What’s the secret you’re keeping right now?
Did your heart just stop at that question? We bet you can probably count up to a dozen memories or pieces of personal information that you don't want to share with other people. And that’s fair! Humankind has fought for privacy rights for years. We’re not here to learn about your secrets, but to show how 50 people got the burden off their backs with anonymous secret confessions.
As the professor of psychology at Georgia Gwinnett College, David Ludden, Ph.D., points out, secrets can be psychologically damaging because the secret holder can't express what happened and discuss it with others. And as we’ve all experienced, talking about our problems and getting a second opinion can be a huge relief. But when it comes to secrets, we can’t share what happened and have the same approach. Actually, the idea that someone else might know our secret leads to sleepless nights.
Most of the time, you probably think of letting the cat out of the bag because it’s driving you crazy. Still, you can’t hand the power of blackmail or shame to family, friends, and strangers, so you prefer to take some secrets to the grave. But, that’s where the advantage of anonymity comes into play. Instead of confessing to priests and bartenders, try confessing sins anonymously online. Without further ado, we’ve found 50 anonymous secret confessions shared on Fesshole to help you realize that your secrets might not be that bad.
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Anonymous Confession Stories Bringing “Sinners” Together
Maybe you committed a petty crime and got away with it. Maybe you had a regrettable one-night stand, or you did something shameful in your student life. Or maybe it's not that extreme. Some people hide their views on political and religious views, especially when they believe no one else will agree with them. Some do not reveal their finances too, whether they have a lot more or a lot less than others think. For whatever the reason, every person in the world hides a secret. The group of people craving for a way out to spill the tea are much more than the easygoing poker faces we see daily.
Fesshole is the place that might do the trick in making you feel safe and still express what’s killing you inside—hilarious stories or not. With hundreds of thousands of followers, it offers everyone who wants to confess a Google form to keep their anonymity and many, many sets of ears, so they know their confession is heard. It might not bring you salvation, but if there's a chance for peace of mind, why not take it?
And we at Bored Panda are seekers of peace of mind. Hence we want to help everyone turn the page on a mistake they’re the only ones to know about. Sharing secrets anonymously is the core value in Fesshole. Thus, we got in contact with the person behind Fesshole, Rob to give us more insights about this impactful digital platform.
Rob told Bored Panda, "It came about after chatting to my mate Chris and he was moaning about the old internet and how you could post a complaint about your job or your life on a web forum, and nothing went viral and the only people who read were internet nerds. You didn't get sacked." Now, the situation is quite different. If you vent online about your crazy boss, chances are it might go viral enough for your story to reach them as well.
The Fesshole Project
Anyway, Rob and Chris continued with their conversation, and they "got to talk about how semi-anonymity through obscurity was a good thing in many ways."
"So I thought I'd make a place where it's free for Chris to moan and even if it did go viral, it wasn't going to ruin his job or his life because his name is not on," the man running the project explained its origins.
Rob keeps a record of how many people submit their confessions and it's about 150-180 per week.
The Selection Process of Funny Confessions
Rob doesn't overthink the process of which ones to feature on the account. “[My choices are] based on scrolling down the list and reading and picking out the ones that I think will work. Funny or interesting, really,” he said. “Or my judgment of what I think the world will find funny or interesting.”
When you look at it, Rob’s content selection method is kinda meta. “I think scrolling down whilst picking echoes how people read Twitter, just hunting for that interesting bit,” he pointed out. “So this is Twitter, where I’ve pre-chewed the meat.”
But with so many submissions, running the account requires a fair share of time and effort. “I’m in and out of the spreadsheet (whilst doing other stuff, too) all day and every day. That means I’ve read over 3 million words (3,178,532) simply picking the confessions.
Well they banned smoking in doors due to health risk of others. If you want to.come inside, you should have a vaccine to protect others.
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That's really not fair. Some people can't get vaccinated for health reasons...
True I have a nephew that cant but He has s to carry a Doctors verification and be tested every 2 weeks and carry his negative status with him! He has no complaints!
