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.
Disagree because I know a lot of people that accidentally react. Or they are older and don’t understand what the emojis mean. Maybe do this for people that comment but just because they laugh reacted is a bit much…
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I have a mother who is technologically inept, who will use inappropriate reaction emojis on occasion, by mistake, so I'd not report someone for the emoji reaction. Hard to mistakenly make a racist comment, though.
I agree totally. Based on just a reaction is a bit much
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Yeah, I don't like this. Self appointed vigilantes messing with people's livelihoods isn't something I think is ok, especially over emojis of all things. Maybe if we had UBI (here in the US), and your job wasn't tied to your very survival, ok. But nobody deserves to be on the street or suffer from lack of health insurance over an emoji. Come on, guys! If you ever looked into the Amy Cooper in the dog park story, you realize the story was not as neat and clean as the media made it out to be. Her life was destroyed, because the media decided to make it the world's business and leave out tons of details. Let's become wise thinkers and leave others to their own karma. Go outside and spend time with family instead of trolling websites for other trolls.
She was a racist and an animal abuser, how does she not deserve everything that came to her
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Did I understand correctly... You report them to their employer as RACISTS, because they made an lol smiley on a story which involves immigrants, 100% sure that lol means a racist river of swears and slurs???
I upvoted this but you make a very good point.
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So that means it is ok to cause someone to lose their source of income because what you perceive to be racist because of one or two racist type articles. Wow no wonder this country is going to hell.
This will cure their racism and definitely won’t push a mentally disturbed person into a violent rage. Good job.
Not to mention possibly taking a job who's family depends on it.....what did little 5 year old Timmy and his pregnant mom do...modern day vigilantes can be very zealous with absolutely no wisdom at all
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But how would you know what they're laughing about? I can understand a rude, belligerent comment. But over an emoji with no other context? Really? I hope their employers brush off your reports.
And I would like to add immigrants are from all nations, regardless of skin colour, gender, race, culture, religion. Are you even reading the stories people are reacting to?
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Because that's how we change the world, by ruining peoples lives. That will definitely not reinforce their opinions or have unforeseen consequences for innocents near them. But at least you feel big and bad with your internet vigilante behavior SMDH
You all sound like a bunch of gleeful snitches, drunk on your newfound power. Grow up.
What race are "migrants"? Or are you confusing them with illegal immigrants? If so, what race are illegal immigrants?
You can only change yourself. You cannot change another person no matter how many downvotes you give them or who you tell. Ruining their lives will not stop their .
I doubt that the intention is to change them tho.
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so would it be appropriate to use a laughing emoji if that person who supports releasing criminals, votes for propositions and politicians that remove enforcement, then later becomes a victim due to their actions? You all are aware that human trafficking, kids included, have sky rocketed with this administration, but dox folks for emojis?
What administration? You realise you're posting that comment online, right? And we don't know where on earth you live. I'm in Scotland. Are you talking about Boris Johnson?
Load More Replies... If this person gets people fired, even if he or she is perhaps correct about what it means that they posted an emoji on an FB article, and that person has children who don't get groceries b/c this person got them fired, is that good or constructive in the situation?
What do you consider racists? I don't want illegal aliens pouring over the border. I want everyone to follow our immigration laws.
I do this with the homophobes who made the mistake of saying where they work on Twitter.
Till one catches and beats the s**t out of you. And u know what: you deserve it. Let them be assholes - it is none of your business and putting their jobs on gambling is way way out of line. Don't get me wrong: racism is horrible. But who are you to judge and influence their lives in such a drastic way. So if u end up in a hospital or coffin: your choice, no regrets.
Policing people for having an opinion? Slippery slope. While I happen to agree with you, personally (my family immigrated from Russia), penalizing people for opinions which differ from yours is absolutely wrong.
I've accidentally hit a laugh emoji when I meant to send something different. Doesn't mean Im racist or xenophobic. Unless someone blatantly comments this is ridiculous.
What grounds would an employer have for taking action? The sort of simpletons that do this are a forgotten headstone within a single generation
Isn't everyone' on notice now that social media is public, and if you publicly joke about certain things, your job may disapprove (and they may see it without anyone pointing it out to them)? I agree that no one should lose their livelihood over an errant emoji, but I have the feeling those protesting this post the hardest might not be worried about simply making a mistake.
Come on now, folks. Do you really think employers are just going to fire someone because of an accidental social media button click? Of course not. Good employers will talk with the employee, maybe keep an eye on their interactions. Heck, some of these people may be in positions of power where they supervise children or other workers. If they're being racist on their off hours, that's a problem! No one is saying they'll immediately be fired. But it's okay to let the boss know, "Hey, this employee of yours is doing weird things online. Check up on them." If needed, hopefully, the employee will get a reality check and training to help them learn some empathy.
f-u-c-k of! no one needs to be brainwashed and is entitled to his or her opinions. bosses have no business controlling their empoyees' lives.
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I also wonder how many insurrectionists were actually caught after being turned in by friends/family.
Yes, by all means ruin another person life, family because YOU deem something racist. In these surreal times, with anything being called racist lets all play the self righteous roles no one was ever appointed to. FYI, did it occur to ANYONE to speak to the person in private to explain why you or anyone else may find it racist? NO? Well we have our answer.
Sadly the mentality these people have is it's ok to destroy someone's life to make themselves happy.
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Heaps of women do the same things with misogynists. They totally deserve to lose their jobs!!!
Even better when you show proof of misogyny to their mothers.
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The fight against racism has to start somewhere. Good job. Upvoted with no regrets.
except if it's against whites. that's sanctioned and approved by all the web nazi vigilantes...
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some heroes are f-u-c-k-i-n-g r-e-t-a-r-d-e-d like this one...
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I'm intrigued of how this comment section seems to be full of people who assume that racists don't exist and if someone laugh reacts they must have done it by accident. How old are you, guys? Also, are you all white or what?
OK... So, say a story was about that Arab dude in Italy who was giving away fruit with a sign that this is him returning something to the comunity that accepted him a decade ago, and he clicked an LOL smiley = racist POS who should loose his job!? Are you even in your teens yet???
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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.
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.
Heart was in the right place BUT for you it was probably not as bad as how humiliating it was for him. I bet it happens all the time so I'm not surprised he was angry.
I knew someone who was like this, but stole it from their mom I was staring at the ground for ages, and never found a dime. And she kept finding tenners and twenties. She told me somewhen and I was honestly shocked, as from the outside she was a lovely person. But boy, the more you knew her, the more disgusting you realized she was...
I used to watch the soaps on TV. Imperial leather wobbled a fair bit, but Palmolive tended to melt from the TVs heat
I would have walked out as soon as it became obvious that I was being exploited... and then done the cards thing
My pacemaker used to keep setting off the alarms in supermarkets and clothing stores. They had to tune out my frequency by getting me to stand in the scanner area and fiddle with a laptop until it stopped detecting it. Shopping has got so boring now
i was making baked beans one time and cutting up the salt pork when i saw this "growth" and was horrified. Took a sec before i realized what it was. just hadn't occurred to me before. totally should have, as my family have a tradition of cooking whole pigs on a spit and i've helped prepare them dozens of times. somehow the little sealed pack of salt pork was a different thing in my mind.
@sshole move. Admit your fault, apologize and make up or find out that in 10 years time your daughter has moved on and left you behind.
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.
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.
Load More Replies... 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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