From introverted and gentle to extroverted and eccentric, the human personality is a complex and colorful thing. It describes our distinctive patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving and derives from a mix of innate dispositions and inclinations along with environmental factors and experiences.
But sometimes, people give the impression that they have a very narrow definition of self. Interested in such cases, Reddit user StandardGenre45 made a post on the platform, asking everyone "What's something that people turn into their whole personality?" And it blew up—so far, the post has 28.3K comments. Here are some of the most interesting ones.
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Being gay.
I'm myself gay but that's hardly something I communicate about unless being specifically asked about. Yet I've met a few who center their whole life and personality around that. They have to do ,"gay thing". All their behavior, taste and enjoyment and justified by "it's a gay thing".
Funny thing I've already been told something along the lines of "yeah it's pretty common among us gay people, you wouldn't know about it".
I don't understand, like if I were asked to describe myself it'd go along those lines
- french that grew up in Quebec Canada.
- love sciences and physics, studied that.
- into video games and phantasy
- big on family values n stuff
- I like languages, learned Japanese and German (although German is quite rusty now)
- my favorite food are sushi pizza and french sausage.
- I love beer 🍺 !
Then down down down the line
- I'm gay
But I dunno, I don't see people going around saying they're straight, I don't see why that should be something I say.
I just baffles me and I find it really sad... Are you so void of personality that "gay" is your number one trait ? The one thing describe you Is the type of hole you like to put your d@ck in?
Done with my rant xD
Mental Health issues that they don't actually have. Being "uncomfortable" because some papers aren't straight isn't OCD Stacy. And having high energy doesn't make you Manic. Stop turning people's disabilities into something "quirky".
Person with Psychology degree here (and Sociology, too) This REALLY irritates me. Especially since 99% of the time, they haven't the slightest idea what the actual symptoms of the syndrome or disorder with which they claim to be be afflicted are...
I could not agree with you more. I PTSD and Bipolar 1 moderate depressive. It has taken me years to realize that my diagnoses do not define me. I am not bipolar. Bipolar disorder is what I fight against every day. I am not my PTSD, you do something I struggle with everyday. First and foremost I am a human being and when others pretend to have mental health issues I feel angry and I feel pity for them. They do not know what it really feels like. And I pray to God that they never do.
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As an older millennial who has struggled with ADHD and anxiety, this truly makes me blood boil. No, mental health isn’t some quirky aesthetic that you can switch on or off after the day is done. Mental health is still horribly stigmatized around the world and children, teens, and adults often feel that they are something lesser or broken because society often shuns mental health. Stop saying you feel like you have ADHD, stop turning anxiety and depression into dramatic aesthetics— it is cruel and harmful.
I’m afraid to talk about my mental health issues because of s**t like this. Everyone thinks you are one of these people that think it’s cool to have a messed up brain. It’s not and I struggle every day
Mental Health America is another organization that has support groups in many areas.
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Everytime someone says to me "i'm depressed because x and x" i tell them "you're not depressed, you're sad, down, overwhelmed, etc. Being depressed is something serious, and if you use it lightley, people with real depression aren't taken seriously ( at least in my country)"
The word "depressed" meant that first, then it got its clinical meaning.
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It annoys me when people claim to have OCD because they like to keep their home clean. That's often not usually how OCD manifests. Because people are incorrectly self-diagnosing themselves with OCD, it means people with genuine OCD are not being taken as seriously.
YES OCD is a real issue! I know someone who continuously claims he has OCD for very trivial and non-specific reasons, such as throwing away a piece of trash or straightening a stack of papers.
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As a person diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. People throwing around OCD and ADHD so flippantly makes it more difficult, for us that do suffer from it, to actually be believed. You preferring things to be tidy, is not OCD. You're a**l. I've never looked into this but I imagine most of us have no issues with things being tidy. Personally, my latest and most severe manifestation has to do with the feelings of contamination. This affects my entire life, even in my sleep. ADHD, no the H does not mean that I'm bouncing off the walls all the time. It means that I hyper-fixate on my newest interest. I've spent thousands of dollars on things I had to have in order to satisfy my hyper-fixation. Only to wake up one day and have zero interest in doing whatever it was that I was doing. I have boxes of business cards and hang tags for different small businesses I needed before I could even begin to sell anything. I even have clothing labels, shipping materials, photo cube and lighting.
