Redditor uraniumraven wanted to hear about the times we've uncovered sexy scandals amongst others, so they asked:
"What's a tell-tale sign two people are having a secret sexual relationship with each other?"
I just eavesdrop on conversations.
It always leads to answers.
In the Bag
Drag Race Purse GIF by RuPaul's Drag RaceGiphy"Our CEO coming into a meeting to grab something from the QA/RA lady's purse was one a few of us saw once."
katzohki
Smashing
"I was at a BBQ with dozens of people. A young ridiculously beautiful married couple was there. The wife was pregnant. They brought their short, squat, funnyman roommate with them. At some point funny man and pregnant wife are on opposite sides of the kitchen and I caught a glance between them - no more than a blink of an eye."
"It was the only interaction they had all night."
"In that instant I have never been more sure two people were f**king. Told my girlfriend, 'Those two are smashing,' she told me to stop being a creep. Sure enough 6 months later everyone finds out they're f**king and funnyman is the dad."
illepic
Chemistry
"Kind of like what Joey in Friends reasoned. If there is chemistry on stage, chances are no chemistry in real life. If they are awkward on stage, chances are they are having sex in real life."
"If they are acting awkward in front of others and clearly trying hard to act like they don’t care about each other, sexual relationship. If they carry out as normal and work well together, no secret sexual relationship."
BarriBlue
Move Aside
"They get awkward if you come up to them when they are together. I just want coffee and you’re standing in front of the machine and I didn’t think anything was going on until you got all awkward. You’re allowed to be friends and stand here and talk."
royal_rose_
"They could just be friends talking crap about you or someone else and don’t want you to hear."
AlpacaOurBags
Touch
touch GIFGiphy"Sometimes you can tell by the way they casually (appropriately) touch each other in public. Certain things are awkward until you cross that line."
BlissfulEating
Never underestimate a touch.
No Flinch
Man Love GIF by WIESEMANN 1893Giphy"At a place I worked at about 25 years ago, female coworker dropped her screwdriver and our boss picked it up and stuck it in her pocket. Later that day my buddy says 'She did not flinch or look away from what she was doing when his hand went to her pocket - his hand has been in that pocket before.'"
CathyTheGreatsHorse
Space
"Their orbits are smaller around each other. Without meaning to, they will change their personal space requirements with the other. They'll think they're normal distance away, but won't be. Also, they'll move around each other too easily (like in small spaces) without the awkward missteps the rest of us make."
Stmpnksarwall
Making Eyes
"It's definitely the awkward avoidance of one another for no reason. When I was a supervisor two of my employees were secretly dating and being as young as they were (19-20yrs old) they didn't have the ability to hide their feelings without avoiding each other as if they hated one another."
"I figured it out on Day 1. Hilariously cute."
"Edit: When they finally told me I told them I already knew. They were flabbergasted that I figured it out. It wasn't that hard! When y'all make googly eyes at one another across the store or try to surreptitiously touch hands at the till I'm gonna notice."
Sir_Meowsalot
Postings
"I’ve caught people because they didn’t follow one another on social media to try to avoid suspicion, but they both posted that they were at the same place and similar photos, and despite not posting about one another, it was obvious. They didn’t know what the other was posting because they didn’t follow one another lmfao which ultimately lead to the downfall of their discretion."
tabruss
Proximity
Celebrate Channel 9 GIF by The BlockGiphy"Carpooling when there is not much convenience to it because they don't live all that close to each other."
EatinSumGrapes
Oh the scandal of it all.
Do you have any similar experiences? Let us know in the comments below.
Redditor Civil_Improvement692 wanted to explain a few important facts for people.
"What is one thing other countries don't understand about America?"
I will admit I have seen very little of America. So this list will be help me out as well.
Transport Issues
Travel GIF by Grish MajethiyaGiphy"They're gonna be really, really disappointed in the train service."
tpatmaho
"Well, the last one makes no sense. European rail systems are government run and are much better than the semi private US passenger rail system."
EmperorPenguinNJ
Distance
"The US is huge. On r/askanamerican, foreigners will tell us how they're planning a 2 week trip, starting in NY, driving to Miami, then driving to the Grand Canyon, then driving back to NY, and we're all like 'What?!'"
MoonieNine
"I was on a call with a vendor doing some work for my department. One of the guys was in Minnesota (I'm in Wisconsin) and the rest of their team was in Ireland. The guy in Minnesota mentioned that he could come to our office since it was only about a 4 hour drive. The guys in Ireland started laughing saying that it they drove for 4 hours in any direction, they would be in the ocean!"