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My mom got blood clots from the covid vaccine.. so I'm a nutter then because I refuse to get the vaccine out of real legitimate fear for my health and well being? Why is your view of me so low?
Yes? I get that you're afraid. I don't want to downplay that. Your fear is real. It's a scary time for a lot of us. However, every reputable scientific study has found that the risks from COVID are greater than the risk of and from blood clots. Talk to your doctor. If they say not to get the vaccine, don't. Apply for whatever job you want and ask for a medical exemption. (In the U.S., you can probably cite ADA accommodations.) Without your doctor literally telling you not to get vaccinated though, yeah. Your fear is legitimate. But it's not rational.
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There's a difference between being anti-vax and being anti covid vaccine. Most anti-vaxxers are genuine nutters but anybody that's mentally competent can come to the correct conclusion that the hysteria surrounding covid and the level of response to it is completely disproportionate to the danger posed.
Love this!! I run a business and just last week some Yahoo pulls in with F**k Trudeau flags and stickers all over his truck! (I live in Canada for those of you that don't know, Justin Trudeau is our Prime Minister) I am all for freedom of speech and expression but come on. I'm willing to bet he's never stepped foot in a poll booth in his life. So anyways the guy comes in completes his business, leaves and comes back less than a minute later and hands me a stack of newspapers not just any old newspapers, these were conspiracy theorists papers (can't remember the name, started with a D) anyways he says I brought these for you I thought you might be interested in there content. I have never been so offended in my life. Time to evaluate my life if I'm giving off these type of vibes!!!
Well, if you want people who toe the company line and don't think / make decisions for themselves ... all well and good. You're losing out, in my opinion (not all of us who refuse to be part of the Covid vaccine drug trials are nutters, weirdos, conspiracy theorists). Can you say "thalidomide?"
Guess it doesn't matter that the rest of the world has woken up, reversed mandates... But yeah, those people are weirdos and wack jobs 🙄🙄🙄
I'm really sorry for everyone who've lost people. I know people who got really sick too. I potentially can get really sick to. But sorry my opinion seems to be unpopular but I'm not going to be scared to die. They are regristrating the covid deaths different then the flu deaths. Doctors actually want to measure it the same now to get a really good picture of how many people die. It's about people I know this, but we cannot continue to lock up evetything to protect a few people.. It means people will need to decide for them self how to handle stuff. We selftest a lot.
Yes. Hitler´s propaganda started with a statement thad Judes are spreading diseases.
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Um, if you don't think it's important from a health perspective then perhaps YOU are the nutter?!
Are you aware of what segregation actually means? Also, are you aware of Ruling 303 by the Supreme Court? If you actually care about discrimination and segregation, that’s the thing you should be concerned about, not a vaccine that has been *proven* safe enough to be worth any minuscule risk.
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Long story short. Not trying to downgrade the impact of covid, but covid is mutating and this variant is less harmful to most of us. The vast majority of people in a lot of countries have been vaccinated. I'm not anti vax but I'm not ok with outcasting people who choose differently. I'm more worried about the countries in continents like Africa who have to figure out their own vaccin because companies want to make money.
I noticed a culture shift at the gas station I worked at, when we got the new pumps with card readers. Now people with bank accounts could pay at the pump. And the people who had cash, still came to my counter to pay for their fuel.
Some will get through because they will see lying about being vaccinated as a way to teach others about the horrors of vaccinations. Seriously, how are there any antivaxxers around? Surely not being vaccinated would have resulted in them dying off from a cocktail of minor illnesses
Unfortunately, vaccination - like illness - does not just affect us personally. It's the single biggest failure of messaging around covid, that 2 years in people are STILL talking about their personal risk of dying. It is not about that and has never been about that. It's about our COLLECTIVE ability to get through a pandemic with, yes, as little death as possible, but also a functioning healthcare system, doctors and nurses and other staff not run into the ground and/or suicidal, the vulnerable protected, and not creating an endless run of variants. Unfortunately too, the self-centered assholes who don't care about any of that because they only focus on their personal risk, will see their survival as evidence of their superiority, and not even consider what unseen damage they have done. Odds are they WILL survive. Odds are also that they HAVE contributed to the death of at least one other person, and to stress on medical personnel - sometimes severe.
