Think not twice, but five times before you post anything of yourself on the internet, especially if it's of a certain "delicate or salacious" nature.
This isn't the twentieth century anymore, when you could just burn a poorly thought out photo.
The internet means it all lives forever.
Be ready.
Redditor BrixtonsFinest2 wanted to hear from everyone out there who has been witness to seeing their online and private lives collide by asking:
"People who post NSFW content: Has anyone from your real life ever found out? What happened?"
Whateves...
"I once accidentally sent to a friend with the same name as an ex. After explaining the mistake he asked if he could have more. I ended up sending a few more. It weirdly never became sexual between us. He was just like thank you and we moved on lol."
justapples95
GiphyMark of the Beast
"A customer got pissed off at me and posted my video to a bunch of porn sites once. A friend who knew what I did found the video and let me know so that I could get it taken down. Interestingly, I've never had sex with this friend before, but I've taken my clothes off around him enough that he was able to recognize a birthmark that I have."
"Even though I wasn't showing my face. Another funny part of this is that before telling me that he'd found my video, he spent a minute explaining why he had searched stuff that led him to finding the video (the video was kinda kinky and taboo)."
Minaowl
OMG!
"One of the lawyers at my previous job sent me something by mistake. It was only a 'lewd', what she was wearing was lace and you can kind of see through it but nothing too revealing."
"I sent her a text back saying 'Uh, don't be embarrassed, but I don't think you meant to send this to me.' She replied back 'OH MY GOD I'M SO SORRY!!!' Told her not to worry about it."
"Then she texted 'do you at least think my boyfriend will like it?' with a bunch of cry-laughing emoji's. I replied 'He'd be pretty dumb if he didn't!' Then I deleted the convo. We never mentioned it again afterwards."
bangersnmash13
FB Issues
"I used to have an alternate Facebook account and was in private groups with 'T&A' posts. (Tits and A**). I used to post a lot of pictures on there (super insecure and lonely part of my life where validation from internet strangers was everything) and some guy found my real account and found my dads account."
"He sent them all to him. But unbeknownst to him, I was the one who set up my dad's Facebook account so I just logged into it and deleted the messages before he saw them."
SadGirlPancake
The Ponies
"Well, since I don't plan to run for office I guess I can finally tell this story. More than 20 years ago I appeared on a North American cable TV show that was discussing "interesting" sexual behaviours: this episode was about BDSM Pony Play. [ note: if you don't know what Pony Play is then have fun finding out from someone other than me, and no I don't do any BDSM stuff any more I am a much different person now. :)"
"I was wearing my Gear, my voice was muffled a bit, totally covered except for my eyes. There was nothing explicit shown on the show, but still it's odd/entertaining to explain Pony Play to regular people. Show finally airs, months and months later, on a Saturday late-night slot. ONE GUY at work saw that show when it aired."
"Guy comes up to me on Monday morning."
"So have you ever seen [name of show]"
"No I don't stay up that late."
"It sure looked like you were on that show the other night"
"Couldn't tell you, I don't watch it."
"Pretty sure I saw you on your knees dressed up like a horse."
"The only time you'll see me on my knees is in the Server room trying to fix the Oracle server, bud."
"Other than that there was no fall-out, personally or professionally. All in all I'd give it a rating of 6/10 would probably not do again."
m_Pony
I don't know who has more moxie, the people posting or the people who confront the posters. Like, if I found my Christian neighbors engaging in less than Godlike activities while searching for bananas on the web I would be too flabbergasted and embarrassed—for them—to bring it up. Even if I was carrying a grudge against them I'd rather stay quiet. I have enough drama, I don't need to understand theirs.
Let's Swap
"Several years ago, I described a fairly NSFW situation that took place—appropriately enough—at my job. Someone who used to work at the same place (and who had been present for the event in question) read my account, recognized the details, and reached out to me, intent on confirming that we knew each other. We wound up swapping a few messages, then wishing one another well. It was pretty dull, actually... but we both had a good laugh about the situation."
RamsesThePigeon
GiphyThat Pic
"Accidentally sent a penis pic to a good female friend of mine that had the same name of the chick I was dating. She asked what the hell I was doing I told her it was a mistake and asked her to delete it. She said she did. Fast forward a couple months after her and I broke up and I get a pic of my friend in lingerie."
