If you meet someone and they happen to like the same musicians as you do, the two of you will probably have a nice conversation. But if they turn out to despise the ones you also can't stand, you've probably found a new friend. Nothing brings people together tighter than shared antipathy.
Just a few days ago, Redditor u/turrxxr decided to find out what helps us to relate to one another and asked the following question: "What is a thing that is universally hated by all people?" And everyone immediately started sending in their answers. From traffic to wet socks, here are those that have got the most upvotes!
This post may include affiliate links.
Trying to click x on an ad but actually clicking on the ad and it redirects you to the play store
Corrupt Politicians getting away with crime
The life story before the recipe on recipe websites.
When you wake up in the middle of the night and you want to go back to sleep but you have to pee
being sleepy, getting into bed, then being awake
Cancer
A dear friend of mine just passed from the very thing. F**k you cancer, RIP Rhoni 😞
That moment when something's stuck in between your teeth and your tongue can locate it just fine, but your fingers or a toothpick can't...
Those ads that autoplay on the side of webpages, especially when they automatically have sound
The two ads on YouTube that are long enough to be annoying, but aren’t long enough to be skipped.
Two words: Adblock Plus. Download it today, it's free and no more Youtube Ads EVER!!
Being told “We need to talk later”
Why did you give me the notification? Now I’m gonna be riddled with anxiety until we talk. You could’ve just said nothing.
When you have that little bit of skin hanging off your finger that you end up ripping it off to your elbow
Water running down your sleeve when washing dishes, then standing on the water with socks on
Stickers that peel off easily 80% of the way, but leave behind 20% that are bonded to the surface of the object for life.
Rub a little bit of vegetable oil or butter on the remaining part and it will slowly soften the glue. Eventually the glue will be soft enough to rub off. There are stronger products available, but they can eat through paint. If you have no oil available, can't wait, and you have oily skin handy, even that oil will work.
COVID-19
I've got about 7.5 billion other people who'd agree with you there.
Going through Alzheimer's/dementia. Has to be one of the most sad ways to go
Terrible and also hell to see. My mum just had a dementia-panic attack and fell on the street. Is in hospital with lots of complications. SH!T ...............................................Edit: .You sweethearts, thanks for all the well wishes.
I'm sure I speak for everyone on here when I say, give her a big hug from us all. Take good care of yourself and your mum
Load More Replies...
I am scarred it will happen to me in time... My great grandpa had it, my grandma seems to forget a lot and gets worse with time but she hates doctors so no diagnosis yet. I sometimes forget words, I know I know them but cannot access them. Even describing the thing is hard... I saw rapid progress of this forgeting on a close but not relative person. It's scary to loose your mind and see it on yourself. Sometimes more sometimes less, but almost always have some limited understanding that you are loosing yourself 😞
See a doctor immediately. Early onset can sometimes get deterred with medication... I've read.
Load More Replies...
Yes- I watched my grandpa turn into a completely different person from Alzheimers. It is a cruel disease.
What gets me is the feeling of utter doom and powerlessness.
Load More Replies...
It’s a horrible disease that robs you of brain function, from higher memory to lower automatic functions. As far as I know, it doesn’t run in my family, but you never know if it might have skipped a couple generations. The older I get, whenever I forget something—-and we all have moments when we forget something that are NOT signs of Alzheimer’s—-I do worry. But then I tell myself that forgetting something I haven’t thought about for a long time isn’t a sign. Same with forgetting the word for something (though it does come to me shortly after I realize I forgot it). For instance, if I can’t remember that the name for the thing we go in and out of is door, it might be kind of a basic word to forget, but it’ll come to me eventually. The time to worry is when I not only can’t remember the word, but don’t even remember what a door is.
I know we were lucky. My grandmother when she passed suddenly was at stage of dementia as mischievous teenage girl. Sipping secretly from beer here and there, being very happy with spicy rumors and stuff. I know she wasn't herself but with all stuff she had to do as mother and grandmother I never saw her so... Happy and free from all obvious daily life problems. I know it's mostly a lot worse and I know it's very bad when person is not that person anymore. And I wish for anyone to not to have to go through that. But for me this was a bit of bright moment seeing her so spontaneously happy so late it life. We don't know how to be happy anymore...
