People Are Telling Their Darkest Secrets To This Twitter Account, And Here Are 50 Of Their Juiciest Confessions (New Answers)
There's a Twitter account (that can now also be found on Facebook) which offers people the chance to anonymously reveal their secrets, and with 535K followers, it has become a viral online sensation.
Titled Fesshole, the account is the brainchild of Rob Manuel. Those of you that are well-versed in internet culture might know him from creating 'B3ta', a meme design website that famously sued Coca-Cola after they ripped off one of its viral animations for a TV ad.
Anyway, the "sins" on Fesshole range from the clumsily awkward (messing up a handshake) to the hilariously outrageous (hiring someone because they share your love for pro-wrestling), and, I guess, their popularity shows that in the age of social detachment, a little gossip can go a long way.
Continue scrolling to check out Fesshole's latest content, and don't miss out on the chat we had about secrets with Dr. Michael Slepian, the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School, spread out in between the pictures.
However, if you go through the entire thing and your curiosity wants more, fire up our earlier publication on Fesshole.
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I see nothing wrong with this at all. They wouldn't take care of her give her to someone that can and will
One of my cats is a "just walked into the open door of our office one day" cat XD She had TWO collars on, but neither had a tag, and she was not microchipped. I spent a month trying to find the owners (posted to Craigslist, posted papers on lightposts, posted notices on the nearby apartment complexes, reported a "found cat" to my local shelter, called said shelter every day to see if anyone had reported their kitten missing) but no one ever claimed her. She's been my little lady for 6 years now and she is the most amazing little kittle ever. Whomever owned her before didn't even give enough of a rat's patootie to put a tag on her collar or get her microchipped... both of which are ubiquitous and extremely cheap things to do where I live. So I'm all for OP, they're a hero :)
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I have commited owl-napping. Poor thing had got in via chimney and tried to get out via windows. Neighbours was away on vacation, no contact info. Managed to wriggle a window up, rescued hysterical owl by putting a boot over its head and carry out for medical care, food and rest. Left a note to the neighbours on what happened. The house was full of feathers and owl poo already, had we not owlnapped her it would have been even worse when they got home. They didnt press charges or wanted money for the small hole near the window sill, we got chocolate instead. Owl made full recovery.
Nah nah nah - that’s owl SAVING. Admittedly it was done by a mild version of breaking and entering, but it was a rescue mission all the same.
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If the individual (two-legged or four-legged) WANTS to go with you, and will be better off because of it, that’s not kidnapping, that’s rescue. The OP rescued that cat, and their grandmother gave the cat the absolute BEST life.
I 'kidnapped' an elderly lady once... she had locked herself out and her husband and son weren't due home for a couple of hours. I invited her to my house for a cup of tea to pass the time. She's there 30 minutes. I take her back home and her family have come home early and called the police!! 😬
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Good of you! The evil neighbors forfeited their right to own a pet.
I did that once. "Stole" a cat from neighbours down the street. She lived a good life with me for 19 years. Never regretted it
I’m guessing this is in the USA just by average demographics so I can’t comment there but in the UK cats are regards property (rightly or wrongly) so taking the cat is most likely theft. Certainly in Christianity the 8th (I think) commandment says “ Thou shalt not steal” so it most likely is a sin if the strictest sense. I’d like to think it would still be in the pro side if you come face to face with St Peter tho.
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I'm second generation petnapper. Dad stole a dog with puppies from a vile excuse of a human being who used her as a kicking bag. My partner and I stole a pregnant cat from owners who didn't take care of her, and while they knew my number they never once rang to ask if I've seen her after she "disappeared". Now she's a happy couch cat with us, and her babies all got similar inside homes with loving families. No regrets.
Next project on the list - relocate those lousy neighbors. (Tougher, but worth it.)
If the cat, or any animal, is neglected then that is not a pet. And that animal should be removed and placed with someone that will treat them like pets and love and care of them. I see nothing wrong with what this person did!
good for you. I did this for a doggo once who was chained outside 24/7.
Oh my!! ❤️ This post's comments are totally making my day, filling my heart. Thank you for being a good and brave human.
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Kidnapping a cat is wrong but I have a hard time disagreeing with this
Just here to say I love your username and it always brightens my day to see someone else who has read Niven's work ;) I often call my cats "kzin" as a nickname... though none of them have been nearly as savage as a male Kzinti XD
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OMG, how sad that must have been! Poor kitty, so glad she's now happy and healthy.
This is happening with a cat near me. Ragdoll, severely matted fur, cries in pain and left outside ALL the time. The owners are rich doctors who don't give a poop. When a passerby tried to take the cat for help, their neighbor started screaming at her. The RSPCA visited and "had a chat" with the owners but did nothing.
In the right place at the right time. As the neighborhood's crazy cat-lady, I thank you!
