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The Absolute Worst Things Teachers Have Seen A Student Do

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People Who Attended Religious Schools Share Their Horror Stories

Teachers Share The Worst Thing A Student Has Ever Done In Their Classroom

Teachers Share The Worst Thing A Student Has Ever Done In Their Classroom

People Share The Meanest Thing A Teacher Did To Them

People Share The Meanest Thing A Teacher Did To Them
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Teachers are supposed to enlighten and inspire. Sometimes it goes terribly wrong, and students are subject to some really awful abuse.

MsMerdaccino asked: What is the meanest thing a teacher/professor has done to you?

Submissions have been edited for clarity, context, and profanity.

You're never too young to learn.

A public speaking professor announced on the first day of class that freshman shouldn't be allowed to take the class, I was one of 3 freshman. I decided to stick with it since I needed to take it and generally didn't know better so I figured it was just her way of warning us it would be difficult.

I did well on every speech and every assignment with black and white answers, but somehow always failed horribly for assignments with interpretative answers. I finished the semester with a 72.3% but 72.5% was the minimum to receive credit for the class.

I took it again junior year, used the same speeches, and coasted with an A.

petethepianist

I hate teachers that decide you can't do something because of your age. The teacher doesn't know who you are.

SecretPotatoChip

Seems a bit unfair.

I failed a gym class based on lack of participation, even though I tore my miniscus in football.

Everyone loved that teacher, but you can go f*ck yourself Mr. G.

migmgold

Those teachers that everyone loves but did something bad to you so you are the only one who hates them and no one understands you.

MsMerdaccino

This is a really low blow.

I had a teacher that knew me and my family and knew that I was adopted and that my biological parents had abandoned me. I don't quite recall why it happened, but I remember him saying something along the lines of, "no wonder your parents threw you away."

Lufernaal

That's beyond cruel.

Sinthe741

I was abandoned and the only time in my adult life I have ever wept like a baby was to someone i cared about saying this to me.

fender4513

A little empathy costs nothing.

My dad passed away at the beginning of one of my semesters. I emailed all of my professors as my brother drove us to the hospital he was at, letting them know the situation and that my dad would likely pass in the next couple days. Most of them were very kind and understanding, but one of my psychology professors said, "I'm sorry to hear that. If you had come to the first class this morning, you would know that the in-class participation points can not be made up. You'll also have to get the notes from another student!" I was dumbstruck.

skippy94

That's the kind of emails that should be forwarded to the dean, department head, and local news.

philippy

I got an A in the class so I wasn't worried about the points. I was just absolutely shocked that a professor of psychology, who of all people should know how traumatic times like that can be, chose that tone and dismissive attitude. And this was a 200+ person lecture. I didn't know anybody in the class, so on top of everything I had to ask a complete stranger for their notes.

skippy94

File this under 'solutions that don't work.'

I had severe social anxiety as a child and normally didn't speak in school unless I was spoken to first.

One day in fifth grade, we had a cultural food day where we were all supposed to bring in food from other cultures. My mom made some of those frozen taquitos for me to take. Somehow the taquitos got set off to the side and when it was time to eat, they didn't make it to the food table. I was too afraid to tell the teacher my taquitos were missing, so I didn't say anything.

After everyone got their plates, the teacher found my taquitos (I think they may have gotten left in the microwave or something) and started screaming at me in front of the whole class about how I should have spoken up. Then she insisted all my classmates come back and get taquitos and made another snide comment to me when I came to get one. It was pretty traumatizing for 11-year-old me.

I don't remember much about fifth grade as it was over ten years ago, but this forever stands out in my memory.

savanahoohana

Nothing encourages you to speak up more like getting screamed at for not speaking up.

Sinthe741

Did the teacher feel like he had competition?

Grade 9 teacher took out a girl who liked me, and I liked back, out for lunch and told her to stay away from me because I won't go anywhere in life.

She ended up being right but f*ck her.

SneakRightByYaBud

Why did she end up being right? Are you maybe just too harsh on yourself?

