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Someone’s personality is formed by a lot of different things: their behavior, social attitudes, what they believe in and other things. It is influenced by our environment and how we react to it. Most often a personality is constant and we can even predict what a person would like or how they would react to an unknown thing because they follow a specific pattern.

Personality is a complex concept, however, some people tend to simplify it and choose one thing to base it on. It may become annoying, at least according to the experience of redditors who responded to Kandiblu’s question “What’s something that people turn into their whole personality?”

The thread became quite popular with over 58k people upvoting it and almost 44k of them joining in. These are some of the annoying personalities based on one thing that most people found very annoying. Do you agree with them? Which ones that you find unbearable weren’t in this list? Let us know in the comments!

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#1

35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group OCD.i dont know why many people in my lives believe they have OCD and they are proud about it. There is a difference between keeping everything organized and OCD.

tiredmomneedsabreak , I am R. Report

*Displayname*=idk
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes. I don't have OCD, but I like everything being organized, but at a certain point I just don't care...

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While most people found these things they mentioned annoying and in some cases they even expressed fear seeing someone so obsessed about just one thing, the people who always bring up the same topic in every conversation might not be doing it on purpose. 

Bored Panda reached out to Denise Marigold, an Associate Professor and Chair of Social Development Studies at the Renison University College in Waterloo, Canada to learn more about this.

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    #2

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group I’m Norwegian. When I say that, a shocking amount of people assume that I’m American with Norwegian heritage. There are so many americans making their «viking heritage» their whole personality, butchering the norse faith and fighting with actual Norwegians over the correct way to make a traditional dish and the spelling and usage of «skål» (cheers). It’s so f**king horrible to watch. It’s like being mocked.

    FragranceCandle , Mark Healey Report

    RoseTheMad
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm half Irish, and there's people I've spoke to that are in the US and found out they are maybe like.. one tenth Irish, but they make jokes like "haha us ginger leprechauns" .. I don't really mind, but please. You're American, not Irish. Same way that I wouldn't say I'm fully Irish or fully Romanian, I'm half and half, yes, but I'm British. Edit: I don't wanna say don't be proud of your heritages, I certainly am, I've been learning Romanian and Irish, make Irish and Romanian foods, etc. But I would never say I'm FROM those countries, just that my ancestors are.

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    #3

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Work. Some people just make it their whole life and I don't get it. Work to live, don't live to work. My workplace's normal business hours are 8:30 - 5:00, but I'm constantly hearing people say s**t like "when I was working on it this weekend" or talk about how they work so late, it makes me cringe.

    Pope_Landlord , Jason ford Report

    LagoonaBlueColleen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It makes me wonder if they're avoiding something else in their life. Like being at the office is better than being at home.

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    She explained to us that it’s not unusual for people to focus their attention on one thing, like a goal or interest. The professor explains why it happens, “When you get absorbed in a goal, it can be like a flow state, where everything else can disappear while one becomes pleasantly engrossed in what they are doing.”

    When you get into something with high concentration, “Other thoughts and feelings that are irrelevant to the topic get automatically inhibited. This can be adaptive because it facilitates goal progress and freedom from distractions and conflicts. When people do this well, they get a lot of enjoyment out of it.”

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    #4

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Influencer

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    Lunar
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The word "influencer" itself is so cringey and annoying

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    #5

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Astrology. The only full moon presiding over me is my own bare a**.

    Thecatspajamas000 , marmaduk Report

    LagoonaBlueColleen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I find it fun but that's about it. Every personality can be associated to anyone born at any time of the year.

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    #6

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Brands. People think chosing a brand of clothing speaks lota about them.

    Ferna_89 , Sage & Simple Report

    Is Be
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Especially brands that have their labels visible, I refuse to pay for something and then have to advertise it. I am not a billboard.

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    Depending on the level of absorption, this kind of state may be either beneficial to a person or interfere with their normal life. Dr. Denise Marigold reveals what positive and negative results it can bring, “Absorption in a goal or interest may also serve as a way to get relief from unwanted thoughts and feelings. If people are doing this to block out awareness of unwanted thoughts and feelings, they also tend to lack awareness of the effects their behavior has on others around them (e.g., how boring and lonely it can be for others to be around them when they have gone to their obsessive ‘happy place’).“

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    #7

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Some fans are kinda scary. Their whole life becomes dedication to a celebrity’s. And it’s not just their personality, they make everything around them about that person. Posters, music, merchandise, weird things bought on the internet—supposedly with relation to the subject of their obsession—and so on. I can’t imagine being close to somebody before and after their transition into that life. It seems like it’d be scary…

    EmmyLynn23 , Peter Kaminski Report

    NsG
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the title should really say "obsessive fans". You can be a fan of a celebrity without being frightening. I am a fan of David Tennant. I've never met the man, but I do enjoy whatever I see him in, and it will influence whether or not I watch something if he is one of the stars.

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    #8

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Being sick/ sickly. I've always had very poor health, and in high school and early college, as my conditions worsened, I didn't like that I couldn't live a "normal" life, so I kind of leaned into it. Always joked about how sickly I was while secretly hating myself for not being able to "keep up" with my peers. Some maturing and some guidance from my mother has helped me to learn that, yes, poor health sucks, and yes, I can't always do the things that healthy people can, but that doesn't have to control my identity. Doing far better now, learning what my true limits are and how to work with them!