Terrific. Those people are surely grateful on some level. If they are not, they are deranged and maybe should be fined or jail. A lot of people find themselves in dire straits over caring for a pet(s) but that was a case of neglect.
Dark secret? Bah! Well, ok, if you by “dark secret” mean as in the secret that Bruce Wayne is also Batman who spends his time saving Gotham City, then alright - this is hero work, brave stranger, nothing else.
I would have done the same thing. She was rescued, not cat napped :D I bet she’s a happy kitty now :)
This mother/daughter duo lived outside, rain, heat, any weather. We thought they were strays as they had to go and find whatever to eat, never actually fed. Long story short, my mother dognapped them and they are living the best life with me, 100 miles away soy they'll never be found!! IMG_39391-...cc1885.jpg 
I did this! It was a cat I passed everyday walking home from work. Took her to the vet to get a wound treated, wormed & flea treated her. I felt super guilty when they put up missing posters though so had to call them up pretending I found their cat & took her back with the rest of the freak & woing treatments. The cat always looked well cared for after that though- maybe they learnt a lesson.
Sometimes the animal chooses you. And thats exactly how it should be x
My sister did the same thing and now the cat is literally connected to her at the hip he thinks she is his mother
Normally, I wouldn't condone stealing someone's pet, but having been in a similar situation, I agree with this.
i see why you did it. but its still stealing and if your neighbours maybe find out it and maybe sue you for it you have nothing to defend yourself, because they would be too 100% right. but if not its ok i guess. but better be careful with doing something like this. you never know when your Neighbours are watching you.
My grandpa lived with us when I was a little kid back in the early 80s. Every day on his way to work, he passed a house with a dog always tied up outside on a short chain. Then one day he noticed something there was something wrong with the dog and he said his gut told him to go check it out. When he got close enough, he noticed fresh whip marks on the dog's back along with older, healed ones. He unhooked the dog, put him in his truck and then went right up and knocked on the guy's front door...when he answered, my grandpa told him "I'm taking the dog and if you get another one I'll take that one too." The guy just let him go. Poor thing was one of the best dogs I've ever had. He was a little neurotic because he just wanted to please everyone and not get in trouble but he was so gentle and loving and you could tell he was so thankful to be treated kindly.
Nothing wrong with that. They were neglecting the cat and wouldn’t miss it… glad it’s having a better life now
I'm glad she's away from those monsters people who do that to cats are psychos
I did this. The next door neighbors left her out in freezing cold and really hot, didn't feed her enough, and never got her fixed. They never came looking for her, then they moved.
The title of this thread is not indicative of the posts at all. They are mostly people doing nice things for people without them knowing or wanting any praise. I think they need to rethink the idea of “darkest secrets.” I was waiting for someone to say they murdered a family and blamed it on their grandma or something 😕
To begin with, Dr. Slepian said when we keep a secret, we often mean to protect something. "Perhaps we believe that it protects our reputation, or our relationship with someone. And yet, our secrets tend to harm our well-being, and can harm our relationships too," the author of The Secret Life of Secrets: How Our Inner Worlds Shape Well-Being, Relationships, and Who We Are told Bored Panda.
"When we choose to be alone with something, especially something important, we tend not to develop the healthiest way of thinking about it. It often takes another person to get the help that we need. Even a short conversation with a trusted person can offer so much. Emotional support and fresh perspectives can easily be offered by your confidant, but are hard to find on your own. This is why we often want to bring others in. We know that another person can prove helpful, and that having a conversation about the secret would be a healthy thing to do. To have a secret from everyone is to be alone with that thing, and we don't like to be alone. Your desire for help and social connection is in battle with your fear of how others will respond. When we let fear win, we hold the secret tight."
I had a 6 year old foster kid who was obsessed with wanting glasses like her older sister. Alas, she didn’t need them. :/ While her older sister walked around trying on various frames for her new glasses, she was trying to be supportive. I couldn’t bare to see her disappointed, so I told her to pick out whatever frames she also wanted. She was over-the-moon elated! We bought her “glasses” as-is without a prescription… just a clear lens. They were a hideous pink cat eye style. She wore them EVERYWHERE! And anytime she would get complimented on them, she’d tally up those compliments, “See? Another compliment!” It was ridiculously cute! :)
I always want to ask Alexa to end the simulation {like the Matrix} but don't. I'm afraid if it does life might be worst then it is.
With Edy Moulton-Tetlock, a doctoral student in management studying organizational behavior, Dr. Slepian asked more than 800 online participants to describe their personal secrets, using his list of 38 common categories of secrets as their guide.
The participants described more than 10,000 secrets, including both those they had shared with someone ("confided secrets") and the ones they had kept all to themselves ("total secrets").
