30 Not-That-Obvious Signs That Show That Someone Isn’t A Good Person, As Shared In This Online Group
How could we recognize a bad person? Culture and, in particular, cinema, give us a lot of advice, but they often turn out to be absolutely unusable in real life. After all, stereotyped scoundrels, with a look from under their brows and an ominous laugh, exuding evil with their whole appearance, practically do not occur in reality.
On the contrary, a really bad person, rather, will be incredibly pleasant in communication, will do everything to ingratiate themselves with you - and then, when they reach their goal, they will definitely do something harmful to you. But there is a wonderful science of psychology, and it helps, by the smallest, seemingly invisible at first glance, signs, to determine that you are dealing with someone who is not as good as they seem.
A thread starter appeared on the AskReddit community just one day ago, asking the question: "What is a subtle sign someone isn't a good person?" The result is over 15.4K upvotes and approximately 9.2K various comments. Now it will definitely be much more difficult for the villains to ingratiate themselves with us!
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They mistreat animals.
Not big - hugeeee red flag for me, that and mistreating people who work on a jobs as servers, waiters, garbage men, etc
Load More Replies...That's not even a flag anymore that's the red Jericho trumpet of doom
People who mistreat animals are steaming piles of human garbage, without redemption. I will die on this hill.
Yeah that's not subtle. That's pretty blatant. You can not like animals (we won't be friends but you can not like them) but actually mistreating them is a huge red flag.
I wonder how this plays out with slaughterhouse workers. Around here, there's a new scandal every week with video footage of workers electroshocking cows with broken legs. or cutting open animals that aren't quite dead yet. I think that capitalism is mostly to blame for that kind of stuff and the individual workers are stuck in an industrialized system that killed off their empathy by treating animals as a mass product instead of sentient beings. But everyone who wants cheap burgers and meat should maybe think about what kind of economic pressure they are creating and what that means for the treatment of animals.
@Aran Lindvail : Not all can or are willing to perform the killing or drive live stock to their killing place. Most work outside those places and dont really see what's going on. When you work on the automatic line to separate or pack the meat..........it's just like any meat in the butchery or supermarket. What I've heard about animal mistreatment there, it was absolutely frowned upon by most.
Load More Replies...I had to do a report on forensic psychology for college, and read the book "Mindhunter" (also a great Netflix series, that should have continued) by John Douglas. He basically started the BAU at the FBI, at interviewed many serial killers. With few exceptions, all had started off by torturing and killing animals. He said this needed to be watched. Some of the animal cruelty laws have been able to be passed because of this information. I guess for some it's not simply enough that it's reprehensible. But I guess however you get them to pass laws......
If you mistreat animals, it isn't too much of a stretch that you'll mistreat people, too.
Littering. It's not a violent act or anything, but it does indicate a lack of respect that usually carries into other aspects of the person's life.
I think I posted this here a while back. I once threw a cup outside the car window when I was a really young kid and it haunted me for years. I have never littered since that day. It was so culturally accepted I never questioned it as a kid.
Littering is a sure sign the person doesn't think about anyone but themselves, in all aspects and actions of their lives.
I saw someone throw trash out of their car several months back and to this day it still angers me. If I would have been able to, I would have loved to pick it up and toss it back in their car.
Saw someone do this on the internet. They were stuck in a traffic jam and some people through a load of McDonald's trash out their car window. Man in van behind them got out picked it all up and threw it back in the car. Words were exchanged.
Load More Replies...Pet peeve- people who expect others to pick up after them or just don't care. Do you treat your house the same way???
I asked someone that one time and then at a later date went to their house - yes, yes they did treat their home the same way. It was nasty
Load More Replies...I live 4 streets down from a convenience store and it is the exact distance it takes to eat a candy bar, a pack of chips, or drink a soda. Nearly everyday there is new trash on my lawn. Some people suck.
Our quiet neighborhood tried to keep a McDonald's and 7-11, built next to each other, out of our RESIDENTIAL neighborhood but the city allowed it. Now we are over run by trash!
Load More Replies...I had a friend who casually tossed some trash in the ground. When I criticized this, she said "I don't care, I'm never going to have kids."
My son, when he was an OTR driver and training new drivers, told each of his rookie drivers that NOTHING gets thrown out the window of his truck. If the other driver did that, they were turning around at the next exit and retrieving the thrash.
My mom would sweetly tell a litter bug, "You dropped something." 😏
How they treat people in the service industry. When they act like they are better than waiters, fast food employees, or retail workers.
I refuse to go out to a meal with someone like this. One I get embarrassed and 2, I feel that I need to stand up for the worker.
As far as I'm concerned, anyone that brings me caffeine and cake is one of my favourite people!
Retail worker here. Ex bartender and wait staff. I get treated like c**p all the time. My favourite was a lady who yelled at me coz her kids were asleep when I brought the kids meals out... at 9pm and they had been there since 5pm. I let her yell at me for 10 minutes and simply said "how is it my fault you waited this long to order the kids dinner?"
A person who is not nice to people who serve or assist them is NOT a nice person. If they are only nice because they HAVE TO be, it means they are by nature cruel and unkind. Run from them as fast as you can.
I cleaned homes for 20+ years I also had my own cleaning service. I started wearing scrubs, because I could carry cleaning supplies in the front pockets of the shirt. Paper towels, dust rag, etc.. Until I started doing that, and people would ask what I did for a living, I got the; your gross look. Most people thought I was a nurse with my scrubs on, and didn't ask what I did for a living. I made, $10-$20 an hour. I could clean 3 homes a day. I would walk home with $75-$100 a day! I was making $500+ a week! I hired help, she made $200+ a week. People may look down their nose at a housekeeper, but I made more money than most people.
My dad is like this and I hate going out to dinner with him whenever he and my grandmother want to get together with my sibling and me. I have definitely apologized to service industry workers before for his behavior and I wouldn’t hesitate to do it again if I needed to say something.
I had a date with an a-hole once who belittled our server. I was boiling mad and embarrassed. When he went to get the car, I slipped her an extra tip
I understand waiters and retail workers arenoverwhelmed and sometimes mess up, but as insay 'the time i becone perfect, i will demand perfection' and i'm veeery far from that. Tbh, i would be a very bad waiter: bad memory and bad balance, and reflexes of a rock.
Going into a store and trashing it. Not Putting things where you got it from when u decide that you don't want it anymore, leaving your drinks and snacks on the shelves, yelling at workers who can't find specific items that are listed in stock because some customer has taken it and then dumped it off in a totally different aisle/section, etc.. Surprising fact: it is NOT a retail worker's job to pick up the customers leave trails of destruction. Their job is to stock shelves, tidy up their sections, provide assistance as needed. We can't do that if we're too busy finding misplaced items and cleaning up diapers and open drinks and chicken from the grocery section that someone dumped on a random towel shelf. It's just so disrespectful and self-centered.
Golden Rule: Never disrespect the person who cooks, plates or serves your food. You have been warned and you are welcome.
Their treatment of the weakest members of society including defenceless animals, the homeless and those in low service positions.
Yes! As kind as I want to be and give the benefit of the doubt, I admit that it’s hard for me not to think less of someone if they treat someone they perceive as weaker poorly. I generally keep my distance from people who treat others like rubbish unless I witness them doing so personally; I will speak up if I see someone experiencing mistreatment or maltreatment on the basis of perceived weakness.