Yes, I would rather have a happy dementia than a sad one (if I get to choose).
Load More Replies...
My mother got it -- early onset -- she was only 50. Insidious disease.
God, only 50, poor woman. You must have been very young. hugs your way Connie.
Load More Replies...
I lost my dad to dementia 7 years ago, I had to put him in a nursing home, as he was a danger to himself, I came home and found the bar heater on with towels over it drying. He never would have done something like this before dementia, and that was just one of many incidents, including the fact that he didn't know who I was (his only child) but kept calling my daughter who was 12, me. Luckily she was smart, and played along, he could get very angry and confused. It was so hard watching him slip away and not be able to do anything about it.
I'm glad he got the care he needed. Sad isn't is, when they don't recognise you anymore. aaaaw bless you.
Load More Replies...
I have this weird theory (I hope I'm wrong) that anyone that suffers from this is basically stuck in their head looking out. In other words, they see you they KNOW you but they just can't articulate it. Like when you are in conversation and just out of nowhere you forget the simplest word. I will say the most fascinating part was when my grandma had it. She knew 7 different languages and she forgot them in order of learning them starting with the most recent. Since English was the most "recent" she lost that first. then progressed backwards until all she spoke was her native tongue. (German) It sucked for us but was amazing to see.
My grandma has had it for the past several years. It's really sad to witness, honestly.
The new social distancing. Sorry, I know that was wrong but I couldn't help myself.
There was a small saving grace of my father-in-law having Alzheimer's/dementia... he had stage 4 lung cancer and we did not realize it until he had 1-3 months left. He had great nurse that picked up on his raspy throat and an eye tick he had and asked us to have him tested because he had seen it in other patients. My FIL was in no pain through the end... the doctor told us that with some Alzheimer's/dementia patients the same brain blockage that that hinders the memory can also block the pain receptors and that they don't experience pain. Having watched other family members suffer through Cancer, at least he was spared that.
i agree. i cared for my 95 year old mother through her decline with violent, angry, dementia. once she threw me out a window and broke my collarbone. my sibs said to put her in a home, (and 'what did she ever do for us?"), which was the one thing she told me all her life, not to put her away. so i devoted five years to her 24/7 care. bless her, i hope she is resting easily.
My late father suffered from dementia for the last decade or so of his life. Watching this strong willed, vibrant, intelligent, funny man slowly crumble inwards - it broke my heart.
My mum has Alzheimer's and watching her go from the strong matriarch of the family to being a shell of her former self and reliant on me for most things is just heartbreaking. It's doubly hard when she knows that it's happening to her. Seeing her heart break every time she realises she forgot my birthday is just horrible to bear.
After the initial stages where people know it's happening, I think it probably get easier, because they fade into a sort of fog. saw my dad going through this. At least he knew I was a family member, although he thought I was his niece, as his present day was 40 years ago.
I agree it's a horrible thing I lost my grandmother to alzheimers she went from being a mouthy happy women to a frightened frail bed ridden shell of who she was
I am currently, temporarily staying in a convalescent hospital and I'm watching it happen all around me. It's horrible, sad, heartbreakingly frightening.
My Aunt died of Dementia. I cared for her for nine years. It was devastating to see what the illness did to this incredible, smart woman.
Is it so bad for the people themselves though? They do not know they are loosing information do they?
They might not remember but they do know something is not right. Someone (a specialist) once told me that they know but can't put their finger on it. Also, they are in constant confusion ... "Why is there a cake and balloons?" when it's a birthday but it just won't sink in and stay in the memory compartement of their brain. I hope this helps you understand.
Load More Replies... 
Getting asked to get up for something the moment you sat down.