I really wish clinical depression had another name. People who believe they have depression because they’re sad don’t know how lucky they are. Clinical depression is nothingness. An infinite pit of nothing. No emotion, no urges, no wants. Just nothingness. Somebody a month into a genuine depressive episode would give their unwashed bedsheets to feel sad for a day.
Same with clinical anxiety. Being nervous for an exam, or interview isn’t the same as being clinically on the verge of flight or flight all day every day for no reason. We need a renaming seminar.
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Mental illness is a daily struggle and shouldn't be treated as just a quirky personality.
Another term that's casually abused is "phobia". People with phobias experience real fears, whether or not they're rational or irrational. Not liking clowns or spiders is not a phobia, it's a preference. Fearing clowns or spiders is a phobia.
This! I think there is a place for useful conversation about mental health conditions - if it promotes better understanding and dispels myths. But I am deeply suspicious of people who cherry pick (often stereotyped) behaviours and then claim a diagnosis when it suits them or will get them attention. It just adds to the misinformation out there.
I had actual doctors hypothesize I have OCD, reason being the same ones as people on the internet say this sort of s**t such as fixing things to be straight. I don't have OCD. My psychologists was amazed they could say such s**t.
Being nervous before a test is not an anxiety disorder. You do not need an emotional support ferret or any other animal. Feeling blue because you didn't get the promotion you wanted is not chronic depression. People please stop self diagnosing.
As someone who struggled for YEARS with OCD and have severe trauma from it, it's not an adjective. It's real. It's terrible.
Recently learned what OCD acctually is in health class. For my whole life I thought it was a haha funny quirky thing that is just abt being neat but it’s way different and I might acctually have it
Faking DID/OSDD is one that I find especially annoying. As well as faking autism. My fiance and I are both autistic and my fiance has OSDD.
And don't weaponize your faux disabilities by using them to excuse away your bad behavior.
As someone who has been in the care of professionals for about five years (i am 19), had been to a mental institution after a mental breakdown, and had to literally mop up blood after friend's suicide attempt at said institution i cannot stand people who pretend to be mentally ill for attention. It's not funny, quirky, cute or romantic. It's not waiting for a knight in shining armor to come and fix you and live happily ever after. It's years of therapy, failed medication and relapses. It's nothing but painful struggle even with the most basic things, a struggle than many don't survive. I am willing to catch a damn charge over this, Stacy. (In case anyone asks, i am currently doing much better. I had been put on medication that greatly improved my condition and am regularly seeing a therapist. The friend survived and is living a fairly happy life with her girlfriend.)
As someone with Schizophrenia and DID, I'd love if people stopped getting their symptoms mixed up and saying Schizo = split personality etc. It doesn't. It's also not something you actually want, it isn't your edgy emo kid fashion accessory, it's actually closer to living in hell at some times.
And stop self diagnosing. It makes the people who have been diagnosed by a professional feel like their struggles aren't as valid and causes bad stereotypes. You can't just take one symptom and say you have that thing. There's more that goes into it.
I've also noticed that some mental health diagnosis are socially "ok", and some are not. I've never had a person tell me they deal with schizophrenia, a food addiction or a hoarding disorder unless they are a close friend looking for support. Other near-strangers are happy to chirp about their self-diagnosed X, tee hee. I wish people took all mental illness seriously (it's literally never fun), and there was more acceptance to help all individuals feel supported in their own struggles.
i have anxiety, autism, ADD/ADHD, and depression. It's not fun, cute, or quirky. No, Kayla, you don't have anxiety because you feel nervous. Anxiety is this crippling fear of the unknown and social situations because of "what if i get hurt" "what if they don't like me" "what if what if what if". No, "Fang", you don't have autism because you're shy. Autism is different for everybody, and for me, it's the fear of new things, being swallowed up by my newest interest, rambling on and onandonandon, and so much more. No, Brittney, you don't have depression because you're sad for an hour. Depression is like all light and color has been sucked out of you, and nothing brings you joy anymore. It fluctuates how much light and color and joy is in your world, it's not all gloom. All of these make me me. I'm an imperfect mess, and I wish I could change it, but I can't.
people who think mental illness or being autistic or other similar conditions is quirky and cute so pretend to have it for tiktok or youtube views and they massively exaggerate it one example is a girl on tiktok pretended to have tourettes and it was obvious she was faking it
And don’t scapegoat them through self diagnosis. It’s not an anxiety disorder. Literally no one else feels like doing it, either. Trust.