Load More Replies...Had this one server that was clearly having a bad day and had like 10 tables. He forgot my food, then dropped my food on the way to our table and just kind of stood there wearing my food looking down. Then quickly came to apologize and offer free dessert. Yeah our $40 meal turned into $100 with him keeping the $60. People know they're having a hard time, they don't need you to berate them. Maybe they need to know someone appreciates them through their faults and failures.
Because they have such sh**ty self esteem or are cruel… I wish all of the bad people would just spontaneously vanish. Wonder though, would the streets be more noticeably empty?!?
Would probably be like when Thanos clicks his fingers only less people.
Load More Replies...Treat other sentient beings how you wish to be treated yourself. Regardless how a person/creature looks there is a soul inside them x
I live in a Very small town, Pop. 2,292. I try to help the homeless as much as I can... One man (I'll call him Kenny), Sleeps in a tent on the river bank, behind the stores on main Street.. He's Soo skinny, that it worries me. Everytime I run into him, I go to dollar General, and buy him lunch meat, bread, and pop tarts (I don't have much either). He's so grateful to get it! I usually sit with him while he eats, and talk. He has no one, his only brother, looks down on him, and won't help him. He's never drunk, or smells of alcohol, and never is high. He just has mental issues, and no insurance to get help. He needs identification, to sign up for anything, and the nearest DMV, is a 50 mile round trip.
Good karma to you for being a caring person. 👏🏼 Maybe a church can give him some help?
Load More Replies...You can actually also tell a lot about someone by how they handle and speak to a*****es too. My Granddaddy was the perfect example - he was the first to stand up to a bully and defend anyone who needed help, but he would never stoop to their level. He always remained a gentleman.
I like this. Don't let adverse circumstances and vexatious people change you. Decide who you are and stay that way.
Load More Replies...It's funny OP thinks people in service positions are the "weakest members of society"
I understood that to mean people in the most menial of jobs, i.e. janitorial workers, garbage collectors, street cleaners. That is, those most likely to be looked down upon.
Load More Replies...Abusers of animals and children especially should get the death penalty. Period.
Not owning up to their mistakes and always attributing it to someone or something else.
This is the mindset in prison. My actions didn't lead me here-- whoever told put me here. Or I'm here because I had a bad lawyer, or the judge put me here. After I'd been in prison for 8 or 9 years, a nurse asked me how long I had to go. I answered him, then said I deserved to be there. The nurse did a double take. He said he'd never heard anyone say that before. I still don't get that mindset. I broke the law, therefore I deserved the punishment I received. How can you change if you're not even willing to admit that there's a problem?
We had a supervisor who constantly did this..we used to call her Shaggy ( it wasn't me 🎵)
Really, this is ALL politicians I don't think I've heard a politician take responsibility for anything they did wrong. That definitely includes Biden and the Dems as well as the Republicans. Please stop believing all the propaganda.
Load More Replies...My mil, my husband grew up now with some type of trauma of how she treated him, stopped talking to her for 10 years because she was so toxic, gave it another shot, no go, as she denied everything, to move forward you got admit your mistakes
Like the time it was my fault we deflated their expensive air mattress. Because a fishing hook, that was theirs, got stuck in the back pocket of my jeans...when I got into their truck. And didn't know it was there because of the way the pockets were made. But somehow it was my fault.
They don’t put the shopping cart in the designated area and leave it randomly in the parking lot.
I'm disabled and what really frustrates me is how far from the disabled parking spaces they place the cart corrals. I'm often exhausted when I come out if the store and I sometimes leave the cart in the area near my parking space, not to be rude but because I'm just worn out. Why won't they put cart parking near handicapped spaces?
Keep leaving them there. A cart corral so close to the door would take another parking spot away. When I see one left there I will always grab it on my way in the store.
Load More Replies...I used to think this too, but then one day I saw a person who was clearly struggling to walk and was using the cart for support. Once they had put groceries into their car, they just left the cart by the car because they could not return it and walk back to their car unsupported. Is this true for everyone? No, but you never know what is happening in another's life.
That’s a different situation. If you’re physically unable to return the cart, no hard feelings. If you’re an able-bodied person who is too lazy to walk a few feet to put it in the right spot, then yes, you’re choosing to make someone else’s life more difficult, and it’s a jerk move.
Load More Replies...I kinda agree, however there are sometimes reasons why it doesn't get out back (received an emergency call, tummy problems, other sudden illness). We don't always know why someone does something we consider a jerk move like this so we shouldn't necessarily judge folks on THIS one.
I love telling this story. Probably about 15 years ago, I was coming out of a store and as I'm walking to my car I see the guy that's parked next to me push his cart directly behind me and go get in his car. But my timing was perfect, just as he closed his door I arrived at the cart, moved it directly behind him, jumped in a left in a hurry. :)
Sorry, I have to step in here. I am disabled and have trouble breathing and walking. I don't ever leave my shopping cart nilly-w***y, I put it at the front of my car in the handicapped space. When I get done shopping 9/10 times I do not have the strength or ability to take that cart back to its area, unless I am parked right beside the return area. I have suggested to different Stores to have a Cart Area in front of the Handicapped parking spots. There always seems to be room to do this. And if you are wondering, how do I drive home...After an extended rest and hoping that my frozen items will not have to be eaten up that night.
Before I had kids, I always put the cart back. Once I had kids, If the cart corral was realllly close to my car, I would put it back. But No way was I walking away from my baby/babies to put the cart back. When they were teens, I sent them to return it but now they are grown up and gone, I'm back to always returning the cart.
They have a habit of talking bad about other people behind their backs and spreading gossip and rumor. You can tell a lot about a person by observing how they talk about their peers behind their back.
When a person occasionally vents by talking bad about someone (like their boss, or classmate) because of some unpleasant experience, that's okay. We all do it. But when a person habitually talks s**t about people behind their back, that's a big red flag.
My mama always taught me if they gossip to you behind others' backs, they'll gossip about you behind your back.
And I do ask them if they ever wonder what people say about them behind their back. Often followed by stunned silence.
Load More Replies...It's one thing to vent about a real issue. Perhaps someone else can provide an outside perspective or relate and have some good advice on how to handle it, etc. It's quite another to repeat very personal issues about people, and make false accusations just because "it's a just a feeling".
If someone is talking to you like that, they're talking about you like that. It was a sad moment when I realised that and lost a best friend. And she did.
This happened to me. Years ago. She wasn’t my bff, never was going to be. She was Jealous AF that she wasn’t even close to being in my top 10 list of friends. It took me while but Eventually, did figured her out. Thankfully she didn’t cause damage to my relationships to those that did matter to me.
Load More Replies...*especially their own family/children. They are showing that they are only loyal to themselves.
When they talk smack about someone who thinks that they're friends that's a HUGE red flag!
You can know, for a fact, that person talks bad about you when you're not in the room.
These people aren't happy unless their ruining someone's life! It's usually, because their life sucks, so they feel like they have to make everyone else's suck too. Because I was a mouse, I got it all if the time.
This is what caused me two decades friendship. She habitually complained about her abusive boyfriend, then about other people, then, when another friend came back, those two complained and well...they called it complaining, but it was downright gossiping, about every single human they layed eyes on....I caught them gossiping about me, after some disagreements. I held my head high and walked away. I even warned them when the other friend came back to us 'cause I already had a history of them against me in the past. First time is a mistake, second time is oke last chance, this was the third time and bye bye cheerio. I now walk away after the first time someone complains about another person behind their back.