"I politely ask her what she is doing and she said sent it by mistake. The next day, same thing. After the third day she tells me she didn't send it to me by mistake. We started dating shortly after that. Found out that she saved that pic I sent instead of deleting it."
kobester1985
The Prude Meltdown
"I post on a social platform that is for adults and their various kinks. Funniest thing was when my husband and I were dating and started getting serious, he showed me his profile to explain and let me know a bit more about what he was into. I laughed and showed him my profile."
"Apparently we had both created profiles about a week or two before we met on a different site in a chatroom. Then there was the time at one of my old jobs where my co-workers found out that my husband and I were on there and one person had a prude meltdown freaking out about how terrible and unnatural it was to do various things."
"And how dare we have the audacity to even show those things, and try lecturing us about how our marriage was going to fail since we were obviously just using each other for sex and the only way to save our marriage was to have a monogamous traditional relationship where occasional bjs were as kinky as it got. Besides her though, a majority of our co-workers were also on that site but we just ran in different circles."
2baverage
We were on a break...
"I briefly posted on r/gonewild, when my now husband and I were broken up for 7 months. A friend of my husband's saw it, but didn't bring it up until a couple of years later. We all had a good laugh about it. I'm not really shy about people seeing me naked."
both-and-neither
GiphyLet's Eat
"I had the opposite happen, found a tinder match on a fetish site. I thought she was super uptight and didn't really know how to broach the subject. Ended up just asking her point blank while grabbing lunch with her. She opened up and was super excited to talk about it, learned about a whole new side of her."
"I am pretty open up to any fetish so we explored a few things she was on the fence about. It was fun but we didn't really have much in common besides sex so we just drifted apart."
Sworl
"reply all"
"This kind of applies, though it's related to emails rather than posting on social media. My friend worked at a large company that was throwing an office holiday party and apparently their holiday parties were open bar and known to get a bit loose. After the reminder email for the holiday party went out, a woman accidentally hit 'reply all' instead of replying to the admin that sent it with a message along the lines of 'I hope there are some tight-bodied latin men for me.'"
"It went out to the entire office's email distribution of several hundred people and his email was basically spammed for the rest of the day with people hitting 'reply all' to tell her how inappropriate those comments were, because they also don't seem to know how to reply to a specific person instead of the list (even after she very quickly apologized for her comments)."
"It finally ended when the CEO sent out an email noting that she had apologized and requesting that people refrain from commenting on it further. I don't think anything substantial happened to her, she wasn't fired or anything, just very embarrassed."
FaithfulNihilist
I mentioned it...
"I found a good friend of mine and his FwB on an NSFW sub. They were incredibly tame posts all things considered. I had known both of them a long long time and thought it was cute. I mentioned it in passing to my friend, knowing they were both very liberal, and though he seemed a little surprised I thought nothing of it."
"I later found out she took everything down because I had said something and I was kinda shocked, and sad I ruined that for them. I'm absolutely not the type to be stalking their page and they knew that and as far I knew they were both very confident in their skin. I never brought it up again because I still felt kinda bad about the whole thing."
Supercaptaincat
"yeah that seems about right"
"If anyone in real life found out I do that they'd probably just say 'yeah that seems about right' and that'd be it. It's not like I'm hiding the fact that I enjoy sex. The funniest thing is when people on reddit start trawling my post history whenever they get into arguments and try to act like I'm scum for posting porn or having unusual fetishes."
"It's like damn *itch, you think I'm ashamed of any of that when I'm happily posting it on the same account? Why even try to shame me when it's obvious I don't give a f**k what you're saying? It's like trying to blackmail someone with a sex tape they put on pornhub."
MaievSekashi
Scandalous
"I have another account here with some less dressed pics and it was found by my friend, with the words 'it appears we're both posting on the same Reddit.'"
maartenvanheek
No Way Reaction GIF by LaffGiphyThat Fireplace
"Somewhat related. I was browsing a certain niche port subreddit. As I was clicking through pics I clicked on one and for some reason the first thing I noticed was the fireplace in the background. I thought 'wow that fireplace is super familiar' and after a second I realized it was my fireplace."
"Then I looked at the person and realized it was a friend of mine and I had taken the picture. I didn't upload it so I assume she did, but it was not being posed by her account so it just goes to show you how stuff gets around."
Nurum
hey did I see you?
"A few times. Got a message on FetLife from a dad I'd nannied for. That actually happened a few times in various ways - 'hey did I see you... online last weekend?' Oh my god Dan just say you check out cam girls, it's fine."
"A number of times a**holes on Reddit have tracked down my Facebook and threatened to 'expose' me for having the audacity to disagree with them on the internet."
