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queenofbongobong , Anna Nekrashevich Report

35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread My sister said to me once, “hey, what dream did you choose last night?” I was so confused. She explained that every night she goes into a dream room and picks what she wants to dream about. I got super jealous.

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This one is about me. In my early 20’s I started having a lot of pain in my upper left jaw. My dentist said there was nothing wrong with my teeth and that I should go see a sinus specialist. Get to the ORL (ear nose and throat doctor) and they comment on how stuffed up I must be.
I’m slightly baffled, and say that I’m actually breathing much easier that day than usual. Aaand that was the day I found out that most people can breathe through their noses MOST of the time and not just on special occasions. Turns out I’m allergic to dust mites in a “how have you not had anaphylaxis and died” way, and had been experiencing an allergy attack for 23 straight years.
That doctors visit legitimately changed my life. I no longer had to choose between breathing and eating.

PuckishPen Report

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406points

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There will always be outliers and no two people’s life experiences will ever truly be the exact same. At the same time, it’s important to recognize that, barring powerful genetic quirks and extremely unorthodox upbringing, many of us have very similar needs and drives that are shaped as much by our biology as by the environments in which we were raised.

For example, writer Ariane Sherine, who has written about living a long and healthy life, previously told Bored Panda that there are fundamental things that contribute to it. Things like exercise, good food, altruism, and quality relationships.

“Close, fulfilling relationships with others are one of the most important things when it comes to happiness, whether romantic or platonic. Studies show that the more close friendships and relationships you have, the longer you live. Volunteering and helping others are also likely to make you happy,” she said.

So just a little background so this makes more sense, one time when I was little like about 8, I was laying in bed looking out my window at the moon and suddenly I saw two moons. It freaked me out so I went to my mom, asking her if this was bad and she said “no, that’s normal” and sent me back to bed. Well, fast forward to me at about 17, I went to eye doctor with my mom to get my prescription updated. To keep it short, I told the doctor I saw two sets of letters, and he looks at my eyes closer and tells me I have a lazy eye, and that it’s not normal. So my mom, who’s right there, goes “that’s not normal?! I thought everyone saw double!” And the doctor was just like “.....no”. Turns out my mom had the same eye situation, but it was never addressed so she just figured everyone had it. Oops.

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Here's me!

I remember that, for a long time, I thought it was completely normal to not be able to get a full breath. I distinctly remember being 16 and asking my friends "you know that feeling when you actually get a full breath in your lungs and it feels AMAZING" and no one had any clue what I was talking about.

Turns out I had undiagnosed asthma for most of my life. Makes more sense now.

Baileyjrob Report

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320points

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35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread My husband had no idea he was lactose intolerant. He thought everyone had diarrhea everyday. He’s 26 and found out last year. How’d he find out? His mom told him. She’s known his whole life.

do_the_yeto , Andrea Piacquadio Report

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300points

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“There are other things that contribute to happiness and well-being including taking regular exercise, eating healthily, having enough money to feel comfortable, having job security, and enjoying experiences rather than possessions,” Ariane told Bored Panda.

“Self-care and taking time for yourself are also very important. But I'd say close relationships are probably the most essential things to happiness.”

35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread My aunt put a fence around the pool to keep the ducks out. She didn't believe us when we told her they could just fly over it... Does this count?

nb4ban , Sam Divita Report

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294points

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35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread My sister’s ex husband thought the moon was the sun but in “night mode” so it’s more dim.

The man was 43 years old.

This is when my sister realized this was the final straw and needs to get a divorce.

anon , Dmitry Limonov Report

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279points

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35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread My ex and her entire family share a tooth brush she argued it like they were all sharing a hairbrush... glad that ended

schoolsuckass , Miriam Alonso Report

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270points

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Our biology more or less demands that we form tight-knit social bonds, be kind, and get enough movement. The vast majority of us are hardwired for this and it’s what makes us happy.

Psychology expert Suzanne Degges-White told Bored Panda earlier that our biology, as well as the culture we grow up with, shapes our attitude toward altruism, kindness, and being social.

"Many of us are raised to believe it is the 'right thing to do.' Basically, all spiritual belief systems have a version of the 'Golden Rule, 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,'" she explained. "We also do good turns because we know that one day we may be in need of a little 'generosity from the universe,' so it's like putting 'money' into a karma account."

#10

This was me until about two years ago.

I thought that Kiwis made everyone's mouth itchy. Like it was just part of the fruit experience. I also thought mangos were "hot" for everyone.

Well my wife informed me that I probably allergic to those fruit since mangos aren't supposed to burn your mouth and kiwis shouldn't make your mouth itch. I truly didn't believe her. Months later I'm choking on mango. I can't breath, my face is getting red. I couldn't even get the word put to tell her I couldn't breath. EpiPen and an ER visit later. I'm allergic to mangos and kiwis and a host of other tropical fruit.