Yes! It's so toxic! Too much to do, see, experience than to waste life on that negativity. Good for you! Go have fun!
Load More Replies...I have a friend that has done this a lot over the years. There hasn't been one person that I have met through them that I haven't heard them say negative things about or tell me all their business about their personal lives they really shouldn't be sharing. It hurt our friendship, I stopped telling them things cause I assumed they did the same thing to me. They are very controlling so they noticed I started to pull away from the friendship and I have anxiety over conflict so I just kind of hang in there I guess. But I will forever have my walls up around them and it's really a shame because they didn't used to be that way. They even in recent years have recognized that they do this and say "I would never speak about you like this".. sure.
That would be hard to stomach for me too. Just because you're guarded doesn't mean you're not giving something to talk about. Those types will bend the truth or entirely make things up to satisfy that desperate insecurity & need for power. I would try harder to be busy when they call. Eeck. Good luck
Load More Replies...There are people at work who do that a lot and it's hard to listen to. I try to change the subject.
When they talk about themselves then stop listening when u talk about yourself
I used to be like this in my teens! I learned to slow down and really listen to the other person, rather than listening to reply. Learned a lot that way :)
Load More Replies...Yeah. --- I had to stop taking calls from a person like this. She would always call me about her life problems, Kid Issues, or just her effed up life. However, when I needed to talk to her about an issue going on in my life, she would start a conversation with someone else in her vicinity in her home. ----I just stopped calling/taking her calls. I would text her that I am unavailable, each time.
I had a boyfriend like that. Only talked about himself and what he was interested in, and then tuning me out if I tried to say something about myself. I can't believe I thought I was in love with him.
Can be considered as self centered while having a conversation. I also have a friend like this and it does annoying even though I am an introvert. Sometimes I can be extrovert as long as with people that I friended with. Sometimes, I will forget about the topic that I wanted to talk about... -_-
I myself have a bad habit of this and it isn't even intentional, I'm simply a bad listener, and unless it's written down or repeated multiple times I can't maintain much of what was said. It's really annoying and I'd like to fix it and listen way more but idk where to start
You already have started by being aware of it i'd say :)
Load More Replies...Self centered, egotistical, me me me people! I can't deal with their kind! If I know, someone is like that; if I have to walk across lava to avoid them, I will!
They believe that respect is earned but demand it immediately from you.
Those who say that are power trippers and place themselves so high up on a pedestal they think they're royalty. A lot of gangster wannabes and drug dealers act like that.
Met a lot of them when I lived in a homeless shelter, they are so full of s**t! The real gangsters never ever were loud or obnoxious etc. Always quiet and looking in every direction.
Load More Replies...Disrespect is earned, respect is the default. Treat everyone with kindness until they give you a reason not to.
TY. Came to say the same thing. Also the premise of Dangerous Minds, iirc. Illustrating the impact that can have on someone.
Load More Replies...No, respect is lost. You start by respecting everybody and later lose it for the POS's
For me, "basic human kindness" respect is a given, but anything more or less is based on actions
Load More Replies...You earn respect....by being respectful of others. It's not that hard, and frankly depressing that so many fail to understand this. If you're being disrespectful, in any way shape or form, you're not going to get any from me.
I had a boss tell me that... I looked at her and said "well respect is earned ...I do happen to respect you because you're good at your job...but it can't be demanded." Don't think she liked that.
Casual unnecessary lying
Insecurity. Takes a LONG time to get it out of your system. (The lying I mean.)
I've had problems with lying, even now. Casual things like how I got a scratch or what I did on a slow evening make me say "safe responses" on instinct. I'm working through it in therapy, but breaking the cycle is difficult. ESPECIALLY so for those who are lying as a trauma response
Load More Replies...Lying isn't necessarily a sign of a bad person. Little white lies are told in order to make things seem 'better'. Children learn to lie to deflect punishment. There are lies ('no, I'm not married, no I don't have kids, no, I'm not in debt!') and lies ('I have a terrible fever today, can't make it to your aunt's birthday'', 'I'd love to play videogames with you later'.).
Abuse victims not included??? Sometimes the lying skill is so necessary to survival Even lies that are unnecessary
Technically "How are you?" - "Fine" qualifies. I don't agree with this one. Not everyone deserves the truth at all times, including "do I look good?" when there is nothing you can do about it anyway (say, with a dress that doesn't suit the person when you're already at a reception. Lying would be unnecessary, but saying the truth here would do more harm by making the person feel sad/hurt/insecure than lying does)
SHUT UP I DID MURDER THAT GIANT CHICKEN DUCK WOMAN WAITING FOR US IN THE BUSHES OF LOVE
As I've gotten older, I like to think I don't feel the need so I don't lie as often, but I still catch myself on occasion. A friend or coworker asks me something small, I tense, and I answer in the way I think will make them the most satisfied/leave me alone - sometimes it's a lie. Afterwards, I feel guilt, and I'm confused why I just did that. I know it was something I did as a child with my parents to avoid conflict. I wish I didn't do it anymore, but I'm working on it. Sometimes I really hate myself for this trait though.
Me I'm sorry I do this I'm a teenager and I feel bad for doing it but I still do
You're on the right path to getting rid of the bad habit because you admitted it, showed remorse, and didn't make excuses. Keep up doing that in your mind 👍🏻
Load More Replies...My husband doesn't consider what he does lying, but every story he ever tells is exaggerated and dramatic. It's his need to be the center of attention. I know he does this when he tells stories to other people so I have a hard time fully believing the stories he tells me.
I like to be dramatic, but more like "OMG it took literally forever" when it took about 2 hours.
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When they see someone else's progress or success as a threat.
I found a quote in my native language that means 'Happy with someone's trouble and annoyed with someone's success.'
I'm still trying to get out of this mindset but i don't think it's there cause I'm a bad person, I'm just hella insecure so when I'm feeling good for once, seeing someone way further ahead of me in life just throws me into a downward spiral, thinking about my life and if it will ever amount to anything if someone so close to me in age is already at a given level and it just stresses me out. I know that's not the response I SHOULD have but i have it and it's hard working on it
Be happy for that person. In fact, use it as inspiration to do better for yourself!
I think I know what you mean! I was told it was like lobsters in a pot of boiling water though. How they pull another down to try to get out. Only for them all to end up dead
Load More Replies...Oh, I've been like that a lot recently. Especially when my parents compare me with my brother, and it got worse after he and I stop being friends. Guess the best one can do is stay away, for your own sanity. Reaching our thirties is another moment of crazy competition inside our own mind xD Most important thing is not trying to sabotage anyone — including yourself.
Heck no. You ALWAYS celebrate other people's successes, and be there for them when times are bad.
I think its enough if you have 5% feelings of this. What I mean is atleast you have a reason to work on soemthing... unlike me rn I am in my comfort zone and I got no desire to succeed. It is bad. Sometimes negativity can teach you some bittersweet reality. 😌
I've learned that when someone is claiming to be really "direct" or "blunt" or "honest" it is often a self justification for being controlling and rude.
Those who claim to be brutally honest are usually more interested in the 'brutal' than the 'honest'. It is entirely possible to be honest without being brutal.
