There are some things you can do that won’t land you in jail but will get you silently removed from the group chat. You know those actions that are totally legal but radiate such strong villain origin story energy that everyone around you starts reevaluating their life choices? Whether it’s how you eat or how you behave in public, these perfectly lawful behaviors somehow manage to scream "run".
So when someone asked netizens about things that were legal but still made people look like complete psychopaths, the responses ranged from mildly unhinged social quirks to actions that feel like they should come with a background check. And, of course, we’ve gathered the most entertaining, eyebrow-raising, and side-eye-inducing examples for your scrolling pleasure.
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Putting your children in beauty pageants. It’s technically legal, and encouraged in some places, and horrifying.
How is this considered fine by conservatives, but they accuse drag queens and books of trying to groom and s*xualize children? Make it make sense!
I’m politically conservative and I absolutely despise beauty pageants. I truly believe that they are child exploitation.
Load More Replies...Along these same lines, I've seen a disturbing amount of people encouraging their under 15 year old daughters to wear makeup, lose weight, and try to get boyfriends. If the girls don't show interest, they assume they are lesbians. Don't get me wrong, great to support your kid, but maybe trying to push your UNDER 15 year old child to begin sexualizing themselves is a bad plan.
Trading stocks while holding a seat in Congress.
There is stock trading web site that gives tips based on Nancy Pelosi trades.
According to my wife, me setting my alarm clock on a time which isn't at least rounded up to a 5.
My alarm will go off at 6.39 and that's how I like it.
i have my alarm next to my bed at 6:29, the one across my room at 6:30 and my phone in the hallway at 6:31. I never oversleep that way, because snooze is not an option
You full on declared war on sleep, didn't you? You scare me.
Load More Replies...Mine is set for 7 minutes before the hour, because that's how long snooze goes for. So I can press snooze once and then (hopefully) get up at the hour.
I'd do that too. Apparently it's quite common for those of us on the spectrum 😂😂
I have 10 alarms each morning (yes I know it's a lot. But it helps with getting up, getting the kids up and out the door in time. Otherwise: timeblindness is a beetch). My first alarm goes off at 5.51. Sometimes I skip it and have the first alarm go off at 6. It ruins my sense of time completely. 😬
But that doesn't change the fact that it's too d**n early
Load More Replies...Simply Psychology explains that social norms are informal, often unspoken rules that guide how individuals behave within a society or group. These norms help create order and predictability by shaping behavior in specific situations, even if they aren’t formally written.
While some norms are explicit, like laws or religious rules, many are implicit, such as manners or etiquette. They can differ widely across cultures and social groups and often develop naturally over time to reflect shared values or expectations. Overall, they play a key role in maintaining social cohesion and guiding interaction.
60 year old men dating girls who just turned 18.
I live with an 18 year old girl. She cuddles on my lap, kisses me all the time, crawls into bed with me. She's been that way ever since I got her from the animal shelter.
I think it's stranger that 18 year old girls would date a much older man, unless they're thinking heart attack and inheritance. I can see the attraction for him though.
For me as an ex sugar baby, I came from poverty and he offered me kindness and no abuse and money to go to school and better myself. Not always about dad issues, I was also a stṟipper too, most of us actually have mum issues and people seem to make jokes about it being a dad thing, we make jokes in the locker room about it a lot.
Load More Replies...At 18, you think they are not kids anymore? They CAN do as they please. But don't pretend it's not going to have lingering effects
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Digging a hole in your backyard with a shovel at 2am.
The shoulder blade of the corpse you are trying to bury.
Load More Replies...This is just common sense. If I dig it during the day, people are likely to see the body. Duh.
Hope it was vertical with space for a small dead animal to put on top of the first layer of soil before burying that too. (Yup, you can learn some hella stuff on the net...)
Firing someone right before their benefits kick in. Legal, but so messed up.
Had that happen to Mrs. #2 twice. Plot twist: she spent her entire life working for the insurance industry.
The 38 hour week benefits kick in at 40. Grocery stores are notorious for it.
That can also be attributed to the person not being as good at the actual job as they seemed to be in the interview and are now not doing well enough to make it past the 90 day probationary period. Most jobs that have benefits it is more expensive to keep hiring and training new people every 90 days than it is to keep the good ones and pay their benefits.