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Thank you for proving OP point about antivaxxers being nutters.
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Rob said his followers engage with stories that revolve around workplace stuff and anonymous sex confessions, but mostly, they seek to read about confessions revealing human condition.
“So much online is now stuck in a terrible culture war and trying to push you this way and that way, but Fesshole is (I hope) slightly outside this and saying there is another world we can exist in, even if it is just for 5 minutes, one where we just laugh about what it is to be alive. Or feel a bit guilty about laughing,” he explained, adding that all Bored Panda readers are welcome to follow the account.
Just tell her, she will love that you create beautiful items for the baby.
You didn't leave him behind. He's right there. On your shoulder. I see him.
If they do end up married, and they have a girl, will the name be Mary?
Memories are forever! Sorry for your loss. Glad you can still laugh at the conversations.
Old lady here. Could someone please explain the fancy whodads and the whirlybits like I'm your granny? I don't understand. Thanks in advance.
Everything is relative. We're all poor suckers for Jeff Bezos and the likes, we're all incredibly rich to fugitives who had to leave everything behind.
The grown-up equivalent of grabbing onto "mummy's" leg or trolley and looking up to realise it's not her.
Margaret is happy her cards are displayed~she's happy they make you happy.
I only noticed the difference between Irish, Scotch & American whiskeys, but never between brands. The real quality is only noticeable if it's aged over 21 years, that's when you can tell the difference!
Could have been worse, could have stripped to bare skin because they always sleep in the nude.
Yeah they do. You see your parents and grandparents helping each other out in odd, gross ways your whole life. Sometimes you're the one helping out, or it's your aunt checking a mole on grandpa's shoulder at the Christmas gathering. Because, you know, you care about them because they're family and they're human beings. I sense that this guy is more about cracking a joke at his wife's expense here, posting it online, and it makes me wonder what he thought women were supposed to be like when he was 20.
I gave CPR to a lady that collapsed while on my way to work. Once the paramedics turned up I got back in my car and went to work. The local papers were calling out for the "hero" to come forward and even had a blurry picture from someone's phone. As much as I would love the attention, I couldn't be bothered with the hassle so decided not to own-up. Not one of my friends or family recognised me when I showed them the article and don't believe it was me.
This is common in some cultures, since it leaves all the germs you've tracked onto your shoes during the day at the door. It's actually really smart. Why be bothered by something that doesn't affect you in any way?
Sorry, not your fault. Don't make a wedding cake look like a cheeseboard.
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Idk whether it was Stephen Fry or John Cleese who said that American humor is different in the sense that it contains no self-irony whatsoever, because Americans can't laugh at themselves. Some posts were clearly misunderstood and met with puritan moral outrage for that reason, LOL!!
I'm American and can't think of anything funnier or weirder than I am.
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These are confessions. I don't understand why people are are upset that people are confessing doing bad things.
I thing people are upset because they're being reminded that people are horrible.
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Some of these are so horrible I'm torn between voting them up or down 🤮
Another wrongly named post. Nothing to do with sins, mainly just tales of good deeds. Hopefully this is BPs fault and not just humble braggers taking over a platform meant for real confessions
I guess you didn't click through to read the ones that didn't make the top 50.
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Yea, like I'm going to leave highly personal information on any website. Anonymous? Do you take me for a fool? People have been socially, professionally penalized for making comments in grade school/middle school. My best advice is never leave anything online you cannot deny.
These aren't sins. Some are heartbreaking, some are hilarious and some are sweet. However, I don't like the one where the person uses Tinder to get the roommate to clean up. That's just horrible.
A little bit of wholesomeness, a little bit of disturbing and disgusting, and a lot of revenge. TIL that some things are best kept to yourself.