MsMerdaccino

Let's just say I had higher expectations for myself lol.

SneakRightByYaBud

When teacher feels threatened by a student smarter than they are.

My 5th grade teacher told me that I plagiarized an essay. My parents confronted her after seeing an F on the essay they saw me work on, and the reason she gave was that it was the best essay anyone in the class had written, but she didn't think I was smart enough to have written it myself.

blaisec00

My 5th grade teacher would do the same thing. She would tell kids they had to prove they didn't plagiarize. We even as kids knew that it was impossible to prove that.

Also, she taught us how to use a thesaurus. When we used said thesaurus for it's intended purpose to write better essays, she said that was cheating because we were not smart enough to understand the new words we learned.

gouwbadgers

I just don't understand that mentality. Unless you can prove without a doubt something is plagiarized, isn't it better to just let it go and get an A? How is potentially skewing a child's perception and respect for authority better than giving some cheating kid an A who will probably be caught in the future?

HeyLudaYouLikeToEat

Monster.

Called me a disgrace to humanity and an abuser of women when I was 13

I wrote today's date on the wrong side of the page.

deathman1651

If I had a dollar...

One of the things that messed me up the most was when one of them called me a "lost cause" in a class I tried hard in.

Animalistics-

I had a teacher do this too. He told me to my face in front of friends that I wasn't good enough to go to an art college. It hurt, especially when I had to give volleyball after being told the same thing.

I still did art anyway, mostly out of spite but because i knew I was good at it. I went on to art school too and the spite still drives me.

XenaSerenity

I had UC. It's hell, and focusing on work is one of the only ways to keep going.

Not me, but my daughter, who has ulcerative colitis. In her junior year in high school she was in hospital 4 times and was in constant pain. Her weight dropped from 125 pounds to 55 pounds in 3 months. She was literally skin and bones. One of her teachers refused to take the make up work she did during one of the hospitalizations. I said, " have you SEEN Her? She weighs 55 pounds, and still got the work done." Teacher replied, "Well, that escalated quickly." Had to go to the principal to get the grades put in for her work.

fraubrennessel

55 pounds

GEEZ. No offense intended but how was she still alive at that point??

Rumose

With ulcerative colitis it is possible to lose weight rapidly. Dozens of bm's per day depletes weight and fluids. She is tough, but that her teacher didn't even notice what she looked like, was the most infuriating thing to me. She literally didn't even SEE her.

fraubrennessel

Wonder who this teacher voted for in 2016?

I was born in the states, but my parents are Hindus from India. I was 10 years old in 6th grade when 9/11 happened (just 3 weeks before my 11th birthday). So we all got to go home, school was closed the next day, and we came back to school the day after that.

Mrs. Kell made me and the Pakistani girl who didn't speak English stand in front of the class before asking us to tell the class why we hate America. I remember being so confused. I stuttered and said "I don't hate America" to which she responded with a loud and thunderous "GET OUT. GET OUT OF MY CLASS RIGHT NOW!" I froze in fear and tried to fight my tears before finally leaving as she screamed at me again.

I wandered the halls for a few seconds until I couldn't fight the tears anymore. I curled up in a ball and bawled my eyes out. Another teacher, Miss Walton, found me and comforted me. She was very kind and grandmotherly. When she heard what Mrs. Kell did, her face abruptly wrinkled into the angriest face you'd ever seen. She stomped into Kell's room and screamed her lungs out.

I try not to hold grudges. I know anger is normal but that it won't do me any good. But I sincerely hope Mrs. Kell outlives her children. What an awful f*cking animal. She also always made fun of me for wearing torn shoes and the same clothes every day (I grew up very poor).

Edit: ironic how I grew up to become a highly decorated US soldier who fought in Afghanistan and became a teacher myself after leaving the military.

Sumeety101

But I sincerely hope Mrs. Kell outlives her children.

That's some next level spite right there. Don't get me wrong, it's justified, I'm just amazed at the concept

DaughterEarth

How to kill a kid's self-esteem...

