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People Confess The Silliest Thing They're Strangely Proud Of

People Confess The Silliest Thing They're Strangely Proud Of
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Just because something seems silly doesn't mean it isn't something to be proud of.

Some silly or seemingly inconsequential abilities and accomplishments actually take quite a bit of work and skill.

Other times things you might think are silly are actually things others would find admirable or remarkable!


Reddit user pancake_sass asked:
"What is something little or silly that you would say you're "strangely proud" of?"

Shopping Pro

I got a pair of Bluetooth headphones for 70% off at Walmart.

It was hidden in the back of the clearance rack and it makes me strangely happy to know that I was rewarded for digging "just a little longer."

- CompyTree

Bubbles

It's silly. I'm a 35 year old man, but I'm proud that I can blow a bubblegum bubble this big and bigger even.

-monowedge

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Anti-Hoarding

I cleared out my closet, obsessive compulsive disorder and hoarding issues run rampant in my family, and I have a bad tendency as well. so finally cleaning it up and throwing out like 14 bags of stuff was a very rewarding feeling.

-demonardvark

Look Out

A few years ago I was playing in an adult co-ed dodgeball league, and one of my teammates commented to me "If you could find a way to create a team of just you and your clones, you'd be the most dangerous team in the league."
I have more pride in that than I probably should.

- ProjectShadow316

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Reddit Recognition

I got my first Reddit award yesterday and then got a second in the same day. I don't know why I care, but I found myself telling my wife as if she gives a rat's @ss.

-IndigenousB*stard

Knife Skills

I've been peeling fruits and vegetables with a knife since I was a teenager.

I always liked seeing my parents use a knife instead of a peeler to peel fruits and vegetables.

This coming from growing up in a country where having a metal butter knife to eat your lunch with was a considered a weapon and equaled a school suspension.

- answersplease15

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Never Lost

I've got a freakishly good sense of direction, and can frequently navigate off instinct if I've spent any time at all in the area. Really useful when traveling.

-Notmiefault

The Look

I have about a 95% success rate in giving my "teacher look" to kids in public to make them just stop. I've also realized this a couple months ago, and a lot of times it makes standing in lines with kids a better experience.

-Alybank

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Milestone Reached

I'm proud of being able to say I'm almost 100lbs. It's such a low weight anyway but I've worked hard to get here. I used to have such bad anxiety that prevented me from eating and lost so much weight. I'm slowly rebuilding and I am really proud of myself.

-r3218

Dental Hygiene

My last dental cleaning was the first I had had in 4 years.

My teeth were in such good shape that when I told the dentist that, he had his assistant come in and guess when my last cleaning was.

She said they looked like it was 6-8 months ago, but did acknowledge that it had to be longer if he was asking her to guess.

I'm very proud of that.

-pancake_sass

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6th Sense

I'd say I'm proud of my intuition. I never do anything risky or out of the ordinary unless my intuition tells me so and until now it never was wrong

-PopsDops

Reflexive

I have "involuntary" reflexes...

like if I'm not paying attention and a cup would fall I would catch it everytime but if I was expecting it to happen or focus on it I can't...

-ALXanderKODIAK

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Smile!

When I was younger I used to have an underbite. Eventually with some dental work it was fixed. However, one bottom tooth still sticks out in front of the top tooth.

I'm not sure if I'd say I'm proud of it, but I think it adds a unique charm to my smile.

- DarkanGreen

Beastmaster

I caught all the fishes and bugs in the original Animal Crossing, got all the special kinds of furniture, paid off all my debt and got a golden statue, filled out the museum... I basically completed that game 100%.

-ImInJeopardy

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Critical Eye

A little thing that I'm proud of is being able to look at someone's work objectively and help critique it to discern how they could get better, even if I have no real experience in that area. Granted I'm no guidance councilor and I can't do anything close to what these people can do, but it's a little skill I'm proud of developing.

- Vallahd

Fast Fingers

I'm strangely proud of my weird typing tendencies.

When I was a kid I thought it was normal to type on a computer keyboard with one hand and I got really, really good at it. As in, I can type pretty damn fast with just one hand.

I type just a little faster using both hands. But I prefer to use just one to see people's reactions of "what the fuck are you doing"

I also tend to use several different fingers on one hand to type in my phone PIN and boy, that sure does weird people out. It's just easier than reaching my thumbs all the way up there...

When texting, I can type completely left handed. Pretty damn handy when multitasking really.

- genderfluidmess

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Ten Hut!

I got kicked out of military school.

- HArlemHatchet

Is It Called Piksing?

I'm proud of the silliest thing... I can skip backwards.

I don't even remember practicing it ever—just decided to do so in a parking lot one day and was able to.

- dephnedewt

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Handy

I think it's little, but I'm super proud of how I can fix things around the house and assemble furniture, as well as fixing up technology related items even without prior experience.

Gives me some sort of confidence to know that I can keep the house and it's components properly functioning.

- iFoodforThot

Congrats?

I can lick my elbows.

I’m pretty proud of that.

- HeadFear

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Hold your head up and be proud, people!

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Historical Events So Ridiculous They Sound Made Up

A Redditor asked: 'What’s an event in history that is so ridiculous it sounds fake?'

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We've probably all heard some variation of the saying "Truth is stranger than fiction."

Real life isn't just strange, it can also be downright ridiculous.

History is riddled with moments of absurdity.

So ridiculous that people have a hard time believing real life is, well, really real.

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Life is all about learning new things, including learning new things about the people in your life. Sometimes, the things you learn are shocking, disgusting, or even scary.