Helpful Professor highlights that there are positive social behaviors, and negative social behaviors. They explain that positive social behaviors are actions that align with accepted social norms and expectations and that these behaviors promote harmony and respect within society.
Common examples include offering your seat to the elderly or disabled, respecting others’ identities, waiting your turn in lines, arriving early to events, recycling, and maintaining eye contact during conversations, which are often considered legal and fully acceptable.
Having extremely long, curly toenails. Infinitely more disturbing if otherwise you're perfectly groomed.
You ever heard dogs on wooden floors? That's what it sounds like.
Load More Replies...She looks like she's gonna swoop down and snatch up her dinner with those things O_O
That depends. If you're mentally healthy, yes. In elderly or otherwise dependent people, it's a sign of neglect.
Parking in front of your neighbors place when there's an open spot in front of yours.
One time I found a big delivery truck parked ACROSS MY DRIVEWAY as I was trying to leave.
why do american's believe the street is their property? Anybody can park outside your house, it's a public place, that you don't own. It only feels illegal cause of your sense of entitlement.
This has little to do with the USA. It's everywhere the same and simple courtesy. The neighbour might appreciate to be able to carry his shopping, kids or whatever not across the street.
Load More Replies...I'm sure I looked like I needed a strait jacket to my neighbors the other day when I was out scrubbing our deck with soap in the rain. I just really wanted to take advantage of the rain and not use hose water.
I used to do this all the time. Whenever it rained I'd run outside and wash my car. It used to make me love rainy days.
Load More Replies...This is pretty common here in the caribbean, wash the drive and stuff while it's rainy...saves water from the tanks.
Engineer Your Finances explains that in daily life, we often witness actions that, while legal, are considered socially unacceptable or frowned upon. These behaviors may not break the law, but they tend to raise discomfort or disapproval within society.
Examples would include dumpster diving, excessive public displays of affection, loud phone conversations in public, children acting out in public spaces, openly discussing sensitive topics like religion or politics, and wearing the same outfit repeatedly. These actions challenge social norms and can lead to awkward or judgmental reactions from others.
Just sitting and thinking. People are so used to being glued to a device or some other type of escapism, I've lost count of the number of times I've been asked in public if I'm OK, when I'm just trying to chill out and enjoy a moment. (Thinking also of the guy who was arrested because he was sat enjoying a sunset).
My coworkers used to ask me, if I'm okay, when I was just sitting in my break relaxing with my coffee and water, enjoying my relax-time, while they were rarely looked up from their phones. Now, they learnt, that I'm totally okay, and so I'm charging.
Whoa, did someone really get arrested for watching a sunset? O_o
I once sat in a park and wrote in a journal. I left when the alcoholics started to ask me if I was OK and if I needed company. Everybody else just gave me weird looks. And I see it was a nice gesture by the alcoholics to ask if I was OK.... but it felt less than nice when they started to insist there must be something wrong since I sat there alone (writing in my notebook!). Also, getting to a bar about an hour before my friends, having a beer and (again) writing in my notebook. Why is that a sign to a man, also sitting alone, that I must be interested in talking to him? Sorry... I'm ranting. I just find it weird that if I am out in public and want to sit by myself writing in my notebook, that ppl think I want any kind of company. 🤓
As a male, sitting in a public place and appreciating the ladies was our major past time. People watching in general. I guess interacting with live humans just cannot compete with an AI generated video these days.
Buying duct tape,a ski mask, and a baseball bat.
The store clerk looked at me funny when I only purchased a funnel and a bottle of whiskey
Do people know how stupid they look when they stick there tongues out in pictures. If your not five years old, stop it.
Do people know how stupid they look when they stick the wrong "there" in their sentences and end questions with full stops instead of question marks? If you're (it's short for "you are") going to make comments about others looking stupid, you're old enough to have learned better, if you'd been bothered about not looking stupid.
Load More Replies...A store that stocks all three knows its customers.
Load More Replies...What…?! It’s cold outside. I have a leaky air duct. And I’m also getting ready to play sports in the spring. What’s wrong with that…?! 😂😂😂
KMart used to sell Joe Boxer thongs for men. That would embarrass me.