Yeah, gracie. Dang you gracie. (lmao, some kid in my class called gracie fakes like i swear to god all mental illnesses known to man, including tourette’s and they’re so obviously fake)
Which is why more recently I have become so cautious and discussing things like this. I don’t want to poke a sleeping bear and then feeding the same bear.
Do adults do that too? I thought it was just the teenagers. Big thanks to Tik Tok and Instagram eh? Anxiety, depression, suicidal tendencies, they’re all ‘trending’.. Or is it ‘on trend’? I know it can be a real thing, but it can also be a not-real thing with kids. How the hell to tell the difference though?
On the other hand I donot like it when people hide being treated for something like depression as if it is a top secret issue which would debase them as if it is a communacable disease. When you accept your mental illness and can talk about it and ask for help from others you are halfway to a cure. For example deppressed people are too far down to even recognise their state and go to a doctor for pills. And let's be frank a majority of the society treat mentally ill people as if they are maniacs.
Pills are not the sole cure for depression. They can certainly help in some instances, but it is not the only treatment. But you are very correct. If someone is genuinely in the middle of a major depressive episode, they generally cannot make the move or decision for themself to get the help they need.
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Capitalism requires mass production which requires mass markets which require uniform consumers. As the many are forced to conform for the benefit of the few, we turn to more and more desperate and ridiculous measure to proclaim our alleged individuality. We hand out awards for breathing, and scream like hyenas every time someone shouts “I’m fabulous.”
Being American. Put that flag away. No one gives a s**t.
Flag, fine. Overly fake patriotic and "go back to your own country" kind of people can get f****d.
Their Faith or lack of faith. I've seen Christians become hyper religious and force their beliefs on everyone around them and alternatively I've seen Atheists become toxic and anyone who deters from their worldview even slightly is a complete moron.
Let YOUR beliefs be just that YOURS and not everyone else's.
Yes ! And stop knocking on my door on weekends and pushing your religion in my face.
Being bloody vegan.
It is fine if your sharing food and you tell them you can't eat it because your vegan. Right?
Being LGBTQ, especially the whole gender thing. Like, I consider myself non-binary but I also consider this aspect of mine fairly unimportant to be honest. It's a "nice to know" type of thing for myself but I don't ever feel the need to discuss it with other people. Because what are they going to say about it? "Cool...?" Being non-cis or non-het is not nearly as interesting as some LGBTQ people believe it is. It's just ONE random aspect of someone's personality. There are many other aspects. For example I'm probably a HSP (highly sensitive person). But again, I don't see a point in mentioning this to other people because people who already know aren't going to treat me differently because of a label. They are know how I am/act/talk etc. And people who don't know me (yet) either don't matter or they'll find out about me over time.
So is HSP a thing that it has an abbreviation? Not sure what it is but I feel old now.
I’m Bisexual. No one in my life that hasn’t *asked* knows I’m bisexual, because it’s not my f*****g personality. Most friends I have in the LGBTQ+ community are first and foremost, queer. They’re not introduced to me as doctors, teachers, Germans, Americans, activists, introverts…no, they’re introduced as Queer and often that will be the only thing I know about them for some time.
This is a present issue in the community.
Conspiracy theorist. "Open your eyes, do your own research"
The generation they're born in
I don't know what I am. I'm vaguely curious, but not enough to Google it.
Hair color. If I hear my co-worker talk about how ‘natural red heads’ are or how you shouldn’t mess with them use it as an excuse for a shitty character trait, I’m gonna lose it.
