“I’m Sorry, What?”: This Instagram Account Collects “Texts With Threatening Auras”, And Here Are 35 Of The Most Hair-Raising Ones (New Pics)
Typing out a few quick sentences and pressing "send" has never been easier, right? Exchanging messages play a huge role in our everyday life, giving us incredible freedom to communicate with our family, friends, and even total strangers from any corner of the world. But this also means we’re pretty easy to reach too, and unfortunately, not everyone’s up for a friendly chat.
Our phones sometimes have a tendency to light up, pour more fuel into our nightmares, and turn our world upside down in mere seconds. Not to sound overly dramatic or anything, but just take a look at this list right here. We’re taking a deep dive into a cursed collection of texts, courtesy of the 'Texts With Threatening Auras' Instagram account. The creators of the page document the very worst examples that end up spiraling off somewhere we least expect, leaving us knocking on wood and crossing our fingers in hopes for the best.
We have gone through their feed and gathered some of the most painfully awkward examples below, all for your entertainment! So enjoy scrolling through this list and be sure to tell us which of the entries made you feel slightly in danger. Keep reading to also find an in-depth interview about how to avoid getting lost in translation while sending texts with the web psychologist Graham Jones. And if you think you can handle even more hilarious threatening messages, check out Part 1 of this feature right over here.
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Run Run as fast as you can, YOu can’t catch me I;m the Gingerbread man
This is her husband, you are now on the suspect list again.
Load More Replies...I see posts where women have their friends flirt with their boyfriends and record it. In these posts, the boyfriend flirts back. The women in the comments always say that this is a great way to test your boyfriend. So why is it considered okay for women to do, but not men?
Load More Replies...If this was a prank it would be hilarious. If it isn’t then…I don’t really wanna know what is happening in that persons mind
500 messages later.... "Can you please tell me who you are?"
This one is the text version of kids doing prank phone calls asking if your refrigerator was running.
Reminds me of when my ex called my office and had his friend pretend to hit on me to see my reaction. I didn't know until a few years later. (I wish now that I would've played along. It would've saved me some miserable years with him.)
damn that's some nuclear level insecurity. i'm sorry u had to be on the receiving end of that, and everything else that made it such a miserable experience. so glad you put him in ur rear view mirror. it takes a lot of strength, determination & power to walk away from someone u (once) had an attachment to, were so intimate with & spent so many years together. i really commend u for that. so proud of you, friend! i hope you're living ur absolute best life now and either already have someone that treats u like the royalty u are, or ur future partner does so. wishing u a lifetime of happiness, prosperity, peace & contentment❤
Load More Replies...I hate either of them. Spotify doesn't even have all the music I'm trying to find. Youtube is more reliable, and I can listen to the whole song.
Although it may seem like SMS is a thing of the past, it remains one of the most ubiquitous forms of messaging despite fierce competition from mobile apps. After all, with just a few quick taps on our phones, we can share our thoughts with others and hear from people we care about, no matter where we find ourselves in the world. Moreover, data from Pew Research Center suggests that around 83% of American adults own cell phones and three-quarters of them send and receive text messages.
"It is quick and convenient, for a start," Graham Jones, a qualified psychologist and a member of the British Psychological Society who focuses on how people behave online, told Bored Panda. "But it is also easier than phoning."
Jones pointed out that when we call someone and receive no answer, we’re supposed to leave a voicemail. "But it seems odd talking to someone who is not there," he added. "So, the vast majority of people don't leave voicemail messages. Instead, they use a form of written communication."
"Finish him!" - "Baby uses barf combo. Baby wins. Flawless victory!"
Load More Replies...Right -they're not afraid to throw a lot of c**p at you
Load More Replies...This reminds me of a time I called my parents collect, from the dorm pay phone, way back in college (late 1990's). The operator asked my name and then asked several more times to repeat myself, which I did. I have an easy name but apparently it's hard to hear or understand on the phone. So, the call goes through and I hear my dad answer. The operators then says: "um sir. I have a collect call from , uh, Death'. My name is Beth. My dad, being a dad, fake screams and hangs up the phone.
My old boss was trying to book a flight via an operated voice system and every time she was asked to state the destination which was Dubai the voice system replied goodbye and cut her off!
