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People Are Telling Their Darkest Secrets To This Twitter Account, And Here Are 50 Of Their Juiciest Confessions (New Answers)
There's a Twitter account (that can now also be found on Facebook) which offers people the chance to anonymously reveal their secrets, and with 535K followers, it has become a viral online sensation.
Titled Fesshole, the account is the brainchild of Rob Manuel. Those of you that are well-versed in internet culture might know him from creating 'B3ta', a meme design website that famously sued Coca-Cola after they ripped off one of its viral animations for a TV ad.
Anyway, the "sins" on Fesshole range from the clumsily awkward (messing up a handshake) to the hilariously outrageous (hiring someone because they share your love for pro-wrestling), and, I guess, their popularity shows that in the age of social detachment, a little gossip can go a long way.
Continue scrolling to check out Fesshole's latest content, and don't miss out on the chat we had about secrets with Dr. Michael Slepian, the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School, spread out in between the pictures.
However, if you go through the entire thing and your curiosity wants more, fire up our earlier publication on Fesshole.
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Trisha Howson 2 years ago
I see nothing wrong with this at all. They wouldn't take care of her give her to someone that can and will
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To begin with, Dr. Slepian said when we keep a secret, we often mean to protect something. "Perhaps we believe that it protects our reputation, or our relationship with someone. And yet, our secrets tend to harm our well-being, and can harm our relationships too," the author of The Secret Life of Secrets: How Our Inner Worlds Shape Well-Being, Relationships, and Who We Are told Bored Panda.
"When we choose to be alone with something, especially something important, we tend not to develop the healthiest way of thinking about it. It often takes another person to get the help that we need. Even a short conversation with a trusted person can offer so much. Emotional support and fresh perspectives can easily be offered by your confidant, but are hard to find on your own. This is why we often want to bring others in. We know that another person can prove helpful, and that having a conversation about the secret would be a healthy thing to do. To have a secret from everyone is to be alone with that thing, and we don't like to be alone. Your desire for help and social connection is in battle with your fear of how others will respond. When we let fear win, we hold the secret tight."
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April Caron 2 years ago (edited)
I had a 6 year old foster kid who was obsessed with wanting glasses like her older sister. Alas, she didn’t need them. :/ While her older sister walked around trying on various frames for her new glasses, she was trying to be supportive. I couldn’t bare to see her disappointed, so I told her to pick out whatever frames she also wanted. She was over-the-moon elated! We bought her “glasses” as-is without a prescription… just a clear lens. They were a hideous pink cat eye style. She wore them EVERYWHERE! And anytime she would get complimented on them, she’d tally up those compliments, “See? Another compliment!” It was ridiculously cute! :)
#5
James Morris 2 years ago
I always want to ask Alexa to end the simulation {like the Matrix} but don't. I'm afraid if it does life might be worst then it is.
With Edy Moulton-Tetlock, a doctoral student in management studying organizational behavior, Dr. Slepian asked more than 800 online participants to describe their personal secrets, using his list of 38 common categories of secrets as their guide.
The participants described more than 10,000 secrets, including both those they had shared with someone ("confided secrets") and the ones they had kept all to themselves ("total secrets").
The data revealed that confiding a secret predicted improved well-being. That's because the participant received social support and because the act of revealing the secret seemed to minimize the amount of time the person spent thinking about it.
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Dr. Slepian's research suggests that someone who is more secretive tends to be less extraverted and less emotionally stable, but more conscientious.
However, we also need to be aware of what it means to be "unloaded" on.
"When another person confides in us, this can be a boon but also a burden. When someone trusts us to the point of revealing a secret, we understand this is an act of intimacy, and often feel closer to the person as a result."
And yet, Dr. Slepian explained that if the secret is something we find troubling or surprising, we might find our thoughts returning to it again and again.
"The secret can weigh on our mind. And if the secret implicates someone you know, then you'll have to keep the secret from them, which will bring its own burden," he added.
While Dr. Slepian thinks it's possible for people to live like an open book, sharing everything with the world, he wouldn't advise it.