Personality traits have nothing to do with hair colour , blondes do not have more fun, red-heads are not hot tempered, brunettes are not brainy ...we are all different 😊
Guns
😔 I know many of these people. I know people with hundreds of guns. People who share pics of their preschool age kids posing with massive automatic weapons (AK whatever, I have no idea the names). I don’t understand it and I grew up around it. My elementary school was always closed on the first day of deer hunting season.
Their own perceived persecution/ victimization.
"Being suppressed and personally attacked is who I am."
This will get buried, but some of these things become a person's entire personality because it consumes a majority of their life. Typically at a young age.
Kids that saw active duty in Afghanistan, living that 24 hours a day, yeah, probably has a large influence on your personality.
Woman with 3 small kids, raising them while her partner is absent (could be a deadbeat, could be working 18 hrs a day to support them), is gonna have a lot of anecdotes about motherhood.
Point being, some individuals choose not to grow. Some just don't get the opportunity to.
Edit: Thanks for the awards.
It's funny, i saw a lot of violence and death growing up in a conflict zone. I only ever talk about it here. I don't talk about it to my wife or kids. Definitely not to friends. But it can be hard to "just get over it". I still wake up at night screaming. A single mom of three kids, that was my mom. My father was taken when i was little. She never talks about that either. I don't think it's what defines us as people though. My mother is a doctor and educator. I am an engineer and artist. My brothers are a scientist and an architect. We are all voracious readers. Nietzsche said, "to live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering". I think he got it backwards. I think living is looking into the moments between the suffering. Living in the cracks will be joy, springing up like flowers in the sidewalk. You can can keep walking, or you can sprinkle a little water, and watch those flowers bloom. Just don't be too hard on yourself for feeling a little dry sometimes.
Harry Potter and I’m sick of pretending that a 45 year old woman running around saying she’s a f*****g Hufflepuff is normal.
Loving Disney.
I mean, it's good to know if you're going to join me if I bust out some "I'll Make a Man" in public, but you can have other dimensions too.
Being a youtuber
here, enjoy a thumbnail i made for such a time YOUTUBEGOB...dcb913.png 
Born-again Evangelicals
My ex-husband became "born again" after we divorced. He hooked up with and married the woman he'd been having an affair with for years. Doesn't get more holy than that...
Having kids
My world does revolve around my son, but I don’t disagree with you. I may tell you a story about my kid but I promise I’ll pick a ridiculous one you will love (wanna hear about when he opened a penis store?) and I will happily listen to your story about your cat, car, job, shirt, whatever because that’s how conversation and relationships work. I will not expect anything because I’m a mama bear and I do not think I’m more important or better. Oh, and I will read you the first time I tell you a kid story and won’t do it again if you’re annoyed or bored. Regardless, I’m guilty of this.
Being overworked and barely sleeping.
Edit: To clarify, this isn’t meant to be an insult. I know exactly how it feels to work an ungodly amount of hours with little to no reprieve. It’s a routine that’s become ingrained in us and I think it’s important to remember being overworked, under slept, and having little to no time to ourselves is not healthy.
I hate when people tell me I look tired And I say "yeah, kinda tired from work" And someone else goes balistic saying they havent slept for X days, had so much work And Kids And husband.. Like ok? I dont have those but I still can feel tired from working 8 hours, 5 days of week, ok? I dont see any glorification in working till your early death
Faking Mental Disorders. Ideally DID and such.
I can understand those who do have these disorders and just want to spread awareness and the struggle in their lives. But be aware that not everybody tells the truth, especially internet influencers. Whether it's for views, money, popularity, or attention.
I get annoyed when people say, "I'm so OCD". I have a friend with OCD. He needs constant help. He's in therapy for stress related anxiety, he can't hold a job. He can't even leave his apartment. Wanting things to be neat and organized isn't a mental illness. Also, getting excited isn't ADHD. It is a serious effective emotional disorder that requires treatment. People with ADHD cannot regulate their emotions in the same way that others can. Being Hyper or lacking Attention is the tip of a much larger proverbial iceberg.
‘Girl bosses’/MLM cult engagers
And social media.
"HEY GIRL. Haven't heard from you since High School. Glad I found you. How have you been? Anyways, I wanted to reach out to invite you to a party. Just a small get-together with some AMAZING friends of mine. We'll have wine and catch up. Have you heard of Keto? When you come by I'll tell you all about it." That was the last I ever heard from her.