Running with your hands in your pockets.
hyeh, itsh bhery bhery hanjerush. Don ashk me hnow I know
Load More Replies...Spoke to a woman in Costco wearing dark glasses with bruises all over her face and chipped teeth.... didn't ask but she took off her glasses and she had two puffy black eyes....she was running and tripped and yup .. had her hands in her pockets. Knocked herself out and when I saw her it had already been weeks past. She said her whole head was swollen. Yikes
Gloveless in a Michigan sleeting winter rain; do what ya gotta do.
Namba running: the hands are kept at the waist, and slightly pumped along with the leg on its same side of the body
When something is only slightly wrong, it can feel more frustrating than when it's wildly wrong due to how our brains process expectations and mistakes. Psych Central explains that slight errors are close to being right, so they feel more avoidable with just a little more effort or attention, which makes them harder to accept.
On the other hand, major mistakes are easier to dismiss, often attributed to external factors or a lack of knowledge, and are less likely to trigger criticism. They acknowledge that people's minds focus more on mistakes that seem almost correct, making them feel more aggravating.
Microwaving fish at work.
Burning popcorn on purpose (like my sister always does) is one of the worst food crimes of all.
Load More Replies...I worked with a guy who would pick cigarette butts out of the ash can and roll the tobacco. When it was wet from rain he would put that tobacco in paper towels and microwave it. Yuk.
"It smells like a mermaid gave birth in here" was a good description lol
I will forever stand by my fish-microwaving brethren, especially if the person complaining about them has been guilty within the past year of a far worse smell--leaving the popcorn in the microwave too long and burning it.
Starting religious conversations with strangers in public.
"Have you found Jesus, friend?" "Sorry, no. I didn't know you'd lost Him."
I was christened with my red colander in 2009 😂
Load More Replies...I just try to convert them to my religion before they can really get going. Uno reverse. They never know what to say.
Getting a tattoo of a celebrity's face.
Off topic, but that is very well done. It's probably not real though.
Why wouldn't it be real. There are some really good artists out there.
Load More Replies...One of my employees got "Trump 2024" tattooed on her arm. SMH.
Load More Replies...I am somewhat ok with this. Unless it turns out that the person was actually a massive s-x pest IRL.
At the end of the day, these behaviors remind us that legality and social acceptability are not always the same thing. Sure, you might not get arrested for eating a burrito with a spoon, attending jury duty dressed like a clown, or licking a knife clean at a dinner party, but you might just find yourself quietly ghosted by everyone you know.
There's a fine line between quirky and "should we be concerned?" and these examples gleefully dance all over it. But don’t worry, we’re just getting started. If you're curious to see what other actions might make you question your own social norms (and maybe laugh a little, too), keep reading because we've got more eyebrow-raising examples coming your way!
Staring at people intensely without blinking.
Very effective when one of my classes' attention was starting to drift. One of several Teacher Faces they don't teach you in education school.
Worse: instead of flitting from their one eye to the other, work to fix your left eye with their right and your right eye with their left.
Pouring the milk before the cereal.
I do this. I only pour a little cereal in at a time because I hate soggy cereal.
To me, people who put cereal first look unhinged. Like... WHY. I can't see the logic of that. I bet most people do that only because of the pressure.
Cereal should crunch not be soggy. Soggy cornflakes are disgusting 🤢
Cutting the light off as you leave a public restroom full of people.
Old habits. If, like many of us who were raised by depression era parents, it was hammered into you to shut off the light when you leave a room...
This is kind of fun though... but you always turn it back on right after
I'm always doing that to my mate in the garage, I go out ahead and switch the light off 🤦🏻♀️😂 Anyone who cares for the planet or their budget should be switching lights off and not wasting fuel
Walking down the street drinking a glass of water.
The other day we went to Nando’s and my son accidentally walked out with a full glass of water. We got half way down the high street before realising. I had to run back and return the glass.
Honestly, if it was a label glass, I'm keeping it.