"There is a class of secrets that most everyone agrees is okay to keep. People often call these 'white lies,'" he clarified. "If you are just arriving at the party, and your friend asks you how their outfit looks, but it is too late to change, then most people agree that saying something positive is the kinder response ('You look great!'). If the truth needlessly hurts someone's feelings, holding back is often the more compassionate choice."
#18
DuchessDegu 2 years ago
I don't like the taste of beer, wine or spirits, I'm more than happy with a soft drink or juice. I've done it to stop people asking "but whyyyyyyy?" I don't drink and "just try this one".
There's no exact formula that tells Rob Manuel which submissions he needs to feature on Fesshole. His choices are based on simply going through the list and reading them. Everything depends on his judgment of what he thinks is funny or interesting. So if you send Rob something and it doesn't appear on the account, don't sweat it. There are other online "priests" you can share your secrets with. Like the subreddit r/confessions.
#23
April Caron 2 years ago
This is why I have a Furbo camera… so I can talk to my animals. My cat is too smart! When he wants my attention… he triggers the camera, so I’ll check on him and have a little chat with him. :)
#24
Paul C. 2 years ago
My brother-in-law, who is a right know it all, fitted his fridge freezer into his kitchen work tops. For years my sister-in-law complained nothing was ever cold and the freezer took an eternity to do basic freezing......he'd left the Styrofoam encasing the whole of the back.
#26
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
I have three cats and a dog. I have neither the time nor the inclination to test “mystery crumbs”. I just get a tissue or paper towel (whichever is the most handy), pick the thing up, and dispose of it without testing it first. Why would you even want to know?
M O'Connell 2 years ago
I have cats. I do like to check to determine the level of cleanup I feel like I should do. If its dirt I just bin it, if it was poo I feel compelled to give the general area a wipedown with some sort of cleaner. I also tend to do a general search of the area between the nugget and the litter box in case there's a skid-mark in between.
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Dog Mom 2 years ago
One time in the grocery store I squeezed a bottle of Body wash to smell the scent. A bubble popped out of the bottle spraying into my nose. I felt like had to buy the body wash after that and the scent was stuck in my nose for hours. This had to be so so much worse. I can't imagine. Lol.
Trisha Howson 2 years ago
Oh dear that is ........ different. No one can say they have not done something like this
Dylan Toeback 2 years ago
I can, I can say that I’ve not done anything like this. 😂😂
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d bradley 2 years ago
and you had to sniff it because if it was dirt you were going to eat it?
Dancing Armadillo 2 years ago
I was going out and I had to walk my dog really quick. I get back to my apt and before I go inside I realize there is brown stuff on the bottom of my shoe.. It had rained so I was thinking is this poop or mud? I take off my shoe and go to sniff..my dog still on the leash sees something and jerks my arm to slamming the bottom if the shoe in my face, nose, and half open mouth... it was poop. I was so upset and trying to get the taste of dog poop out of my mouth and nose. I showed up late and everyone kept asking what was wrong.. in my mind I thought I will never be ok. Lol.
C Lawson 2 years ago
My God. I would have been so upset I probably would have screamed and punched a pillow or something hahaha
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Jenny Lorenz 2 years ago
This person smelled it cuz they didnt know if it was poop or dirt? Makes as much sense as licking it would.
Jaden Alexander 2 years ago
This is why you shouldn't ask questions you don't want the answer to.
Lululoohoo 2 years ago
Why WHYYYYYY even bother sniffing it?! Does it matter what it was?! EEEEK
Lousha 2 years ago
If you were Hungarian now would be the time to feel that your childhood finally makes sense :D For some reason small children who are not old enough to deal with their snot are told "Come here, Mama will take the cat poopy out of your nose!" It never made any sense to me... How did it get there? And why is the idea of having sh** in my nose any nicer than snot?! :D
Panda-riffic 2 years ago
This one sounds like the ending on a show of House M.D. where House discovers the reason for the mysterious illness.
Littlemiss 2 years ago
My mother did that, except her "chocolate" on the bench was a piece off dirt off the potatoes she'd gotten out of the cupboard for dinner. I tried warning her.. but she knew best! I laughed and laughed and laughed!
Salty Wild Hair 2 years ago
Where a cat has been, there is no need to smell anything left behind. Just wipe it down with bleach.
