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30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online

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We humans are very weird creatures, when you think about it. We are all so different, but also, there are so many things about what we agree on. For example, using a urinal next to another person while there are many others available is very creepy and not normal. Or, for instance, standing on your porch in the middle of the night. You know, I am speaking about things which are legal and there are no rules forbidding them, but it still feels creepy and seeing somebody do it makes you feel uneasy.

Hold that thought, though, because recently one Redditor asked folks to name things which are perfectly legal but are creepy as hell. Community members shared many different weird things, starting from creating websites that count when celebrities turn 18, finishing with walking down the street with a glass of water. So buckle up, check out the best, or to be more specific, the creepiest things and write what makes you feel weird in the comments!

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#1

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Child beauty pageants.

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#2

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online The fact that Epstein’s client list hasn’t been released

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Bored Panda got in touch with the author of this thread, u/ArpanMondal270, and he kindly agreed to share more insights behind the inspiration of this discussion and favorite responses.

“Much of the internet is repetition. Statistics say the same for the front page of the internet - Reddit.”

So the author says that claiming that this thread was an original creation of his would be a downright lie. However, all of our ideas come from somewhere else. “As Tarantino says, ‘I steal from every single movie.’ I stole it too and then edited. The original form was - 'What is something creepy but legal in the US?'" the Redditor shares.

“And at past 1AM when I was creeping around r/askreddit, the idea clicked. That's how I started that thread.”

#3

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Exploiting your kids for fame on social media.

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#4

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Divorce lawyer here. People fighting like mad to get the dog in the divorce and then turning it over to a shelter out of spite. Although now in CA there can be SERIOUS consequences for doing that due to recent law changes about pets and divorce, but it wasn't always that way.

The_GSD_Whisperer , Pranidchakan Boonrom Report

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Speaking about the responses from folks online, he says that he was expecting a good response, though didn't think that it would blow up.

“When I woke up at 7 am , brushed my teeth and opened Reddit, I was like: ‘Hot damn! 5K+ upvotes!!’

#5

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Paparazzi

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#6

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Knocking on someone’s front door to sell them something, talk about religion, collect charity etc.

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Additionally, he shares that one specific answer caught him off guard. “It said 'Adopting a 17-year-old by an 18-year-old is perfectly legal in the US.’ Needless to say, it was shocking. Dirty mind, you know. Hehehe, not my fault.”

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“But yeah, when I searched on Google, I got to know that it's TRUE!”

#7

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Filming the scene of accidents while emergency health care is being delivered.

Numerous_Share7920 , Tom Fisk Report

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281points

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#8

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online 35+ year old people, Who wait for months until someone turns 18 to hit on them.

The day they turn 18, they are in their DM's, etc.

Why is this creepy? Because they are predators and trying to seduce (read: manipulate) someone who is adult by law, but pretty much still a child. And if the law allowed younger, then they would do it.

GoodAlicia , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

281points

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#9

The fact that google, Facebook and Elon Musk can buy the whole internet and that's not considered monopoly

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257points

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Moreover, the author says that every subreddit has its own momentum. He was aware that these inquiries go viral. Additionally, it relies on the ideal moment and day… “Saw it someplace.”

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And finally, check out the author’s Quora’s profile as he is more active there!

#10

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Marrying a child is legal in 40 US states.

woodwog , Caio Report

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#11

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online I babysat for this couple that had a 3 and 6 year old. They both still breastfed.

They were pretty normal otherwise. I don’t even mind extended breastfeeding. Like the 3 year old was whatever.

Seeing that 6 year old pull down her Mother’s shirt and latch was creepy.

lightteenagerbaby , MART PRODUCTION Report

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235points

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#12

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Groping women for up to 10s in Italy.

bigbadler , JÉSHOOTS Report

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#13

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Sitting beside someone in a bus/train when there are multiple available seats.

Jackofnotrade5 , Ketut Subiyanto Report

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221points

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#14

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Taking photos of strangers

cloudtdaz , DSD Report

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#15

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online The Trade Federation blockade around Naboo

prehistorikmayne , W. R. van Hage Report

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#16

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Tabloid journalism, speculating random BS things about famous people off creep photos from paparazzi, speculating about health, relationships, etc... even going so far as to doctor photos just to sell the story they want.

Piemaster113 , Pixabay Report

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188points

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#17

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online My friends dad took us to the gym when we were kids. There was a line of like 30 treadmills with only one person, a lady on the end. He proceeds to pick the only treadmill adjacent to hers. Lol even as a kid I was like cmon man

shipskelly , Denys Gromov Report

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180points

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#18

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Making those websites that count down to, usually female, celebrities turning 18.

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#19

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Children modeling. The industry is creepy and bad.

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#20

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Really specific, but this is my job, so I know about it. In the EU there is a lot of restrictions on how you handle animals for research (Directive 2010/63/EU).

But there is no restrictions on the kind of animal DATA you use for research, as long as you didn't collect the data from living animal subjects in an EU member state.

So you can USE data that was drawn from animals living in the most appalling conditions and in contravention with any and all animal welfare standards and its perfectly legal.

distilledwill , Ellie Burgin Report

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134points

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#21

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Following people on the street for extended periods of time

Infamous_Bandicoot33 , Jimmy Liao Report

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#22

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online If you are on a public sidewalk, you can film through people’s windows into their house. There is no expectation to privacy for anything that can be viewed from a public space. If you want the inside of your home truly private, close your windows

Edit: in the USA

jeophys152 , RF._.studio Report

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95points

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#23

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Sitting at a pool, with a camera. Fully clothed.