No fruit should make your mouth burn(aside from the jalepeno and peppers). And no fruit should make your mouth itch or lips swell. Apparently that's called an allergy.
Oops

Shamroc_14 Report

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268points

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#11

35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread One time my best friend and I were on a voice chat as it was getting pretty late. At one point he said that he should probably head to bed because he was starting to see gory and otherwise disturbing things. Apparently he has hypnagogic hallucinations every so often and just assumed that it was normal when to see stuff when you get tired

Palycat , Faruk Tokluoğlu Report

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258points

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#12

35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread I had a sleepover with a friend in middle school one weekend. I went to shower and she gave me a towel. It had a weird smell to it, but I couldn’t find any other towels inside the bathroom, so I used it by patting myself barely and just air drying.

Turns out her whole family shares a towel to prevent having to use new ones every time. I told her how weird that was and she was shocked to find out that my family has THEIR own towels to use, but we put them in the wash every 2 or so uses.

I didn’t sleep over there again.

mrzpldubbz , Castorly Stock Report

Final score:

249points

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“Humans are wired so that when we do something kind for another, we feel good about ourselves and neurotransmitters like endorphins and oxytocin have been shown to get a boost when we do something good for another. It is through cooperation that society functions, so the survival of the human race depends on being willing to help others. Family values, spiritual beliefs, and biology all play a part in this motivation," she said.

"Many of us take pride in being of service to others as it is culturally valued and we want to hold significance in our worlds. So when we do good deeds, we show others our willingness to help those in distress/need; we live out faith-based encouragement to treat others the way we would like to be treated, we uphold family values, and our brains get a positive jolt of happiness when we help others.”

In other words, as diverse as our goals, ambitions, and life experiences might be, there are some fundamental things that simply do not change. Realizing this is kind of inspiring, don’t you think? We’re not so different after all… with a few peculiar exceptions that are found in this list, of course!

#13

35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread My roomate in college thought you washed clothes on every single cycle on the washing machine. Our machine had a delicate cycle, a cotton cycle, a solo rinse cycle, a permanent press cycle, etc.

He always complained about the washer taking forever.. its because he was washing his clothes 4-5 times every time he did laundry.

anon , cottonbro Report

Final score:

244points

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eyedontnowutimdoing , Dayvison Tadeu Report

#14

35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread Had a friend who I took shooting when we were like 20. He’s never shot before and when he was trying to aim he was tilting head strangely. When I questioned him about it, he said “well which eye do you see out of?!”

He had been blind in one eye his entire life and thought everyone was like that.

Final score:

244points

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Doctor_StrangeLuv , RODNAE Productions Report

#15

35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread My friend can't recognize faces. I only figured it out for sure when he almost got into a strangers truck because he thought it was me because she had red hair. I've known him for like 6 years. He seemed surprised when I said that wasn't normal.

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240points

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#16

I helped my older cousin move into a new house as a teenager, we worked non-stop for over 12 hours. I was so f*****g exhausted that at one point I vomited in his front yard.

The next day he acted like I was faking being tired, to which I responded, "how the hell do you fake vomit?". He goes, "easy", and proceeds to instantly *projectile vomit at will!* I just looked on in horror and bewilderment. He acted like it was perfectly normal and assumed everyone could do it, he got offended when I told him it was bizarre as hell. The f**k.

zombiesingularity Report

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239points

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#17

Storytime:

Hubby learned to drive at 12yo. During the summer and holidays, he regularly drove his Grandad's truck into the fields to deliver everyone lunch and water. He also would drive the tractor to and from fields.

As a result, when I met him in his late 30s, he had a perfect driving record. His defensive driving was phenomenal. The only tickets he ever received were: driving without a seatbelt, and parking on the sidewalk. (The latter was right in front of our house and a b***hy neighbor called it in).

Fast forward 10 years. He goes to the eye doctor for the first time in 20 years. He needs glasses. The Night we pick up the glasses, he is driving towards a traffic light. As he rolls to a stop, he states: "WHOA, the traffic lights aren't star bursts anymore" Have they always looked like that????"

oceanbreze Report

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235points

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happy_elephant3 , Karolina Grabowska Report

#18

35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread My friend thought that everyone was regularly taking worming tablets to stop getting worms. It wasn’t until she got married and told her husband she was going to go pick up their worming tablets that she found out it wasn’t normal.

Final score:

228points

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#19

35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread My ex husband has reflux really bad. Once I saw him chewing something while we were out shopping and so I asked for a piece of what I thought was gum. NOPE.
It was food that we had eaten about an hour earlier.
He told me his food would always come back up all the time and he would just rechew it and swallow it back down. I was like WTF. NOOO.

sweetsweetdingo , Jack Sparrow Report

Final score:

209points

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#20

35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread Not kidding. My boyfriend of almost 8 years thought lions were boys and tigers were girl lions... kind of like bulls and cows

ShanNtrav Report

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209points

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general_reddit_user Report

#21

One time in my 20s at work a coworker and I started getting into an argument about what color Monday was (it's red) and didn't realize this was not normal until another co-worker walked by and asked us what the hell we were going on about synesthesia for.