Alcohol. It’s so annoying. Constant posts of drink in their hand, every selfie is a drink in their hand. Or a random day during the week “I’m home from work, some one stop me from drinking 🤪”
middle aged woman: "it's WINE O CLOCK HAHAHAHA IM HILARIOUS AND SO QUIRKY gin GIN GIN PROSECCO LOLS" .... (im guilty of liking wine but i dont make it a joke or personality trait)
Pickup trucks. There are people that happen to own pickup trucks, then there are people who's pickup truck owns them.
We all know the type, flood lights, muddn tires, grill racks, lifted, spotless paint with a wax, and optionally a diesel stack coming out of the bed, truck muts, and a snorkel.
I get it, printing out business cards that tell people that you're a douche would be difficult to distribute on the highway at 70mph, but it might be more cost effective than your $100K Raptor.
We call these "Payment Princesses" where i live. I own a pickup truck with an all terrain package because i go backcountry a lot. The truck got detailed because i spilled something sticky inside so it was shiny and perfect. I came out of a store and found a bunch of guys standing around it checking it out. As i approahed, they started asking what other accessories i had or started suggesting some that would not improve my performance. I finally got mad and "It's a (boop) truck. It does truck things. She's not here to look pretty." They were so offended
Smoking weed
I'm a Cannabis-American and I take offense at your denial of my culture /s
being a 'dog mom' or having a 'fur baby'
Sex. I don't even mean sexuality I mean the coomers and the guys who stalk this sub and ask 11 NSFW questions a day about "Hey ladies what do men get wrong about your bods" and "Ladies, what's your sexiest sex sexual experience where sex was had and it was sexy?"
Lust controls some of these people man. They gotta go outside.
Coomers?Stalking subs? Is this in a BDSM club or something? God I feel so old lol
I’m in recovery and there are some people who make their entire personality being in the program. It’s their entire life. I understand it for people who are new because some have literally had to change everything and they NEED recovery to be their life for a while in order to stay clean and stay alive. That’s perfectly fine, but when you have 25 years clean and you still go to 6 meetings a week, go to every single event and your life entirely revolves around it, it might be time to maybe branch out a little.
I’ve distanced myself from these people in the last few years. I stick to the few small meetings that these people don’t frequent, call my sponsor when I need too and have a handful of close friends. Other than that, I have an entire life outside of recovery. I have other friends, hobbies and goals to achieve and don’t really talk about recovery unless I’m asked about
It. I feel this is healthier.
Being a fan Elon musk
You ever see a police officers wife? It's crazy but they turn their entire existence into being a police spouse, it's very odd. I have two neighbors that are police, they younger the wife the more intense the alternate reality they create for themselves. The husbands never mention their profession but the wifes cant shut up about it and try and prove how much they know about local law enforcement.
Sounds like officers' wives in the military. No, your HUSBAND is a Colonel, YOU are the "missus"....not Mrs Colonel Airborne.
Being confidently incorrect.
Anime
I enjoy watching anime. But then I see other folks who spend a ton of money cosplaying Random characters. Going to conventions in those multilayered cosplays. They buy a f**k ton of figurines, posters, swords, flags, etc.
I don't really find that annoying at all. Cause I have a bunch of jerseys, go to professional sporting events and I have like three posters. And I also play Fantasy football in like 4 leagues. A league I've been in for a decade. Two money leagues and a charity league..... I'm sure Fantasy football will be listed here....so I get the passion
What I do find annoying is how they confuse their anime fanhood and convert it to Japan fanhood. Some go as far as thinking Japan is the greatest country and they want to move there. Like look man. Sushi, Ramen, and Tempura is great but Japan is as flawed as most countries and maybe even more flawed than others. Their Work Life Balance is stupid. You often hear about how people work 20 hr days sometimes and die of exhaustion. It's adding on to a declining population. Japan's population declined from 128 mil in early 2010s to 120 mil. There's also High rates of depression and a lack of mental health care in Japan. People aren't as opening as you think they are to. Not saying this is specific to Japan I'm just saying that in Japan isn't as open as you think it is like enjoy the anime
Music, I know some people who are so snobby about their music choices.