Load More Replies...This makes sense psychologically. "Speech is for when the person you are speaking to is there and can hear you. Writing was invented to communicate with people who were not there at the time. So it makes no logical sense to our brains to leave a voicemail as the person is not there. It makes much more sense to write something to them." The psychologist explained this is one of the main reasons why many people hang up and send a text message as soon as they hear a voicemail announcement. "We always want to write to people who are not there because our brain knows they cannot hear us. We feel as though we are talking to ourselves," Jones added.
According to John Lauer, CEO and co-founder of business texting-software provider Zipwhip, there’s no faster, easier way to communicate than text messages. He explained that this medium of communication should keep a short format so people could consume and respond to texts quickly. However, being brief and speedy with typing what you have to say can lead to miscommunication and uncomfortable situations, such as the ones you see in this list.
What other way is there? Don't you weigh them on the scale in the grocery store/farmer's market?
Load More Replies...LOL! Did the "Please block me again, I need to finish my list" follow.
I hope they just kept going with the list. 12 kg tomatoes…
Load More Replies...Why can't they send it to themselves? Or just use a note app. Sending your shopping list to a blocked number is a recipe for disaster.
I'm glad it was a grocery list ... I thought at first it was a recipe!
Who the Hell is just going out and buying 4kg of wheat? I really hope they meant flour...
I have a grain mill on my counter. I buy large quantities of wheat regularly.
Load More Replies...Wow 1 kilo of salt... 250g more than 3 years ago I think. I haven't gone through that.
Why don't you just send whatsapp messages to yourself? That's how I write my grocery lists.
My mom would have found this funny once she found out what happened and proceeded to show everyone she knew.
Never before have those three little dots looked more terrifying
Took me an hour to get my toddler to sleep. Read this, burst out laughing, and woke her up. F.
"Your invitation for being a close acquaintance of mine has been accepted."
Load More Replies...If I remember rightly, the neighbour is Polish (I think) and was still learning English.
on both sides of this interaction! too many people happily disrupt their neighbours lives w noise pollution, mess, disrespect etc -- especially in the early hours or late night. OP is a considerate person & the other guy is reasonably letting others get on w their lives. i can't stand parents that make their decision to procreate everyone else's problem & act like they deserve VIP treatment in every way just bc they have a baby
Load More Replies...This is what happens when you live next door to the guy who writes fortune cookie fortunes.
"Because text messages are short and we have limited space, people take shortcuts," Jones explained the reason for these slip-ups. "They avoid proper sentences, correct grammar and punctuation. They use abbreviations to help shorten the message."
But the psychologist stressed that spelling, grammar and punctuation are key elements of the written language. "Without them, communication is less effective and much less efficient. That's why languages have all their grammar rules. But in the world of SMS, those rules have been abandoned out of necessity. As a result, miscommunication happens all the time."
You know that if you pronounce this wrong, it actually means penis in Italian...
Load More Replies...A for effort. Unless you find out that's his regular pick-up line for Italians.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing. She is taking that miscarriage really hard.
Load More Replies...My thought as well, as next step from this woman could be worse :-(
Load More Replies...I would be scared as hell if I got a message like that! A stranger been following her Facebook, we dont know for how long or how much she seen. Or if she's been followed out with the baby.. I feel sorry for them both and hope the sender got help. It's hard to have a mlscarriage mentally also so I really hope she get the help she need, and hope the other woman only shares pics of her child with her friends, not open for everyone to see.
Facebook has privacy settings. Peopled to use them for many reasons, including this one.
Load More Replies...This is one of those instant block and report ones and also forward to law enforcement. This is very creepy and she needs help like now.
Serious The Hand That Rocks the Cradle vibes, and so many LMN plots.
Load More Replies...I've legit been sending my wife "duck" pics for years, always gets a gaggle out of her.
One time I sent a text to my husband: "I took a shower, wanna see?" He said yes so I proceed to send him a picture of our wet shower doors. He got a good laugh, right before he was teaching his class.
Out if the quack at the tip of his duck, of course
Load More Replies...In a bid to be crystal clear while exchanging texts with other people, we can make sure to take some extra steps to avoid finding ourselves in embarrassing situations. "One way would be to type what you would say to the person," Jones suggested. "Say it out loud as you type it. That way it will be likely to make better sense and avoid embarrassment."