Final score:

209points

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#22

35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread In college, a bunch of friends and I were sitting around talking about things we did as a kid. One of the guys in the group said "didn't you hate when you got a cold and your mom would give you an enema?" He soon found out that he was the only one.

Dammit_MoonMoon , Bon courage Report

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206points

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#23

So this was actually me,but growing up my mom would always tell me to grab donuts from the Walmart bakery area and eat it while we walked around the store (we lived in the country so we only went to the store every two weeks). For a long time this proceeded until it was common practice and eventually I just did it without even telling her. Around early middle school a girl who has a crush on me sees me eating a donut in walmart and asks me if I just take those. I respond "of course", she proceeds to take one and eat it with me to prove she's as cool as me but I just don't understand.

I then relay to my mom how this silly girl had no idea walmart had free donuts.... And that's when she told me she had been paying for them for years. But I had not asked her permission for a long time so there is no telling how many donuts I unknowingly stole from Walmart.

It's not very often you get to find something strange out about yourself that you thought was perfectly normal.

ChanelNumberOne Report

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202points

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#24

35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread I have a friend that thought it was normal to go 2 weeks + without a sip of water.

DerpeyBloke , Pixabay Report

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198points

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#25

There was this guy I went to college with - when he was in the shower, if the urge hit him, he would just take a s**t in the shower instead of getting out to use the toilet. He did this the whole time he was a kid apparently, and it wasn’t till he got to college and had to share bathroom facilities that he found out other people showering in adjacent stalls weren’t cool with smelling s**t as he waffle-stomped a log down the drain.

VictorBlimpmuscle Report

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197points

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waddles 2 years ago

“waffle-stomped a log down the drain” is in my personal dictionary now

236points

M Kawai 2 years ago

LOL, me too. Waffle-stomped is going to be my new catch phrase now! You waffle~stomped that s**t! Or, I've been waffle-stomped!

14points

BG 2 years ago

Waffle stomp is a actual established phrase. Its a common military term.

8points

Myriah Fields 2 years ago

i love your name and profile pic here take my upvote right now

4points

Natalie H 2 years ago

😂😂🤢😂😂🤢

1point

Appalachian Panda 2 years ago

And this, kids, is why they tell you to wear flip-flops in the communal showers.

44points

Joey Marlin 2 years ago

First time I've ever thought 'I'd rather be grubby thanks'.

11points

poiplescales 2 years ago

I feel unwell learning this information. I need the brain bleach just like those showers needed real bleach.

31points

Daria 2 years ago

ew ew ew... my imagination 🙈

29points

Rylosalex 2 years ago

THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE!!

8points

Lily Mae Kitty 2 years ago

the fact that he thought this was normal and that it would go down the drain are so horrifying. imagine his shower drain at home....no, don't! I did it for us and you don't have to. I am traumatized.

14points

simply.Taz 2 years ago

Ewwww........just OMG, EWWWWW!!!!

14points

Rosie Red 2 years ago

Another one to put on my list of 5 top disgusting things I've heard.

12points

Susan Green 2 years ago

No no no why did I read this??

8points

My O My 2 years ago

How urgent can it be that you can't just wait the 5 mins til you're done taking a shower

6points

Ann Coffman 2 years ago

Right? Besides, I thought it was "S**t, Shower, Shave", in that order!

1point

Nikki Sevven 2 years ago

I'd like to unread this now.

6points

Djoarhet 2 years ago

Nah, how in the hell doesn't that clog up the drain...

6points

Chris berkley 2 years ago

MARCUS from superstore!!!!

5points

party marty 2 years ago

YES

2points

Shane S 2 years ago

Never ever ever ok. Makes me want to bleach my shower floor now.

5points

MonicaChicagoGal 2 years ago

EWWW I wish it was possible to unread something 😕

4points

Bender Bending Rodríguez 2 years ago (edited)

At number 17 as of now, this is the first one I have read that made me instant nauseous.

4points

Phyllis Turbin 2 years ago

And George Costanza got hell for peeing in the shower.

3points

meow point1 2 years ago

I used to do number one in the shower as a kid, but never number two! Blech!!

2points

Riley Quinn 2 years ago

Amazing how little humans know about microbes, viruses, and prions despite the topic transferable germs being known since Ancient times. Sharing bath towels and toothbrushes, and sh!tting in a shower... I just don't think we're all that bright of a species.

1point

Gypsy Lee 2 years ago

Parents, do your kids a favor - parent.

1point

Carole Reid 2 years ago

Were you in college or prison?

1point

Freelove 2 years ago

Jesus Christ who raised this guy!?

1point

Andrea Jones 2 years ago

i'm crying laughing... waffle stomped is hilarious.. also ewwwwwww

1point

Nicky Hands 2 years ago

I caught my son doing this....let’s just say that I don’t think he even pees in the shower anymore 🤣😂

0points

Hey! 2 years ago

I sure hope he washed his feet thoroughly after that.

0points

pamela nichols 2 years ago

The grossness just keeps coming!