Grade 7 science class. Exam day. My teacher says to the person I was sitting next to "DaughterEarth thinks she's so smart, don't let her copy off you."

What? Really? Why the hell did you have such a problem with a 13 year old?

For the record I scored an A on that test and the person next to me scored a C. Like I seriously do not understand what that teacher was thinking or what her problem was.

DaughterEarth

Was she possibly kidding in a terrible manner, like poking fun because you were clearly intelligent? Honest question. One of my favorite students opened up to me her junior year. In her freshman year I made her feel dumb over something that I thought was clear sarcasm of me acting dumb and pompous (sarcastically pronouncing "patronize"). Glad she told me that though, because I quit assuming kids were getting my sarcasm after that.

Memory is heavily influenced by emotion, and if you were at all feeling insecure you might literally remember her "thinks they're so smart" comment when only the "don't let them cheat" comment was made with a wink. Not saying this is what happened, but science, no pun intended, does show us this happens.

K-StatedDarwinian

I truly believe that a lot of the teachers I had in middle school and junior high were only there because they got off on picking on kids. More than half the teachers I had from 12-15 were f*cking scumbags.

GitsumL7

This pitiful setup.

Spanish teacher told me he really didn't like teacher XY because XY was such a dumbass, fool, idiot, etc. and I just replied "Yeah... he kinda is..." and that guy actually wrote me up for "insolence" and I got into trouble with the school for it.

So yeah, Mr. L. if you're reading this: F*ck you. Mr. XY was a friendly angel compared to you fake piece of garbage.

Priamosish

When you project inadequacy...

A level tutor told me not to do an English degree because I wasn't good enough. Did an English degree at a Russell group uni and am now a copywriter. Screw you Richard.

Emiscals

This is all kinds of disrespectful.

Grade 12 Calc teacher told my class we were the reason he's retiring this year, and stapled McDonalds applications to everyone's tests who didn't score 70% or above.

PsychicSmoke

I hate it when people are disrespectful towards people that do basic jobs like that. If we didn't have them, civilization would collapse. You could at least treat them with a bit of decency.

Scone_Wizard

What an absolute dickwad. There's no shame in working, no matter how "lowly" the job is.

Sinthe741


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People Reveal The Weirdest Thing About Themselves

Reddit user Isitjustmedownhere asked: 'Give an example; how weird are you really?'

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Let's get one thing straight: no one is normal. We're all weird in our own ways, and that is actually normal.

Of course, that doesn't mean we don't all have that one strange trait or quirk that outweighs all the other weirdness we possess.

For me, it's the fact that I'm almost 30 years old, and I still have an imaginary friend. Her name is Sarah, she has red hair and green eyes, and I strongly believe that, since I lived in India when I created her and there were no actual people with red hair around, she was based on Daphne Blake from Scooby-Doo.

I also didn't know the name Sarah when I created her, so that came later. I know she's not really there, hence the term 'imaginary friend,' but she's kind of always been around. We all have conversations in our heads; mine are with Sarah. She keeps me on task and efficient.

My mom thinks I'm crazy that I still have an imaginary friend, and writing about her like this makes me think I may actually be crazy, but I don't mind. As I said, we're all weird, and we all have that one trait that outweighs all the other weirdness.

Redditors know this all too well and are eager to share their weird traits.

It all started when Redditor Isitjustmedownhere asked:

"Give an example; how weird are you really?"

Monsters Under My Bed

"My bed doesn't touch any wall."

"Edit: I guess i should clarify im not rich."

– Practical_Eye_3600

"Gosh the monsters can get you from any angle then."

– bikergirlr7

"At first I thought this was a flex on how big your bedroom is, but then I realized you're just a psycho 😁"

– zenOFiniquity8

Can You See Why?

"I bought one of those super-powerful fans to dry a basement carpet. Afterwards, I realized that it can point straight up and that it would be amazing to use on myself post-shower. Now I squeegee my body with my hands, step out of the shower and get blasted by a wide jet of room-temp air. I barely use my towel at all. Wife thinks I'm weird."

