood the meaning of name tags in retail, service industry and similar. Where I live and where I lived (Italy and Switzerland) is absolutely not a thing, you approach the worker like you approach a stranger to ask for information, in a polite and more or less formal way (depending on the kind of shop/restaurant/whatever). You don't need to know the name of your waiter or the retail employee to ask for something, so why they should let you know their name? Above all because it can be something used to identify you on social media by stalkers and similar, allowing them to have an easier way to pursue their creepy goal.
Also whe a retailer calls me by name after they've seen it on my credit card
Or just saying my name in normal conversation, for some reason I feel degraded by that. I guess they're just trying to show they remember my namn?
I *hated* that when I worked in retail. So I got a name tag that had my first initial and last name.
Now the creepers can look you up online easier...first names only provide a measure of anonymity.
Load More Replies...this is actually all on you, this is the reason for name tags so you can tell who helped you...
Except that it's the reason they're wearing the name tag. It does still startle you when a total stranger calls you by name.
Name tags got ditched at the hotel I worked at. We encouraged staff to introduce themselves to guests so that there was a conversation rather than a stiff interaction. If you want the staff to know your name you’ll offer it, if you don’t then it’s sir / madam, it’s fine either way.
People that are extra nice for no reason , but like EXTRA nice
Oh, I might be guilty of that at times... (without touching or breaking boundaries of course)... an attempt to make up for the many times I was seen as arrogant, unapproachable, etc. (a common introvert dilemma)
I feel like that’s on non-American problem I mean we over here in the states are overtly friendly with one another like just striking up a conversation in public places which is some thing literally no one else does outside of here at least from what I can tell talking to my non American friends
Load More Replies...I have a coworker like that, 1st day of work, and she's super Nice Pat on the back, smile from ear to ear, i imidiately raised a red flag, for me thats a sign of " Im f*****g you Over " now 9 months after lol, yea, thats just her personality, she's just a Nice friendly person.
Pregnant stomachs when a little foot kicks…
A stranger putting their hand on a pregnant woman's stomach is disgusting.
I've been pregnant and it was bizarre and weird when it happened to me! People say but it's natural but mother nature is freaking fierce.
As a woman who is eight months pregnant.... Trust me its no picnic for us either. You would have done the same to your mother. It's life. It's normal. There are way worse things in the world, get a little perspective.
When I was pregnant, I never really saw the foot but I did feel it, getting stuck in my ribs a bunch of times and I would have to wedge it out. I kept thinking how they happens. They're supposed to be in the womb. My MIL at the time said it happened to her with her son. So, I guess that was something that's inherited in their family.
I certainly feel very nauseous just at the idea of another life growing inside a person -- myself or someone else -- that despite it being about the most natural thing in the world, it really freaks me out. The idea of actually seeing a tummy move from a baby kick is horror imaginary for me.... good thing most people are not as squeamish as me haha.
To continue, I have no idea why I have such a reaction towards pregnancy. I don't hate babies (albeit am not used to handling them), but something about the entire process just... makes me super anxious. Uncomfortable. And let's not even talk about the actual delivery!
Load More Replies...There is a troll about on this page, needlessly downvoting people. Friendly reminder: downvotes are NOT dislike buttons. Downvoting a comment just because you don't agree = not cool. If a comment gets downvoted, its author will get banned from the site.
I thought if you get 10 downvotes on a comment, you get suspended from commenting for 24 hours, and then if you consistently get lots of downvotes, you get banned. Could be a misunderstanding on my part, but also the BP rules may have changed. But yeah, I mostly downvote the scammers with their "earn thousands of dollars" webscams, and a few nasty trolls when I can. I'm not going to downvote random comments that I don't agree with or like.
Load More Replies...Having a dog lick you. Especially on your face or mouth for an extended period of time.
yes it makes me want to vomit. Just proof that this is not popular everywhere. https://www.reddit.com/r/aznidentity/comments/6x4cpq/discussion_why_do_white_people_like_to_kiss_their/
Load More Replies...I always add handshaking to this list. We just had a pandemic (I mean, we basically still do have one) and lots of people don't even wash their hands after they use the bathroom. Handshaking is gross but you look weird or rude if you decline shaking someone's hand.