0points

Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago

That's disgusting ~

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Mary Kelly 2 years ago

parents were told to remind their sons not to waffle stomp their poop down the shower drains, which apparently they do because they are too afraid of the spiders in the toilet area...never heard the term before then...and now i long for those days...

0points

Paloma Vita 2 years ago

Ewww... That is so gross!!!

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Darla Middlebrook 2 years ago

And he will always live alone!

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Harvey Oakes 2 years ago

Same

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Crazy Meerkat Lady 2 years ago

But won't the drain or something clogg eventually?? It's not made for "waffle stomping" so how could his childhood shower take that every day???

0points

Jan Brieger-Scranton 2 years ago

Where's the eye bleach can't believe I read that

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Jessica J. 2 years ago

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Jessica J. 2 years ago

REALLY bad for the plumbing.

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Matt Grande 2 years ago

I just pissed myself....waffle stomped🤣

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Sa Ruuu 2 years ago

I hate that there's actually a term for that lmao

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Seanette Blaylock 2 years ago

Surprised he didn't catch a beatdown from those poor people in other stalls who had to endure this.

0points

Stacy Kincannon 2 years ago

That is just f****d up!!

0points

#26

I was talking to my husband on the phone and he told me to hang on, he had to put his clothes back on. He was at work. I asked what the hell he was doing and apparently he always takes all his clothes off to take a dump. Even at work. I knew he did it at home but he always would then get in the shower after so I figured it was just a preface to showering. He said he balances them over the stall door so they don’t get “poop particles” on them. I told him no one else does this. He didn’t notice because in the men’s room he’s used for the last 10 years there’s only one stall. I’m not sure why no colleague ever asked him why he’s hanging clothes over the stall door...

imhappysteven Report

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193points

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#27

Until my early twenties, I thought lucid dreams were the norm. I cringe thinking of all the times I heard someone describe a bad dream and I said something along the lines of “Why didn’t you just change the dream?”

Growing up, I said this to several close family members, and NOT ONE told me that was weird.

doesntsharefood Report

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179points

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#28

I have a friend who has lost an immense amount of weight, yet eats and drinks like c**p all the time. It had been revealed to me by him that, “he often feels so full sometimes, that he just makes himself puke to feel better.” This has been going on for quite a few years now. He’s straight up bulimic and thinks it’s just a neat little way to get rid of all the bad foods and drinks he gorges himself with. He’s gotten so good at making himself puke, it’s almost silent. No gagging sounds no messy puke splatter. Just a stream of chewed up food and beers. I’m quite sure that even his wife is oblivious to this.

LeFrizzleFry Report

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177points

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#29

35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread My friend genuinely believed that 'Leprechaun' was just a term for indigenous Irish little people.

RumHamHavoc , Dmitry K Report

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173points

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#30

35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread My friend didn’t know martinis weren’t normally served in giant water-sized glasses and thought she was getting ripped off when she ordered one at a bar. Her parents were alcoholics.

ceecee1791 , MART PRODUCTION Report

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163points

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#31

35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread A family member thought that hallucinations were something everyone dealt with. They thought that monsters under the bed and other cultural tales of ghosts were real things which were further confirmed by their experience.

It this led to later diagnosis of schizophrenia once they couldn't cope well enough to deal with the symptoms and it became evident to family members.

Mettastorm , Vagelis Lnz Report

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163points

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#32

35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread My neighbours ate their Cornflakes with orange juice instead of milk. Their parents had conditioned them all to think this was normal and acceptable behavior.

Fruitloops_for_B , Ron Lach Report

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158points

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Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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#33

A little late here, but my ex didn’t think you needed to wash cutting boards. I was doing his dishes and started to wash it and he got upset. I thought that was a common sense thing that someone in med school should know.

isleeponcouches Report

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151points

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#34

35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread Me and my sister at a festival in line for the toilets.

Me: You wanna pee first? I can hold your beer.
Sister: Naw, thats fine. I will just place it in the beerholder.
Me: ...... you mean the urinal?

DiktatorSilje , Michael Coghlan Report

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144points

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#35

35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread They carried a pizza box sideways under their arm.....

Wow! Im so glad it made other people as uneasy as it made me. It was a neighbor at a neighborhood pizza party that was kinda strange already. Everytime someone talks about him I'm like, "I knew he was strange since the pizza box incident."

lrichard225 , detentioncomics Report

Final score:

132points

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#36

I used to smoke a lot at my friends house after high school. We would work on computer stuff and his cat who would join us and chill in his dark room. Well, one day his cat got old and eventually passed. When i came over again I asked where was his purple cat was at. He looked at me and said "What??"

It was at that time i realized i had some form of color blindness.

tripskeet Report

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#37

Unfastens seatbelt

*gets out of car*

Refastens seatbelt behind them

*leaves/does whatever*

*opens door*

Unfastens seatbelt

*gets in seat*

Fastens seatbelt

aether_killer Report

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45points

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#38

This one is about me. I have loose ligaments/muscles/tendons/something in both of my shoulders. I’ve never gotten it looked at before, but I never know it wasn’t common for people’s shoulders to just kinda come out of the socket while they do different things.

