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“What’s A Weird Little Thing That We All Do Or Experience, But No One Talks About?” (40 Answers)
Traveling teaches you that no matter where you go and who you meet, you will be able to relate to those people at least on some level. Certain thoughts, emotions, and habits are simply universal.
So Reddit user Broken__Defraculator posted a question on the platform, inviting everyone to list the things we all do or experience but, for one reason or another, don't talk about in public.
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#1
When hot in bed, we don’t just throw the covers off. We stick out a single leg….except we don’t just “dangle” it outside the covers, we wrap it around the duvet and kinda clamp it back down.
No one has ever shown us how to do this. No one ever taught us to do this. No one has ever discussed this. We just all do it.
#2
One weird little thing we all do but rarely talk about is replaying imaginary arguments or conversations in our heads, often coming up with the perfect comeback we wish we'd said at the time.
#3
The farts that roll up your v*gina are pretty weird.
Mama Clare 3 weeks ago
Unless it gets stuck there and you have to do the hip movements to release it
#4
Pretending not to see someone you know in public to avoid that awkward “hi” moment. We all do it, don’t lie.
#5
Withessing some (random) person doing something really embarassing to themself and actively choosing/doing our best to ignore it and moving on. This is empathy.
RedeRules770:
At work once this lady bent over to grab her purse and whatnot. I happened to be facing away from her and she tooted, just a little one. She said “oh! Excuse me!” I turned around with a confused look and said “for what?” She looked SO RELIEVED and said “oh, never mind”
She’ll never know that I know.
#6
When a random embarrassing/cringe memory floods the mind and the best you can do is try to blurt out some incoherent words, sounds, melody to distract yourself.
#7
Make up excuses to get out of invitations to social gatherings and other events you don't want to attend.
Shark Lady 3 weeks ago
My parents and daughter regularly use me as an excuse, I'm chronically sick so no one ever questions it.
#8
When you snap out of a daydream while you’re driving and quickly check all your mirrors as if you might catch a glimpse of a huge accident you caused. Then wonder how the hell did I drive this far and can’t remember.
cerinamroth 3 weeks ago
My mum literally had a TGA event when she was driving to a meeting. She drove there, apparently gave a speech, listened to the comments and it was only afterwards in the kitchen that she realised she had no idea how she got there, or who anyone was. Scary stuff. It was a route she had driven so often that it must have just been autopilot that got her there.
#9
When you're pooping in a public bathroom and strategically plan your exit for when it's empty so no one associates you with the smell of poop or farts you might have unleashed.
cerinamroth 3 weeks ago
I really couldn't care less. Toilets are there to be used, and everyone defecates.
#10
Anyone else having entire conversations with themselves? Like, full on talking at the 2nd person, like you're talking with someone else and trying to explain something? Sometimes even out loud (but in whispers so you don't look like your insane. Then you realize you're whispering to yourself and you look even more insane). Or am I just really lonely?
Even weirder, for me it happens in another language. I'm not English native, but I start talking with myself and arguing in english.
Also, do you guys/girls move when you're talking? On the phone, for example. I can't stand still. I'm literally walking circles around my own room. Sooner or later I'm gonna start digging out trenches like some Looney tunes cartoon. This also happens when talking by myself. It's like moving my body allows me to think and explain better.
cerinamroth 3 weeks ago
I do this too, in most of my languages (to date, English, French, German, Japanese, Hebrew). I also talk in my sleep and my husband says it's like the United Nations in our bedroom sometimes.
#11
Picking our noses. I mean, c'mon. Sometimes a tiny, golden morsel is stuck in just that one irritating spot where you can feel it for minutes - or hours - and there's no Kleenex in the vicinity. So up goes the finger and out comes the booger. Flick it, eat it, wipe it on your jeans. Whatever. Gotta get rid of it.
ALittleKnownGoddess 3 weeks ago
I had no idea how well kids could hide buggers until I had to paint their rooms.
#12
Disgustingly brutal intrusive thoughts. The ones that would shatter your world if it happened.
#13
Look at other people's food as waiters bring it to their table at a restaurant.
#14
I feel like deja vu isn't discussed often enough. Not the "this feels like something I've been through" but legitimate "I had this exact dream and now it's happening". We all have that s**t and no one talks about it.
Apatheist Account2 3 weeks ago
There is a scientific explanation for it. Your long term memory is registering the event from your senses, rather than going via the short-term memory; the process that compares current senses with memory (to facilitate recognition) is fooled into thinking that it's happened before, because it's in your long-term memory. You are not seeing the same thing again, but seeing it for the first time twice in effect.
#15
Before going to sleep, check how much sleep time you have.
#16
Picking our underwear out of our a*s crack.
Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 3 weeks ago
After wearing boxers for many years now, I seem to have eliminated that event.
#17
The gross feeling of sitting on a toilet seat after someone else warned it up.
#19
The things we smell sometimes. Our own farts. Our hands after scratching an itch in your pants....we all do it when we are alone. It's actually biologically ingrained in us to "like" that smell. Our brains give us a little dopamine for checking....if the smell is off we know something is wrong.
SirWriteALot 3 weeks ago
I knew a guy who'd rub behind his hear and then smell it. Like constantly. During meetings. He's talking, rubbing, sniffing. Trying to do it low key but it was just so disturbing to watch.
