"Lead me not into temptation..."
OK so half of you finished the prayer; and the other half of you were like "for I already know the way. Plus two shortcuts. And I got us tacos for the trip."
This article is my personal love song to you, group 2.
Half the fun of temptation is giving into it sometimes! We're not saying you should be out here living your best Requiem For A Dream life - but the only thing more satisfying than a mini-eclair is another mini-eclair and you know it.
Reddit user "WinstonChurchillin" asked:
What is extremely hard to resist?
And yup... SAME. Let's get into it.
Mmmm Such Satisfaction
Bite Mosquito GIF by fngrpnsGiphy"Scratching an itchy spot. Notably Mosquito bites." - neoambitions
"I did yard work in super thin pants the other evening. Mostly sitting on the ground or on my knees weeding. Guess who has a sh*t ton of mosquito bites all over the sides of her butt? and WILL be scratching them?" - leopoldisacat
"I currently have some mosquito bites right on top of where I get psoriasis flare-ups, and I think I'm starting to get one."
"But I've scratched so I'll consider the bites open wounds for a while and not use my psoriasis cream yet... Please send strength 😬" - PatatietPatata
"I've trained myself to not scratch mosquito bites. Takes a lot of willpower because I can't stop once I start."
"I scratch em down until they bleed. Strangely, I found that pressing an "X" with my fingernail into a bite makes it not itch as much." - SpiffyPaige143
"I'd Call The Cops"
permit patty calling the police GIFGiphy"Eating just 1 of anything that comes in a pack like chips or cookies." - voicesofsand
"If you're the kind of person to open up a bag of chips and eat only one potato chip, I'm 100% certain you're a psychopath." - South-Builder6237
"Have you actually witnessed this behavior? I'd call the cops" - Soylent-PoP
Necessary Equipment Tests
"Picking up tongs and clicking them together." - getyourcheftogether
"Can you imagine how embarrassing it would be to go to pick something up with your tongs, only to discover they were stuck shut? No thank you! I will stick to my test clicks." - pmmeyourfantasyz
"Similarly, hitting the clear button on a calculator 5-30 times before you use it. I mean, how else can you know there's no math left in it?" - sloowhand
"Same goes for testing a drill after you pick it up to make sure it goes brrrrr" - issacoin
Not all temptations are necessarily delicious, delectable, and delightful. Some are straight up self-destructive.
Doesn't mean we're stopping, though...
Dr. Google
Angry New Amsterdam GIF by Global TVGiphy"Googling symptoms" - mentalhygeinex
"Once googled why my nose won't stop running when I had a cold. Apparently brain leakage was a possibility" - callummc
"I literally just googled this for chest pain and forgot I get anxiety attacks 😂" - gizzie123
Even The Things I Want To Do
Animation Fail GIF by SLOTHILDAGiphy"I cannot resist procrastinating. Yes. Even things that I actually want to do. I spent a week saying tonight is the night I watch Kill Bill, but then not doing it." - Extension-Barb6431
"I get paid $120/hour to browse reddit for 4-6 hours a day and produce/present my boss a 15-minute summary of highlights."
"Instead, I'm procrastinating on reddit." - MainlandX
The Power Of Cheese Compels You
Rainbow Pizza GIFGiphy"Cheesy pizza when you damn well know you're lactose intolerant." - dumbacehijabi
"Damn so so very guilty." - feelitrealgood
"As long as there's a bathroom within 10 minutes of me, I'll risk it." - barelythereish
"Best life hack I ever learned was to make pizza with aged cheese since it has almost no lactose in it. I use aged fontina instead of mozzarella."
"The P in pizza no longer stands for pain." - SensibleInterlocutor
... And Oreos
oreo GIFGiphy"The urge to ruin your life by staying up late scrolling reddit instead of going to bed."
"This caused you to wakeup late for work/be over tired and call out since you work a manual labor job. On some level you do it just so that you intentionally get fired and don't have to provide for yourself and you can feel more comfortable talking negatively about yourself since, through your own action, you are a f*ck up."
"But even worse you are a deliberate one, so you feel guilty but you still want to do it so people stop expecting things from your life since you constantly let them down..."
"And Oreos" - Sorvan_K
This Is Your Sign To Stop Checking
Taylor Not Replying GIF by VH1Giphy"Checking up your ex's social after breakup." - mrsnotknowitall
"That was the reason why I deleted all of mine. It was the only way to stop myself from doing it constantly." - Imissmychildyears
"God my breakup was so bad, I checked her profile every single day. Every time she reacted to my story I got excited, just to later be disappointed."
"One night we ended up being at the same night club. I was constantly walking past her, cause she was right next to the bathroom."