Example being, if I carry anything with any real weight in one hand, and don’t focus on keeping my shoulder muscles tight, my arm will come out of the socket. It doesn’t hurt, and it goes right back in when I put the item down, but I was in middle school when I realized it wasn’t normal. And now it’s just a fun party trick.

finchfinch93 Report

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44points

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#39

Constant headaches in the morning. I just figured it would be fine, nothing serious, just a regular groggy feeling that most people get in the morning and they use coffee to help with it.

And then I had a seizure and was diagnosed with epilepsy, so that's a thing.

veroui Report

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40points

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#40

Had a dude that I know say that his family had a cup they all shared water from at dinner, and the last person to drink from it had to go fill it back up. He thought it was normal until everyone in our friend group said their families didn’t do that.

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40points

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#41

My friend last night was like "you know when you think you're starting to get sick and you're super tired, your nose is runny, and your throat is flemmy..." and we're all like "yeah?" and she says "and then your hands go completely numb?" And we're all like nope, that's definitely just you

regan-omics Report

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37points

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Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#42

This happened to me.
Growing up, I was conditioned by my mother to not only use soap on my body while showering, but to use it in my hair too. Doing this made my hair feel insanely rough and dry, but I kept at it thinking it was the right thing to do. On a trip to California to meet some friends I took a shower and they didn't have a bar of soap. I confronted my friend about it, asking what they used in their hair as a substitute for soap. Everyone in the room gave me a strange look and told me that soap wasn't supposed to be used for hair. I was around 18 years old when I found this out.

N1nja120 Report

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37points

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#43

Senior year, study hall. I’m sitting with a dude I knew. I don’t remember the context, but we were talking about growing up and he says “and it was around that time when milk started coming out of my nipples” and I’m like “...what?” and he’s like “you know, when milk starts to come out” and I’m like “dude... thats not normal.” The face he made when he realized the reality of the situation was memorable. He goes “that.. that didn’t happen to you?” and I’m like “no.” Then he asks the rest of the guys in study hall “did any of yall have milk come out your nips during puberty?” They said no.

nickmcapone Report

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37points

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#44

I worked with a guy who had some kind of gut problem and he'd be sitting at his desk, and vomit into a cup. Not a lot, but like a vurp. A few times a day, even in meetings. Finally, his boss talked to him and said that was not cool, and he should see a doctor. The guy was surprised. "Why?" He asked. He apparently had been doing this all his life.

He went to a doctor, and whattia know! They had medicine for his condition! The guy grew up in some country where his condition was never addressed, either because of poverty or neglect. Probably both.

But the damage was already done; everyone avoided the "vomit guy." He was eventually let go.

punkwalrus Report

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36points

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#45

My friend thought that everyone ate cereal without milk. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind eating dry cereal, but they thought it was weird that people would put milk in their cereal on tv commericals, shows, etc. They didn't know that this was a thing people really did.

AGylime Report

Final score:

35points

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"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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#46

Once my now-partner and I passed an open sewer being worked on. I was holding my nose and gagging. She goes, "oh, now that I'm thinking about it, that does smell bad!"

She has to concentrate on smelling things. And if she isn't actively concentrating, she doesn't always smell things. Turns out, she and her siblings all have a really weak sense of smell, and none of them really noticed anything was different until I, and other friends, pointed out how that wasn't the norm.

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#47

My dad's parents never told him to brush his teeth and he told me that he used to eat a whole can of condensed milk everyday as a kid! He still thinks it's perfectly normal, I don't know. And he just wondered why one day his teeth fell out. Only when he was in his 20s someone told him that brushing helps.

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#48

I used to have a friend who thought everyone only had dreams that had

a) no color, or b) no sound.

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34points

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#49

35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread I know someone at work that eats oranges with the peel on. I'm pretty sure he is a psychopath.

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#50

My SO doesn't think you're supposed to get any water on the bath mat, so he stands in the shower on one foot whilst completely drying the other. He then stands on the mat with that dry foot, drying the other foot. Once both dry he then steps fully out of the shower.

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33points

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#51

Friend of mine will absentmindedly start putting more and more of her shirt into her mouth until she chokes/gags. She enjoys the feeling and does it while doing things like browsing reddit or sitting on the toilet for a long time.

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#52

I lived with a girl that would eat baby powder that she had stashed in the drawer of the bathroom. She would walk by the bathroom and do quick shakes of the bottle right in her mouth. She would also buy whole frozen fish from walmart and take them out of the freezer bag and slap them hard against the brick kitchen floor before cooking them in a stew.

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#53

I used to think towels were post-shower blankets until my college boyfriend recommended I dry I off the water to help me warm up faster. Then it dawned upon me....

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28points

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#54

I can't go to sleep unless the back of my left ankle is wedged between my right big toe and the second toe. I was 30 before someone asked about it.