– KingBooRadley

Remember

"In 1990 when I was 8 years old and bored on a field trip, I saw a black Oldsmobile Cutlass driving down the street on a hot day to where you could see that mirage like distortion from the heat on the road. I took a “snapshot” by blinking my eyes and told myself “I wonder how long I can remember this image” ….well."

– AquamarineCheetah

"Even before smartphones, I always take "snapshots" by blinking my eyes hoping I'll remember every detail so I can draw it when I get home. Unfortunately, I may have taken so much snapshots that I can no longer remember every detail I want to draw."

"Makes me think my "memory is full.""

– Reasonable-Pirate902

Same, Same

"I have eaten the same lunch every day for the past 4 years and I'm not bored yet."

– OhhGoood

"How f**king big was this lunch when you started?"

– notmyrealnam3

Not Sure Who Was Weirder

"Had a line cook that worked for us for 6 months never said much. My sous chef once told him with no context, "Baw wit da baw daw bang daw bang diggy diggy." The guy smiled, left, and never came back."

– Frostygrunt

Imagination

"I pace around my house for hours listening to music imagining that I have done all the things I simply lack the brain capacity to do, or in some really bizarre scenarios, I can really get immersed in these imaginations sometimes I don't know if this is some form of schizophrenia or what."

– RandomSharinganUser

"I do the same exact thing, sometimes for hours. When I was young it would be a ridiculous amount of time and many years later it’s sort of trickled off into almost nothing (almost). It’s weird but I just thought it’s how my brain processes sh*t."

– Kolkeia

If Only

"Even as an adult I still think that if you are in a car that goes over a cliff; and right as you are about to hit the ground if you jump up you can avoid the damage and will land safely. I know I'm wrong. You shut up. I'm not crying."

– ShotCompetition2593

Pet Food

"As a kid I would snack on my dog's Milkbones."

– drummerskillit

"Haha, I have a clear memory of myself doing this as well. I was around 3 y/o. Needless to say no one was supervising me."

– Isitjustmedownhere

"When I was younger, one of my responsibilities was to feed the pet fish every day. Instead, I would hide under the futon in the spare bedroom and eat the fish food."

– -GateKeep-

My Favorite Subject

"I'm autistic and have always had a thing for insects. My neurotypical best friend and I used to hang out at this local bar to talk to girls, back in the late 90s. One time he claimed that my tendency to circle conversations back to insects was hurting my game. The next time we went to that bar (with a few other friends), he turned and said sternly "No talking about bugs. Or space, or statistics or other bullsh*t but mainly no bugs." I felt like he was losing his mind over nothing."

"It was summer, the bar had its windows open. Our group hit it off with a group of young ladies, We were all chatting and having a good time. I was talking to one of these girls, my buddy was behind her facing away from me talking to a few other people."

"A cloudless sulphur flies in and lands on little thing that holds coasters."

"Cue Jordan Peele sweating gif."

"The girl notices my tension, and asks if I am looking at the leaf. "Actually, that's a lepidoptera called..." I looked at the back of my friend's head, he wasn't looking, "I mean a butterfly..." I poked it and it spread its wings the girl says "oh that's a BUG?!" and I still remember my friend turning around slowly to look at me with chastisement. The ONE thing he told me not to do."

"I was 21, and was completely not aware that I already had a rep for being an oddball. It got worse from there."

– Phormicidae

*Teeth Chatter*

"I bite ice cream sometimes."

– RedditbOiiiiiiiiii

"That's how I am with popsicles. My wife shudders every single time."

– monobarreller

Never Speak Of This

"I put ice in my milk."

– GTFOakaFOD

"You should keep that kind of thing to yourself. Even when asked."

– We-R-Doomed

"There's some disturbing sh*t in this thread, but this one takes the cake."

– RatonaMuffin

More Than Super Hearing

"I can hear the television while it's on mute."

– Tira13e

"What does it say to you, child?"