"She was dancing with other two dudes, but sometime at the end I asked her if she wants to go outside just to catch up a bit, see how is she doing. She told me she was way too drunk and maybe later."
"Two minutes later I see her outside, flirting with a random dude. At that moment, all I could feel was disappointment in myself, pain but it was a wake up call."
"As soon as I got home I blocked her everywhere. I realized I did not need that kind of pain in my life and I had to just move on."
"So far its working out great. As my friend said 'Far from your eyes, far from your mind, and far from your heart' " - gamer4eto_BG
So what have we learned today?
Lean into SOME temptations. Others ... well ... there's a block button for a reason, friends.
Redditor Isingsongstomycats wanted to hear about what can completely make us regret speaking to another person, so they asked:
"What instantly ruins a conversation for you?"
I'm ornery. Anything and everything can turn me off.
Blocked
honey boo boo phone GIF by RealityTVGIFsGiphy"Getting their phone out for no reason mid conversation."
Expensive_Pie_6943
"Sometimes I want to look up something pertinent to the conversation but I don't want to interrupt them to say that. Now when someone checks their notification mid conversation, that really burns me."
cutelyaware
Up & Up
"When someone feels the need to one up you on everything you say."
Apprehensive_Gap_368
"Had a coworker like this once, his one upping was so bad we would test it. Best one was a guy talking about catching a shark on a pole at the beach. He interrupted with the time he swam out a mile and got attacked by a shark and beat it and swam back with it."
Mess_Bubbly
Rude
"When they start saying nasty things about people they barely know."
WeirdShyKitten
"I have family like this. I once heard them go on on this rant about how the new waitress at their local coffee shop is fat and ugly. They made a thousands assumptions about this woman that included criticism to her service."
18062022
"Or start sh*t talking someone the second they leave the room. My dad's sisters do that, I was stuck in my parents house alone with them and I would get so paranoid every time I left the room. If they do that to each other, I can’t image the crap they talk about me."
vicki_chicki
War of Words
"When they ask for your opinion or talking about something fully subjective and then tell you how you are objectively wrong or get offended by you nor agreeing."
Prize_Interaction931
"Similar, but not quite the same: my old roommate would correct me on things that were objective, and not like facts."
"Like I mentioned it was hard for my folks to get a mortgage because they were self employed and he correct me that it wasn't. He wouldn't believe the story i was telling and told me what he thought might have happened with no knowledge on the subject."
"Needless to say I moved out."
SFXBTPD
Blah Blah
Bored Chris Rock GIF by BounceGiphy"When it feels like you're engaging a combination lock just to get responses to simple innocent pieces of a conversation. People who small talk you to death."
I swear small talk people should be arrested for attempted murder.
Useless
Golden Girls Rose GIF by TV LandGiphy"When someone drags a story out with useless details. Like something that happened on the drive to work but they start the story at the point when they first woke up and what they had for breakfast. Just get to the point!"
ticklemebits
Paused
"When they interrupt me mid sentence."
HelpMeSweetJesus
"If it sometimes happens on accident whenever they think of something and get over-excited it’s whatevs. Now when they constantly step over you it’s like your opinion merely feels like filler at best and they ain’t even listening. Not even worth the energy to continue at that point."
BAKED_TATER_
"One of my coworkers only listens long enough to figure out what she's going to say next, and then she interrupts. I guess we're only there to feed her lines."
Witty_Commentator
Do Better
"When someone gives you completely useless advice you didn't ask for. A couple weeks ago I mentioned to a coworker that I was glad to be going home because I didn't get more than a couple hours of sleep."
"Dude first of all had the audacity to say 'Well, you need to do better.' When I said I have medication resistant insomnia he looks at me like I'm an idiot and asks if I've tried melatonin."
errant_night
Duh
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are stupider than that. And it doesn’t take you very long to spot one of them, does it. Take you about eight seconds. You’ll be listening to some guy, and say, this guy is f**king stupid. Then, then there are some people, they’re not stupid. They’re full of crap."
"Huh, that doesn’t take very long to spot, either, does it. Take you about the same amount of time. You’ll be listening to some guy, saying, well, he’s fairly intelligent. Ah, he’s full of s**t. Then there are some people, they’re not stupid, they’re not full of s**t, they’re freaking nuts."
teaching-man
Gross...
Disgusted Emma Stone GIFGiphy"Sexualization. We're talking about a new video game and suddenly I get asked if I play naked, or if I'm turned on by a game mechanic or some such nonsense. Yuck."
GreenAppleLady
Good conversation is hard to keep these days.
Do you have any conversational red flags to add? Let us know in the comments below.