PhantomsRule
Law & Order
"Most people from other countries (and plenty of Americans) don't understand the system for making and enforcing laws in the US. Specifically, they don't seem to understand that laws vary by state and that there are restrictions on which laws can be made at the federal level. Also, I've seen way too many people who don't realize that the US President does not have the power to pass laws on his own."
upvoter222
423!
"Not to mention our 423 national parks. I hear a lot of us Americans say that we’re over populated as a country. I was a flight attendant for twelve years and when you’re 36,000 feet above it all, a lot of it is sparse. I live in Japan now and reside in Tokyo where there’s a huge population — but outside prefectures are empty because the younger generation are moving to where the work is. I think people need to keep that in mind no matter where they reside."
MSotallyTober
Peace
Relaxing Space And Time GIF by MyaGiphy"As someone who’s done 5 road trips across the US, it’s much more peaceful than the media lets on. Sure some areas are really bad, but do your research and you can avoid them. It’s not the war zone most of Reddit would have you believe."
c0smictwist
Wow... there is more than I even knew about. I'm intrigued.
Oh NYC
Is Awesome New York GIF by FriendsGiphy"There’s a LOT more to New York than NYC. New York State has more land than the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, and Luxembourg combined, for perspective. Come on by sometime, we’ve got GREAT parks and good wine!"
IronbloodPrime
Hi!
"How friendly most of us are. Don't believe the news. Seriously, most of us love meeting new people. Especially those from other countries and cultures. In the US. we love to tell you the best restaurant or park or best way to get from point A to point B. Don't be afraid to say 'hi.'"
Spodson
"This was so evident in Florida, the first time our family visited America (from England) and everybody was so friendly. Love the people. That was back in 2002, I can't mesh the image I have of the lovely people from that trip to the image I have now from the media."
alice_op
From HK
"One college roommate I had was from Hong Kong, and was just about to graduate. But before he left, he and some friends (also from HK) were going to fly into LA, rent a car, and take a day trip to the Grand Canyon and back. The next day they were going to drive up to Seattle and stop and see the sights along the way, also on one day. We had to show them several maps with comparable scales to places he knew to set them straight."
ReverendLoki
Info Wars
"If they get their information from the news and social media they think all Americans are extremists, one side full of hate for the other. That is completely untrue. There are a few on the far ends making most of the noise. Most Americans are middle of the road, hard working citizens. We pay our bills, respect the law and get along with each other."
AdminW*ore
Ordinary
Bored Paul Rudd GIFGiphy"How utterly normal most people’s lives are here. The news has led non us people to believe that it is a lot more like the Wild West than it really is (I am from Texas)."
Frosty_Accident_6165
See! America can be a big ole blast!
Redditor Athompson9866 realized it was time we all discussed and unleashed some truths.
"What is the biggest myth you learned in school that has now been disproven?"
And then... BOOM
Ted-Ed Animation GIFGiphy"This is super specific but I had a biology teacher who told us the human genome was so complicated that they'd never be able to map it and then they did like... 3 years later."
seanofkelley
Identities
"That Dutch people have weird family names because Napoleon forced them to have family names and they chose the silliest ones they could think of."
nondedjuuu
"Nicknames + place names/German names that got turned into Dutch words. For example 'Naaktgeboren' (born naked) is probably from German 'Nachgeboren' (after born), meaning a child that was born after its father died. It also was already in use before the French invasion, like many of the weird family names."
nondedjuuu
Behavior Patrol
"That if you did anything bad it would go on your permanent record."
Kashhvortex
"In retrospect this single lie probably prevents 80% of misbehavior in school, or in my case heavily incentivized avoiding getting caught."
mechapoitier
"As someone who worked in schools on the record side, this is true to an extent- most schools send discipline reports so that admin and counselors at each level could look back at your behavior from however long you were in that district- sometimes they transfer it to other schools if you move too. It doesn’t go to the college level but can impact rec letters and if you are expelled that is technically a legal process and can be shared as well."
KawaiileesiOnTwitch
Revolution!
"Just a few years before the young Einstein completely disrupted physics, the physicists of that time were saying that everything about physics was discovered and understood. That research in physics was dead/dying... Then came in quick successions: general relativity and quantum physics... total revolution!"
PedanticYes
Head Forward
nose tissues GIFGiphy"That you should tilt your head back when you have a nose bleed. Nah bro."