– Mama_Skip

Yikes!

"I put mustard on my omelettes."

– Deleted User

"Oh."

– NotCrustOr-filling

Evened Up

"Whenever I say a word and feel like I used a half of my mouth more than the other half, I have to even it out by saying the word again using the other half of my mouth more. If I don't do it correctly, that can go on forever until I feel it's ok."

"I do it silently so I don't creep people out."

– LesPaltaX

"That sounds like a symptom of OCD (I have it myself). Some people with OCD feel like certain actions have to be balanced (like counting or making sure physical movements are even). You should find a therapist who specializes in OCD, because they can help you."

– MoonlightKayla

I totally have the same need for things to be balanced! Guess I'm weird and a little OCD!

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People Who Actually Died And Were Revived Share Their Experiences

Close up face of a woman in bed, staring into the camera
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Experiencing death is a fascinating and frightening idea.

Who doesn't want to know what is waiting for us on the other side?

But so many of us want to know and then come back and live a little longer.

It would be so great to be sure there is something else.

But the whole dying part is not that great, so we'll have to rely on other people's accounts.

Redditor AlaskaStiletto wanted to hear from everyone who has returned to life, so they asked:

"Redditors who have 'died' and come back to life, what did you see?"

Sensations

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"My dad's heart stopped when he had a heart attack and he had to be brought back to life. He kept the paper copy of the heart monitor which shows he flatlined. He said he felt an overwhelming sensation of peace, like nothing he had felt before."

PeachesnPain

Recovery

"I had surgical complications in 2010 that caused a great deal of blood loss. As a result, I had extremely low blood pressure and could barely stay awake. I remember feeling like I was surrounded by loved ones who had passed. They were in a circle around me and I knew they were there to guide me onwards. I told them I was not ready to go because my kids needed me and I came back."

"My nurse later said she was afraid she’d find me dead every time she came into the room."

"It took months, and blood transfusions, but I recovered."

good_golly99

Take Me Back

"Overwhelming peace and happiness. A bright airy and floating feeling. I live a very stressful life. Imagine finding out the person you have had a crush on reveals they have the same feelings for you and then you win the lotto later that day - that was the feeling I had."

"I never feared death afterward and am relieved when I hear of people dying after suffering from an illness."

rayrayrayray

Free

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"I had a heart surgery with near-death experience, for me at least (well the possibility that those effects are caused by morphine is also there) I just saw black and nothing else but it was warm and I had such inner peace, its weird as I sometimes still think about it and wish this feeling of being so light and free again."

TooReDTooHigh

This is why I hate surgery.

You just never know.

Shocked

Giphy

"More of a near-death experience. I was electrocuted. I felt like I was in a deep hole looking straight up in the sky. My life flashed before me. Felt sad for my family, but I had a deep sense of peace."

Admirable_Buyer6528

The SOB

"Nursing in the ICU, we’ve had people try to die on us many times during the years, some successfully. One guy stood out to me. His heart stopped. We called a code, are working on him, and suddenly he comes to. We hadn’t vented him yet, so he was able to talk, and he started screaming, 'Don’t let them take me, don’t let them take me, they are coming,' he was scared and yelling."

"Then he yelled a little more, as we tried to calm him down, he screamed, 'No, No,' and gestured towards the end of the bed, and died again. We didn’t get him back. It was seriously creepy. We called his son to tell him the news, and the son said basically, 'Good, he was an SOB.'”

1-cupcake-at-a-time

Colors

"My sister died and said it was extremely peaceful. She said it was very loud like a train station and lots of talking and she was stuck in this area that was like a curtain with lots of beautiful colors (colors that you don’t see in real life according to her) a man told her 'He was sorry, but she had to go back as it wasn’t her time.'"