As a lifelong improviser, composer, and jazz pianist, I found that no religion can make a human feel the level of joy that music does. It becomes a passion. Should not criticize anyone for surrounding their life with something creative and uplifting!
Politicians they follow
Upon listening to every candidate during election question period, they all sound the same. They all waste time thanking everyone and every opportunity they've had in their life, reminiscing about something that happened in their family 20 years ago and then barely answer the question in the last 2 seconds, and usually going over the time limit. No matter the party, there's very, very little impacts I've noticed in my life that has been changed so dramatically that wouldn't have happened if different party was elected.
Driving a Tesla
When I see one on the road I watch out : a lot of them are driven by rich people without driving skills. Over here they are cheap to run (if you can afford the investment) because of tax write-offs.
Being in the military.
Here it's just a job. Granted : an interesting and sometimes risky one, but done by all kinds of people : straight/gay, morning/evening people, grumpy/friendly, right/left wing, rock/classical/techno lovers....
Their beard. As a guy with a beard it’s annoying. Although it’s not quite as bad as it was 5 years ago or so. We get it. You have a beard
Me : sometimes just too lazy or lacking the energy to shave more than once a week.
Wokeism
Counterpoint: using the word "woke" to mean anything you're having a hissy fit about at the time.
Here in the Netherlands people who live in Amsterdam base their personality on Amsterdam
Their job
I think this varies in different countries/cultures. In the US it’s the very first thing you seem to talk about. It’s how you describe someone briefly, he’s a plumber, lawyer, etc. It plays a role in why people will overwork and not have balanced lives. I think cultures that don’t do this are more rounded. More time with family, more time with friends, more time relaxing, more time for hobbies.
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This may be an unpopular opinion but this post is rather ridiculous and judgy and nitpicky. Why does it matter? Is it getting in your way? At the end of the day everyone's personality is going to be associated with and deeply entangled with something external after all.
It is more than someone liking something, what this is about, imo, is people who become completely absorbed into things. That thing is the only thing they can talk about, or every topic somehow makes its way back to that one thing. Fanatics more than fans. They are all encompassed by it.
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ooh those are annoying, especially the elitist ones on unicycles
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BoredPanda used to be a website that focused on artwork quirky and feel good stories around the world. However, now I feel like so many of their listicles are negative and judgmental and just for click bait.
Load More Replies... A little bit concerned about how many people were quick to tell queer people to shut up about being queer. :/
I am a bit concerned that people think that if a gay person speaks their mind about something "controversial", it means that the opinion is now invalid or anti-queer. Yes, us queers can be rude, annoying and a-holes. And many do go over-board with making "being gay" their only trait.
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Well what a lovely list of self righteous twits giving there opinions- often clearly rooted in forms of misogyny or internalized homophobia.
I was gonna mention the internalized homophobia. Three of 'em in the first dozen posts. Sad. If people want to be out, loud, and proud, good for them! They may have spent their youth being told they were weirdos, perverts, and sinners. Maybe harassed and bullied on a regular basis. The freedom to finally be yourself is a big deal.
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Basically, anyone who creates their persona around a single obsession is boring. Whether it's collecting stamps or conspiracy theories, variety is the spice of life.
Hunting, I drive for FedEx and I’m on the road all day. The biggest bumper sticker violators are the ones who need to let everyone know they hunt, and they ALWAYS have some item of woodland camouflage on at all times.
it's a mistake to base your personality on your job... are you living your own life story out, or somebody else's cliched expectations of how you should act in your job role?... Look to any group of licensed professionals for examples... These people do a metamorphosis when they get home after a long day, calm down, and turn back into their regular self.... Lawyers have got to be the worst at this...
This whole list was (mostly) a plea for people to have more than one interest and I'd say the vast majority of people do. It may have been dumb but it killed some time and that's the purpose of this site so I'm not mad about it.
Fat Activism, screeching 24/7 about diet culture, fat phobia, thin privilege and making Rebel Wilson’s weight loss all about them.