The truth is often unpleasant, tiptoeing around a problem doesn't serve anyone in the long run.
Load More Replies...I prefer it when people are direct with me, but that's because I suck at taking hints and reading social cues. That being said, it is definitely possible to be direct and nice at the same time. However, I definitely get what OP is saying here. Some people really are just rude a-holes.
Power dynamics make a diff. One reason im brutally honest is after speaking my mind to authority/groups, ppl consistently thank me later for "beautifully articulating what the whole room was thinking but was scared to say". I'm pretty encouraging when ppl are blunt with me. Criticism isn't the end of the world. The quiet ppl are usually WAY more critical once you get to know them
Load More Replies...That's my mother-in-law. She prides herself on "telling it like it is", which is simply an excuse to be rude as hell. She's arriving for a two week stay in a few days. Yay.
I really really hate that sort of attitude- "I'm just being honest," "it's the truth", and "I just called it like I see it" are all just code for "my opinions are more important than your feelings."
True friends, people that love you tell you what you NEED to hear. Sometimes that means telling you a harsh truth that spares you additional heartache in the future. Just because you want to do something doesn't mean you possess the capability to do so, just because you're angry or offended doesn't make you right, or someone else wrong. Yes, people who are intentionally out to hurt your feelings for no reason are insufferable a$$holes, but that's different than positing that your feelings are more important than acknowledging reality just because you dislike it.
Load More Replies...Not necessarily. Some people with ASD do not have thought filters and say whatever they think is true without realising others find it offensive. Source: I know about 10 ASD people and they all do this..
True, but there's a marked difference between "I pride myself on selecting Mean Yet Vaguely Trueish things to say to people! I hurt people's feelings for fun!" and "I should warn you that I have no sense of social mores and no way to guarantee that I won't say something that might seem offensive."
Load More Replies...Some neuro-diverse don't understand that it comes across as rude, they're just stating facts and emotion is not part of it.
I agree, but I don't think OP is talking about people like that. There are people that use the tell-it-like-it-is mentality as an excuse to be a jerk who is unwilling but capable of changing their attitude.
Load More Replies...Grew up in an area where people tended to be more "tell it like it is" and have to say I much prefer it to other places I've lived where everyone gets offened when you do that but are quite happy to talk about you when you aren't around.
Exactly. I'm honest with people, without intentional meanest. That's the only way I know how to be. I'd much rather have someone be above board & upfront about things rather than lie or tell half truths.
Load More Replies...I feel like this is also a big culture thing. A lot of people in my country (the Netherlands) are super direct. But it is normal. While in other countries I am considered direct and sometimes rude
All their exes are crazy and nothing negative is ever their fault.
If all their exes are crazy, you have wonder why they kept choosing to date crazy people.
The instant I hear a guy say “my ex was crazy/psycho” I’m on guard.
Load More Replies...Eh, this one can be true though, especially for abuse victims like myaelf. I grew up not know what healthy relationships looked like, so i only dated abusers who were indeed crazy. It wasn't until I went into therapy that I started dating (and now married) someone "normal"
I've dated tons of crazies, but it was how I was raised. Everyone is crazy, you just gotta find your level you are willing to deal with.
I mostly dated online in my life till a few years ago when I stopped dating in general, most of the time it ended with them cheating and I believe that's due to most people not taking online relationships seriously.. How I use to be I probably also wasn't worth waiting for anyways. Now though I believe I'm in a lot better shape and all I need is to get my own place and I can get back in the game!
People can have a bad time trying to pick others out, especially if they're gullible. The main focus is if the negatives never involve them. If they were "never wrong," they were usually always wrong.
Possible. I had an unfortunate tendency to wind up with narcissistic women due to my attraction to certain qualities. So yeah, do have a few crazy exes that were good at hiding the crazy for awhile.
When they don't say things like thank you or please.
I just automatically assume people are a**holes when they can't do these basic, easy acts of kindness.
A few times I've had to repeat myself when I've said Thank You to someone and they don't respond at all. Takes just a moment to respond.
Some people don't know what to reply to thank you, especially the non English speaking, for ex in my language you don't reply to the thank you.
Load More Replies...Or if they frame their requests as a command, e.g. "wash my shirts" instead of "would you wash my shirts?"
Also feeling entitled to a response is a bad sign too. This can be a self centered attitude. There are plenty of times people don't hear you or aren't even aware of your presence. People can be deaf, having a bad bad, shy, or listening to something. If you're doing the deed for a response you're doing it for the wrong reason.
Meanwhile my brain is screwing up and saying "please" at all three logical points in the sentence. Perhaps they could borrow some of mine, because I don't want them.
Or they don't say basic polite things like hi and bye. I always say hi to my upstairs neighbor and she barely even looks at me before closing her door.
But you may never know how much those greetings mean to her. She just might be damaged and unable to respond. You just never know.
Load More Replies...If I say thank you or bye, I don't even necessarily need a you're welcome or bye back, a yeah or uh-huh would even suffice. Just any kind of acknowledgement
I'm polite and respectful to all and generally say please and thank you too all, however I have manager who makes those simple polite terms feel belittling to me and it galls me.when I have to utter it to him
They may not be assholes. Maybe they have severe social phobia and it was a necessity they be out at that point, mumbled it, but it wasn't heard. Maybe they have ADHD and didn't even notice they needed to say something. Maybe they're in a manic episode and it's similar to ADHD.
Passively aggressively insulting you in front of a group of people in such a way that you can’t say anything back without looking like you’re the emotional one even though you know that they intentionally insulted you to disrespect you.
It's sad our emotions are policed like this. F**k it. Get upset. Cry if you want to. Don't laugh. Our emotions are ours. Own them. The only reason people hate seeing you emote your true feelings is because it makes them uncomfortable. It makes them uncomfortable because they don't feel they're allowed to express their feelings outwardly, and don't believe anyone else should either. That's their problem. Don't allow them to make their problem your problem. They can leave any time.
Well, to be fair, there is a limit. I, for example, have no problem expressing my feelings, and you can put on any Pixar movie and I'll cry within the first few notes of the title song. Now, my mother has been going through extensive therapy for years, and has been discovering new things about her past regularly (hurrah!), BUT she often gets hung up on "insignificant" (to me) stuff she did, that she's sure will have messed up us children for good, and then she cries and cries, no matter who's with her (like my husband when she'd met him the first time), and I'm like - why cry about those things when you can do good in the present? And she and one of my sisters have a tendency to react very emotionally to things before they even know the whole story, like, my sister once left the family WhatsApp group because someone made a "joke" "about her" that turned out to be a movie quote. I'm all for emotional honesty, but also for not overwhelming people who have feelings of their own, you know?
Load More Replies...In the book on domestic abuse, "Why Does He Do That?" this style of abuser is called the "Water Torturer." These abusers are excellent at making it seem like they are perfectly reasonable and the target of their cruelty is the one out of control. It can really mess with people's heads to be on the receiving end of this.
Oh I hate this. It happens to me at work sometimes which is worse - it’s kind of like a “professional insult” so to speak (calm, just subtle enough that they can deny being rude), so if I have anything less than a professional answer, I’m the bad guy.
I had a step parent that did this constantly. She not only blurted out personal things about me to family or company, she often outright lied and confronting her in front of others was against my nature because I hate drama.
I had a SIL who did this. Smarmy, sneery challenges. We don't see them anymore.