Final score:

27points

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#55

A lawyer I used to work with would trim his toenails during conference calls in his office. Toenails, not fingernails, meaning he removed his shoes and socks and pawed all over his stinky feet while on the phone. Never got over that.

Final score:

27points

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#56

I knew a guy in college that used ketchup/catsup as a dressing for his salads. Still gives me the w*****s 20 years later.

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#57

35 Strange Behaviors People Thought Were Completely Normal, As Shared In This Viral Thread My coworker recently let me in on the fact that he sometimes spits on his toilet paper before wiping.

What the f**k Tom.

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26points

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#58

One of my friends genuinely cannot taste basil. He always thought that basil was some tasteless leaf that people liked to put on pizza. He once ate bowl of basil leaves like a salad.

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#59

When my friend makes mac and cheese she puts the cheese powder, milk, and butter into the boiling water...

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waddles 2 years ago

this was one rollercoaster of an article

39points

OnAFreakingRollercoaster 2 years ago

Upvote for the use of the word rollercoaster 😉😉

0points

BonnyDK 2 years ago

When I first started dating my husband I realized he had peculiar behavior. He was seeing a therapist for about 10 years that told him he had a shyness disorder. He was fine with me but had a hard time looking in the eyes of people he didn't know while talking to them. Especially if they were close to him. The first time I noticed it was 6 weeks after we met. After a while I ended with a list of things that were not the "norm". He was intelligent top of his profession but a bit different. Then the seizures started about 2 years after we married. After a bunch of misdiagnoses he finally had an MRI and found a brain tumor. The type of cancer he has comes with a list of recognizable behavior changes. Textbook my husband. I showed his friends the list and his mom and they just told me he had always been like that. The dr said he probably had the tumor his whole life. I cannot for the life of me figure out how they thought it was normal and why they didn't take him to the Dr.

27points

Maria 2 years ago

Oh wow. Did the tumor get safely removed? How did he change afterwards?

6points

The Big Dipper ⭐️ 2 years ago

Doesn’t really belong here, but my weird talent is being able to suck the sides, but not the middle, of my stomach in. It kind of looks like I’m really thin, but there’s a can in the middle of my stomach.

18points

Sasy 2 years ago

It counts

10points

Arthur Waite 2 years ago

Interesting article. About thirty of these items illustrate the axiom that "You don't know what you don't know."

16points

Ann Coffman 2 years ago

I have one. You know someone until you get to know them. Finally figured that out after lots of bad relationships and trusting "friends" I shouldn't have trusted.

0points

Mindghost 2 years ago (edited)

A friend of mine came over when we were about 12 years old. We were gaming in my room. He went to the toilet and had a "big deal" to make. He didn't close the door, so my mother smelled it from the kitchen next door and got angry. He didn't know what's wrong, because his parents didn't tell him to close the door when going to the toilet. When his family (uncle/aunts etc.) visited them, they also didn't close the door when going to the toilet.

10points

Aleksandra 2 years ago

I thought everyone hears hight pitched sound in their ears when it's silent enough in the room. Turned out i just have tinnitus (learnt it at 24yo)

9points

ThatBiBookLover 2 years ago

Wait… that’s not normal???

2points

Luis Gomez 2 years ago (edited)

A bunch of these are just a sign that kids weren't paying attention during science class. Years later, you see them making opinions about vaccines and climate change.

9points

Mad McQueen 2 years ago

My husband throws all his clothes in the washer. Whites. Darks. Super dirty bondo sawdust paint covered clothes. All his white underpants and socks and tees are gray. I've tried to tell him to sort and do smaller loads. Not 4 sweatshirts and 6 jeans and everything else. Also he loads all that at once into the dryer and only runs it 30 mins at a time. So it takes forever to dry. I do laundry one day a week. I've gotten to taking his stuff out of either machine. Doing mine and putting his back. I guess his mom just washed like that all the time. Gross. And he will wear stuff with holes. Shoes undies socks jeans. Look homeless and it's so embarrassing. And his pants even with a belt never stay up. Captain buttcrack. All the time. He doesn't even buy pants correctly. Too long inseam. Too loose waist.

7points

Madeleine 2 years ago

I don’t quite understand wanting to marry someone or stay married to someone you think has a gross, embarrassing appearance and does things like ruin all his clothes for no apparent reason.

2points

Mary Rogers 2 years ago

Something embarrassing I didn't know: What a toothache feels like. I always had great teeth and didn't have my first cavity until I was in my forties. And since I arrogantly thought my teeth would last forever, I didn't get regular checkups. When I did start to develop pain, it wasn't what I thought a toothache should feel like. I thought it was just sensitivity because it wasn't consistent and often was related to eating something cold. What I didn't know is that when you have an infection, it kills the nerve and that's why the pain would go away on it's own. I paid a heavy price for neglecting my dental health because multiple infections ended up draining into my sinuses, causing chronic sinus infections. The chronic inflammation resulted in polyps blocking my sinuses, requiring surgery. All because I didn't know what a toothache was supposed to feel like and didn't get regular checkups.