Illustrious_Sir9612
"First time I did that, I vomited. Learned immediately. Never did that again. Whoever suggested that deserves to step on lego for all eternity."
II_Daisy_II
Now that is a dangerous lie... not to mention the taste!
Awake!
College Sports Sport GIF by Sealed With A GIFGiphy"Bears don't actually sleep then entire time they hibernate."
Tac0Gat0r
"Right?! Man, I was taught that any animal that hibernates is just sound asleep through the whole winter. Imagine my surprise when I learned the truth."
Athompson9866
'Lucy'
"I had a biology teacher try and convince a class of 15 year olds that we humans use 10% of our brain. We told her that she shouldn't base her lesson on 'Lucy' and we Googled it to show her that she was wrong. I got kicked out of the class for pulling out my phone. Had a fun chat with the principal."
Jimvlah
Counting Up
"That the metric system would be fully adopted in the US by 1995."
PinkRoseBouquet
"Interestingly enough I learned today that the US measures it’s pools in meters like sane people so today I stupidly assumed they just use metric for swimming and I walked into a 1.76 mile open water swim thinking it was 1.76 kilometres and ended up doing a way longer swim then I expected but it’s ok I got a cool shirt and came like 200th out of like 700 people so that’s cool."
AffectionateAir9071
99 Flavors
"Mine is that your tongue has specific areas that taste only specific flavors. Like there was a spot on your tongue that only tasted sweet, one that only taste salty, one that only tasted bitter, etc"
Athompson9866
"I immediately started experimenting with my tongue during meals after learning that at school. My conclusion was: That's complete bs. Lol."
Friendly-Taco
Wrong!
Special Project Work GIF by ABC NetworkGiphy"One day our High School Physics teacher wrote on the blackboard 'Everything you know is wrong.' 40+ years later I think he might have been onto something, but then again maybe not."
thitherfrom
The more you know. The better life can be.
Do you have similar experiences to share? Let us know in the comments below.
Redditor Bertarioni85 wanted all the gents to sit and discuss some of their universal agreements.
"What is something that all men could agree on?"
Perfect
"The Nod."
LongrodV0NhugenD0NG
"The nod really is great and so versatile. It's like a 'What's up man... everything cool' Ya me too. 'Wulp see ya later.' Just perfect."
Jibber_Fight
Robert Redford Nod GIFGiphyMake Room
"If there can be an empty urinal between us, make it so."
hesawavemasterrr
"There are men out there that break this rule! I was the only one, and at the far right end of a row of 4 or 5 urinals. Man walks in and pulls up right beside me, unzips, and let’s her flow, all while audibly exhaling in relief.
roofiethedog
When you gotta go!
"That we are happy we get the short bathroom line."
mr-random-ny
To add to this, I still marvel in amazement and am grateful when I walk into a bathroom at a stadium or sporting event and it's just an endless column of empty urinals. Then you see the ladies bathroom line wrapping around two different corners. There's so much room for activities in the men's bathroom."
MustWarn0thers
Never Forget
"Lady Professor in college (2008) said I’d make an incredible husband to my wife someday. Girl at the drive thru line said I had a cool car in September of 2015. Lady gas station attendant complimented my outfit that day and said I had a good vibe (2018). Cashier said I was handsome while ringing me up a couple weeks ago. Point is we never forget when we get complimented out of the blue."
rapalosaur
Power
"Click the tongs a couple times to make sure they work first."
anonymous5534
"Makes me feel like a crab… a very powerful crab."
DEcrypt1SouL
Happy We Did It GIF by StoryfulGiphyWow. Guys are so easy. Like super easy...
Twice
"Whenever we pick up a drill we have to do the bzzt... bzzt twice. No more, no less."
Pixelthomas
talking episode 15 GIFGiphySticks and Stones
"I picked it up because it’s like, a really good stick."
Itchy_Clutch
"I wonder if that's instinctive. I've read before that human anatomy is almost perfectly engineered for throwing and thrusting spears. Maybe men have evolved to be able to identify really good sticks and even now we're drawn to them as a vestigial trait because instead of relying on claws or teeth, our ancestors needed good spears."
JoeWinchester99
On the X
"Put two men on the phone, and we’ll be done talking in two minutes. Put two men on Xbox live, and oh is it 2:00am? I should probably go to bed… after this game."