Load More Replies...This is like the teacher that would patrol the lunch room in elementary school he made fun of me because I had eggs for lunch and that my shoe fell off.
That is pretty horrible for a teacher. I'm sorry.
Load More Replies...Perfect comeback for this,is to repeat slowly and loudly what they said and ask if you heard them m correctly, then ask them what they mean and why they said it
That’s my father in law to a T . Haven’t spoken to him for 10 years
If someone insulted me like that I would just say: "Ow gross, you are one of THOSE people!" and make a disgusted face.
The common denominator. They fall out with people all the time but it’s always the other persons fault or family members don’t talk to them but that’s not their fault because they’ve done nothing wrong.
It’s never them, it’s always everyone else is out to get them or is unreasonable, yet they’re the only common denominator in all the situations with all these supposedly shitty people
Yup. Much of these are someone I know to a 'T'. I'm beginning to think she's not a very good person.
You got your hints. Distance yourself asap
Load More Replies...I was called the Common Denominator by my family. I was always the problem. Always the issue. ------------I thought this was true. I removed myself. -------Come to find out, they did not like the boundaries, I put up in my life. They did not like my boundaries. Made me seem like I was the problem and the crazy one. ----Maybe I am the Common Dominator. Yet I never blamed anyone for my faults in life. I understand when I am in the wrong, I try to correct my wrongs in life. oh well.
To truly be a "common denominator" situation you would have the same issues with friends, co-workers, and dates. This is why a diverse friend-group is important. I'm sorry your family gaslit you. Families usually have common qualities, they are a denominator in themselves (not necessarily bad common qualities though).
Load More Replies...My uncle! He made my Mom cry on the eve of my grandmother's funeral. In his head, it wasn't his fault but my Mom's "mental illness" that she doesn't even have! I'm sure he is still bitter about how 'he' was treated even though he was in the wrong.
People like this love labeling others as mentally ill to discredit their feelings. Even if someone is mentally ill, their emotions can still be validated.
Load More Replies...FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT. My narcissiatic momster causes all the drama in the family.
They demand forgiveness instead of asking for it.
"I said I was sorry, it's done now. Get over it."
And even then, you are never entitled to someone’s forgiveness
Load More Replies..."So you're apologising?" "Yes, exactly." "Okay. I don't forgive you." "Um, I don't think you understand how-" "No, I'm not going to give you closure. You don't get that. You have to live the shitty thing, you did, for the rest of your life. You have to know that it's never *ever* going to be okay, and I'm not gonna be your prop so you can feel better! Now get the f**k out of my house."
Fair enough if the thing they did was really bad, e.g. molest your kid, or empty your bank account, or steal and crash your car, or burn your house down.
Load More Replies...I tell my kids & partner sorry means nothing if you don't put in the effort to make it right if possible and improve yourself so as avoid it again.
There's actually an "Apology Language" quiz by the same guy that does the "5 Love Languages". I think it really helps to learn what matters to the people you love. "Remorse", "accountability" and "restitution" were huge for me. I scored zero on "asking for forgiveness", I bet you might too lol I feel like that's asking me to do something, not another person apologizing. But I'm glad I learned some people might not mean it that way, and I can articulate what actually feels like an apology for me from them.
Load More Replies...Forgiveness is mine to GIVE, not yours to take. Otherwise the word would be forTAKEness.
People who are actually sorry change their behavior. It's that simple.
So true, constant sorry's mean nothing when the behaviour doesn't change. Actions speak louder than words.......
Load More Replies...Oh man... I wish I could tell you how many times I have heard this from my cousins/family members
Or they don't ask for forgiveness at all, because they never apologize.
can't respect boundaries
Hypocrisy is a bad cue since many boundary violators guilt trip u. I knew a rly bad guy, who mooched, and he would share with other ppl, so they felt like they owed him, but 95% of the time he was the person who was in need. He doesnt get to decide what boundaries other ppl are morally entitled to have. Every person decides their OWN boundaries when its THEIR territory. imo this is the #1 sign of a bad person and should be higher
Load More Replies...Many family members seem to see no reason for boundaries. They always seem to justify themselves with, "but we're family!"
I agree! This seems to be the common denominator among people I initially liked but ended up getting burned by. Most of them had (actual) crazy exes, (also people I knew, so I know they weren't lying about that; point being that stories of crazy exes are a less reliable indicator than the boundaries thing, at least in my world.) I hope that made sense!
Load More Replies...Hypocrisy is a bad cue since many boundary violators guilt trip u. I knew a rly bad guy, who mooched, and he would share with other ppl, so they felt like they owed him, but 95% of the time he was the person who was in need. He doesnt get to decide what boundaries other ppl are morally entitled to have. Every person decides their OWN boundaries when its THEIR territory.
Load More Replies...Last year I found out that I became very clingy after my accident and crossed people's boundaries often. When I was told this apologized to everyone and told them to let me know if it happens again so I can learn and correct it. They never told me, and I lost some friends over it. I have a few friends who did decide to help me with this, and I'm slowly learning, but I still cross those boundaries sometimes.
It didn't say that bad ppl cross boundaries. It said bad ppl don't RESPECT boundaries. You have obv respect for boundaries. Miscommunication happens. I'm guessing u have friends willing to put in this kind of effort cuz u have good qualities. Apology + asking for future correction is EXACTLY the right thing to do, great job. I'm sorry about your accident.
Load More Replies...This could be ADHD also, or autism, but yeah, it needs to be trained into some people. People from families where they were the only kid can have this issue.
I know a few ppl with autism and all of them thanked me and like me for being hella direct. Said they often can't sense implicit boundaries--but the desire to respect them is all there. There is no excuse for not respecting boundaries, no bg that obligates u to go easy on someone.
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They share private information about others with you
Oh yes, That's private for a reason. The only people I confide in are my closest friends.
your closest friends, I am sorry to say, might very well spread your bidness no matter how close. ... I will relate my friend's dysfunctional life online in a group (I certainly do not use her name or any identifying word or even pronouns - all generics) in order to see what others have been through and how they sorted it out. To other people I actually know - keep,.my. big. mouth. shut.)
Load More Replies...I learned a very valuable and hard lesson this way:--------This is why I am very careful, with whom I share my private information with. ----If I hear said person giving out Private Information to others, I steer clear of being personal with them. I only tell them the most basic information about myself.
I never share any information with anyone, that a random person cannot know. I always assume all things eventually is blabbermouthed to other people.
Wouldn't you be missing out on true emotional intimacy though? It's probably good to find someone to confide in. The right someone.
Load More Replies...Oh totally. Got LOTS of screenshots of private conversations from an ex. So l started wording everything very carefully because l knew it was going to be shared. Sometimes l even sent regards to my readers, lol.
Again this doesn't Cindy everyone.... EVERYTHING said to me it's shared to my spouse..... And vice versa.....
Doesn’t help other people unless it benefits themself
People who throw around psychological diagnosis without education or overt use narcissist or psychopath or socipath etc. Irritate me.... just saying. But maybe that's because i actually have a degree in psychology.
