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84 Messy And Uncomfortable Anonymous Secrets That Made The Internet Feel Like Group Therapy (New Posts)
It is easy to get caught between the very human desire to share something or get it off your chest, while also knowing you should probably keep it to yourself. Fortunately (depending on your point of view) the internet allows one to sort of do both.
We’ve gathered some of the most interesting posts from this X account where people go to confess things anonymously. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own examples and stories in the comments section down below.
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Mrs Irish Mom 15 hours ago
Wow thats amazing, I chat to my dog like he's a human and I swear he can understand me
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Huddo's sister 15 hours ago
That is so sweet! I know often pregnant women who are deaf will get cochlear implants after resisting it earlier in life, so they can hear their child.
Have you ever carried a secret so spicy that it felt like your internal organs were trying to do the Macarena just to shake it loose? We have all been there. Whether it is the fact that you accidentally deleted your boss's favorite spreadsheet or the truth about who actually broke the expensive vase in the hallway, secrets have a funny way of demanding an exit strategy. This is not just a quirky personality trait because it is actually backed by science.
Research conducted by Dr. Michael Slepian at Columbia University has shown that keeping a secret feels like a literal physical weight on your shoulders. The brain processes the mental strain of concealment in a way that mimics carrying a heavy backpack. When you finally blurt it out, your brain experiences a rush of relief that is comparable to finally dropping twenty pounds of groceries on the kitchen counter. It is a total system reboot for your sanity.
This is driven by something known as the online disinhibition effect, which is a fancy way of saying that we are much more likely to say something outrageous when we do not have to look our listener in the eyes. Behind the safety of an avatar or a fake name, the social filters that usually keep us from admitting we still sleep with a nightlight simply evaporate. The internet acts as a giant pressurized release valve for all the weird thoughts we are too afraid to share at a dinner party. It is a place where you can admit your deepest shame and be met with thousands of strangers saying that they also do the exact same thing.
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Psychologist Robin Dunbar famously proposed that gossip is essentially a form of social grooming that replaced picking fleas off each other as a way to bond. By sharing information about the behavior of others, we learn the rules of our society without having to make the mistakes ourselves.
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Paintergurl 17 hours ago
My mom did this to her neighbours across the road 4 times already. They get pure bred female cats (not sure where they get them) and then don't take care of them. They only have them for breeding and selling the kittens. They don't feed them much and leave them outdoors a lot. She has take 4 cats so far over 3 years, brought them to a rescue where they are spayed and then rehomed to good homes. She is currently eyeing number 5 as she feeds it every night.
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Nicole Weymann 11 hours ago
At the first half I thought "You evil...!" and finished with "...genius!"
When we watch someone get things off their chest online, we are participating in a global bonding ritual. We feel a strange sense of intimacy with a person we have never met because they have invited us into their private world. It provides us with a safe way to experience high stakes drama from the comfort of our couches without any of the actual consequences.
There is also a deep sense of validation that comes from realizing that humanity is generally a giant mess. In a world where social media often feels like a highlight reel of perfect vacations and flawless skin, a raw confession is a breath of fresh air. It is a reminder that everyone is stumbling through life with a few skeletons in their closet.
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Tea Drinker 14 hours ago
I wish I'd done this, but with my parents and his dad as the only guests. Instead, I had an expensive fiasco with rude guests and a really ugly dress.
When a video of someone admitting a major mistake goes viral, it often does so because it strikes a chord of universal human fallibility. We do not just enjoy the gossip because we are nosy, although that is certainly part of it, we enjoy it because it makes us feel less alone in our own imperfections.
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AnSi Bae 13 hours ago
I felt like a massiv a*****e when I asked my 84year old mum about all her stuffs origin. I don't want them to end up at a second hand store because my siblings thinks they're unimportant. I want to keep the coppar "spoon" my fathers grandmother used to "float off" creme from the milk. The furnitures my mothers father made for his and his wifes first home with scrap wood. Mums old 1740s plate in tin/pewter her dad bought her as a child because she liked "old stuff". So many family things and so much love. Of course we have the standard Bibles to from great grandparents. But things you can use is so much more fun... But still felt like an a*****e. "Mum, I want to write this down before you die". That's horrible in a way even if you want to keep the memories .
We are all just looking for someone to tell us that our weird habits and secret thoughts are okay. As long as people keep feeling the weight of their secrets, the internet will be there to catch every word with open arms and a very active comment section. It is a beautiful and slightly chaotic cycle of human connection that proves we would much rather be messy together than perfect alone.
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DennyS (denzoren) 11 hours ago
That's sweet however I do hope you both can get to a financially comfortable level where you don't have too soon.
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Ronja Oksanen 18 hours ago
What kind of a trash leaves the room?! You are the only one that pet knows there and the last memory will be that they were abandoned 😭🤬 Even reading something like this makes me angry cry. I couldn't even take my beloved cat into the vet because I didn't want her to be afraid in her last hours so I used up all my savings to get the vet to come in our house. She passed away in my arms in her favorite place in the house, safe in her own home ❤️
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Mrs Irish Mom 15 hours ago
That's just crazy, have an engagement dinner maybe with family and friends, the first time you proposed should of been good enough if she said yes
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Igor914624 11 hours ago
I have both my parents phone numbers still in my phone, and I still have text messages from them. If I delete the numbers, the text messages will not have their names on them. And somewhere, someone occasionally receives a weird message from me when I have had a bad day. I hope they understand why they are getting the messages.