5points

similarly 2 years ago

I used to have a spot on my forehead, about the size of the head of a pin, but star shaped. It would scab over, sometimes bleed. I kept wondering "When is this stupid thing going to heal? It's taking forever!" Then, I was looking at some old photos and found a photo of me from three years earlier: and I had the spot. Turns out it was skin cancer. I named him Spot! He and I have since parted company, but I'm constantly on the lookout now for Spot Jr.

5points

simply.Taz 2 years ago

Not all people experience toothache pain the same.

2points

Anita Rapp 2 years ago

You're lucky you didn't abscess into your brain.

2points

Mouse 2 years ago

2 out of 3 people notice their urine smells different after eating asparagus. 1 out of 3 has no idea theirs does as well.

5points

Hey! 2 years ago

Mine smells awful. My husband can't smell his but I do!!!

0points

Christi Blankenship 2 years ago

From a post like this, i actually discovered that my sister and i both have form of narcolepsy. Until reading about it, i just assumed everyone lost control of their muscles and became semi paralyzed from laughing too hard 🤦🏼‍♀️

4points

Sardonyx_3 2 years ago

I hear sometimes "hear" electrical signals. Whenever I'm near an electronic that's plugged in, I can hear a sort-of... whining sound. Kinda like tinnitus. but. not...?

4points

Arielle Daughtry 2 years ago (edited)

The refrigerator keeps me up at night the electric whir the making of ice the water needed to make the ice. I hear it all and it wakes me up from another room with the door closed. Don’t really notice during the day but at night it’s the worst. But if you pay attention you hear most everything the air coming through the vents when the heat or a/c is on, the house settling, all the stuff you don’t really pay attention to. The stove makes a little noise not much but you can hear it when it’s been left on.

2points

Christi Blankenship 2 years ago

Me too, and so can my sister

1point

M Whee 1 year ago

I can hear that, old tube tvs were the loudest. I have tinnitus now and it sounds similar.

0points

Stardust she/her 2 years ago

I thought it was normal to cry very easily when experiencing any kind of negative emotion. I guess I might have depression or something else that causes me to get stressed out very easily

4points

Squirrelly Panda 2 years ago

Some people cry easily, some find it impossible to cry no matter how sad. It has nothing to do with being depressed or stressed easily and totally how your body responds to emotional stimuli. However, see someone and get help if you think you might be depressed, have anxiety, or if the free flowing tears are hindering your life. I've learned to partly manage, partly live with mine.

4points

Aleksandra 2 years ago

I also was very emotional to stressful stuff, reacted strongly to sadness or anger. I have depression, and now as I'm treating it I don't react that strongly to things, bad emotions don't fog up logic and thoughts. I also had other symptoms too tho. So if you feel it might be depression it's good to check up with psychiatrist (not psychologist). Also, lots of people don't even suspect they have depression, they just think it's normal

1point

similarly 2 years ago

It MIGHT be depression, or you just might be very good at expressing it. Be GLAD. I have a lot of trouble expressing emotion. I rarely laugh out loud, and I basically cannot cry. I can count on one hand the number of times I've actually shed tears from sadness in the past 30 years. I WISH I could show emotion, because I feel it. I just don't express it.

1point

James Doe 2 years ago

I get angry at how inconsiderate people are, eg wheb driving. Only through therapy I realized that it's not normal to have at least 5 cars in front and at least 3 behind you in mind at all times. Now it perfectly makes sense how peolpe can "listen" to the same 15 songs on radio, while chatting and driving - as normal human brains just filter stuff out.

3points

ί𝔫ＣίŦᵃт𝐔𝐬 2 years ago

But I do this too! I kind of realize it's not normal, but there's nothing that we can do, right? Every single time I get in the car it's a heart attack from anger at other drivers.

0points

MetaMaxNL 2 years ago

had a friend who always got intoxicated faster and worse then the rest of us. we and he always made a bit of a joke of it. few years later he went to the hospital for some random thing, finds out he only has one kidney

2points

Osprey 2 years ago

At 48 I still take baths, not showers. I didn't realize that normal adults eventually graduate to showers outside of childhood baths. I rarely shower, I feel cleaner and more relaxed after a bath and I cant seem to break the habit and switch to showers. One of few quirks that I have is that I have to bathe before I leave the house everyday.

2points

Mary Rogers 2 years ago (edited)

That's not abnormal. It's just a preference.

1point

2picklesinabun 2 years ago

Stay in school, kids.

2points

Madeleine 2 years ago

1) Stay in school, and 2) get to know people besides your own immediate family, so that you don’t have a totally insular life with no sense of what is and isn’t normal. Some of these posts, it seems people go even further into wild insularity and don’t even have conversations with their family members they share a home with!

4points

Pam 2 years ago

I enjoyed this Bored Panda immensely! Thanks Bored Panda!

1point

T 2 years ago

My dad is relatively hairless (genetics, I guess) so I had no clue that men could have chest hair, let alone thick body hair, until I was a preteen. Threw me for a loop the first time I saw it.