"Make sure you read your text before pressing the send button. Read it a couple of times. Pause. Read it again. You will be able to pick out mistakes and potential problems before you send the message," he added. "All too often, people press send and then notice a mistake later. That leads them to regret what they sent. This can be avoided by taking a breather before you send anything."
urban dictionary definition 1: When you are in an extreme reckless mode, feeling very mischievous, and lack concern for the well being of others. Normally caused by consuming lots of alcohol.
Load More Replies...I have a 4 years old sister and trust me you won’t survive if you don’t run
This happens when ever my mom says no to buying him a stuffy (especially when it’s a dog)
Well? You heard the woman! Go down to Walmar and get her a loaf of bred!
My name is snek my body long but jaw is stronk and when it time to get me fed i open wide i monch the bred
I find this immediately funny, but then again I'm a damaged person. :D
Load More Replies...Hello? 911? This isn't funny in the least. An ex stalked me & MY (not his) kids for almost a year. Tried to grab my daughter from kindergarten, but the teachers had been advised & the cops were called. F*cker broke into my house, slashed my tires, wailed on my front lawn for HOURS about how much he LOVED me. Finally left me a VOICE MAIL telling me he was coming over to kill me & my children. A VOICE MAIL. King County cops found him soon after and placed him under arrest. He went to jail & I moved away.
Yes it wasn't funny. Sorry for everything you went through. How are you doing now? How long will he be in jail? Read too many scenarios like this nowadays 😢😢
Load More Replies...Report it tot he police...we don't want to find a fine BORED PANDA injured or worse!
Jones mentioned in an earlier interview that people are using different methods of communication for separate purposes. "For example, some people use text messaging for family communications, WhatsApp for communicating with friends, Twitter for direct messaging companies, and so on." He added that we choose to communicate with different methods for specific reasons. "Some people will use text messaging more than others not because they prefer it, but because they do more communicating with family or friends or whichever group they mentally allocate to text messaging."
What? You DON'T get loving goodnight messages from Pizza Hut? You don't buy enough pizza 😜
Load More Replies...Does that mean he gives it to her 30 mins or less lol
Load More Replies...A few years ago, a human trafficking ring was busted at my local Walmart. Who knows what's going on at the Hut?
Load More Replies...Looks like your girl loves Pizza Hut more than you. Get some pizza to deal with the break up.
This is not sexual harassment... makes me think he has done it a few times and gotten reported maybe...
If a woman had done the same thing, I think people would just joke abut how awkward she is rather than honestly thinking she was sexually harassing a guy.
Load More Replies...If it feels like sexual harrassment, and it sounds like sexual harrassment,
But they say it's not, then it's not! Everyone's happy and the world is a perfect place.
Load More Replies...He should have just apologized that it came out wrong instead of spending time covering it up with his research backing.
"In the past, when all you had was either sending a letter or making a phone call, there was much less communication we had to do. Nowadays, with texting, WhatsApp, Messenger, and so on, we are spending much more time using communications systems. In the past, much of what we now do electronically, we would have said face to face," Jones said, noting how almost everything we used to do in person can be achieved while texting — from breaking up to sending birthday wishes.
Board games night at this family's house is not for the faint of heart.
I'd be down a cousin. Even if it's just a joke it is seriously messed up.
S**t what? What happened between “Lets play a guessing game!” To “gramma is in the f*****g hospital go right now!”
Cousin: knock knock Salma: Who's there? Cousin: Grandma died. 😆😂🤣 P.s. so sorry, my humor is as black as my soul 🖤
"We need to talk." The most frightening sentence to me. Talk now or don't talk. Don't leave me sitting with anxiety for hours for something that is usually beyond stupid.
My ex used to do that to me all the time, and always while I was in work, so then I wouldn't be able to concentrate on my actual work and spent most of the day wondering what he was going to blow out of proportion this time.
Load More Replies...I'd venture to say those are among the 4 worst words to hear someone utter. Panic inducing every time!
If someone says “we need to talk”, they’d better be ready with a pot of coffee and ready to go. Do NOT use that phrase and walk for awhile…. Because the longer the wait the more time we have for the imaginary battle/fight/comeback/defense preparations.
I do this to my boyfriend all the time 😆 he knows I'm never serious when I type this sort of thing 😂 we have a strange sense of humour
That's how my late wife was too. After nine years I'm not sure I'd worry about that phrase anymore.