"I'm not ashamed of my body or of showing it off in ways that I enjoy. The only people who've ever given me crap for it have just been reaching for reasons to lash out."
Erotica
"No one who I didn't tell myself, as far as I know. I always figured if they found out I posted that content, we would (depending on the person) either just confirm it's not revenge porn or have an argument and then they could get over it or otherwise move on. If they actually like, consumed it (videos specifically, I understand that there's nothing to be done about seeing a photo or a still)."
"I'd probably be creeped out and have to do some kind of damage control. I did tell my mom I wrote erotica and I was like, going through some shit at the time so it was kind of f**ked up (not illegal f**ked up, but worse than it just being like, kink or something), and I super regret letting her have access to any of it because she was grossed out and if I had been more self aware at the time tbh I would have been too."
averie-end
Roasted
"I found someone I went to high school with completely accidentally. I recognized him from r/roastme then clicked on his profile. Lots of NSWF and personal content. He was always kind of awkward in school, and I've never really spoken to him. He has no idea I know."
chandlerland
Sexy Look GIFGiphyFlaunt
"I just started and it's kind of a fear, but also I got it so might as well flaunt it! There are of course always people who you wouldn't want finding it and people who you wouldn't mind as much. Gotta make ends meet some how."
quinn_outnabout
Let this all be a life lesson.
There is nothing wrong with consenting adults engaging in online adventures.
And if that is how you roll, then roll on.
Just be really, really, reeeeeeeaaaally sure.
The internet sleuths today and of the future will always "out" you.
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Reddit user Janine_18 asked:
"What's the one thing you'll never tell your SO?"
Love/Hate Relationship
"She loves her siblings and hates her parents."
"I hate her siblings and love her parents."
"They were very tight with their parents for the first 3 years of our relationship, and in 2017-2018 all hell broke loose so to say. My partner has no personal animus towards her parents, she is however extremely close to her older sibling who has a heap of problems with their parents."
"My partner follows their lead and it guides her own relationship with their parents. And the reason her siblings have huge problems with their parents is that they retired, moved 20(!) whole minutes away from their childhood home and went on a vacation for a month.
"They are apparently 'selfish', 'inconsiderate', and 'don’t think of themselves as parents'. This despite the fact that they call and visit for every holiday, birthday, promotion, celebration of any kind. Dog and babysit. Frequently host. Communicate well."
"No the absolute truth is that my partner's siblings are black holes and not great."
"Would 'I radically dislike your one sibling and don’t trust the other at all” be a viable middle ground?'."
~ Agreed_fact
Sweet Tooth
"A few years ago, my girlfriend put a candy bowl in our hallway at our apartment for Halloween. She came home that day to discover that nobody took any candy, and she was a little bummed."
"Over the course of that week, I'd take candy out before work or when she was asleep."
"She got so happy that 'the neighbors loved the candy'. She does this every year now, and I have to continuously swipe the candy and pretend it is the neighbors."
"It makes her happy, and I get free candy. Win win."
~ AlecsWebHair
GiphyIn It For the House
"That I know she cheated on me and the only reason I haven't left her is because the mortgage interest rates are a bit high so I can't comfortably buy her half of the equity we have in the house."
"I got a valuation, a mortgage pre-approval, and a lawyer all ready to go... But would only have about $21 per week to spare... I'd be screwed the first time a major appliance or the car breaks down..."
~ H_He_Metals
Mommy Dearest
"That her mother is a bad person in disguise of a caring and beloved figure."
~ Relative_Rich8169
"My pet name for my girlfriend is Bambi."
"She thinks it's because has big brown eyes, but really it's because I want to shoot her mother with a rifle."
~ airblizzard
Giphy"That's my mother in law. For her daughter, she'll do anything... to the point that it's overbearing and controlling and difficult to deal with."
"And for everyone else, she is one of the least empathetic people I've ever met..."
"She CRIED when Rush Limbaugh died, and she literally said the Proud Boys are like the Boy Scouts. But she'll drop $2,000 on Christmas presents for one person like it's nothing, so she thinks she's owed respect and kind words."
"I literally had to tell her at one point, 'If you want me to stop calling you a Nazi, buying me more presents or arguing with me isn't going to do it, you have to stop saying Nazi-friendly sh*t'. But she didn't stop, of course."
"She thought COVID was no big deal until a family member died of it."