Load More Replies...I used to go clubbing with a tea cup and saucer cos I liked the way it felt to drink out of on acid 😂 I was weird when I was 19
I walked to work drinking coffee from my coffee cup from home once 😂 couldn’t find a clean travel mug.
They meant with a glass glass of water, not just a cup. Like a full home glass glass.
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Getting into a pool with socks on lol.
What, who wears socks in a pool? I have the water shoes, some pools and hot tubs are pretty rough.
Why would you do that? I wear flip flops (nice leather Reefs) 24/7/365 in Denver and I get enough grief. I also take care of my feet!
Talking to yourself in public. Like a straight up full conversation.
With air pods nowadays you won't tell the difference, if it's an inner or an outer "call".
"Of course I talk to myself. Sometimes a man needs expert advice."
I do this a lot. And sometimes I disagree with myself and... let's just say thank god my French coworkers don't understand English slang. 😂
I was having lunch in a senior center today complaining about the other people talking to themselves out loud to myself. Oops.
Melting snow off your driveway with a flamethrower.
I don't see much of anything wrong with this. It saves time and effort.
Just working with what they've got. No snowblower? No shovel? Melting it would probably work... at least until the melted puddles froze over and turned to ice. Either way, "flamethrower" is more of an effort than leaving your mail carrier two feet of snow to trudge through.
I would like to see this. Its sort of got a Carrie Fisher in the "Blues Brothers" vibe.
Eating a whole block of cheese like it’s a candy bar. Not plate. No knife. Just vibes and lactose denial.
And I'll eat my Vidalia onions any way I choose. (If you're not an American: Vidalia is a town in Georgia that grows sweet, white onions with almost zero spiciness. You can totally eat them like you would eat an apple, but even Americans will look at you strangely if you do.)
Load More Replies...I'll sometimes take a bite of the cheese, and then eat a cracker. I have been that lazy before to not have to cut the cheese. I live alone.
I’ve eaten just chunks of cheese before. It only really gets bad if you’re eating a soft cheese like Boursin or goat cheese.
I LOVE eating cheese like this. I just walk around the house gnawing on a fist full of cheese.
Biting into a KitKat without breaking it.
I wanna feel the mass in my mouth. Okay, that sounded better in my mind.
Don't worry, it sounded...interesting....out loud 😂
Load More Replies...It tastes different like that. We used to get the two--stick ones when I was a kid, so would often eat them this way. Doing the same with the full size one just feels somehow decadent.
Same with cocktails too, some are better sipped and some are made to be drunk with a straw
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Ketchup on lasagna.
I saw my inlaws bust out ketchup and ranch for tacos and I feel a little like that's grounds for annulment. You think you know someone...
Ketchup is good for hamburgers, hotdogs and French fries. Anything else, no.
It’s used in Chinese sweet and sour sauce, and many other sauces you wouldn’t expect.
Load More Replies...Hot sauce - yes. Ketchup - no. The only thing I would use it for would be Heinz ketchup on McDonalds fries.
I mean, theoretically you're just adding a more acidic tomato sauce to a not-as-acidic tomato sauce (assuming you don't load your lasagna sauce with vinegar and capers). Which brings up a salient point: would adding ketchup to your lasagna be weirder or not as weird as adding mustard? How about miracle whip?
Will allow people to put ketchup on almost anything but gourmet meal and especially in a restaurant.
I like to put ranch, mustard, and ketchup on my mac n' cheese sometimes!!! Not all at the same time LOL.
Going out by yourself. It feels like everyone is looking at you because you are breaking the law.
You take OP too literally. It can feel very awkward to do certain things by yourself (go to dinner, hang out in a playground, watch a Disney movie, etc.). (Joking about the playground, but I actually have taken my nieces and nephews to the movies simply because I was single at the time and wanted to see the new Disney movie. In fairness, this was in 2nd golden age of Disney: Aladdin, The Lion King, etc.)
Load More Replies...I love doing stuff alone. I'm my best friend. I don't care what ppl think
I’ve seen a few movies by myself at the theater (pre-Covid). It’s fine. I’ve become pretty agoraphobic in the last few years though.