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    Ozacoter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But it is your identity. Being chronically ill changes who you are. The person i was before being ill, her hobbies, her hopes and dreams, her aproach to life is dead. If you are 24/7 ill, feeling your pain and weakness it becomes part of you.

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    #9

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Disney

    T_tessa41 , DAVID BURILLO Report

    Tempest
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Disney has become a religion. The songs are hymns. Theaters are temples. Toys are icons. Characters are priests and you make pilgrimage to the parks for milestone celebrations or as a final quest for the dying.

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    Some people might get annoyed that there is nothing else to talk about with that person because they will force the same topic on you. You will have to deal with that by assessing the situation and your relationship with that person.

    Dr. Denise Marigold suggests that “In some relationships you might feel comfortable being completely honest and direct and saying something like ‘It’s nice that you are enthusiastic about that! Unfortunately it’s not something I can really get into. Because it’s hard for me to engage in that topic and feel connected with you, I find myself losing interest quickly.’ If you feel the need to be less direct, you can still aim to validate their interest while steering the conversation towards other topics you can both engage in.”

    #10

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Being a badass in school. Like giving teachers a day of hell just cuz they’re “real” and say what they think without filtering it

    NaagyO , alamosbasement Report

    LagoonaBlueColleen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LOL This is such a phase. I was like this for a year in a Bart Simpson sort of way.

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    #11

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Conspiracy theories.

    lefty121 , eric molina Report

    So if someone is really focused on a particular interest, it’s just their happy place and they feel comfortable and passionate talking about it. Also, if you get bored of talking about it or listening to it, there are nice ways to try and explain to the person without making them feel like they are a boring interlocutor.

    #12

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group HERBALIFE. having to literally explain to people that it’s an MLM is so frustrating. They prey on small towns, create “nutrition shops” that sell $9 shakes when it’s literally just Herbalife and is helping the owner barely break even. Happened in my small town, then out of nowhere 3 other “branches” popped up in the revolving small towns. (Which basically means the owner conned 3 more into joining so that they can get their profit). There’s a documentary out there called like One in a Million or something that breaks down the pyramid and how little people at the bottom are actually making. They also show that the shakes are nothing more than liquid laxative, so of COURSE you’re losing weight. Also, keto.

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    SuperChicken
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Herbalife is "nothing more than liquid laxative"? Which means, one is only losing water. That's not healthy - and, people still buy them.🙈

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    #13

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Dance moms Sports parent

    elohra_2013 , Studio Sarah Lou Report

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    #14

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Political party

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    LagoonaBlueColleen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imo out of all of them these are the worst no matter what side they're on.

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    #15

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group My Texas high school had a British club. I'm actually a British citizen, so I tried to join. Those people were nuts. They made Doctor Who and Sherlock their whole personalities.

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    RoseTheMad
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't forget Harry Potter! I'm a fan of Dr Who, Sherlock and HP, but goddamn I don't make it my personality...

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    #16

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Drinking

    cherry_latte , Ralf Smallkaa Report

    Alison Kennedy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate that people expect me to explain why I don't drink, like there is something fundamentally wrong with me!

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    #17

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Disliking something. Met someone the other day who hates avocados so damn much every conversation they’d have would come back to how different they were from most people cuz they hated avocados

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    LagoonaBlueColleen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    " If you like/don't like what I like/don't like we can't be friends". This gets old real quick.

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    #18

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group The generation they're born in

    Meat_Slugger , Judith Jackson Report

    LagoonaBlueColleen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel closer to the mindset of gen X than millennials but I'm classified as millennial by when I was born. It's a novelty just like astrology.

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    #19

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Being in the army, military. Also gym

    newaccountbit**es , Evan Delshaw Report

    I like donuts
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It might be a way of coping with the emotional pain though... (For army/military)

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    #20

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Their music taste. I am very much guilty of this.

    AlexithymiacBluefish , Umair Abbasi Report

    Geeki Nikki
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am exhausted by the thousands of different music genres now. People ask what kind of music I like.... the good kind.

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    #21

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Disliking something mainstream/popular/common

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    LagoonaBlueColleen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't stand this. Wonder how many people are out there missing out on things they might love because they feel like they need to keep up an image they fabricated of being too "edgy' "unique" "original" to like anything mainstream and popular.

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    #22

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group The Office. /* Stares into the invisible camera *

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    RoseTheMad
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    or even worse... Friends. ITS NOT EVEN THAT FUNNY.

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    #23

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Owning a tesla

    QwertytheCoolOne , rulenumberone2 Report

    *Displayname*=idk
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    DON'T NEED A TESLA TO IMPRESS HER, MY GIRL IS HAPPY ROLLIN ON A VESPA!

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    #24

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Living in NYC

    godora5 , Artem Zarutskiy Report

    Is Be
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh no I am not from NYC I am from Manhattan. Hear that one a lot.