"She also makes tons of snide comments about my work. I'm a lawyer in Big Law, I make great money but it's soul sucking and I never wanted to do this forever, I want to work for the government."
"She'll see a postal worker and say 'That'll be you one day, government worker, not a great way to provide for my daughter'."
"Her daughter, my wife, is a DOCTOR who is going to make more than I do no matter what job I work, and she herself is a dentist who worked until her banker husband could retire at the same time as her."
"She talks sh*t about how I made her daughter an atheist (I didn't, she did that on her own), but she herself has NEVER read the Bible and hasn't been to church in 20 years."
"She unironically believes in aliens, Big Foot, and ghosts, and thinks she saw Mother Mary in the sky."
"All the bad things I tend to think about Republicans (they don't care about an issue until it personally affects them, they have no standards except double standards, they use religion as a cudgel but don't actively live a spiritual life, they believe insane sh*t with zero evidence, they're old fashioned and judgy and can't accept that the world is changing around them, etc...) is her to the letter."
~ 2Charming-Fig-2544
Magic the Retirement Fund
"How much my Magic the Gathering collection is worth."
"They'll absolutely try to get me to sell some of it."
"It's my precious."
~ Ganthamus_prime
GiphyFirst Impressions
"When he and I first met, I was CERTAIN he was gay."
"He is very much NOT gay."
"And he will NEVER know I ever thought this."
~ ShinyIrishNarwhal
No Llama Drama
"When me and my wife first started dating, I had a dumb canvas painting with a llama and rabbit on it that I found at Walmart. I showed it to her and told her how much I loved it just because it was just such a dumb random thing to find."
"For some reason she took that as I love llamas and that they are my favorite animal. So now, every time she sees one or something with a llama on it I see her brighten up to show me and I get excited with her!"
"Llamas are not my favorite animal. Never have been. I don’t know how she made this connection, but i will never tell her otherwise because seeing her face light up every time is way better."
~ WhereTheChapstickAt
GiphyRelationship by Google
"I spend a couple hours doing research on how to make relationships work and keep her happy in the long run."
"She thinks I'm this awesome perfect guy but I just do what the internet tells me."
~ BadRobot___
Chemical Warfare
"He thinks I don’t fart around him because I’m too shy or polite."
"It’s really because they are so bad they could kill a horse."
~ Neonpantsuit
GiphyAre There Raisins?
"I don't like the potato salad she makes, and she always tries to make it as a treat for me."
"It's my mom's recipe, but doesn't taste like mom's."
~ Bean_Juice_Brew
*yawn* 🥱
"The spot you make me sleep in on the bed is uncomfortable but I lay there because you're comfortable where you are."
~ legacyrisky
GiphyConfessions
"We’re both in college, and last semester we both had a cold at some point. He had it much, much worse than I did, so I went to class and he skipped."
"Afterwards, I went to his dorm to share notes and take a nap. I was almost asleep, and I’m assuming he thought I was, because I felt him squeeze me and whisper, 'I love you so f**king much'.”
"It was the sweetest thing ever and I’m never telling him I know he did that."
~ scorpiomooon
Maybe a Farm Upstate?
"I definitely didn't kill that massive spider, and I have no idea where it went."
~ Cothak88
GiphySo, these weren't too awful, right?
What secrets are you keeping?
Most restaurant menus have caught up with the times to offer plenty of options to patrons with various dietary restrictions.
Vegan dishes tend to be a top priority, with gluten-free options being a close second.
Thanks to these options, groups of family and friends can dine together and not be limited by restaurant choices.
But when there's a sudden break in routine on the next outing, it can be jarring when the vegan in your group suddenly orders prime rib or a juicy burger that is not a plant-based patty.
What the whaaat?
Curious to hear from those who did a dietary 180 after routinely nourishing themselves with food grown from the earth's soil, Capital_Brain2676 asked:
"Vegans that started eating meat again, what happened?"
Some people were told what's good for them.
Point Made
"I know someone who was a vegetarian for 13 years simply because someone told them they couldn't do it. I guess he figured 13 years was enough to prove a point and went back to eating meat after."
– ottersandgoats
"I feel like 2-3 years would be enough though??"
– WebBorn2622
On A Dare
"I knew a girl in college who did that. She was dared in middle school to become a vegetarian and... she just stuck with it. More power to them."
– ComplexWest8790
Some people were left with no choice but to ditch veganism.
Thanks, Mickey Ds
"Got cancer. Ate whatever my body would take without throwing up and that just happened to be chicken nuggets."