This is probably the most judgey, picky, b:tcy article I have seen on BP. Doesn't feel right.
Really, there shouldn’t be any one thing that defines you. That would be…one dimensional :D I don’t know anyone who taken one thing and made it their entire persona
After reading these and the comments all I can say is...just let people be who they are. If it's not for you, don't participate.
You ride a HONDA (snicker) My bikes outside, where's yours? The road is wet. It might rain, etc. (Went back to my beer)
I don't care what you ride. My only consideration is if you're a rider or a biker. With bikers it's all about the bike and its cult of personality. Riders just ride, sure, they love their bike but as a tool - a fantastic means to an end.
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Wow, this is not a good post..... Just because someone gives expression to an important part of their lives, doesn't mean they base their whole personality around that part. This seams more like an post about "what I feel uncomfortable seeing in other people about myself" and that's ok. Just don't express it like this, it makes you seem judgemental and petty.
This may be an unpopular opinion but this post is rather ridiculous and judgy and nitpicky. Why does it matter? Is it getting in your way? At the end of the day everyone's personality is going to be associated with and deeply entangled with something external after all.
It is more than someone liking something, what this is about, imo, is people who become completely absorbed into things. That thing is the only thing they can talk about, or every topic somehow makes its way back to that one thing. Fanatics more than fans. They are all encompassed by it.
Load More Replies... ooh those are annoying, especially the elitist ones on unicycles
Load More Replies... BoredPanda used to be a website that focused on artwork quirky and feel good stories around the world. However, now I feel like so many of their listicles are negative and judgmental and just for click bait.
Load More Replies... A little bit concerned about how many people were quick to tell queer people to shut up about being queer. :/
I am a bit concerned that people think that if a gay person speaks their mind about something "controversial", it means that the opinion is now invalid or anti-queer. Yes, us queers can be rude, annoying and a-holes. And many do go over-board with making "being gay" their only trait.
Load More Replies... Well what a lovely list of self righteous twits giving there opinions- often clearly rooted in forms of misogyny or internalized homophobia.
I was gonna mention the internalized homophobia. Three of 'em in the first dozen posts. Sad. If people want to be out, loud, and proud, good for them! They may have spent their youth being told they were weirdos, perverts, and sinners. Maybe harassed and bullied on a regular basis. The freedom to finally be yourself is a big deal.
Load More Replies... Basically, anyone who creates their persona around a single obsession is boring. Whether it's collecting stamps or conspiracy theories, variety is the spice of life.
Hunting, I drive for FedEx and I’m on the road all day. The biggest bumper sticker violators are the ones who need to let everyone know they hunt, and they ALWAYS have some item of woodland camouflage on at all times.
it's a mistake to base your personality on your job... are you living your own life story out, or somebody else's cliched expectations of how you should act in your job role?... Look to any group of licensed professionals for examples... These people do a metamorphosis when they get home after a long day, calm down, and turn back into their regular self.... Lawyers have got to be the worst at this...
This whole list was (mostly) a plea for people to have more than one interest and I'd say the vast majority of people do. It may have been dumb but it killed some time and that's the purpose of this site so I'm not mad about it.
Fat Activism, screeching 24/7 about diet culture, fat phobia, thin privilege and making Rebel Wilson’s weight loss all about them.
This is probably the most judgey, picky, b:tcy article I have seen on BP. Doesn't feel right.
Really, there shouldn’t be any one thing that defines you. That would be…one dimensional :D I don’t know anyone who taken one thing and made it their entire persona
After reading these and the comments all I can say is...just let people be who they are. If it's not for you, don't participate.
You ride a HONDA (snicker) My bikes outside, where's yours? The road is wet. It might rain, etc. (Went back to my beer)
I don't care what you ride. My only consideration is if you're a rider or a biker. With bikers it's all about the bike and its cult of personality. Riders just ride, sure, they love their bike but as a tool - a fantastic means to an end.
Load More Replies... Wow, this is not a good post..... Just because someone gives expression to an important part of their lives, doesn't mean they base their whole personality around that part. This seams more like an post about "what I feel uncomfortable seeing in other people about myself" and that's ok. Just don't express it like this, it makes you seem judgemental and petty.