Load More Replies...Those four words have been the bane of my existence. Anytime someone says "we need to talk" I know s#!t is about to get real, and real bad.
One time my friend stole my phone and texted my dad “Im in trouble. need to talk to you. Now” AND WE SAW THE LITTLE TYPING THINGIE AND I WAS TERRIFIED AND THIS MAN REALLY RESPONDED “hi in trouble I need to talk to you now, I’m dad” 😂
Even though these messages we exchange every day are short and sometimes lack context and information we could work with, sometimes the content of the text can be rather uncomfortable. "Our mood is always affected by the words we read," the psychologist told us. "Whether that change in mood lasts a long time depends upon the message itself, who it is from, and our reaction to it. Some people can 'shrug off' a mood lowering text, whereas others find the impact long-lasting."
C**p like this is why I stopped using ubereats. Last time I ordered I gave a 30% tip in the app, had the driver demand a cash tip at the door (while keeping my door open with his foot) and when I showed him on my phone his tip he said, "You BETTER rate me a 5." F that behavior. I've been in food service. I get it. In America the tip system is just outrageous. I always try to remember my time in the fiod industry here. But you don't intimidate or pull c**p like the driver in this post.
I hope u left him a thumbs down after he left. Matter of fact I hope u reported him or sent a complaint to UberEats or something
Load More Replies...Tell me you’re quitting your Uber eats job without saying you’re quitting your Uber eats job
There's apparently a poll that shows that 80% of delivery drivers eat the customers' food. Once my family ordered donuts (because most of us had Covid and decided not to go out to buy them) and the driver said that the extra donut we got was inside the box, but it wasn't and now we wonder if he ate it.
80% = 4 out of 5 delivery drivers have tasted/eaten some part of some deliveries. Sick isn't it.
Load More Replies...My name is Inigo “Austen” Montoya. You ate my meal. Prepare to die!
I really wish pizza wasn't the only restaurant direct delivery option in my area, because all those third party companies are horrible and I've had massive problems with each one.
Load More Replies...I live in a complex with three separate buildings. All have the same apartment numbers, but all are also clearly marked by building number. My building is the closets to the street. Last time I used a food delivery service they told their employer that they were unable to contact me because my number (that I was receiving the messages on) was out of service and left my food sitting in front of the apartment in the building furthest from the street.
Our town's numbered streets are labeled North or South. We've received other people's orders a couple of times, sometimes we didn't even notice it was on our porch until it was spoiled. There weren't always phone Number on the order, but I tried to reach out cause I feel bad for the customer.
Load More Replies...WE HAVE ENOUGH CHILI! BRING ROLLS OR SALAD INSTEAD!!!
Load More Replies...Chances are he sent the text one and it keeps sending for some reason. This has happened to me before
Guys I think they might want to go to Golden Corral. I can't be sure though.
Wow, I didn't know people actually went full on "Golden Retriever" mode while texting.
"Dad can we go to mount Splashmore?","Dad can we go to mount Splashmore?","Dad can we go to mount Splashmore?","Dad can we go to mount Splashmore?","Dad can we go to mount Splashmore?","Dad can we go to mount Splashmore?","Dad can we go to mount Splashmore?","Dad can we go to mount Splashmore?","Dad can we go to mount Splashmore?"
When asked how we should react after receiving creepy and uneasy texts, Jones suggested simply talking to someone about it. "Reflect on the experience and work out what made you uncomfortable. Then chat to someone you trust about it."
"This will help you cope with the impact of the message. If the message is from someone you don't know, you might want to block their number, so they cannot upset you again in the future. If it is from someone you know, you may want to tell them how they made you feel," he concluded.
Fake cause the text changes color (although almost all of these are fake anyways)
actually the blue indicates they’re connected to the internet and able to message- if it’s green they’re not and if it shows an error then it didn’t go through :) definitely fake anyways though lol
Load More Replies...Next time you try to leave imma tie you to the bed and set the f*****g house on fire. Sounds familiar.
She is clearly somehow genetically linked to my own mother-dearest. The duplicitous-b***h gene is strong in these ones...
My mother’s latest hobby is telling me how fat I’ve gotten since I lost my job. She’s obese herself. Good times.
Sorry to hear that your mom seems to project her self hatred on you. Hope can stay away from her mostly and good luck finding a new hopefully good job!