– BratS94
When Choices Are Limited
"Homeless and pregnant = eat what I was given."
– anon
"I’ve always wondered this actually. If a homeless vegan eats what they’re given. I’ve given homeless people subs in the past because of veggies, protein, and carbs (all necessary things) and wondered if they would eat it if they’re vegan. I’m sorry you’ve been on that road. I hope things are better for you now."
– Saltwater_Heart
The Saying Goes
"There is a reason for the saying 'beggars can’t be choosers,' you give what you can/have and you can’t always accommodate the person you are giving it to, don’t think too hard about it. Also, hope OP is doing better."
– Reikotsu
Certain medical conditions prevented these Redditors from sticking to their restrictive diets.
Cooking For Two
"I still eat mostly vegetarian food and have done all my life. However my husband was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and coeliac which means that a high fibre/lower iron diet is not an option and a lot of the substitutes aren’t gluten free. More often than not when he has meat I’ll leave it or have the veggie equivalent but there are just not enough hours in the day to make 2 separate lasagnes and sauce etc."
– Chanel-Chic
Troublesome Ailment
"As someone who has UC, that's very cool of you to cook a more UC friendly diet. I dated a woman for 6 months who was a pescatarian. Every time I cooked, it was something we both liked and could eat. Every time she cooked, she focused on what she wanted and it didn't seem to matter whether I could eat it or not. She was nuero divergent and had it in her head that veggies = good regardless of what it did to my insides. For anyone who doesn't know, UC is inflammation due to my immune system attacking the lining of my colon. So it's inflamed (unless you're in remission, which a fair amount of people aren't). Large amounts of fiber makes the food sit there longer and get more packed, which hurts like all hell being tight up against inflamed tissue. And certain ones create gas of an unimaginable magnitude and strength."
"Anyway, a fair amount of the time, I had to order delivery or takeout because otherwise, I would have been farting or sh*tting my brains out overnight. So I appreciate what you've done like you wouldn't believe."
– Wishilikedhugs
Bye Bye Veggies
"My gastroparesis diet led me off my vegan diet as well. I can’t handle legumes, leafy greens, and most vegetables. Hard to be a healthy vegan without any of those."
– Jefauver
When Vegan Ingredients Turn On You
"Yup. Crohn’s Disease ended my 17 year vegetarian stretch. I’m in remission now and don’t eat red meat but I am sensitive to several vegan friendly ingredients like garlic, onions, cauliflower family and now I can avoid them without starving."
–friscodayone
Cooking For A Full House
"Back when COVID had everyone in lockedown, myself and my roommate's family would take turns cooking dinner and it was fine. Then my roommate went on the NOOM diet, her daughter was diagnosed with GERD and couldn't have anything acidic, and her husband was diagnosed with celiac. Oh, and another family member disliked potatoes. I finally had to bow out. It was way too much of a pain in the @ss to cook a meal that met all of those restrictions."
– panda388
Sometimes, you just gotta have meat.
Costco Chicken
"Not my story, but a good friend of mine was vegetarian, very nearly vegan for over 10 years. One day she was in Costco and walked past the rotisserie chickens. Without thinking she put it in her cart. When she got home she stood over the sink and ate it with her bare hands. She had no idea what came over her. Her telling me this story is still one of the funniest things I've ever heard. She is still very plant forward in her eating, but she won't hesitate to order a burger or a steak when she wants it now."
– NotAlwaysGifs
Ravenous
"I went on a weekend backpacking trip with a girl who had been religiously vegan for a few years. It was a pretty physically intense trip, and the last day heading back was in pouring rain the whole way, so by the time we got back to our car, we were absolutely exhausted, filthy, and starving."
"There was only one restaurant anywhere nearby, one of those highway diners. We get there and I notice she's got this kind of crazy look in her eyes. I ask if she's okay, and she just says 'I need a steak.' I laugh, but she goes 'I'm serious. I can't help it. I need a big greasy piece of meat right now or I'm going to die.""
"Sure enough, she orders the biggest steak on the menu, and wolfs it down in minutes, and the crazed look goes away. After that, she went right back to being vegan like nothing had happened. The look in her eyes was a little scary to be honest."
– AxelShoes
Unless it's a matter of life or death, there's no way I can survive being a vegan.
I don't have a strong enough will power to avoid eating meat.
So if that day ever comes when I'm forced to make a major change in my diet that won't include red meat and you're around me all the time, apologies in advance for my perpetual state of being hangry.
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