#20
The little shake we do when we get under a cold cozy blanket.
Such a privilege.
ColdSteelRonin 3 weeks ago
I have heated mattress pads that i put on preheat while getting ready for bed. So in winter, instead of the shake it's a contented sigh.
#22
Putting the last chunk of deodorant back on after it falls on the floor.
#23
When we accidentally spit on someone when talking and all act like nothing happened.
potsgotme:
And you can still feel it on your arm and you wait til they look away so you can wipe it even though you both know they just f**king spit on you while locking eyes.
Raluca Neacsu 3 weeks ago
that... never happened to me. either im really lucky or i never noticed.
#24
The secret thrill of being the first person to use a new jar of peanut butter, and sliding in the butter knife with grace and care to carve out a perfectly-formed morsel of legumic joy.
#25
Hearing a weird brief tone in one ear.
galloping_spider:
The aliens tuning in.
UncoolSlicedBread:
When I was little, I would pretend that it was my spidey sense picking up on bad guys somewhere.
As an adult, I prefer that it’s my spidey sense picking up on bad guys somewhere.
#26
Pulling your phone out and fake checking it to act as a cover story for turning around because you forgot something or started walking the wrong way.
#27
Don't pee in the dream bathroom.
Cee Cee 3 weeks ago
Ha. I must have been about 5 and living in Uganda. The soil is often red. Dreaming I knew I wanted to wee but was engrossed in climbing this big red mountain. Decided to wait until I reached the top. Summit reached and there it was. A beautiful gleaming white porcelain loo. You can guess the rest! Never forgot that dream and I'm now 72.
#28
Trying to catch your reflection in a window as you walk past to see if your hair is ok.
Bat cat in a hat 3 weeks ago
The hair is fine but I'm always horrified by the old fat lady looking back at me!
#29
Having an itch right on my palm and using my teeth to scratch it.
#30
Weeing in the shower.
Jan Rosier 3 weeks ago (edited)
Weeing WHILE showering would be more accurate. It rinces away with no worries and you donot need to flush. To all women finding this gross : what do you do with menstruation blood when showering?
#31
Finally loosening that bit of food stuck in our teeth and either getting sweet revenge by biting down on it and swallowing it or getting it loose and awkwardly rooting around in our mouth until the frustrating realization hits that we already swallowed it and there will be no vengeance.
#32
That weird smell you get from your childhood but can never find or replicate if you wanted to. Mine reminds me of white school floors with little black dots all over.
#34
Cuddle with pillows.
Traveling Lady Railfan 3 weeks ago
The pillow you put between your knees is even better (for side sleepers)
#35
Well I think its so weird if you just say goodbye and then walk in the same direction.
#36
Slowly closing the fridge door to see when the lights turn off.
UncleJohn3000 3 weeks ago
As a kid, I spent a LOT of time trying to see my eyes move in the mirror. You can't. But if you're looking at your own face in Zoom, you can catch it if you're quick enough.
#37
Testing if your voice still works after not speaking for a prolonged time...
#38
Knowing when someone is looking at us.
Mike D 3 weeks ago
Similar, I seem to have a weird ability for finding my wife at the airport. I go to pick her up, sometimes circling several times, and then I will glance over for no conscious reason and there she is, usually in a crowd. She is dressed normally and standing there looking back at me, not doing/wearing anything to draw attention, I just go from looking forward to exactly where she is. Reinforces that we were meant for each other!
#40
The sheer joy of talking off a pair of jeans when getting home. (I guess it doesn’t apply to people who enjoy wearing jeans inside, though..).
What’s a weird little thing that we all do or experience, but no one talks about?
BrunoVI 3 weeks ago
Anyone else get the temptation to contribute something seriously deranged just to freak someone out? Like "watch dogs poop" or "eat dust bunnies from under the refrigerator" or "say 'Yes, Mrs. Harris' whenever I see my FBI agent, just to freak him out."
Traveling Lady Railfan 3 weeks ago
Although there's some really weird things in here, for the most part, I think it's great to read this stuff. We all have bodies. They all do weird things. Some of us are too shy to discuss our experiences with other people and then you never know if these are things that other people experience, how they get around the problem, or whether other people suggest maybe you should get this checked out. Communication is so important. Sometimes it's easier to open up to a bunch of random internet strangers and get their opinions and advice. I embrace my weird body, and glad to know there's other people out there with oddities like mine :-)
BrunoVI 3 weeks ago
Anyone else get the temptation to contribute something seriously deranged just to freak someone out? Like "watch dogs poop" or "eat dust bunnies from under the refrigerator" or "say 'Yes, Mrs. Harris' whenever I see my FBI agent, just to freak him out."
Traveling Lady Railfan 3 weeks ago
Although there's some really weird things in here, for the most part, I think it's great to read this stuff. We all have bodies. They all do weird things. Some of us are too shy to discuss our experiences with other people and then you never know if these are things that other people experience, how they get around the problem, or whether other people suggest maybe you should get this checked out. Communication is so important. Sometimes it's easier to open up to a bunch of random internet strangers and get their opinions and advice. I embrace my weird body, and glad to know there's other people out there with oddities like mine :-)
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