Hannah_LL7

"I had a really similar experience except I was in an endless garden with flowers that were colors I had never seen before. It was quiet and peaceful and a woman in a dress looked at me, shook her head, and just said 'Not yet.' As I was coming back, it was extremely loud, like everyone in the world was trying to talk all at once. It was all very disorienting but it changed my perspective on life!"

huntokarrr

The Fog

"I was in a gray fog with a girl who looked a lot like a young version of my grandmother (who was still alive) but dressed like a pioneer in the 1800s she didn't say anything but kept pulling me towards an opening in the wall. I kept refusing to go because I was so tired."

"I finally got tired of her nagging and went and that's when I came to. I had bled out during a c-section and my heart could not beat without blood. They had to deliver the baby and sew up the bleeders. refill me with blood before they could restart my heart so, like, at least 12 minutes gone."

​Fluffy-Hotel-5184

Through the Walls

"My spouse was dead for a couple of minutes one miserable night. She maintains that she saw nothing, but only heard people talking about her like through a wall. The only thing she remembers for absolute certain was begging an ER nurse that she didn't want to die."

"She's quite alive and well today."

Hot-Refrigerator6583

Well let's all be happy to be alive.

It seems to be all we have.

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People Explain Which Overly Hyped Foods They Just Don't Understand

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We all have our favorite foods, food preferences, and even foods that we don't like.

But there are some popular foods out there that just don't make sense. Nonetheless, we keep seeing them advertised, included in movies and TV shows, and of course, our loved ones ordering them while we look on in confusion.

Curious about others' food preferences, Redditor YarnSpectre asked:

"What's one food everyone seems to go crazy for, but you just don't understand the hype?"

So Much Sugar

"Nutella. It’s just okay."

- Former-Finnish-4653

"Way too sweet for me, I’d probably love it with one-fifth of the sugar."

"Unfortunately that's true of a lot of desserts, though. Most would benefit from a cut of at least 25 percent of the sugar."

- Mindful-O-Melancholy

Not-So-Chocolate Cake

"Red velvet cake. I've had ones that were supposed to be excellent but it's just red cake."

- dedmuse22

"Most red velvet cakes are just s**tty vanilla cake with red food coloring. Get one (or make one) the correct way with non-Dutch-processed cocoa powder, buttermilk, and vinegar. It's an incredibly smooth, very different type of chocolate cake."

- whiskeyclone630

Mastery Makes a Difference

"Those multicolored cookie things that everyone was making into cakes or something for a while? Macaroons? Macarons? I don't think I've ever had one that tasted good. They're pretty, but that's it."

- TensionShift9576

"Macarons. I never cared for them either."

"I had one yesterday at a potluck, homemade ones. They were seriously something else, with some sort of butter cream and jelly inside. Never had anything quite like it. Now I wish I had grabbed a few to take home."

"I still won't eat store-bought ones, though."

- Totally-A-Banana

The Wrong Kind of Spice

"Hot Cheetos or Takis. Anything with the artificially colored spicy powder."

- jadziasonrie

"Takis texture is my issue. They’re like semi-stale rolled-up Doritos."

- addvalue2222

The Sugar Cookies of the Midwest

"Those dry-a** Walmart sugar cookies."

- ComiNotub

"They taste like play-dough cookies came to life."

- Significant_Potato29

For Garnish

"I mean, people go crazy in both directions, but cilantro. There’s the whole 'does it taste like soap or not' thing, but it’s usually presented as 'people either think it tastes like soap or they find it amazing.'"

"I am neither. It doesn’t taste like soap to me, but I also don’t love it. Meh."

- Whiteums

"I don't think it tastes like soap, but I do think it tastes weirdly metallic. I don't go out of my way to avoid it in pre-prepared food, but I usually leave it out of things I'm preparing myself."

- caffeinated-tea

Fancy Decor Only

"People like how fondant LOOKS. I refuse to believe a single soul wants to EAT it."

- sorandom21

"It's like eating a candied raincoat."

- BlueShirtGuy

Back for a Limited Time

"Every time it comes back, I’m SUPER excited for the McRib at McDonald's. I bite into one and then… the spongey texture hits me and makes me remember why I don’t need to buy it ever again."