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    #25

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Vaping

    I_Smell_A_Lockdown , Mike Mozart Report

    *Displayname*=idk
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Vaping is very bad for your lungs. And the rest of your body.

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    #26

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Their boyfriends/girlfriends.

    thestephanieloves , Vincent Diamante Report

    KitFrey
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If both of their personalities are eachother, what personality do they have?

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    #27

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Their vehicle

    livestardustpuppet , Tap Tapzz Report

    Bi-Polar Express
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love my mini. I don't really talk to others about it, though. It's private.

    Jill McElroy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s private? That just got weird fast. 😉🤣

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    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve driven my 2001 Volkswagen Eurovan for 21 years. It’s covered in bumper stickers and vinyl decals that actually do kind of represent my personality. I’ll fight you XD

    Troux
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I appreciate them for being very utility-focused. They are practical and never really put on an act, such as trying to be imposing, extreme, luxurious or cutting-edge. It's just a decent, pragmatic car. Also, there's a stereotype about Subarus being the preferred car for lesbians and I don't know where that came from but it just really seems fitting.

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    Steffen Rehm
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its not a Mini, but i like my small car. I only wish for a little more HP for the German Autobahn, because we have in my country really short freeway ramps. Its really annoying when people ignore the speed limit near this ramps.

    Liz
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hey now don't diss the car she's a good old girl

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Muscle cars. My heart beats faster, my pupils dilate with excitement. Then the nostalgia is over.

    Steve Stevenson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like cars, I talk about cars, sometimes my cars. But the ones that are annoying are people who talk about their car as a brag. Like their status symbol Tesla or their expensive BMW. I usually don't talk about cars to non car people anyways because most aren't into my specific like of s**t boxes.

    Bob Stuart
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My first night in LA, a guy kept me up for hours trying to explain to me who he was, based on the car he used to drive. It didn't have a luggage rack, and that was very important.

    Keisha
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can't agree with this one I am a car fanatic and have been my whole life. I live for changing vehicles around to make them car show quality. And car shows are life. But I don't talk with everyone about them with everyone,just other car fanatics.

    Agen Narien
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As I said in #22... Oh I am planning on identifying as a 2022 Ford Maverick Lariat owner by end of this month. And I'm going to run hard with it all year. Signed, Maverick owner, 🌵 Cactus Gray

    Johnny Magumbo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Easy to criticize if you've never owned a 3rd Gen. 4-Runner.

    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My 1992 Saab 900 is my pride and joy. But it's a car, not a religion

    Lizaklamp
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Car freak, but trying not to annoy others with my interest in cars. My friends think it's funny, seeing me squee when I see certain cars.

    Maccabi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well everyone judges me based on me driving an xB

    Scott Burd
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I own three Geo Metros. There is a reason for that. I like a car that is cheap to buy, cheap to own, and cheap to fix. And I can easily get 50+ mpg without toxic batteries, electric motors, and miles of wiring and electronics. If something breaks on my car (IF, since all three cars have never failed me yet), I can easily fix it myself with basic hand tools. Why do I have three? No reason. Don't need any reason. If you enjoy driving a $130,000 battery-powered car or whatever, then that's fine. You do you, and I'll do me.

    No you can't have my name
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just like laughing with people when I tell them that my used car has a bunch of awesome features but the seat adjustment is all manual. But, like, only after they mention my car first otherwise it's weird.

    Evelyn Ann
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey now, hurting from this one xD I'm a 5'0 girl who loves my lifted f150

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    #28

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Coffee

    bekcy , secretlondon123 Report

    RoseTheMad
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I might be guilty of this one. I love a good coffee or tea far too much...

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    #29

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group anime protagonists

    _Amberflame_ , Ari Helminen Report

    *Displayname*=idk
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well. This one is funny, but also annoying. Like I have a friend who was OBSESSED with My hero acadamia, s/he would try to be as close as she could to be like the protagonist.. eventually she quit, but some of it still was habit.

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    #30

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Stocks/Trading/Investments This isn’t Boiler Room or Wolf of Wall Street. You don’t need to convince me to get into trading as we talk over a food service counter.

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    UpQuarkDownQuark
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can’t help but think of people who move money to make money as parasites. I have more respect for any janitor or food service worker than I do an investor. No one mows a lawn or bandages a wound is going to ruin the whole economy.

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    #31

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group I wanna say "memes" but that just makes me sad about myself

    GuyN1425 , softnwholesomememes Report

    LagoonaBlueColleen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What? People make these their personality?

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    #32

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Horses

    PhDPepper5 , Aaron Hall Report

    KitFrey
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, I like horses but I wouldn't make them my whole personality!

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    #33

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Rick and Morty.

    Nidisu_Dr , Paul Sableman Report

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    #34

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Redditors who act out their usernames.

    MagicMushroomFungi , Jeff Keacher Report

    LagoonaBlueColleen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think their usernames are more of a reflection of their personalities.

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    #35

    35 Things People Embody So Deeply That Their Entire Personality Revolves Around It, As Shared In This Online Group Travel

    speech_speech_speech , Rosanetur Report

    LagoonaBlueColleen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't mind these types of people. They're living a life of adventure and exploration. I wish I could have that lifestyle.

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