Manowaffle
"This is so true. A few weeks back a good friend called me at 10 at night because he’s been having a tough time with fighting depression and all that. I talked to him for a minute or two on the phone, cheered him up a bit and offered to keep the chat going on xbox live. Turned into an hour and half of a good time talking and playing COD."
BosephusPrime
Gotta have it.
"It's better to have and not need than to need and not have."
Regular-Bat-4449
"It's so bloody annoying not having the right tool for the job when you need it. I so long for the day when I will have a fully equipped garage with every tool I would ever need, to fix everything that needs fixing."
Neednowater
"My sister's car has cutlery, both steel and disposable. Have sewing kit, a flask, a bento box, and a complete stationery set. But, they don't even have a freaking umbrella and jumper in the car. Like, wtf. And mind you, we live in a tropical country where you should always assume every day is a rainy day."
azen96
Nothing!
"Sometimes... I really am thinking about nothing. Literally... Flatline, nobody home, crickets in the field."
concequence
Ellen Page Sony GIF by FlatlinersGiphyBehind the Walls
"We all want a secret passage in our house, somewhere. We all want to pick up that stick we walked past that looks like a gun or a sword."
AkimboMajestic
"Yeah always wanted that since a kid. Promised myself that plus a snooker room, arcade room, and a room that is completely bare except a single mirror on each surface (Inc floor and ceiling)."
"I read, wether true or not I dunno, that NASA used to have a room like that as a last test for astronauts as a surprise and if you fell over then you fail. As an adult I have an Xbox. Not so much the other stuff."
Crivens999
Tap It
"When you strap something down you have to slap the top of it and assure that it isn’t going anywhere."
SoleShihtzu
"I work at a granite countertop shop and when I was loading trucks anytime we finished one me and my buddy would look at each other, shake the cart and say, 'Oh yeah this *itch ain’t going anywhere.'"
iRevelate
"This is true. Clacking kitchen tongs to make sure they work is stupid though. I'm totally doing it next time I use them and every time after... but it's still stupid."
ZenkaiZ
What is Caught
"Zippers are dangerous."
moritsune
"I’ve never understood the appeal, jeans (or any pants) on bare butt sucks majorly, is crazy uncomfortable. I also don’t want the essence of all all over the inside of my pants because it’s easier to wash underwear than pants. If someone’s wearing underwear but still getting their stuff caught in a zipper, how???"
Noodlepoof
Technique
"We have to hold our mouth a certain way when we are doing something technical."
BCEXP
Not Working Technical Difficulties GIF by FoojiGiphyLiving in Fear
"The fear of thinking that you will get kidney stones one day."
PsyPexi
"I had it once because of bad habits (coke instead of water and too much sugar in general). Dismissed those habits and never came back in 20 years. Drink water, be fit, will never happen!"
As03
"Fear? I’ve already had to get two removed… the pain was unbearable. And having the tube removed after the procedure was… less than comfortable."
ChronoLegion2
You never know...
"Sometimes my sex drive in an inconvenience. It seriously over powers my normal thought processes at the worst times and then I have this internal battle. Lol."
Honest-Guy83
"The power of erections can lead us to marriages, 4 kids and a minivan, a dark alley, the church bathroom, the boat ramp, or even in a random brothel in Thailand after a drunken night out with the boys. You never know."
DOEsquire
Be Better
"If you are kicking a stone whilst walking and you miss a kick and it gets left behind you are not supposed to go back to kick it again (and you know also feel sad)."
gdevil334
mad homer simpson GIFGiphyAll the Things
"I find it fascinating that no matter where we are from we can all agree on similar stuff. Like nodding, tonging, not taking the urinal next to somebody, never really receiving compliments as men. I'm from Germany and I can definitely relate, I think you guys from all over the world can as well."
"That being said, men can just hang out and not speak a single word for hours. My best friend and me would hang out on a daily basis when we were younger (am 33 now) and just watch TV, play Fifa and smoke some weed. His sister is still impressed to this day, later on her boyfriend joined us too."
"But sometimes when we had full blown conversations, almost to the point where we would fight each other it was about some random, unimportant bulls**t like 'if we were sharks would we still smoke weed' or stuff like that hahaha."
VincentVega_069
Ah men. What a quirky part of the species.
Curious to hear what some of those may be, Redditor bibesh07 asked:
"What’s some scary truth that humanity has to accept?"
What's going on?
Perhaps we shall never know the answer.
We're All Clueless
"Nobody actually knows what the f'k is going on."