"Then, somehow, McRib season rolls around again two years later, and there I am in line…"

- the_yellow_jello

"I'm convinced this is why they only bring it out every once in a while. Nobody actually likes it, but they wait just long enough for you to forget that it's no good and then hit you with a combo of nostalgia and 'limited time only' FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)."

- FiveAlarmFrancis

A Seasonal Tradition

"Pumpkin spice. It’s fine, but absolutely not anything to make a fuss about."

- AdMaterial9419

"There is a car parts place in a small town I drive through to visit family, and last year on their reader board, they had: 'THEYRE BACK! PUMPKIN SPICE BRAKE PADS.'"

"And now I can never see anything pumpkin spice and not think about it, might have been my favorite reader board sign ever."

- deadcomefebruary

Pure Caffeine Addiction

"Energy drinks like Red Bull or Monster."

- DishIntelligent5645

"I'm an avid Monster drinker, but I totally get it. I'm always trying new and interesting energy drinks I see, but so much of it is just garbage."

"The white Monster tastes like 90s Fresca to me and is the only energy drink I love."

- broniesnstuff

Overly-Complicated Drinks

"Can it be a beverage? Because I kind of hate IPAs but everyone else seems to love them. And I like beer, just not IPAs."

- AngelOvTeOdd

"I have nothing against people who want complex beers. It's just not for me. I want an easy as f**k to drink fizzy yellow beer for when it's hot out. And a nice smooth stout for all other times. When I want more complex flavors, I'll go for wine or scotch."

- I_will_be_me_Arsenal

Just Too Expensive

"What about lobster? I can dig it with drawn butter and I ain’t mad at it. But f**k me if I’m gonna pay $29.99 for a lobster. I’d rather eat shrimp."

- nosaj23e

Questionable Value

"Truffles. I paid $60 this weekend at an Italian restaurant for eight slivers on my pasta shaved in front of me. I barely tasted anything. I don't get the hype."

- heybuddy

Improved Gut Health?

"Kombucha."

- Tiny_Wasabi2476

"Ah, yes, dirty pond water."

- meteorguy

Rich Tastes

"Caviar."

- malYca

"Everyone goes crazy for caviar? Most people seem to dislike it."

"Though admittedly, people who do like it tend to like it a lot."

"That all being said, I really don't like it, either."

- Heathen_Mushroom

When it comes to food, to each their own, but it was interesting to see some undeniable fan favorites like pumpkin spice hit this list.

It just serves as a great reminder for a larger picture idea: Don't be unkind about the things that might bring someone else joy.

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People Who've Lost Weight Break Down What Surprised Them Most

Man's waist line
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Trying to lose weight is a struggle understood by many people regardless of size.

The goal of reaching a healthy weight may seem unattainable, but with diet and exercise, it can pay off through persistence and discipline.

Seeing the pounds gradually drop off can also be a great motivator and incentivize people to stay the course.

Those who've achieved their respective weight goals shared their experiences when Redditor apprenti8455 asked:

"People who lost a lot of weight, what surprises you the most now?"

Redditors didn't see these coming.

Shiver Me Timbers

"I’m always cold now!"

– Telrom_1

"I had a coworker lose over 130 pounds five or six years ago. I’ve never seen him without a jacket on since."

– r7ndom

"140 lbs lost here starting just before COVID, I feel like that little old lady that's always cold, damn this top comment was on point lmao."

– mr_remy

Drawing Concern

"I lost 100 pounds over a year and a half but since I’m old(70’s) it seems few people comment on it because (I think) they think I’m wasting away from some terminal illness."

– dee-fondy

"Congrats on the weight loss! It’s honestly a real accomplishment 🙂"

"Working in oncology, I can never comment on someone’s weight loss unless I specifically know it was on purpose, regardless of their age. I think it kind of ruffles feathers at times, but like I don’t want to congratulate someone for having cancer or something. It’s a weird place to be in."