I use to drive by this road full of motels (in my country, motels aren’t just cheap hotels, but are meant just for sex, most of the time not with your partner), so, every time I see a couple in a car entering or leaving one of these motels, I honk and wave them as I knew them. I can smell the fear our if them of being caught “in fraganti “ 😂😂😂😂
whenever my best friend texts me at night to talk if she is feeling sad she asks if i was asleep i always tell her i was watching TV and not sleeping when she would go shopping for grocery to help her out i would hide some of the items she had and pay for them for her without her realising
The vast majority of these aren't even worthy of being "secrets," let alone being 'sins,' or whatever other negativity people can come up with. Most are so boring, they're not worth reading, and I dozed off twice, at least. The best one was the man who set up their baby as the Face ID for his wife's phone, but that's not something that needs to be kept secret. Lots of babies don't look like both parents. My son was very fortunate that he looked like his Dad, not like me. He was incredibly handsome, right to the day of his death (in an accident). I was just glad he didn't get my homeliness.
Some very sweet, kind people, and some small minded, judgmental, immafure jerks.
Haha, I notice the really disgusting ones didn' tmake this list. There's some very gross people out there, turns out.
I lick my sisters pussy and it was great I am sure she enjoyed it to...
Person who is trying to get people fired is the same cringy person they think they are calling out. Terrible
downvoted for using 'woke', which is usually an attack by the narrow-minded.
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Idk whether it was Stephen Fry or John Cleese who said that American humor is different in the sense that it contains no self-irony whatsoever, because Americans can't laugh at themselves. Some posts were clearly misunderstood and met with puritan moral outrage for that reason, LOL!!
I'm American and can't think of anything funnier or weirder than I am.
Load More Replies... These are confessions. I don't understand why people are are upset that people are confessing doing bad things.
I thing people are upset because they're being reminded that people are horrible.
Load More Replies... Some of these are so horrible I'm torn between voting them up or down 🤮
Another wrongly named post. Nothing to do with sins, mainly just tales of good deeds. Hopefully this is BPs fault and not just humble braggers taking over a platform meant for real confessions
I guess you didn't click through to read the ones that didn't make the top 50.
Load More Replies... Yea, like I'm going to leave highly personal information on any website. Anonymous? Do you take me for a fool? People have been socially, professionally penalized for making comments in grade school/middle school. My best advice is never leave anything online you cannot deny.
These aren't sins. Some are heartbreaking, some are hilarious and some are sweet. However, I don't like the one where the person uses Tinder to get the roommate to clean up. That's just horrible.
A little bit of wholesomeness, a little bit of disturbing and disgusting, and a lot of revenge. TIL that some things are best kept to yourself.
I use to drive by this road full of motels (in my country, motels aren’t just cheap hotels, but are meant just for sex, most of the time not with your partner), so, every time I see a couple in a car entering or leaving one of these motels, I honk and wave them as I knew them. I can smell the fear our if them of being caught “in fraganti “ 😂😂😂😂
whenever my best friend texts me at night to talk if she is feeling sad she asks if i was asleep i always tell her i was watching TV and not sleeping when she would go shopping for grocery to help her out i would hide some of the items she had and pay for them for her without her realising
The vast majority of these aren't even worthy of being "secrets," let alone being 'sins,' or whatever other negativity people can come up with. Most are so boring, they're not worth reading, and I dozed off twice, at least. The best one was the man who set up their baby as the Face ID for his wife's phone, but that's not something that needs to be kept secret. Lots of babies don't look like both parents. My son was very fortunate that he looked like his Dad, not like me. He was incredibly handsome, right to the day of his death (in an accident). I was just glad he didn't get my homeliness.
Some very sweet, kind people, and some small minded, judgmental, immafure jerks.
Haha, I notice the really disgusting ones didn' tmake this list. There's some very gross people out there, turns out.
I lick my sisters pussy and it was great I am sure she enjoyed it to...
Person who is trying to get people fired is the same cringy person they think they are calling out. Terrible
downvoted for using 'woke', which is usually an attack by the narrow-minded.
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