Load More Replies...Yep, just a daily reminder that I could instead live in Baltimore and my life is good again
Load More Replies...When you work from home and your two year old helps send the emergency alerts.
I think an alien hacked into the emergency alert system and is trying to send a message. Quick, someone translate!
“Kys” is kiss in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish… not making it less disturbing…
Wrong thread lol. Didn't realize what you meant until I scrolled to the next one.
Load More Replies...I'm usually horny from 09:00:01-09:00:02 if you miss the window to bad
I'm upvoting but not because of the post, more because of the comments it brought. LMAO.
Usually betwixt 923 and 929 am that is the ONLY time soooo you got like 12 more hours dude
“Just roughly. The third? Oh I’m too busy then sorry we might have to bump it up to the first.
Lol and dad's too. Mine would have gotten things so messed up
Load More Replies...Oh my gosh. This is why I'm glad my mom doesn't try to use these kinds of things.
“Kys” is kiss in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish… not making it less disturbing…
Thanks for clearing that up I didn't understand on the original post
Load More Replies...And that's what I was afraid would happen. Back to being shy, I guess
So if it's from the tiktok song then he is saying HELL yes
Load More Replies...I think he's asking to be airlifted to escape, so probably a hard no
Load More Replies...What's with all these manipulative guys taking their partners' phones? Cringe!
As an American, there is an adverse approach to allowing males to properly feel things and work out the associated emotions. Instead, they are to "be men" and bury all of that opportunity of sociopathic aversion through feeling. Then they get a girlfriend 🙄 and here's how they act. Do they not know that's the least "manly" perception of them when they do this? Legit.
Load More Replies...ah yes, the first picture you took from google when you looked up "scary fredbear five nights at freddys fnaf scary 3am evil"
That is an awesome picture of nightmare fredbear tho. Like honestly I can see why c.c was terrified of them.
Load More Replies...Honestly, sometimes having a bf/husband tell a guy to get lost is the only way a harasser will leave you alone.
'okie dokie' seems harmless. Doubt nightmare guy understands whoever it is may not be AFTER Emma.
Load More Replies...And this is where you start taking Fnaf fans serious now bc they will threaten you by using fnaf fanart...
Made of steamed hams, if The Simpsons are to be believed
Load More Replies...f**k door dash, they took it across the street despite be being outside telling them it was me, then they drove by me and put it on my door, watched me walk in and come out and grba my food, and then my door ran out {cause they wouldn't give me my food despite them texting my phone that i showed the was going from there to mine} and they seen my pup talked to it while i told them leave it allowed while i typed to call him back, so they basically lured my dog to there car and i yelled at them to stop done drive my dog was behind there car, and they tried to run my puppy over despite seeing me there trying to grab him, Im 7'4 albino with long white hair.... I'm hard to miss so its not one of those "oh they didnt see you"
I feel this one. My Mom and Grandma like to randomly check my phone and every time I'm anxious that they'll judge my games, or pictures, or find something that they don't like. It leaves me anxious for a week after. I do not like it.
Sounds like a lot of trust issues in your home and why the hell should you be judged for what you like? You do you kid
Load More Replies...Telling them gives them time to delete. Don’t tell them WHY you want them to come! 🤣🤦🏽♀️
My dad told me he had to Google something and needed to use my phone. One of my friends kept texting me, so he decided to read all the messages from that conversation. I had come out to her in that conversation...
He was really chill about it though, fortunately.
Load More Replies...I'm 40 and I still get nervous showing my mom my phone. For any reason.
Omg once somebody wrote an entire creepypasta for that image in the comments section of a BP post. I wish I could find it again.
Rocket League is a video game where you use vehicles to knock a giant ball into a goal. So...soccer. With giant balls and cars.
I know that most of these are probably fake, but they’re still 😂
I didn't waste my time trying to figure them out. Evidently this is for 10 year old children that have bad language.
I literally had one of these kinds of conversations while reading this. I was texting my friend and meant to write "good" but instead I wrote goos, then goos, then GIID, then GIOD, and finally Good lol
I know that most of these are probably fake, but they’re still 😂
I didn't waste my time trying to figure them out. Evidently this is for 10 year old children that have bad language.
I literally had one of these kinds of conversations while reading this. I was texting my friend and meant to write "good" but instead I wrote goos, then goos, then GIID, then GIOD, and finally Good lol
