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How to recognize a bad person? No, not a caricatured villain from comics, but simply a person who at first glance looks completely harmless, but if you look closely, various aspects begin to appear, thickening the shadows on a previously light and, perhaps, shining image.

In fact, the ability to recognize not-that-nice people is very useful in life for almost any of us, so this selection of 'red flags', carefully compiled and based on a recent poll in the AskReddit community, might be really wholesome. At least, if you don't see yourself in all these various clues...

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30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online People who treat servers, Uber drivers, convenience store clerks ect disrespectfully.

Character is how you treat the people that you’ll never see again.

thebaylorweedinhaler , cottonbro studio Report

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Alexia
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This should be higher. I ended friendships because my then-friends were rude to waiters and receptionists. Why would you do that?

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30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online Making your children upset in order to record it and post it for internet points.

ManMan1101 , Oleksandr Pidvalnyi Report

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Joshua David
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think there needs to be a punishment where people who do things like this get like a house arrest anklet. Instead of geo tracking should have something that scramble and disallows the internet around the person.

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In fact, of course, the negative traits listed in this selection can be found in almost any of us. After all, there are no perfectly good and sinless people and we have all done some bad deeds at some point. And here, probably, the main difference between a really bad person and a good one comes into play.

A good person, having done something icky, realizes it, gets upset - and tries to learn a life lesson from this experience, not to do it again. The bad one probably won't refrain from repeating it - even if it obviously hurts and troubles others.

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#4

30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online Being a habitual litterer.

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#5

30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online In my opinion cheating on your significant other its one of the highest levels of betrayal a person can do to another.

AliveViolent , itsmeseher Report

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Ross “Sarcastic Dad”
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And there are no excuses that are acceptable. Don't care if you were drunk, on a business trip, it was one time, you regret it, they came on to you, blah, blah.

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30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online Believing mental disorders don't exist.

FlahtheWhip , Pixabay Report

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Libstak
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or believing it is something to be judged and found wanting for. Had a work friend turn to me because her son was suicidal because she knew I suffered from depression. While talking it came up that he had been prescribed the same anti depressants I was on. Many hours of comforting and sharing later she asked me to be sure to never let anyone know he was on prescription drugs at work because she didn't want anyone thinking her son had a mental problem......let that sink in.

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By the way, the ideas expressed in this selection also clearly show the evolution of the image of a villain in popular culture - the most dangerous are not loud-voiced scoundrels and poseurs like Thanos or Lord Voldemort, but, on the contrary, sometimes charming and quite charismatic personalities, inside which, however, pitch darkness reigns. Think, for example, Hannibal Lecter, Kaiser Soze or Nurse Ratched. The latter generally inspires more horror just because she's absolutely sure that she is right, and even revels in her own power within certain limits. And that makes her even more dangerous and disgusting.

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#7

30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online Not having empathy, common courtesy, or respect for people in worse situations than yourself. For example treating homeless people poorly and “lesser” than you, or treating people in low paying service jobs poorly because you feel that they’re beneath you somehow.

EasyMode556 , fabio.tsu Report

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OmBoyGanesh
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hotelier, here. Our resort has garden (golf course) rooms starting at $1200/night w/resort fees, taxes, etc. Our ocean views start at $1700 and oceanfront at $2300. Those are rackrate, off-season. You can guess which guests have issues with everything from their room to facilities to staff to the food to activities. They often treat staff as “less than” It’s not the wealthy folks peering out at the sun setting over the sea. It’s the mildly successful, upper middle class who think they’re better than others and have snobby attitudes and outrageous demands.

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30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online Minimizing other peoples experiences or pain because it doesn't match with your experiences

Shepard_of_fire_124 , Andrea Piacquadio Report

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Hippopotamuses
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This behaviour is a good warning sign though. It shows that you’re dealing with someone who’s whole self-worth is determined by how they match against other people. Run away!

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"Unfortunately, most [toxic people] don't come with warning labels the way toxic chemicals do. Many of them seem very likable at first. After all, most toxic people are good manipulators, so getting you to like them is part of their toolkit", Minda Zetlin, a contributor for Inc, writes in her column. "While there's no foolproof method to tell right away if a new friend or colleague will be a drag on your energy, mood, or productivity, there are some early warning signs many toxic people display." So most importantly - always take information critically because what you can perceive as a red flag can always turn out to be an instant clouding of a true good person. Just give people a chance...

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#10

30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online Parking in the handicapped spot and not being handicapped or have a sticker/placard. Or parking in a spot crooked where the next car can’t park.

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#11

30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online Refusing to wear headphones

LemonzestSpagett , JÉSHOOTS Report

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StrangeOne
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It really makes me want to unplug my headphones and let my metal fuse with the monotone, mumble rap that the offenders are usually playing just to show them how terribly annoying it is.

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#12

30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online Treating people who are just doing their jobs as automatically inferior.

Antipotheosis , RF._.studio Report

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Jessica SpeLangm
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If they don't do their job, you can't do yours. I'm talking to you, mom, about janitors.