Load More Replies...Doesn't this one depend on where you live? For example if you help someone medically in some states you can be sued and lose everything you have ,so a lot of people the would have help will not
In the USA to not deter people from helping one another our "good Samaritan laws" protect those from liability who try to help others (with some exceptions for extreme recklessness like trying to put out a fire with more gasoline) but if you accidentally bump someone's head pulling them out of a burning car, you're good. You breaking someone's ribs trying to revive them with imperfect CPR you have only seen on tv gives them a better shot at survival than just letting them be (911 will try to coach you through CPR while they send help). I won't get into it here, but there are even specific situations where certain people have a duty to aid and may be liable if they do not. I'm not aware of a nation that doesn't have some form of laws that protect those who try to help others? I'm an attorney in the USA and don't practice international law though. Helping others in emergencies is really something society as a whole does not what to discourage.
Load More Replies...Philosophical argument here, nothing is done selfishly. You feel good about helping someone else? Then it was selfish, because you feel good about it. (I'm not saying I believe this, it's just a common philosophical discussion.)
Literally everyone in my family besides me, my mother, my uncle and my Grandma that passed away 4 years ago.
I have the perfect example of this my boyfriend's sister hated their Uncle when he was alive he had issues like substance abuse and alcoholism. she would throw a fit if he needed to take a shower or he did get to take a shower but when he got cancer she kept telling everyone I just knew it was God telling me that I needed to take care of him and blah blah blah I don't think she ever apologized for the way she treated him when he was alive so when he was dying it didn't mean anything she only helps out if it makes her look like the good guy.
They always have to be the victim
People who constantly play the victim card are hard to be around. Do tell, what went wrong today and who is at fault? Never you, of course.
My ex roommate flipped out on me one day (because she came home very drunk and high and couldn’t get the front door open because she was using her mailbox key lmao, accused me of changing the locks on her - I was in bed btw) and drunkenly packed her things and left one night. It was a week before her birthday. Stole all my towels. Apparently she’s telling everyone I kicked her out on her birthday. I don’t have time for it, it’s silly and kinda funny, and she’s not in my life anymore, but it’s one of my truly legitimate examples of someone in my life screwing themselves over and then playing the victim.
Load More Replies...My friend was in a terrible accident, it's the worst thing that ever happened to meee!
My youngest sister does this. I love her to my dear God, but it gets on my nerves. It makes bonding with her so much harder. I also can't unsee/hear all the times she's hurt me though the "I'm the victim now, not you!" System.
Regular putdowns that are disguised as "jokes"
EDIT: I think I need to be more clear here. I'm talking about "jokes" that they either carry on long after everyone else has stopped, or alternatively legit insults that they will *only* claim is a joke if you get upset.
That is desgusting, and this comming from a guy with a pitch black sence of humor, many Times a put myself down to promote a laugh ( fell free to check my comenta if in doubt ) i Mock myself before mocking someone else.
I have a very dark sense of humor, but I always punch up, not down.
Load More Replies...Schrödinger's arsehole: they decide whether or not it's "jUsT a JoKe" after they see how everyone reacts.
Often used after blatant racist or sexist comments. "Can't you take a joke?"
"i hAve a DaRK sEnsE oF hUmOR, cAn'T YoU tAkE A jOKe" and yet they couldn't joke about themselves if you gave them an hour to think something up. Giving the rest of us a bad name >:(
Load More Replies...If they insulted you with a back-handed comment you got offended about, then after seeing you are upset about it they start saying they were just joking.
My mother figures prominently here, but none so much as this, 'You're so sensitive, you better toughen up, idiot, the real world is worse'.
Load More Replies...Like saying something mean and then calling it "a joke" makes it okay?
If they’re dismissive of what you have to say or want to share.
Dominating the conversation. That look in their eyes when you know they aren't listening (in the rare moments they aren't talking) but only waiting for themselves to interject and talk again (usually about themselves).
My mother does this, and she gets visibly irritated by the fact that I'm talking. But of course, she's never in the wrong.
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A lot of these are kind of blatant. To me a really subtle clue is when people are unable to be happy for others the moment things go wrong with their own life. Less obvious than people who fail to empathize with pain, and also less obvious than people who dismiss or minimize accomplishments, but ultimately indicative of the same empathy deficiency. Specifically in acquaintanceships and close friendships. “I don’t want to hear about your fiancé proposing to you when my boyfriend just dumped me” sucks, and so does “Your fiancé proposed after 3 years and you’re going on a Hawaii honeymoon? That’s so nice for you sweetie, mine proposed after 2 years and we went on a tour around Europe for 3 months”
“I don’t care about your divorce because I’ve been through 3 divorces” is obviously a s**tty attitude, and “I care about your feelings about this divorce even though I’m also divorced” is basic decency.
What I look for (and try very hard to be) sounds like:
“I’m happy that you are experiencing career success even though I am unhappy at my job”
-I’m able to hear your joy without my eyes glazing over + my mind wandering to my apartment’s ant issue.
“If I compare myself to you this is painful to hear, but really what that means is you’re experiencing wonderful things, which I want for you”
“Even though I’m cold and hangry, I’m not going to bring anyone else’s mood down.”
Wait, “I don’t want to hear about your fiancé proposing to you when my boyfriend just dumped me” ... So, we're putting all of the "suck it up and be nice" on the person experiencing a hardship? Shouldn't the happy person who wants to share maybe also take some responsibility in sharing in appropriate avenues? I wouldn't insist on showing pictures of my new puppy to someone whose dog just died, for example
I was thinking the same thing. If my friend is going through a hard time I'll do my best not to make them feel worse by bragging about my successes. Like I get what the OP is saying but sometimes it's ok to lack empathy when you're having a rough time.
Load More Replies...How about just plain old “That’s great! I’m really happy for you.” “It’s so nice that things are starting to go well”. Put a smile on your face when you say it, leave it at that and wait until you get home to mail in your Oscar nomination.
This is my mother. "Oh you have the flu? Well I haven't gone to the doctor but I'm pretty sure I have pneumonia. You got a raise? Oh well when I was your age I was district manager and basically ran the company."
My mother too. Tell her something and the first words out of her mouth are "well that's nothing" and then goes on to telling how bad she had it.
Load More Replies...Avoid people who think pain is a competition. It shows they have no empathy. Physical pain, mental pain, emotional pain, it's not a contest.
Let's turn this one around: sh*tty person = successful or whatever, yet completely oblivious to hardship of others, most notably during COVID-19 pandemic. Not all of U.S. received "paycheck protection," or could work from home; or our work, which may've once been face-to-face has been replaced by ZOOM meetings and "auto-signing." There's nothing worse than "Walking On Sunshine" yet OBLIVIOUS "friend." I don't resent the success or happiness of friends, but after nearly 2 years stuck at home, and "things" really ARE NOT back to normal, I'm not all that "happy for them" just because they can FLY/VACATION again. "Gee, that's nice for you -- can't wait to see the pix on Facebook. BTW, my bank account is empty." 🙃
They perceive setbacks to be connected with circumstances and success with personality when it comes to themselves, but will perceive setbacks connected with personality and success with circumstances when it comes to others
Only if they want to be your friend. I do this when I don't care and want them to leave me alone. No obligation to be happy for people who have no part in my personal life
When they flip every criticism back on you
I thought that was making someone think they're delusional.
Load More Replies...Tall and quite skinny looking is my families natural condition. It's genetic. Abe Lincoln had it. Skinny shaming is just as ugly as fat shaming.....
