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Researchers have found that embarrassment is adaptive. We feel it more when we make mistakes in front of people who are close to us and less in front of outsiders.

(This is because we identify with our social groups and value their opinions over others, which allows embarrassment to elicit forgiveness and advertise trustworthiness, ultimately helping us repair relationships.)

So to learn about human nature, Reddit user Jotazepp decided to utilize the anonymity of the internet and asked everyone else on the platform to share the most sheepish things the world would find out if they were to suddenly pass away.

Let the discussion be a reminder to clear your browsing history!

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I'm 71, when I die the surprise is: I spent all the money.

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today I subscribe to a hedgehog rehab charity

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This doesn't seem embarrassing to me, just kind.

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We contacted Jotazepp, and the Redditor was kind enough to have a little chat with us.

"I got the idea for the post when I was watching some crime content (I don't remember the exact case, but this applies to many of them) where a significant other discovers the body of their loved one," Jotazepp told Bored Panda.

"So I thought, 'My bathroom is so filthy, what if I die and someone encounters this mess? How embarrassing!'"
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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today I'm female, and a male ex of mine loves dressing up in women's clothes, especially lacy underwear, silky nighties etc. He was really scared he was going to die and his family would find all this stuff. So he keeps it in an old suitcase of mine with my name, flight tags and address on it. So it looks like I've left it at his house. I personally think they'll still be surprised as I don't wear anything fancy (just jeans, black t shirts, etc), but it keeps him happy.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's kinda nice and kinda sad. Kinda nice because OP is fine with that and still wants ex to be happy, sad because OP's ex cannot/doesn't feel safe to open up on front of his family.

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today That I write romance books under a pen name and they sell LOL.

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today To do lists from when I've been depressed with stuff like "take a shower" and "go outside" and mostly not crossed off.

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After getting familiar with the discussion, Jotazepp said, "A lot of people seem to be afraid of someone finding their kinky stuff (taste in pornography, sex toys, etc). Also, a recurring answer with which I agree was 'My search history.'"

Personally, the Redditor isn't fond of the emotion. "I think embarrassment is a negative feeling because it makes me feel uncomfortable."

And it's understandable. Who wouldn't prefer all of our social interactions to proceed smoothly? We don't want to offend our colleagues or look like oafs to our crushes.
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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today I still play with G.I. Joe’s and ninja turtles in the bathtub and I’m 42 years old.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're bathing with a real American hero and have someone to order you pizza. What's embarrassing about that?

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How much I’m lacking money on my bank account… And how terrible I’ve considered myself all my life 😂

Oh and… my darkest habit maybe, I always hated injustice. So sometimes I’m tracking crazy people that are seeking for children on the internet

Making them lose their time, go to false rendez-vous, and scare them so they actually aren’t meeting anyone, except their darkes fear 🤭.

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3 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Probably shouldn't upvote a vigilante but it's hard to judge someone who messes with pedos. Edit for spelling.

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today The hello kitty tattoo on my butt... I'm a guy

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today My 71-year-old single, never married aunt passed away last month. Upon her death, we discovered she was a hoarder. Her house was so cluttered with stuff that there was barely a narrow pathway to walk anywhere inside it.

Had this been discovered while she was alive, it would've been extremely embarrassing for her.

More information: My aunt wouldn't allow anyone in the family in her home during her last 10 years. Her home wasn't always like that. She wasn't found dead in her home. She was taken to the hospital when her sister (my Mom) hadn't heard from her for four days which hadn't happened before. My Mom called the police to check on her and that's when she was found on the floor of her bedroom unable to move and unable to reach her cellphone. Once in the hospital, she refused to allow anyone to retrieve her cellphone from her house. Out of respect for her privacy, no one retrieved it until she passed.

My aunt was loved by everyone who knew her. She was a kind, thoughtful, and generous person. Her secret once exposed did not diminish our love for her one bit.

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today I smoke weed. I’m an old lady now. I’ve smoked for 52 years.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Weed smell is hard to cover up... I think your relatives know.

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today I'm kind of known as a geeky academic person in my family and friends. However I write romance stories on one of the online platforms with fake name and have a good following.

They all will be surprised.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can relate. But my husband knows and he is permitted to publish that stuff on Amazon, if I die.

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today I'm a heterosexual female. My search history would not indicate that.

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#13

For years, I've cultivated an idea for a business. It's a joke idea, but my friends and I have had so many funny conversations about it that it suddenly feels like a legit idea.

The business: "Skeletons in Your Closet". You wear a Fitbit-like device, and when you die, I get an alert. I rush to your house and erase all evidence of anything that would embarrass you. By the time your family gets there, your secrets will be safe!