1point

Natalie Bohrteller 2 years ago (edited)

I can provoke goosebumps and just recently found out that this shouldn't be possible and that not many people can do it. Anyone else here?

1point

Amy S 2 years ago

Wait, can't everyone provoke goosebumps by choice?

1point

Alicia Davidson 2 years ago

I was always the kid being told to chew with my mouth shut, but I just couldn't do it. Meanwhile, we always knew that I had seasonal and pretty dander allergies, but it didn't seem that serious. Found out when I was 17-18 that I have severe allergies to basically everything in the air (dust, all pollen, anything scented, etc.) I had never been able to properly breathe through my nose. So I was a mouth breather, which is why I could never chew with my mouth closed. We also discovered that I have a poor sense of smell because of it, but if I breathe through my mouth, I can smell it. It's really hard to explain.

0points

Dave 2 years ago

Another stolen from Reddit article

0points

censorshipsucks 2 years ago

yes that's what BP does. But at least you can read it properly, Reddit is a dumpster fire.

3points

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waddles 2 years ago

this was one rollercoaster of an article

39points

OnAFreakingRollercoaster 2 years ago

Upvote for the use of the word rollercoaster 😉😉

0points

BonnyDK 2 years ago

27points

Maria 2 years ago

Oh wow. Did the tumor get safely removed? How did he change afterwards?

6points

The Big Dipper ⭐️ 2 years ago

18points

Sasy 2 years ago

It counts

10points

Arthur Waite 2 years ago

Interesting article. About thirty of these items illustrate the axiom that "You don't know what you don't know."

16points

Ann Coffman 2 years ago

I have one. You know someone until you get to know them. Finally figured that out after lots of bad relationships and trusting "friends" I shouldn't have trusted.

0points

Mindghost 2 years ago (edited)

10points

Aleksandra 2 years ago

I thought everyone hears hight pitched sound in their ears when it's silent enough in the room. Turned out i just have tinnitus (learnt it at 24yo)

9points

ThatBiBookLover 2 years ago

Wait… that’s not normal???

2points

Luis Gomez 2 years ago (edited)

A bunch of these are just a sign that kids weren't paying attention during science class. Years later, you see them making opinions about vaccines and climate change.

9points

Mad McQueen 2 years ago

7points

Madeleine 2 years ago

I don’t quite understand wanting to marry someone or stay married to someone you think has a gross, embarrassing appearance and does things like ruin all his clothes for no apparent reason.

2points

Mary Rogers 2 years ago

5points

similarly 2 years ago

5points

simply.Taz 2 years ago

Not all people experience toothache pain the same.

2points

Anita Rapp 2 years ago

You're lucky you didn't abscess into your brain.

2points

Mouse 2 years ago

2 out of 3 people notice their urine smells different after eating asparagus. 1 out of 3 has no idea theirs does as well.

5points

Hey! 2 years ago

Mine smells awful. My husband can't smell his but I do!!!

0points

Christi Blankenship 2 years ago

4points

Sardonyx_3 2 years ago

I hear sometimes "hear" electrical signals. Whenever I'm near an electronic that's plugged in, I can hear a sort-of... whining sound. Kinda like tinnitus. but. not...?

4points

Arielle Daughtry 2 years ago (edited)

2points

Christi Blankenship 2 years ago

Me too, and so can my sister

1point

M Whee 1 year ago

I can hear that, old tube tvs were the loudest. I have tinnitus now and it sounds similar.

0points

Stardust she/her 2 years ago

I thought it was normal to cry very easily when experiencing any kind of negative emotion. I guess I might have depression or something else that causes me to get stressed out very easily

4points

Squirrelly Panda 2 years ago

4points

Aleksandra 2 years ago

1point

similarly 2 years ago

1point

James Doe 2 years ago

3points

ί𝔫ＣίŦᵃт𝐔𝐬 2 years ago

But I do this too! I kind of realize it's not normal, but there's nothing that we can do, right? Every single time I get in the car it's a heart attack from anger at other drivers.

0points

MetaMaxNL 2 years ago

2points

Osprey 2 years ago

2points

Mary Rogers 2 years ago (edited)

That's not abnormal. It's just a preference.

1point

2picklesinabun 2 years ago

Stay in school, kids.

2points

Madeleine 2 years ago

4points

Pam 2 years ago

I enjoyed this Bored Panda immensely! Thanks Bored Panda!

1point

T 2 years ago

My dad is relatively hairless (genetics, I guess) so I had no clue that men could have chest hair, let alone thick body hair, until I was a preteen. Threw me for a loop the first time I saw it.

1point

Natalie Bohrteller 2 years ago (edited)

I can provoke goosebumps and just recently found out that this shouldn't be possible and that not many people can do it. Anyone else here?

1point

Amy S 2 years ago

Wait, can't everyone provoke goosebumps by choice?

1point

Alicia Davidson 2 years ago

0points

Dave 2 years ago

Another stolen from Reddit article

0points

censorshipsucks 2 years ago

yes that's what BP does. But at least you can read it properly, Reddit is a dumpster fire.

3points