The data revealed that confiding a secret predicted improved well-being. That's because the participant received social support and because the act of revealing the secret seemed to minimize the amount of time the person spent thinking about it.
Dr. Slepian's research suggests that someone who is more secretive tends to be less extraverted and less emotionally stable, but more conscientious.
However, we also need to be aware of what it means to be "unloaded" on.
"When another person confides in us, this can be a boon but also a burden. When someone trusts us to the point of revealing a secret, we understand this is an act of intimacy, and often feel closer to the person as a result."
And yet, Dr. Slepian explained that if the secret is something we find troubling or surprising, we might find our thoughts returning to it again and again.
"The secret can weigh on our mind. And if the secret implicates someone you know, then you'll have to keep the secret from them, which will bring its own burden," he added.
While Dr. Slepian thinks it's possible for people to live like an open book, sharing everything with the world, he wouldn't advise it.
"There is a class of secrets that most everyone agrees is okay to keep. People often call these 'white lies,'" he clarified. "If you are just arriving at the party, and your friend asks you how their outfit looks, but it is too late to change, then most people agree that saying something positive is the kinder response ('You look great!'). If the truth needlessly hurts someone's feelings, holding back is often the more compassionate choice."
I don't like the taste of beer, wine or spirits, I'm more than happy with a soft drink or juice. I've done it to stop people asking "but whyyyyyyy?" I don't drink and "just try this one".
There's no exact formula that tells Rob Manuel which submissions he needs to feature on Fesshole. His choices are based on simply going through the list and reading them. Everything depends on his judgment of what he thinks is funny or interesting. So if you send Rob something and it doesn't appear on the account, don't sweat it. There are other online "priests" you can share your secrets with. Like the subreddit r/confessions.
This is why I have a Furbo camera… so I can talk to my animals. My cat is too smart! When he wants my attention… he triggers the camera, so I’ll check on him and have a little chat with him. :)
My brother-in-law, who is a right know it all, fitted his fridge freezer into his kitchen work tops. For years my sister-in-law complained nothing was ever cold and the freezer took an eternity to do basic freezing......he'd left the Styrofoam encasing the whole of the back.
Well you told him. It on him should of listened sometimes that is what it takes and you can have a laugh about it
Shame on you! Think of all the jobs you're stealing from people with REAL interpretive dance degrees! :)
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Some of these were sweet, but most are either sad or horrible (or both): Stealing! Yaaaaaaay!!!
While I understand the urge, I just can’t get behind the theft and destruction of personal property some of these blithely retell.
My SO accidentally tripped me when I was 7 months pregnant. It was totally an accident and I said I was fine. My water broke and the baby died. They think these two events were unrelated. I understand there were a series of events that caused her death and not just this, but they would most certainly blame themselves. I never even told our doctor that I know why my water broke.
I have a confession. When I was 22 I got my first full time design job with a marketing company. Shortly after I was hired, I discovered that the guy who sat at my computer before me (and no longer worked there) had left himself signed in to his ebay account. Because I was a very dumb young adult, I thought it would be funny to order something ridiculous and have it sent to his house. I ordered a blow up doll. Ha ha now at 39 it makes me chuckle but I do feel a little bad.
Most of the stories are by one guy, so I guess, his life is so boring he fantasies about the life of 100 others summed up in his imaginary life.
Sorry the guy is not one person, my fingers was faster than my head.
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I talk to my grandmother sometimes. I tell her about work and life. She died in 2003. I also still sleep with a stuffed animal. I am thirty six years old.
None of these are juicy. “My biggest secret is I love my dog” ….great.
Some of these were sweet, but most are either sad or horrible (or both): Stealing! Yaaaaaaay!!!
While I understand the urge, I just can’t get behind the theft and destruction of personal property some of these blithely retell.
My SO accidentally tripped me when I was 7 months pregnant. It was totally an accident and I said I was fine. My water broke and the baby died. They think these two events were unrelated. I understand there were a series of events that caused her death and not just this, but they would most certainly blame themselves. I never even told our doctor that I know why my water broke.
I have a confession. When I was 22 I got my first full time design job with a marketing company. Shortly after I was hired, I discovered that the guy who sat at my computer before me (and no longer worked there) had left himself signed in to his ebay account. Because I was a very dumb young adult, I thought it would be funny to order something ridiculous and have it sent to his house. I ordered a blow up doll. Ha ha now at 39 it makes me chuckle but I do feel a little bad.
Most of the stories are by one guy, so I guess, his life is so boring he fantasies about the life of 100 others summed up in his imaginary life.
Sorry the guy is not one person, my fingers was faster than my head.
Load More Replies... I talk to my grandmother sometimes. I tell her about work and life. She died in 2003. I also still sleep with a stuffed animal. I am thirty six years old.
None of these are juicy. “My biggest secret is I love my dog” ….great.