I got this idea when a couple we hang out with jokingly asked me to dispose of their sex toys if they were to die unexpectedly.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder if this is the same friend mentioned above...

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today That I've been conducting a covert mission to document and rate every public restroom I've ever visited, complete with cleanliness scores and ambiance evaluations.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let me know when the report will be released - I want a copy.

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today Honestly nothing. I’m that boring. In the autopsy they’d see I have hemorrhoids but besides that not much else.

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today We have some *ahem* interesting proclivities in the bedroom, so we already have a pact with each other to get rid of the evidence if one of us goes first. We have a friend who promised to take care of it if we go at the same time.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There should be a service or program that upon your death, it deletes your browser history (and maybe even replaces it with a “respectable” false history)!

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To quote Seinfeld…

**JERRY:** Can't you at least die with a little dignity?

**GEORGE:** No I can't. I can't die with dignity. I have no dignity. I want to be the one person who doesn't die with dignity. I live my whole life in shame. Why should I die with dignity?

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today Diary-entry-like random notes where I’m venting about certain people / situations. Writing has always been a helpful way for me to process more intense/confusing emotions, but I do worry that if I suddenly die those notes will be found and people who I genuinely cared about in life may then think that this one random journal entry represented “the real way” I actually secretly thought about them in totality. When really it was just a moment and not representative of my whole relationship with them.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Best thing to do, burn the notes. No one will ever know and you can keep writing.

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today I think I’m scared of anybody reading my diary. For my family (husband, kids, parents) , friends and coworkers I’m a smily and active person. But in reality I’m ALWAYS afraid of life, full of depressive thoughts, constantly fighting to not let my anxiety get the control of my mind knowing most of my life anxiety will win. If someone read what I write they will know that I was actually acting to be a good person when actually I’m a psychiatric case with no solution.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, there's a solution! Find a therapist you click with and put down some of your burden. Good luck.

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today If you’re reading this worried about someone finding something out- I had a friend who died accidentally from choking himself while pleasuring himself. In an effort to press upon people it wasn’t intentional and in her grief- his mom didn’t care who she told. Nobody else cared either. That’s not what we bring up about him. We’re all just sad he’s gone. Please be careful if that’s your thing, you guys.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't do it by yourself. Stay safe, pandas, whatever your choices.

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today If I had died a year ago or so, people would find like 400 photos I took of someone I like doing an online video presentation... I just thought they looked lovely and inspiring and wanted to draw them later, so I needed some references. (The presentation was long and the person did a lot of interesting poses and expressions, so I took many photos.) But if someone found the photos without the context, they'd probably think I'm a crazy stalker.

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today If they root around my room they're gonna find an entire collection of onesie pajamas, including a Charmander suit, strategically hidden away.

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today My messy house.

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today I have a sketchbook that I draw sexual stuff in and they are all drawings of me.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Omg. I'll admit I used to do that when I was a teen. Then my mom went a snooping in my room and found them. I got in a lot of s**t and she and her new husband argued or discussed it behind my back. I was mortified. Instead of talking to me, or slowly putting the drawing books away and let it be, I was made to feel disgusting and perverted.

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today I told all my friends that if I die before them they should turn my memorial service into a total roast. Be merciless, I told them…..someone’s getting embarrassed. Just not me.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Know what was the first comedy roast? A guy by the name of St. Lawrence. He's the guy who put the Holy Grail in Spain, where it always has been all this time. Would you believe he's the patron saint of stand-up comics? He's not even Canadian!... although that big river is named after him. The Romans got tired of being a smart a*s, so they roasted him alive. His last words were "turn me over, I'm done on this side." It's true!

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today I have a list of secrets that my sister is in charge of. She is supposed to open it at my funeral and spill all the beans. I'm talking every dark secret between everyone that includes me. I'm hoping everyone leaves happy I'm dead. And the simple fact she still speaks to me is more than enough proof, I know she hasn't opened it yet.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is something to be embarrassed about. Imagine having issues with family members and putting the burden on your sibling to read out all the gossip about everyone in front of everyone, alone, at the worst possible time, your funeral. Might as well just get it all out or stop contacting the family if they're that bad.

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today My web history of fanfics I have been reading

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today I am a boring accountant. In my dresser I have one drawer filled with weed gummies. In my underwear drawer I have 2 pair of panties from girls I dated and a set of handcuffs.

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today I’ve got an old Playboy magazine under my bed that shows boobs.

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30 People Confess What Depressing, Funny, And Embarrassing Secrets Would Come Out If They Died Today The lack of funds currently in my bank account lol.

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