Kyle Morin 2 years ago
It doesn't matter whether it's dirt or s**t, there was no reason to sniff it since it's going to the trash either way. That's just weird, probably best that you continue to not tell anyone, even if someone does enter your life that you can tell.
Kyle Morin 2 years ago
So in both situations it's something you'd throw away anyways but decided to sniff it anyways. That's pretty weird, yeah, I'd probably keep that one to yourself.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
wow. Lucky you didn't get brain amoebas. That's how you get them. google toxoplasmodum gondii.
Katherine Boag 2 years ago
I once found what i thought was a crumb of chocolate... luckily (relative to this story) it was cat eye goo
Kim Bush 2 years ago
I am reluctantly curious how you knew it was cat eye goo.... hopefully not by the taste
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hyj (she, her) 2 years ago
You're not alone. It happens to all of us sooner or later - that moment when you breathe in (or swallow) and then go - oh, my god...
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Trisha Howson 2 years ago
Well you told him. It on him should of listened sometimes that is what it takes and you can have a laugh about it
#46
Elizabeth Elliot 2 years ago
Shame on you! Think of all the jobs you're stealing from people with REAL interpretive dance degrees! :)
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SykesDaMan 2 years ago
Some of these were sweet, but most are either sad or horrible (or both): Stealing! Yaaaaaaay!!!
Toby Flenderson 2 years ago
While I understand the urge, I just can’t get behind the theft and destruction of personal property some of these blithely retell.
Justme 2 years ago (edited)
My SO accidentally tripped me when I was 7 months pregnant. It was totally an accident and I said I was fine. My water broke and the baby died. They think these two events were unrelated. I understand there were a series of events that caused her death and not just this, but they would most certainly blame themselves. I never even told our doctor that I know why my water broke.
Victoria Pitt 2 years ago
I have a confession. When I was 22 I got my first full time design job with a marketing company. Shortly after I was hired, I discovered that the guy who sat at my computer before me (and no longer worked there) had left himself signed in to his ebay account. Because I was a very dumb young adult, I thought it would be funny to order something ridiculous and have it sent to his house. I ordered a blow up doll. Ha ha now at 39 it makes me chuckle but I do feel a little bad.
Anita Marx 2 years ago
Most of the stories are by one guy, so I guess, his life is so boring he fantasies about the life of 100 others summed up in his imaginary life.
Anita Marx 2 years ago
Sorry the guy is not one person, my fingers was faster than my head.
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deanna woods 2 years ago
I talk to my grandmother sometimes. I tell her about work and life. She died in 2003. I also still sleep with a stuffed animal. I am thirty six years old.
Unpluggedinspace 2 years ago
None of these are juicy. “My biggest secret is I love my dog” ….great.
SykesDaMan 2 years ago
Some of these were sweet, but most are either sad or horrible (or both): Stealing! Yaaaaaaay!!!
Toby Flenderson 2 years ago
While I understand the urge, I just can’t get behind the theft and destruction of personal property some of these blithely retell.
Justme 2 years ago (edited)
My SO accidentally tripped me when I was 7 months pregnant. It was totally an accident and I said I was fine. My water broke and the baby died. They think these two events were unrelated. I understand there were a series of events that caused her death and not just this, but they would most certainly blame themselves. I never even told our doctor that I know why my water broke.
Victoria Pitt 2 years ago
I have a confession. When I was 22 I got my first full time design job with a marketing company. Shortly after I was hired, I discovered that the guy who sat at my computer before me (and no longer worked there) had left himself signed in to his ebay account. Because I was a very dumb young adult, I thought it would be funny to order something ridiculous and have it sent to his house. I ordered a blow up doll. Ha ha now at 39 it makes me chuckle but I do feel a little bad.
Anita Marx 2 years ago
Most of the stories are by one guy, so I guess, his life is so boring he fantasies about the life of 100 others summed up in his imaginary life.
Anita Marx 2 years ago
Sorry the guy is not one person, my fingers was faster than my head.
Load More Replies... deanna woods 2 years ago
I talk to my grandmother sometimes. I tell her about work and life. She died in 2003. I also still sleep with a stuffed animal. I am thirty six years old.
Unpluggedinspace 2 years ago
None of these are juicy. “My biggest secret is I love my dog” ….great.
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