– Nateisgreat74
"When I was a kid I was sure all adults know a lot and they are all proficient in their job. Now I'm 35 and I'm convinced only 0.1% knows just barely enough to understand things throughout in their field."
– daninet
Lack Of Authenticity
"That plenty of things are fake."
– IDontGetIt68
"Most things are faked or exaggerated in some way."
– nobleskies
The Artist's Quote
"The world won't end, it will just change its name." - David Byrne
–ashedmypanties
We're The Problem
"I love George Carlin's take. The earth isn't going anywhere, it's the people that are f'ked."
– SarcasticGamer
We are never guaranteed tomorrow.
Sitting Target
"You really aren’t as in control of your body as you’d like to think. A single disease, accident, etc could render you a prisoner inside your own body."
– Another_Road
Emotionally Disconnected
"I know this isn’t on the same level as some other responses, but I felt like I was living a pretty normal healthy life until one day when I was 22, I woke up with this feeling I was out of body and disconnected from reality."
"It was like living life behind a pane of glass, everything felt hollow and distant, and my emotional range felt muted. It was such a terrifying feeling, I spent thousands on finding the right 'treatment,' any answer to what I was experiencing. Turns out anxiety and depression are a b*tch and don’t discriminate on anyone."
"It’s changed my life ever since and albeit there are good days and bad days, it was the stroke of a single night that sent me down that hole of stress and worry. Nightmarish."
– Alliancee
Appreciate The Silence
"Tinnitus which is basically constant ringing and noises created by the brain has NO CURE, AND IS VERY EASY TO GET."
"Dont take your silence & peace for granted."
*edit*
"Thank you all for the upvotes, but seriously i want all of you to help bring a world wide awareness to this horrible condition. its our veterans number 1 disability in the military, millions of americans suffer from it silently, Covid is giving it to people in record breaking numbers, there is no cure Dont believe anyone who tells you otherwise."
"It usually progresses as you age, and if you got it like me and its constant you really are living day to day. your no longer living."
"I had this for a decade, and i got it when i was young from listening to loud music. And everyday the victims get younger and younger. People kill themselves over this its that bad, and it has nothing to do with their mental state. Severe tinnitus will drive anyone insane. Dont take your silence for granted and be kind to one another."
"Please help get tinnitus the spotlight it needs, so that we can get more research and treatments for it. because like i said its very easy to get. LETS CURE IT B4 ITS TOO LATE."
– L4EVUR
Unconcerned
"People genuinely don’t care what happens in the future."
– soline
"That's what causes procrastination. The human brain can't comprehend future consequences very well and only worries about dangers in the moment. Similarly the brain doesn't think it will/can die. (This is what I've been told. I think these apply to the subconscious/instinctual part of the brain. Not to the conscious-thought part)"
– Marksman18
We are not forever.
"When you die, one of three things will happen."
- "Someone will watch you die."
- "Someone will find your body."
- "No one will find your body."
– stonesthrowaway24601
The Big One
"Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. 10-30% chance a 9.0+ earthquake will hit the PNW in the next 50 years. The west coast is not prepared."
– EasyDay
Not Knowing When
"That at any moment you can be gone forever without even getting a chance to think about it."
– Zuesz-_-
Cruelty Of Mental Illness
"My dad was diagnosed with rapid onset dimentia/Alzheimers and begged me to take him out in the woods on the family property and just shoot him. He was literally terrified of becoming just another one of the 100 people in his nursing home that laid in a bed in a vegetative state for a decade. 'Thankfully' when Dad fully lost it he went quickly, a blessing I will always be thankful for."
– bluecheetos
People didn't have much hope for the treatment of our environment.
Prepare For A Rude Awakening
"That we are taking a lot of things that we consider 'natural' for granted. One day we are going to be waking up to a world without it."
– letmediepleasemom
Running Out Of Time
"I'm partially convinced that the big trend for HD nature documentaries within the past 10 years or so was a combination of 'we need to convince the public that nature is still going strong' and 'we are running out of time to capture this footage.'"
– ccaccus
Ominous Change
"Totally. I walk the forests now and seem to remember so much more birdsong there when I was a youth. Now things are... eerily quiet."
– loercase
The thought of not knowing when our time on earth is through is always on the back of my mind.
Sure, death is scary, but it's an inevitable fact.
And while I can live in fear of death coming to knock on my door at any time, I've chosen to accept death as something that gives life purpose.
That perspective–of one not being able to exist without the other–made me less fearful of the unknown.
Let's revel in the party before it's lights out, I say.
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