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Be that as it may, the list that is presented here looks quite complete, and is able to cure almost any person from excessive naivety. So now please feel free to scroll it to the very end, and if you have your own marker for identifying terrible persons, then write it down in the comments section. Perhaps your experience will also be wholesome to someone. After all, helping others is just the hallmark of good people, isn't it?

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#13

30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online Stealing money meant for charities.

MaddenRob , Liza Summer Report

#14

30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online Don’t take good care of their children

Quiet-Rip-6063 , Tatiana Syrikova Report

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Kel_how
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Never interact with their kids or provide them something to do while out and about. Kids get bored quickly. Bring a book to read or activity/coloring book. Don't just give them a phone or iPad.

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30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online People who cut you off after 2 - 5 seconds every time you try to say something!

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30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online if you're a boss, and you know for certain your place is about to close up, and you don't tell your crew so they can start looking for a new paycheck? absolute f*****g scum.

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#17

People who enjoy other people hurting.

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Dianellian
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This seems to have been accelerated by social media. Like there were always Carnts beforehand but nowhere, anywhere in the numbers like today.

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#18

30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online Not accepting mistakes as mistakes. Just say I f****d up.

TimeToCash , Alex Green Report

#19

30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online When someone complains about everyone else behind their backs

Lavadragon10 , Alex Green Report

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LizzieBoredom
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You should get this person together with the one who is "just being honest".

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30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online When someone literally tells you they are a good person, run for the hill.

Winter-Market-2 , Sebastian Arie Voortman Report

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Ross “Sarcastic Dad”
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I try to lower the bar and tell everyone how awful I am. Then they're pleasantly surprised with my mediocrity.

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#21

30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online "Don't hate the player, hate the game."

Yeah, I hate both.

Clever_Mercury , Sebastian Arie Voortman Report

#22

Someone who has spent thousands of dollars on tattoos while their children are dressed in clothes that are falling apart or who look exhausted and hungry.

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Spencer's slave
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those same people begging outside the shops for f*g money. Edit for the BP censors: f.a.g is a colloquialism for cigarette in English English

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30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online They don’t put the goddamn cart back at the grocery store

omg_88 , Mizzu Cho Report

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Ross “Sarcastic Dad”
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I will take abandoned carts and put them away in addition to mine. It's because I'm a really good person. And I'm honest.

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30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online Making a huge screaming scene in a restaurant .

Tink2013 , Vincent M.A. Janssen Report

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StrangeOne
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or anywhere in public. Unless, you know, it's to do with a medical emergency and there is reason.

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#25

30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online Not saying it's awesome when a kid shows you a drawing they made

ipakookapi , cottonbro studio Report

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30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online People that care more about being right than anything else. People that lie to seem better than other people.

InfinityES , Vera Arsic Report

#27

bullying others. whether you see it as a joke or not, you’re still annoying someone else and thats wrong so get the f**k away from my table and stay atleast 6 ft away from me, simon.

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#28

30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online Alphabroism- just made that up but You know it when you see it

Maleficent-Winter187 , Budgeron Bach Report

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#29

30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online Taking advantage of others or mistreating others when they can get away with it.

Things like letting their roommates do all their dishes and pay all the bills. Getting their partner to do the majority of housework and slinking out of helping. Acting like they care about something only when someone is witnessing them. Being kind only when others are watching. Being cruel when others are not watching. "Forgetting" things that don't fit their narrative about who they are.

It is so manipulative to cultivate a persona that is totally false and to act the opposite when it is advantageous. So many people use this strategy to get away with terrible behaviour and once you see their true colours it immediately screams they are terrible at their core.

omnombooks , cottonbro studio Report

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Glengoolie Blue
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.” ― Abigail Van Buren

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30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online "I'm just really honest"

wolfanyd , George Milton Report

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30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online When the default coping mechanism is to manipulate or abuse other people

snowy_diao , cottonbro studio Report

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Alexia
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

True. Your problems might be an explanation but not an excuse to abuse other people. Get therapy.

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Sycophants who will brown nose and hover around higher-ups all the time when they visit, even when in real life they do really s****y work.

Also people who make jokes at your expense to impress people who you are introducing them to, to appear as the better person.

Hate both these kinds.

AltMain123 Report

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GhostlySnail (she/her)
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also people who seem unable to make any jokes that don’t come at someone else’s expense. I know people who can make people laugh really easily, but it’s always about someone else.

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#33

30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online They don't rewind before returning their rented videotapes

Edward_the_Dog , cottonbro studio Report

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30 Warning Signs That Indicate Someone Is A Terrible Person, As Shared By Folks Online Me, after the first sleeve of Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies, knowing that it won't stop there. Because it never stops there.

pretendvacation570 , Dave & Margie Hill / Kleerup Report

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Justin Trouble
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What, did you attack the girl scout to get the cookies or are you just posting something in the wrong list?

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Stealing a perfect sandwich

KnightOfUltarius Report

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