Load More Replies...I regularly take myself out to nice restaurants. It's lovely. Sit by the window enjoying a drink and good food, watching the world go by. The amount of people that interrupt to ask if I'm ok or going through some kind of crisis is staggering. I can't complain though, it's nice that they care for a stranger. Rather that then a world full of self absorbed people
This does happen. I have started going out alone because most of my friends moved out of London or across London during covid and I only have one person in my area. So decided to start making friends closer to home. It works 1 of 3 ways. You make friends, you have quiet night out by yourself, you get creeped on because you are alone. (F, 51 - age doesn't matter to desperate males)
They really aren't. Generally speaking people are too self-centered to care. Servers might care because your occupying a table that could seat 2 or 4 and their tip will be smaller for the same work. But otherwise . . . no one cares.
I saw a guy on TikTok that collects human spines.
Someone told him he needed to get a backbone...he's just too literal.
I collect spines. Sometimes they are broken. Usually they are quite thick and attached to Russian literature.
Load More Replies...My sister, being an archaeologist, actually has some human skulls. One time, when they had to move, they needed to pack them. So she and her (now ex) husband went to Target, where he had to try on the tupperware to see if the skulls would fit.
This is Jon Ferry, who runs The Bone Museum in Brooklyn, NY. The bones are ethically sourced and used for medical training, archaeological education, and artistry.
He should give some to our U.S. Senators and our members of Congress immediately.
Eating chips vertically.
I don't think the BP AI picked the right kind of chips for this photo. I think this refers to US chips (UK crisps).
yes, but not recommended and particularly in bed unless you have a hand held hoover.
Load More Replies...Those are fries, not chips. Unless this article is European.
I have no idea what they mean here? Chips like the photo as we call them in the UK or chips the Americans call for crisps and this still is incomprehensible 🤷🏻♀️
I assume this is British and means chips. But with fries it wouldf be funny too, because then it could be not eating them from beginning to end but from side to side 😄
It's extra good if they're crispy so you get the noise when you close your mouth. [added bonus: instead of dipping your chips, eat a mouthful, then add malt vinegar. do it like a shot. as if you forgot to dip.]
Standing the wrong way in an elevator.
I guess away from the door. It gets confusing if it's a place which has doors on both sides.
Load More Replies...This is just helping the other passengers. Better than ‘yelling’ “ GTFO”
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Driving circles in a roundabout.
When taking the Drunk Bus in the south of the Netherlands during Carnaval it's customary to shout "Chaufföär 'n rundsje", asking the bus driver to complete one or more full circles around the roundabout. All passengers will cheer if the driver complies.
... how would anybody know? All the normal, God-fearing (or secular philosophy-fearing) people don't stick around in the roundabout to watch you.
I hate those d**n things, 4 way stops are much better! and whoever decided to start them here in the US should be beaten to within an inch of their lives with the plans and get a million paper cuts!
I also do not care for them. What’s the point? Why are they better than a four way stop?
Load More Replies...Staying too long in a roundabout is illegal in some places.
Eating mayonnaise straight from the jar In public.
Those people who mix cereal into 1 container.
Cap'n Nuts disagrees with you, my good sir!
Load More Replies...Wearing tupperware on your head in a store. My sister, being an archaeologist, actually has some human skulls. One time, when they had to move, they needed to pack them. So she and her (now ex) husband went to Target, where he had to try on the tupperware to see if the skulls would fit.
Bored panda used to be interesting. Articles would be fun, thought provoking, or newsworthy. Maybe not everyone should be able to write on Bored Panda. Writer totally does not understand the definition of psychopath. Wasted too many brain cells reading this c**p.
That’s why I like the comments better and interacting with other pandas. I find the articles to just be a jumping off point.
Load More Replies...Wearing tupperware on your head in a store. My sister, being an archaeologist, actually has some human skulls. One time, when they had to move, they needed to pack them. So she and her (now ex) husband went to Target, where he had to try on the tupperware to see if the skulls would fit.
Bored panda used to be interesting. Articles would be fun, thought provoking, or newsworthy. Maybe not everyone should be able to write on Bored Panda. Writer totally does not understand the definition of psychopath. Wasted too many brain cells reading this c**p.
That’s why I like the comments better and interacting with other pandas. I find the articles to just be a jumping off point.
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