I was the new kid in town when I was in fifth grade and my first friend was this quiet (and cute) boy in my class. He and I remained friends through middle school, and even though we drifted apart in high school, our interactions when we ran into each other in the halls or the cafeteria were really nice.

All throughout school and even beyond, he remained quiet, polite, and reserved. Just a few years ago, I read a news article written about him. He had apparently fatally wounded his father after an argument.

I had to reread the article several times to make sure it was really about my old friend. I think about it a lot, and still can't believe it!

I'm not the only one that has a shocking story like that. A lot of Redditors learned shocking or scary things about people from their childhood, and are ready to share.

It all started when Redditor ValuableHovercraft90 asked:

"What's the scariest thing you have found out about someone from your childhood (old friends, teachers, etc)?"

So Creepy

"That the boy who lived across the street and moved when I was 6 is still obsessed with me and my sister 30+ years later and posts ramblings on Facebook with our names and that he's going to be with us. Pretty terrifying honestly."

– mrscrawfish

The Worst List

"A neighbour died when he was 30. Police searched a trailer he owned and found weapons, bombs and a list of people he wanted to kill. My uncle was on that list."

– Flashy_Somewhere_648

"I'm glad this ended the way it did."

– CreepyCandidate4449

Terrifying

"One of my best friends (and locker partner) from high school was kidnapped by terrorists in Iraq. After a nightmare of 6+ months, all went silent. We buried an empty casket in his memory 10 years later."

– francois_du_nord

"This is horrifying. How incredibly sad for family to never get any closure. Very sad to read this. :("

– fizzycherryseltzer

"About 15 years ago my dad received a very good offer for work in Iraq, as a construction specialist. He was considering going, since at the same time the financial crisis started in Europe, but then one of his friends, a civil engineer, was kidnapped. Never returned back either."

– 19lgkrn70

"Same thing for my dad old coworker told him how great the money was. Dude got sniped working on a radio tower or something. My dad luckily was like, "I got a wife and family that would kill me for doing something so dangerous.""

– tristanjones

End Of The Friendship

"One of my dad's good friends, and my "uncle", just stopped coming around one day. I was told he was always busy with work, away, etc."

"Turns out, he killed 3 people in a drug deal gone bad and got life in prison."

"What's scary, is that we were over at his house for a weekend BBQ with a bunch of people earlier in the day of the night he did it, and it happened at his house."

– pnwking509

School Friends

"Don't know if it was scary, but I grew up with a kid whose birthday was the day before mine so we almost always shared birthdays in elementary school. We were friends, even spent the night at his house growing up. Later on in our teens, he started getting into some really dark stuff. I recognize that now as his being a sociopath, but like most everybody else at the time, figured it was just him going through some kind of emo phase. Over the years, we lost touch but I would occasionally run into him around town and our meetings were cordial, if not friendly."

"Last year, he was sentenced to 35 years in prison for killing a man back in 1993, roughly 3 years after we got out of High School. Apparently he, his sister and another man lured this guy out to the boonies and killed him to steal money he had gotten in an insurance settlement."

"The only reason they were caught is the other guy got religion, felt remorse and went on the local TV station and aired a confession before turning himself in (He got 25 to life)."

– 530_Oldschoolgeek

"A girl I went to school with did the same thing. She was the nicest girl, got good grades & was kind of a dork. Mixed with the wrong people after graduation. She and two others lured an old man into an abandoned building, stabbed him and robbed him. He later died from his wounds."

– HereF0rTheSnacks

The Worst Afternoon

"I had a friend in grade school who was being raised by her single dad. She had a unique name and pretty face. She never talked about her mom, and she was super outgoing, so all us kids just made friends with her quickly. It was weird her dad never brought her to our birthday parties, even though she was always invited, but we didn’t think much of it. A couple times, she was allowed to ride the bus home with me after school, and we played and had fun until her dad came to pick her up. Later in the school year, she invited me to ride the bus to her house, and my mom agreed. I was 10. It was the scariest afternoon of my young life. I cannot articulate the extreme tension in her home. We weren’t allowed to make any noise, and we mostly stayed outside, me desperate for my mom to arrive."

"Her dad screamed at us for opening the door, and I was too nervous to go into the house to use the restroom. I knew she was embarrassed that there were no snacks or comforting interactions, like at my house. I didn’t really tell anyone how uncomfortable the experience was. After that day, I didn’t hang out with her a lot. We were in different classes, drifted apart, and decades later, when my own daughter asked to go to a friend’s house, I thought about that girl."

"As an adult, I figured out her dad probably worked a night shift and tried to sleep during the day…or he was an alcoholic who was really angry. Maybe both? I looked her up on social media, and thanks to her unique name and face, I recognized her immediately. She’s a perfectly well-adjusted woman with a beautiful family. She even had pictures of her kids with her dad and tributes to him as the greatest father and grandpa. Her whole page made me wonder what the hell I experienced that afternoon in the 4th grade?"

– OlderAndTired

School Is Supposed To Be Safe!

"In our school, we had something called "de halte." In English, it means "the halt" literally translated. Basically time out. BIf you had a meltdown in class or you were just a little sh*thead, you were sent there for 15 minutes or so to cool off.

The de hatle teacher got fired and jailed for breaking 4 different wrists of 4 different students by bending them the wrong way..."

– Ok_Win7358

*Skin Crawling*

​"There was this classmate a grade below me but all grades shared the same drama class. She was weird and kind of "off." I tried to befriend her at one point and was rebuffed. It later came out that she was actually an almost 30-year-old woman who would show up in a new area claiming to be a 15-year-old runaway. Kind of freaked me out."

jackfaire

It turns out it was a good thing that the friendship didn't work out!