Load More Replies...Wow this is so my ex. Whenever I wanted to confront him I ended up needing to apologize. Needles to say we are over:)
Load More Replies...Oh hey, all of the times I've tried bringing up something that bothers me about what someone is doing, I've always gotten this in response. Using "I feel" statements don't work if the person is already upset or thinks they're right.
“Only God can judge me” tattooed anywhere on their body. I should’ve known…….
I think "Only Dog can judge me" is better, and dogs are good judges of ppl
Usually as a neck, face, or chest tattoo. Like, they have to be so obnoxious about telling the world how "badass" and reckless they are.
Well, that just leaves us punishing you without due process.
If you have to tell people you're a thing (other than as a reference for point of view) you aren't that thing.
Judgement is given a poor label, like the word "manipulate". You manipulate water when you adjust the water flow and temperature in your shower, you manipulate the car you drive by using the steering wheel, etc. Judging can be good and bad. Complimenting someone is judging, even though it's friendly, because you've still assessed them and made a comment about them. The saddest thing is, humans will always judge things, but that's because of either the way you're raised and the beliefs that were forced into your mind, an event in your life, a traumatic experience and everything else that can influence you. Nice looking people can do the most awful things and the most scary looking could be a serious sweetheart who likes volunteering at homeless shelters and orphanages to make everyone's life a little easier. So, feel free to judge, but focus on only their negative traits so you're not prejudiced or ignorant to then ignore their more lovely side.
Tattoos are specifically for "you". A persons tat should make them FEEL special, but it certainly does not make them special to others. If you get a tat for the sake of others... you are a special kind of special.
Load More Replies...I've got this because I've got a past not because I'm judging you... YOU don't actually matter to me
This is a bit judgemental isn't it? Just because they have that tattoo that makes them a bad person? Hmmm?! What I don't like in people is hypocrisy!
Trust me, God is not at all mad or upset because you like to draw on yourself instead of paper.
When you’re going out and they judge or make a rude comment about a random person passing by.
My husband and I will say these sorts of things to each other as a joke but wouldn't fathom actually saying it to these strangers. We're just being jerks to crack each other up.
That's the very basis of what this post is referring to.
Load More Replies...I like to people watch and make up stories for them lol if I see a couple at dinner I pretend like ooh he's about to propose but she's telling him they might be long lost siblings or some c**p haha
I had a neighbour and no one could escape her wrath: The colour of flowers someone chose to plant looked dumb, the way a stranger decorated their home was ugly.... I had to quit walking with her
Sorry " not really sorry " but I do this at times to people I see either litter ( I'll call them out on it ) when you see person park like an a**hole in more then one space or handicap or other things like this. If just person looking different that's one thing but if it's a person BEING a jerk or something I say shame them.
My kids used to be real bad about that and I’ve learned to spot the people they would say something about before they do and had to stop them before they opened their mouth
My mom does this, specifically fat shaming. She doesn't say anything loud enough for other people to overhear, but it embarrasses me so much. We saw a lady wearing a tennis skirt the other day, and in was quite revealing on her, but instead of just minding her own bus she was making rude comments about what that lady had chosen to wear.
Some random people, make themselves look like morons, just to get people to comment on them and freak out them for it. Karen 101
Nah, sorry. If you're wearing the biggest abomination of colour combinations -for example- or a hairstyle that a blind and failed architect must have created from fluffy cement, or when you have a stupid walk, or otherwise look TOO hideous (or smell, or talk to yourself, or loudly talk with someone on the phone) I might make a comment to the friend/family member I'm with. This won't hurt you in any way. And yes, maybe you're colourblind, or disabled, or have a right to have your own taste. Perfectly fine, but I have a right to comment on things that I see. Be it buildings, people, cars, if I want to say something about it (without hurting anyone!) I do so. And why shouldn't I? Seriously, why?
Ah, flaw deflection. They will regularly pick out the flaw they don't like about themselves and point it out in other people.
someone who is incapable of reflecting. They are the centre of their own universe. They are unable to grasp the big picture or how they fit within it. Everyone has a place in the larger picture, which is their small view of the world.
And everyone/everything else exists only to serve their purpose or to oppose them.
Yep. How do things fit into their life & not vice versa
Load More Replies...Narcissists struggle with this because they believe they ARE the whole picture.
My mother raised me on self reflection. She asked me 3 questions: "What did you do wrong?" "Why was it wrong?" and "What should you have done instead?" and those 3 questions helped me to learn personal awareness, wisdom and personal responsibility.
They try too hard to prove they’re a good person.
If they feel the need to post any sort of charity work on social media, immediate red flag. You can do charity work and it still counts even if no one knows about it.
I agree to an extent ! Sometimes you can inspire other people to do good by posting that you did something good ! DIsclaimer***I’m not on social media and I don’t do anything good so I’m not talking about myself 😂
Load More Replies...Lots of phrases could end that sentence. I've only used it as "I'm the kind of person who says hi to the dog, then their human." Not virtue signaling, or even socially appropriate maybe, I just really like animals lol
Load More Replies...There is a fine hard to distinguish line between virtue signaling and normalizing charitable work. We should to an extent encourage others to charity by example but at some point we really are looking for kudos. On the other other hand, who cares about the motivation as long as we help each other.
If it's normal, then no need for a video that may humiliate the recipient in need. We don't make videos or post about letting someone in front of us while in traffic, that's fully normalized. The majority of individuals helping others are not filming it because it's normalized for them. Do individual virtue videos encourage others to help even? Hopefully, but it's possible some may see a virtue video and think, oh good, they got this, my help probably isn't needed, other people are on it.
Load More Replies...I'm not sure about this one. If you're doing good acts you're doing good acts.
If you are, then you don't need to announce it or tell people what a good person you are. Or compare yourself to others.
Load More Replies...Related example: I am all for volunteering and donating and I am quietly proud to do so. There are people who feel the need to inject it, frequently awkwardly and off topic, in any social interaction. Edit: it often does reflect they are actually a good person, but the need to prove it again and again raises eyebrows and questions. Are they helping for pure altruism? But, I suppose it is still a positive even if it is not purely altruistic.
Or constantly saying "i know im a good person so it doesn't matter what you think..." who are they trying to convince? Me or themselves because quiet actions speak louder than spoken words.
My former boss was the owner of a pizza buffet. He was staying in his rv as he lived out of state. One day he took a pizza box and started filling it with the pizzas that were too old to stay in the bar, explaining that he was going to take it to his rv neighbor who had lost his job and was having a hard time getting by. This act, objectively, is selfless and commendable. But then he started telling everyone about it. Any employee coming in or customer walking by would get the run down regardless of whether they asked or not. The moment you start bragging about doing it, it stops being charity.
I know of a tRumpanzee who does good works for 'the poor' and lets everyone know. Doesn't the Bible say basically to keep it under your hat and not brag about it?
Always blaming others for things that happen to them, and not putting the trolley back after they are done with it.
Yea lol, funny thing, trolleys here are "paid" all the trolleys are chained toguether and you have to depósit a 1€ coin in order to release the chain, só 95%of people take their trolleys back, and if they don't lol, theres always kids looking for " Lost " trolleys in the parking lot.
At Aldi, I always leave my quarter (they're 25¢, here) on the wall next to the carts, for the next person who forgot one
Load More Replies...Trolley, buggy, shopping cart. All depends on where you are. I'm guessing you're southern USA?
Load More Replies...That trolley thing is real. The parking lot is always littered with trollies...like...it's 20feet away, just put it back.