I fully agree with pretty much all of these, and can expound the one about the 8 hours of "staff bonding;" the place I worked in for the last 18 years of my working life brought in some "behavioral "experts"" to hold day-long sessions (we were paid if we participated) in which each person was supposed to tell a lot about themselves, including "allowing yourselves to completely vulnerable. Open up to everyone, especially if something traumatic has happened to you." That alone was creepy enough, but I had just lost my son (accident) and was in no shape to "share" with anyone. I totally avoided the 'mandated' sessions for two years until the CEO decided it was stupid and he put a stop to it. NO ONE should ever "have to" share deep grief!!
Of course. Anyone can believe. But it doesn't change that this is still b******t.it is like belief in flat Earth.
Anyone who posts naked photos of a kid (even if the privates are hidden). You do know there are sickos in the world, right? No way I'm letting them look at my child.
More of a personal gripes/preference article vs normalised behaviour that’s creepy.
Mirroring is so creepy. I have a friend that does this to everyone and most people respond very positively, but to me it is like spiders crawling up my spine. What do you want? Are you mocking me? Why can't you just be your own person?
For some reason people that overshare dramatic non-flattering information really creeps me out. I used to have a trainer that would just blurt out things that *I* thought were toxic and creepy. I'm counting arm curls....'yah my boyfriend has a record and my whole family hates him' Ahm - super. What's next? I'm doing burpees. "I woke up to him eating a bowl of mustard." Ah great, what's next? Push-ups. "I can't sleep without him so I haven't slept in four days." Ooookay....WHAT am I supposed to say to that?!
There is a troll about on this page, needlessly downvoting people. Friendly reminder: downvotes are NOT dislike buttons. Downvoting a comment just because you don't agree = not cool. If a comment gets downvoted, its author will get banned from the site.
I thought if you get 10 downvotes on a comment, you get suspended from commenting for 24 hours, and then if you consistently get lots of downvotes, you get banned. Could be a misunderstanding on my part, but also the BP rules may have changed. But yeah, I mostly downvote the scammers with their "earn thousands of dollars" webscams, and a few nasty trolls when I can. I'm not going to downvote random comments that I don't agree with or like.
Load More Replies...Having a dog lick you. Especially on your face or mouth for an extended period of time.
yes it makes me want to vomit. Just proof that this is not popular everywhere. https://www.reddit.com/r/aznidentity/comments/6x4cpq/discussion_why_do_white_people_like_to_kiss_their/
Load More Replies...I always add handshaking to this list. We just had a pandemic (I mean, we basically still do have one) and lots of people don't even wash their hands after they use the bathroom. Handshaking is gross but you look weird or rude if you decline shaking someone's hand.
I fully agree with pretty much all of these, and can expound the one about the 8 hours of "staff bonding;" the place I worked in for the last 18 years of my working life brought in some "behavioral "experts"" to hold day-long sessions (we were paid if we participated) in which each person was supposed to tell a lot about themselves, including "allowing yourselves to completely vulnerable. Open up to everyone, especially if something traumatic has happened to you." That alone was creepy enough, but I had just lost my son (accident) and was in no shape to "share" with anyone. I totally avoided the 'mandated' sessions for two years until the CEO decided it was stupid and he put a stop to it. NO ONE should ever "have to" share deep grief!!
Of course. Anyone can believe. But it doesn't change that this is still b******t.it is like belief in flat Earth.
Anyone who posts naked photos of a kid (even if the privates are hidden). You do know there are sickos in the world, right? No way I'm letting them look at my child.
More of a personal gripes/preference article vs normalised behaviour that’s creepy.
Mirroring is so creepy. I have a friend that does this to everyone and most people respond very positively, but to me it is like spiders crawling up my spine. What do you want? Are you mocking me? Why can't you just be your own person?
For some reason people that overshare dramatic non-flattering information really creeps me out. I used to have a trainer that would just blurt out things that *I* thought were toxic and creepy. I'm counting arm curls....'yah my boyfriend has a record and my whole family hates him' Ahm - super. What's next? I'm doing burpees. "I woke up to him eating a bowl of mustard." Ah great, what's next? Push-ups. "I can't sleep without him so I haven't slept in four days." Ooookay....WHAT am I supposed to say to that?!