– LizardofDeath

Unleashing Insults

"I remember when I lost the first big chunk of weight (around 50 lbs) it was like it gave some people license to talk sh*t about the 'old' me. Old coworkers, friends, made a lot of not just negative, but harsh comments about what I used to look like. One person I met after the big loss saw a picture of me prior and said, 'Wow, we wouldn’t even be friends!'”

"It wasn’t extremely common, but I was a little alarmed by some of the attention. My weight has been up and down since then, but every time I gain a little it gets me a little down thinking about those things people said."

– alanamablamaspama

Not Everything Goes After Losing Weight

"The loose skin is a bit unexpected."

– KeltarCentauri

"I haven’t experienced it myself, but surgery to remove skin takes a long time to recover. Longer than bariatric surgery and usually isn’t covered by insurance unless you have both."

– KatMagic1977

"It definitely does take a long time to recover. My Dad dropped a little over 200 pounds a few years back and decided to go through with skin removal surgery to deal with the excess. His procedure was extensive, as in he had skin taken from just about every part of his body excluding his head, and he went through hell for weeks in recovery, and he was bedridden for a lot of it."

– Jaew96

These Redditors shared their pleasantly surprising experiences.

Shopping

"I can buy clothes in any store I want."

– WaySavvyD

"When I lost weight I was dying to go find cute, smaller clothes and I really struggled. As someone who had always been restricted to one or two stores that catered to plus-sized clothing, a full mall of shops with items in my size was daunting. Too many options and not enough knowledge of brands that were good vs cheap. I usually went home pretty frustrated."

– ganache98012

No More Symptoms

"Lost about 80 pounds in the past year and a half, biggest thing that I’ve noticed that I haven’t seen mentioned on here yet is my acid reflux and heartburn are basically gone. I used to be popping tums every couple hours and now they just sit in the medicine cabinet collecting dust."

– colleennicole93

Expanding Capabilities

"I'm all for not judging people by their appearance and I recognise that there are unhealthy, unachievable beauty standards, but one thing that is undeniable is that I can just do stuff now. Just stamina and flexibility alone are worth it, appearance is tertiary at best."

– Ramblonius

People Change Their Tune

"How much nicer people are to you."

"My feet weren't 'wide' they were 'fat.'"

– LiZZygsu

"Have to agree. Lost 220 lbs, people make eye contact and hold open doors and stuff"

"And on the foot thing, I also lost a full shoe size numerically and also wear regular width now 😅"

– awholedamngarden

It's gonna take some getting used to.

Bones Everywhere

"Having bones. Collarbones, wrist bones, knee bones, hip bones, ribs. I have so many bones sticking out everywhere and it’s weird as hell."

– Princess-Pancake-97

"I noticed the shadow of my ribs the other day and it threw me, there’s a whole skeleton in here."

– bekastrange

Knee Pillow

"Right?! And they’re so … pointy! Now I get why people sleep with pillows between their legs - the knee bones laying on top of each other (side sleeper here) is weird and jarring."

– snic2030

"I lost only 40 pounds within the last year or so. I’m struggling to relate to most of these comments as I feel like I just 'slimmed down' rather than dropped a ton. But wow, the pillow between the knees at night. YES! I can relate to this. I think a lot of my weight was in my thighs. I never needed to do this up until recently."

– Strongbad23

More Mobility

"I’ve lost 100 lbs since 2020. It’s a collection of little things that surprise me. For at least 10 years I couldn’t put on socks, or tie my shoes. I couldn’t bend over and pick something up. I couldn’t climb a ladder to fix something. Simple things like that I can do now that fascinate me."

"Edit: Some additional little things are sitting in a chair with arms, sitting in a booth in a restaurant, being able to shop in a normal store AND not needing to buy the biggest size there, being able to easily wipe my butt, and looking down and being able to see my penis."

– dma1965

People making significant changes, whether for mental or physical health, can surely find a newfound perspective on life.

But they can also discover different issues they never saw coming.

That being said, overcoming any challenge in life is laudable, especially if it leads to gaining confidence and ditching insecurities.

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