A good, prime example of this is Wheels on Degrassi Junior High/High after his parents were killed. Actually when you rewatch the earlier episodes he was always a subtle d**k to everyone. But when he had to live with his grandparents he treated them like garbage, used his parents death to justify his poor judgement, lied, stole and took advantage of everyone who tried to help him. Every consequence was everyone else's fault according to Wheels.
When you think they are really great people, responsible/kind/good, but then after a while you look back on situations and realise you had been duped and they are incredibly manipulative.
I think it's incredibly subtle with some people, where it's not immediately obvious they are terrible but then suddenly it hits you.
People who have never done anything wrong. If you’ve known a person for any amount of time and you’ve never heard them say “I’m an a*****e, i f****d up..” they are probably a terrible person and will victimize you in ways you can’t imagine
You get a bad gut feeling when interacting with them.
Pay attention to the way your pet reacts to them. Animals are seldom wrong about people.
Yeah, nah. My cat doesn't like a very good friend of mine. He helps out a lot, is fun, open, never trying to be the victim, blames himself a bit too much, he's loving, never judges, treats people with decency. I guess it's his tone, or washing machine soap, or deodorant, or whatever. And dogs something don't like people that simply are a bit afraid of them. Animals are cool, sure, but they're not mystical creatures that see the hidden truth of wisdom behind the facade of reality. They are sweet, small brained derps, that are still surprising clever, but honestly, I'd say if someone judges you based on how their pet reacts to you, THAT'S the true red flag.
Load More Replies...Having zero accountability and saying anything they can to get out of their bad actions. “I’m not wrong, you’re misinformed” — avoid this person if they are clearly wrong. Just, run!
I remember hearing something about my narcissistic sociopath daughter. Her previous boyfriend was a work colleague and so she didn't want her new boyfriend to carry on working with her (that's where she met him) so made him quit and find a job elsewhere. Her boss heard what had happened and called her in for a meeting. Asked her why and of course she said that it was because he wasn't happy (he was and good at his job) and wanted to try out a summer job and apparently would be offered a full-time position after the summer. Nope none of that was true. She just didn't want to work with another boyfriend
They are nice to a few people and an a*****e to the rest. I've noticed that a lot of people find it easy to ignore someone being rude, mean or a general a*****e to others just as long as that person is nice to them. Personally I think it's a matter of time until they also are on the receiving end of the bad behaviour.
I've known people like this to me, where they're good with me but not other people. When you're young it makes you feel like your the special one, and are doing things right. So it's like you feel part of this elite club. But the moment you do anything the "friend" doesn't like, or when they meet someone fresh, that's when they start treating you as if you're the worst person in the world. They make you feel like you're in the wrong.
Isnt that only defending boundaries? Why would I be nice to someone I dislike? There's a difference between manipulation and being selective
Yhe confusion. When the stories don't add up, they smirk at the wrong times and try to present themselves as a hero.
Heros don't explain to you why they are heros. It's a subtle sign that they are actually not.
micro expressions that are off can give you that sense too. Your subconscious sees it, hence the 'gut feeling'
I have TS and I've had people make comments about my "subtle body language" that was actually a tic lol Edit- TS = Tourettes Syndrome
Load More Replies...Pay attention to how you feel after being around that person. If you feel bad, belittled or uncomfortable after the encounter, understand that hostile behavior is often very subtle. Avoid them!
Borrowing money and forgetting to / claims he already paid it back. Borrowing tools / clothing and breaking or ruining them.
By this time you should cut all ties.
My view is if someone asks for a loan I either say I can't (e.g if it's too much), or I say it's a gift. I never expect to be paid back, it just makes you angry.
Even when I'm really in a bind, I'll refuse offers from friends because I know I wouldn't be able to say when I can pay them back. I'd rather take out a payday loan.
The theme music changes in tone.
Just turn on the light. Remember: always turn on the light, and/or LEAVE the building, do not go deeper into it, especially not the basement.
People who prominently boast about how much activity they cram into their free time to be "fun", just before making snide comments about how they drove by your house and saw you "sitting on your couch watching TV", as if enjoying some down time and watching something educational means your "boring".
documentaries can be so fascinating and I like staying in. those people are just trying too hard, they need external validation. Cheers to the documentaries!
Load More Replies...People who brag about how much they go to church (especially the ones who imply that the only reason they're not out there doing bad things to other people is because they're afraid of god's judgment).
There are basically 3 things on this list. Most if the posts are about the same thing.
If they are a billionaire or close to it.... They've definitely f***** some people over
If theyre 1% they where either born into it or got lucky to be able to exploit something to get that rich. A decent human being usually cant be thay rich because theyll give most of it to people who need it more. Some content creators might be the acception to the rule like Mr Beast who actually does help a lot of people with the money he makes.
Load More Replies...It is a sign, but doesnt mean if somebody falls in the category that they are bad person. Or do we all believe that people are born bad?
I hear you to an extent. Some, not all, of these are not so much "bad person" as they are "person who annoys the heck out of me and no one wants to be around you."
Load More Replies...People that try and 'one-up' anyone else. Nobody is ever sicker, works more or gets less sleep than my husband. Everything is a contest with him. (He works 4 days a week, from home)
people who wear obscene clothing. Like the guy in my town who lies to walk around with a ballcap that says "FU*K YOU" on it
Why? Why do politics need to be dragged into everything? What is the purpose of it? Election happened. It's fine and over with. We're supposed to get a 4 year grace period before we have to listen to people bicker and bullsh*t about this c**p again and instead no one can seem to just let it go. Obviously the guy you wanted won, so what are you still so p*ssed about?
Load More Replies...People who prominently boast about how much activity they cram into their free time to be "fun", just before making snide comments about how they drove by your house and saw you "sitting on your couch watching TV", as if enjoying some down time and watching something educational means your "boring".
documentaries can be so fascinating and I like staying in. those people are just trying too hard, they need external validation. Cheers to the documentaries!
Load More Replies...People who brag about how much they go to church (especially the ones who imply that the only reason they're not out there doing bad things to other people is because they're afraid of god's judgment).
There are basically 3 things on this list. Most if the posts are about the same thing.
If they are a billionaire or close to it.... They've definitely f***** some people over
If theyre 1% they where either born into it or got lucky to be able to exploit something to get that rich. A decent human being usually cant be thay rich because theyll give most of it to people who need it more. Some content creators might be the acception to the rule like Mr Beast who actually does help a lot of people with the money he makes.
Load More Replies...It is a sign, but doesnt mean if somebody falls in the category that they are bad person. Or do we all believe that people are born bad?
I hear you to an extent. Some, not all, of these are not so much "bad person" as they are "person who annoys the heck out of me and no one wants to be around you."
Load More Replies...People that try and 'one-up' anyone else. Nobody is ever sicker, works more or gets less sleep than my husband. Everything is a contest with him. (He works 4 days a week, from home)
people who wear obscene clothing. Like the guy in my town who lies to walk around with a ballcap that says "FU*K YOU" on it
Why? Why do politics need to be dragged into everything? What is the purpose of it? Election happened. It's fine and over with. We're supposed to get a 4 year grace period before we have to listen to people bicker and bullsh*t about this c**p again and instead no one can seem to just let it go. Obviously the guy you wanted won, so what are you still so p*ssed about?
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