People that drive slowly in the fast lane and then don't switch lanes when able to
Or, even worse, when people tailgate you in the middle lane as they are too dumb to realize that the carpool lane is open for everyone and that particular time and they can just go around.
When you rip a paper towel off and that little corner doesn’t come with and stays on the next paper towel.
I think we can all agree that we hate that.
Or when the loo roll ply separates, so the perforations don’t align.
The almost-sneeze.
Although the funny noises and facial expressions one makes before giving up are rather entertaining.
Job Interviews. The whole job hunting process in general.
So painful.........plus, the really elaborate applications/interviews for low paying jobs.
Having a hair in your mouth and it being impossible to locate
A Wet toilet seat.
low speed internet
Or worse: slow internet that keeps randomly dropping out. This is one of the things I hate most about living in Australia.
When you’re showering and the shower curtain moves and sticks to your body.
Going upstairs and forgetting why you went up there then suddenly remembering as soon as you've sat back down in the living room
When your device is connected to the wifi but when you open a website and it says that you have no internet connection.
When you think the hot drink has cooled enough to drink, but then you find out you were wrong, so wrong.
Cold spots in food after heating it up for four minutes.
Solution: reduce heating power of microwave by 30%, double the time. Microwaves heat only about 2cm inside food, rest is a heat transfer inside, and that takes time. Most people set those on max power on all situations and think that this will solve problem. It won't.
When you turn your neck a weird way and it starts hurting
Mini stones that get inside your shoes
Wearing wet socks.
I legitimately hate my entire existence if I get caught in the rain and get my shoes and socks wet.
When someone asks you to do something you are already doing.
Mmm no, because i can tell them with the most condescending grin: I'm already doing it, thank you very much. What i hate is when someone asks you to do something and you were just ABOUT to do it, so now it looks like you're doing it because you've been told so.
Ticks. Blood sucking little bastards, the food chain doesn't need you
Stubbing your toe/banging your shin
Or what I call one of those 'Comedy or Error' moments. Like you drop something and when you bend over to pick it up and something falls out of your pocket and starts to roll away. You finally track that down and bang your head on the way back up knocking something over... It's as if God is pointing a finger at you and saying, "Hold my beer and watch this."
Cockroaches
Getting hit on the ankle with a shopping cart
Monday mornings
Note: this post originally had 57 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
When your fingernail gets bent back. Nothing makes me grit my teeth harder.
(clutches thumb and winces tearfully just thinking about it)
Load More Replies...
When you ask what ? And the person only repeats the last 2 words. So you really thing that I heard the all sentence except the last 2 words ?
My brother does this and it takes most of my energy some days not to wring his stupid head from his shoulders >.<
Load More Replies... 
Buying scissors or a knife but you need scissors or a knife to cut the packaging.
When my roommate keeps shoving trash in the already full bag three feet above the f*cking can and pushing it to the bottom and forcing me to go elbow deep in nasty, wet garbage just to retrieve the bag so I can tie it up and take it outside only to trip on a pile of garbage on my way out the back door. Or somehow even worse, they actually take the bag out of the can, tie it up and leave it right in the middle of the kitchen floor. I hate my life..
Having to look posh and wear nylons. While trying to wriggle in those bloody things your finger nail rips the darn thing.
When you have to take a shower but you are procrastinating it for one hour or more and suddenly someone else goes take a shower and you're like "i was just about to go!" You can't be mad at them, you could have gone earlier but you didn't cause you're lazy but in your mind you feel like you've been denied a basic right or something.
Printers that won't print out your black and white document because the magenta cartridge is empty.
I loathe the current medical system in America that no politician has the balls (in women’s case, the spine) to do anything about it. Good hard working people are losing everything, going bankrupt and those who can not afford insurance are treated like sh*t. I also think insurance companies and Wall Street ought to be on here as well
Freaking packing tape! You try to pull it off and only a tiny piece comes and you have to carve at it with your fingernail to get it even
When people use "like" as a filler word in every sentence... It's, like, annoying!
When you change lanes in the gridlock in order to catch the faster one and suddenly the lane you left becomes FASTER
Relentless Capitalism. Where business are far more important than people.