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93points

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#24

There is still some issues with people being able to fly drones and spy on folks because of FAA regs in not being able to shoot them down.

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#25

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online In some places it’s totally legal to eat human flesh and buy human leather

Shadow_storm193 , Min An Report

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83points

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#26

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Lawyer here: I once had a client drink another person’s unflushed pee from a public toilet. The judge clearly hated that he had to dismiss my client’s case…

Edit: Lots of great questions, but I will remember what I learned at an MCLE training from Michael Jackson’s lawyer: “no comment” is never the wrong answer.

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Final score:

76points

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#27

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Smelling a seat when someone stands up

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#28

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Smelling people.

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#29

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online mowing my lawn in nothing but a speedo bathing suit.

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#30

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Walking into an elevator and not turning around.

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#31

Buying used underwear

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28points

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#32

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Saving your milk from your bowl of cereal in a jug in the fridge for guests.

Edit: I didn't mention that it's a "family jug"

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24points

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#33

Peeing in a urinal next to someone

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24points

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#34

Licking a spill directly from the table.

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#35

Crawling around in the city wearing a penguin costume covered in mayo.

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#36

30 Creepy Things That Are Actually Perfectly Legal, Pointed Out By Folks Online Staring at someone with minimal blinking and not at all trying to hide it while not speaking or doing anything else.

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21points

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#37

Screaming in a public place just like that? Unless it's a curfew, of course, or you're yelling at another person.

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13points

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#38

Bringing your own chair and water glass from home and waiting for the train

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-29points

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#39

Tell someone you dreamed of them

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-34points

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#40

Spiders.

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#41

Standing on your own front porch and not moving at 3am

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Austėja Bliujūtė

Hey there! I'm Austeja, a writer with a knack for capturing everything from family dramas to the latest meme trends at Bored Panda. Armed with a Bachelor's degree in business management, I blend expertise with creativity to deliver engaging articles. I love spicing up my pieces with insights from experts in the industry, ensuring the readers get interesting information. When I'm not typing away, you can find me jet-setting to sunny destinations, hunting for the perfect palm-fringed oasis, enjoying leisurely brunches with friends or binging various TV shows!

Hey there! I'm Austeja, a writer with a knack for capturing everything from family dramas to the latest meme trends at Bored Panda. Armed with a Bachelor's degree in business management, I blend expertise with creativity to deliver engaging articles. I love spicing up my pieces with insights from experts in the industry, ensuring the readers get interesting information. When I'm not typing away, you can find me jet-setting to sunny destinations, hunting for the perfect palm-fringed oasis, enjoying leisurely brunches with friends or binging various TV shows!

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Saulė is a photo editor at Bored Panda with bachelor's degree in Multimedia and Computer Design. The thing that relaxes her the best is going into YouTube rabbit hole. In her free time she loves painting, embroidering and taking walks in nature.

Saulė is a photo editor at Bored Panda with bachelor's degree in Multimedia and Computer Design. The thing that relaxes her the best is going into YouTube rabbit hole. In her free time she loves painting, embroidering and taking walks in nature.

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dontreallycaretheend 1 year ago

How about people walking around talking on speakerphone in public? Like your facetime should not be interupting my normal conversation

25points

Petra Schaap 1 year ago

well... whatabout people blasting their music on speakers in public???

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censorshipsucks 1 year ago

yeah but the title is the post is "Creepy" not "rude"... creepy implies sexual

1point

Dtrx 1 year ago

Your normal conversation shouldn't be interrupting my facetime

0points

Deborah Rubin 1 year ago

YES! I hate this. Phone calls should be private.

0points

Bob La Capra 1 year ago

Clickbait. Slideshow websites. Random insertion of advertising on free-with-ads streaming services. Spam. Telemarketers.

13points

Karin Jansen 1 year ago

YouTube making money by adding advertisements to films they didn't even make to begin with.

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Sky Render 1 year ago

Most forms of continuous harassment are legal (such as persistently and deliberately misgendering someone who is clearly distressed by it, or harping on aspects of a person's appearance that they have no control over). It's considered rude and uncouth, but usually nobody says or does anything to actually stop the behavior from continuing. There are twisted individuals who exploit this social loophole to make life absolutely miserable for certain people with no repercussions of note.

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dontreallycaretheend 1 year ago

How about people walking around talking on speakerphone in public? Like your facetime should not be interupting my normal conversation

25points

Petra Schaap 1 year ago

well... whatabout people blasting their music on speakers in public???

16points

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censorshipsucks 1 year ago

yeah but the title is the post is "Creepy" not "rude"... creepy implies sexual

1point

Dtrx 1 year ago

Your normal conversation shouldn't be interrupting my facetime

0points

Deborah Rubin 1 year ago

YES! I hate this. Phone calls should be private.

0points

Bob La Capra 1 year ago

Clickbait. Slideshow websites. Random insertion of advertising on free-with-ads streaming services. Spam. Telemarketers.

13points

Karin Jansen 1 year ago

YouTube making money by adding advertisements to films they didn't even make to begin with.

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Sky Render 1 year ago

Most forms of continuous harassment are legal (such as persistently and deliberately misgendering someone who is clearly distressed by it, or harping on aspects of a person's appearance that they have no control over). It's considered rude and uncouth, but usually nobody says or does anything to actually stop the behavior from continuing. There are twisted individuals who exploit this social loophole to make life absolutely miserable for certain people with no repercussions of note.

10points

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