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Lila Allen 7 hours ago
That is a very respectable time for someones first marathon. Nice going OP
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Ace 14 hours ago
For those who may not know, the RNLI-operated lifeboats are often called out to rescue illegal immigrants being trafficked across the English channel (south coast of England) in unseaworthy inflatables that often break down or sink from overloading half way across. They've sometimes taken a***e from right-wing nutters like the ex here, but remain impartial and committed to saving lives, no matter what colour skin or legal status that life may have.
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Shark Lady 16 hours ago
Make sure you regularly login and at least read or send a few emails. Someone did this but after a few years it got shut down because it appeared that the account was dormant.
#42
DennyS (denzoren) 11 hours ago
His ex-wife is probably very happy to be out of that mess, good for her. Also, karma giving her a little satisfaction lol
#43
Geoffrey Scott 7 hours ago
I was a custodian at my final job. Kids looking confused or asking "What now?" standing there with a diploma. "Did you know the trades START you at $35k/year BEFORE overtime?" The US has spent SO many years urging 4 yr degrees, it is FINALLY dawning on them they've sold the trades short. Especially important now that us boomers are going out of the workforce by the busload.
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Tea Drinker 13 hours ago
I wonder what excuse was used to sack them? Not arguing. I wouldn't want hate-mongers working for me either.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 16 hours ago
Poor kid. I'm sure she had to endure teasing and bullying as a kid being basically named "Sailor" but apparently with an accent.
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Igor914624 11 hours ago
Why did you bother to look around? I man holding hands and skipping with his 4 year old daughter is not less of a man. He is more of a man for being a proud father.
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Stardust she/her 10 hours ago
Im the daughter and its not fuuny when my own parents yell and hit me for flaws they have and theyll projec their flws onto my somethimes and then a***e me for it. If i didnt want to inconvenicne my family id have fummped off the roof b. Now
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Just stopping by 16 hours ago
This could have been a money thing. Possibly didn’t want to ask because it would’ve been too expensive and an artist should be paid for their work.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 16 hours ago
Why not one day knock on the neighbor's door and say (for example) "Hi, I'm Lakota, I've lived next door to you for x years" and get to know your neighbor? Then you might eventually get an invite to the BBQs :)
#59
Michael Largey 5 hours ago (edited)
Any wife who has a husband who appreciates her true worth is truly lucky.
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Sara Frazer 18 hours ago
Wow, imagine having kids, bringing a human into existence, and treating them like a show pony
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Michael Largey 5 hours ago (edited)
Someone I knew planned a destination wedding that got called off a few months before the ceremony. Since the plane and hotel reservations were not refundable, he and his immediate family decided to go anyway as a vacation. When they got on the plane, they found that the ex had also kept her plane tickets. However, in that short time she had acquired a replacement groom and would be keeping the original wedding date. Yeah, awkward.
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Tea Drinker 14 hours ago
That's a mean thing to do. All this time he thought he'd get sick and maybe die? Mean.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 16 hours ago
And the other preschool you'd dropped him off at hadn't contacted authorities/the police to report a child that was not registered to attend their school?! The teachers didn't notice the new child they'd never seen before? And who tf drops their kid off at the wrong school? Did OP forget?
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RomanceRadish 7 hours ago (edited)
The bigger question is- why do you feel you must hide the funds from your wife? (I realized I may have answered my own question, as her first instinct was "go shopping").
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Stardust she/her 9 hours ago
What? Then when your kid does one of these things you’d anyways yell at them. What do you even want?
#73
zububonsai 15 hours ago (edited)
This sounds very unhinged of the now ex-wife. Even 2000 years ago the Romans knew "Audiatur et altera pars" ("let the other side be heard as well"). And as hard as it is for the now ex husband I still congratulate him for dodging such an immature bullet in the long run.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 16 hours ago
Uh, unless wife was also a soccer (soccer, right?) fan, then OP is a d-bag. OP wasn't in Prague to see a soccer game, they were there to spend time with their wife. We obviously see their priority isn't their wife.
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BookFanatic 8 hours ago
My favorite episode was when a contestant got to the million dollar question and called his dad as a phone-a-friend. Guy says "Hi, Dad, I don't actually need help. Just wanted to tell you I'm about to win a million bucks." And then proceeded to do so.
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Khavrinen 9 hours ago
I've made it my personal policy to always use the version of someone's name that they introduce themselves with, unless they specifically tell me otherwise, because of how often people jump to using the shortened/nickname version of mine -- which I never use -- without asking. I know it's a little thing, but I find it more irritating than I probably should.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 17 hours ago
Yeah, well, that kind of stuff makes it a nightmare for the individual store staff when they have to do inventory - I know. Plus, if OP really wanted to pat themselves on the back, they could buy the food and put it in the food bank bins themselves. This isn't exactly something to be congratulated for, IMO. Yes, I know "but big corpo supermarkets can take the hit!" - of course they can. But what does this kind of thing cause the corporations to do? Raise prices, so that the rest of us suffer and have to pay more for basic foodstuffs. Want to be an ACTUAL good person? Buy the food yourself and put it in the food bank bins.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 16 hours ago
Well, a child does need to learn that they can't always have everything they want. Probably would have been a better lesson that he had to put one item back in order to afford his purchase. It does depend on the son's age at the time, as if he was 4 or 5, then he probably wouldn't really understand the lesson.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 16 hours ago
No, thievery is not "acceptable" just because your adult child's relationship didn't work out. If the boyfriend had cheated or something, I'd be more understanding, but as it stands, OP is just a thief.
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Janelle Collard 4 hours ago
Some of these people better hope the person they got revenge on doesn't figure out it was them.
Janelle Collard 4 hours ago
Some of these people better hope the person they got revenge on doesn't figure out it was them.
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