The apps we had to use to order things in a cafe recently. I want one coffee and it's taking me 10 minutes to complete it when the waiter is right in front of me.
People you don't know and don't know sh*t give you "advice" or comment on whatever you do like paranting or about what you say about your mental health. The amount of people who judge you when they don't know what's going on is really annoying.
Or the opposite!! Think it is just a fart, but nope, a little extra for you.
Load More Replies... 
People who stop IN THE MIDDLE OF A FRICKING BUSY HALLWAY just to talk to a friend. -_-
Wasps.. pointless stingy vengeful wee b*stards that don't even make me honey.
Picking up your scooter and having it swing towards your ankle, slicing it in half.
Twenty-eight different sizes of incompatible carts and dollies crammed sideways in the overflowing cart return corral at hardware stores. First car at the light never goes on green. Windows upgrades. Leaving two teasponnfuls of coffee in the communal pot and not making more. Twelve pages of 8 font forms to fill out at the Doctor's office when your entire life history is available on the patient portal system they insisted you join.
when you hit your head (for me is 90% against a window panel): it makes me want to punch myself in the face when someone sends you an e-mail then calls you up to tell you they sent you an e-mail when you're talking to someone and someone else interrupts... PLUS your interlocutor starts ignoring you and pays attention to the "intruder"
When you take off the plastic tampon wrap and it gets stuck in your finger due to static electricity. 😡🧲💔🥀
When the cashier at a store is using wireless Bluetooth while she is ringing up your purchases and you don't realize it and think she is cussing you and being rude AF 😒
Being prompted to download an app for everything! Why do I need an app to view your menu?
The speck of dust at the opening of your throat that causes you to cough unnecessarily and not even drinking water can fix ...
When someone calls you and says, “Hang on,” while they continue a conversation with someone standing next to them.
I identified with every one of these. So glad to know it's not just happening to me.
Family members who feel compelled to poke their noses into your business.
Hunting for the end of your packing tape roll and finally finding it, only to have it split into one piece detached and one still stuck on the roll.
The juxtaposition of the words "feel" and "think". The sentence "Im very angry because I feel this is wrong". Feel is used to describe emotion: anger, happiness, sadness, fear. Or it is used to describe a physical sensation: The injury to my arm feels painful, this feels hot to touch. "Think" gives an opinion about something or a situation. Or thoughts that are going through your brain. A thought process. The sentence is not "Im very angry because I FEEL this is wrong" it's rather "I FEEL very angry about this because I THINK it is wrong". It seems we are unable to get over the whole 🎼🎶feelings🎵 movement (thank you Oprah) and simply say what we THINK. At least that's what I think about it.
Hi. I'm curious: what are your sources on Biden beeing a pedophile? (I'm not from the US, but here we have a growing number of people who seem to be inspired by Trumps Ideas, the anti-maskers and - vaxxers, so I'm genuinely interested in the underlying thought process). It is easy to assume that you are just mundane troll, and I shouldn't feed you, but perhaps you are interested in a civilized discussion on different world-views.
Load More Replies... When your fingernail gets bent back. Nothing makes me grit my teeth harder.
(clutches thumb and winces tearfully just thinking about it)
Load More Replies... When you ask what ? And the person only repeats the last 2 words. So you really thing that I heard the all sentence except the last 2 words ?
My brother does this and it takes most of my energy some days not to wring his stupid head from his shoulders >.<
Load More Replies... Buying scissors or a knife but you need scissors or a knife to cut the packaging.
When my roommate keeps shoving trash in the already full bag three feet above the f*cking can and pushing it to the bottom and forcing me to go elbow deep in nasty, wet garbage just to retrieve the bag so I can tie it up and take it outside only to trip on a pile of garbage on my way out the back door. Or somehow even worse, they actually take the bag out of the can, tie it up and leave it right in the middle of the kitchen floor. I hate my life..
Having to look posh and wear nylons. While trying to wriggle in those bloody things your finger nail rips the darn thing.
When you have to take a shower but you are procrastinating it for one hour or more and suddenly someone else goes take a shower and you're like "i was just about to go!" You can't be mad at them, you could have gone earlier but you didn't cause you're lazy but in your mind you feel like you've been denied a basic right or something.
Printers that won't print out your black and white document because the magenta cartridge is empty.
I loathe the current medical system in America that no politician has the balls (in women’s case, the spine) to do anything about it. Good hard working people are losing everything, going bankrupt and those who can not afford insurance are treated like sh*t. I also think insurance companies and Wall Street ought to be on here as well
Freaking packing tape! You try to pull it off and only a tiny piece comes and you have to carve at it with your fingernail to get it even
When people use "like" as a filler word in every sentence... It's, like, annoying!
When you change lanes in the gridlock in order to catch the faster one and suddenly the lane you left becomes FASTER
Relentless Capitalism. Where business are far more important than people.
The apps we had to use to order things in a cafe recently. I want one coffee and it's taking me 10 minutes to complete it when the waiter is right in front of me.
People you don't know and don't know sh*t give you "advice" or comment on whatever you do like paranting or about what you say about your mental health. The amount of people who judge you when they don't know what's going on is really annoying.
Or the opposite!! Think it is just a fart, but nope, a little extra for you.
Load More Replies... People who stop IN THE MIDDLE OF A FRICKING BUSY HALLWAY just to talk to a friend. -_-
Wasps.. pointless stingy vengeful wee b*stards that don't even make me honey.
Picking up your scooter and having it swing towards your ankle, slicing it in half.
Twenty-eight different sizes of incompatible carts and dollies crammed sideways in the overflowing cart return corral at hardware stores. First car at the light never goes on green. Windows upgrades. Leaving two teasponnfuls of coffee in the communal pot and not making more. Twelve pages of 8 font forms to fill out at the Doctor's office when your entire life history is available on the patient portal system they insisted you join.
when you hit your head (for me is 90% against a window panel): it makes me want to punch myself in the face when someone sends you an e-mail then calls you up to tell you they sent you an e-mail when you're talking to someone and someone else interrupts... PLUS your interlocutor starts ignoring you and pays attention to the "intruder"
When you take off the plastic tampon wrap and it gets stuck in your finger due to static electricity. 😡🧲💔🥀
When the cashier at a store is using wireless Bluetooth while she is ringing up your purchases and you don't realize it and think she is cussing you and being rude AF 😒
Being prompted to download an app for everything! Why do I need an app to view your menu?
The speck of dust at the opening of your throat that causes you to cough unnecessarily and not even drinking water can fix ...
When someone calls you and says, “Hang on,” while they continue a conversation with someone standing next to them.
I identified with every one of these. So glad to know it's not just happening to me.
Family members who feel compelled to poke their noses into your business.
Hunting for the end of your packing tape roll and finally finding it, only to have it split into one piece detached and one still stuck on the roll.
The juxtaposition of the words "feel" and "think". The sentence "Im very angry because I feel this is wrong". Feel is used to describe emotion: anger, happiness, sadness, fear. Or it is used to describe a physical sensation: The injury to my arm feels painful, this feels hot to touch. "Think" gives an opinion about something or a situation. Or thoughts that are going through your brain. A thought process. The sentence is not "Im very angry because I FEEL this is wrong" it's rather "I FEEL very angry about this because I THINK it is wrong". It seems we are unable to get over the whole 🎼🎶feelings🎵 movement (thank you Oprah) and simply say what we THINK. At least that's what I think about it.
Hi. I'm curious: what are your sources on Biden beeing a pedophile? (I'm not from the US, but here we have a growing number of people who seem to be inspired by Trumps Ideas, the anti-maskers and - vaxxers, so I'm genuinely interested in the underlying thought process). It is easy to assume that you are just mundane troll, and I shouldn't feed you, but perhaps you are interested in a civilized discussion on different world-views.
Load More Replies...