I don't know about you, but I am definitely the kind of person who gets easily disgusted by many things. While I do think that it's a pretty commonplace thing to be easily grossed out, some people are more affected by it than others. For me, it's anything food related.
Turns out, a lot of people feel similarly. Thanks, Reddit. Rainbow_crusader asked:
What is something that utterly disgusts you?
Clearly, I’m not alone with the food-related disgust.
Literally my least favorite thing in the world.
“Food that's in the sink when you clean/wash the dishes after eating.”
“I used to be a dishwasher in a few restaurants as a teenager. I don't care if I'm homeless I'm never doing that job again.. the worst was at the retirement home.”
Ew, people actually do this?
streaming tv show GIF by HULUGiphy“I used to work as a janitor and it gave me a new perspective on the public for sure.
People who leave pee or sh*t on the seat. Making it pretty much unusable for anyone sitting. Accidents happen, but you can at least wipe things down with toilet paper for most things. You're washing your hands after anyway, hopefully, so it's not gross to clean up your own mess.
In the past, I may have blamed these incidents on kids or someone disabled who couldn't help it, but seeing who comes in and out first hand I now know it's mostly able-bodied adults and even my own co-workers.
These are also the same people who put their boogers under tables and on walls and spit their gum in the urinals and water fountains knowing full well it's not going anywhere until I pick out.
And a habit that is a double whammy for me because I'm also getting into environmental protection: throwing cigarette butts absolutely anywhere except a bin or tray. And no, an empty plant pot someone placed by their door or a bowl left on the table is not an ashtray (good god the places I used to clean those things out of). Not only was your mouth all over it, but when it degrades (slowly) it contaminates the soil and nearby water sources with microplastics, carcinogens, and other chemicals that have proven to stunt the reproduction of plants, microbes, amphibians, and fish. Oh, and it causes fires on roadsides. Plus it just looks trashy and stinks!
This stuff disgusts me so much that I've ended relationships over it, I am just not compatible with anyone who has the mindset to leave their bodily fluids and trash on things other people use with no thought."
Be kind to your furbabies.
“For me I'm especially peeved by people putting their pets through needless stress or endangering them because something is "cute". Obese pets, pets displaying stress behaviours (lots of lizards do "cute" things if they're terrified), taking pets on car rides where they're loose in the vehicle just for the hell of it, letting inappropriate pets "play together" (like someone getting their snake and dog to stay on the couch together). It's horrible.
A girl in a group I'm in killed her pet snake recently because she dropped it in the car, it tried to hide & got crushed under a plastic panel.”
The worst kind of people.
“People who are nasty to service staff and retail workers. They make me feel sick.”
“I (18 F) work a retail job where lots of older people come in. Today alone:
A creepy old man called me sunshine. Another creepy old man called me sweetheart. Another one called me darling. A man tried to guide my movement past him by moving his hand towards the small of my back (I stepped aside so he didnt touch me). Too many men winked at me.
This is in an 8 hour shift. The worst one (besides the ballant sexual harassment) is "smile, pretty girls smile."
Hate my job, can’t wait to leave it.”
Speaking of gross people, here are a few that definitely won’t be getting good karma anytime soon.
Please don’t do this.
Lying Mohawk Girls GIF by CBCGiphy“Cheating on a spouse and home wreckers who go after married people almost exclusively.”
“Hate this too. Had someone text me asking for someone else and when I said wrong number she kept texting me if I wanna hook up even after I mentioned I was married. Had to block her because she kept texting and calling insisting my wife would never know. If we hooked up since she was from out of town. Supposedly the guy who gave her the number was from tinder.”
As a mentally ill person, this is disgusting.
“There's a current trend on TikTok where people are pretending to have mental health issues and various cognitive disabilities for internet clout.
Once such trend is to fake Dissociative Identity Disorder, and create a number of quirky alters with tropey backstories straight out of the worst young adult novels.
It's honestly disgusting that people are doing this and profiteering from it. Mental health has been romanticised far too much, and this takes it to a new level in which people actually feign it as some kind of sick role play fetish. It's f*cked up.”
They need to stop making these shows.
“Those addiction shows where they show drug addicted people injecting themselves with a needle. I always get the shivers even thinking about it. Even now.”
“Why aren't they helping them instead?”
If you’re the type of person who engages in these things, maybe consider stopping? Just a suggestion.
Too many kids.
Animated GIFGiphy“People that randomly father kids with no means of support or care about the child itself."
“And the most ignorant part is the fathers that get angry at the fact that they have so many kids. Like it's the kids fault that they are born and like it's the women's fault that they just keep getting pregnant as if he has no part in it. You think by the 5th kid he'd get the picture that sex = kid you have to spend money on."
Watch out for your surroundings.
“People with no common courtesy. Like people who walk extremely slow in large groups or can't take 2 seconds to hold the door open behind them. Makes me mad.”
“People at the grocery store who feel the need to check every line item of their 25-mile-long receipt whilst standing in the middle of the exit door so nobody else can get out.”
There IS no point to it.
“Racism, I honestly do not understand the point of it. What does anyone get out of it other than sadness and hatred for each other. I pity those who are set on the idea that they are better than one another in every way just because the other are of different colo(u)r.”
Humans can be pretty gross. The world can be pretty gross. But it’s up to us as individuals to take the steps needed to change and grow.
Let’s make the world a better place. Also, stop faking mental illnesses. That’s just weird.
"Which film that’s universally praised do you find utterly repulsive?"
Any Downers
"My best friend really enjoys movies that make you anxious and uncomfortable like 'Uncut Gems' and 'Good Time', but I firmly do not like those kinds of movies."
"I know it's the point, but i find no joy in the level of discomfort I feel while watching them."
"Some other honorable mentions:"
"Spring Breakers."
"High Life."
"Climax."- nuut_meg
Not Exactly Authentic
"'The Greatest Showman'."
"Mostly on the grounds that the real P T Barnum was a f*cking monster."- LostMercenary99
"'Pocahontas'."
"The real John Smith was a f*cking sick bastard and the true events most definitely weren't a love story at all."- CagedKage
pocahontas GIFGiphyWho The "Devil" Was Is Debatable...
"'The Devil Wears Prada'."
"I just wanted everyone in that movie to die in a fire."- PothierM
Tearjerker, Or Sleeping Pill?
"'The Notebook'."
"I don't know if it's universally praised but I f*cking hate it."- sara_c907
One Of The All Time Creepiest Shower Scenes...
"F*cking 'Elf'."
"Every damn Christmas."
"To be fair I can’t really stand Will Ferrel in general."- cook-isation
will farrel ross geller GIFGiphyThe Title Could Refer To The People Leaving The Theater...
"'Fast and Furious', just a terribly written extremely corny show."- tds542
Fern Gully Did It Better...
"'Avatar'."
"All day long."
'Those blue miserable tw*ts."- akbarkhan666
There Was Bound To Be One...
"I don't know about utterly repulsive, but I have a hard time seeing why everyone loves 'Citizen Kane'."
"And I understand that there was movie making before 'Citizen Kane' and movie making after 'Citizen Kane' such that it informed movie makers going forward as to how it's done, let's say, but after a certain point we, the audience, don't see that anymore, and it's just another movie."
"And then I hear people say well it highlights social hierarchy under capitalism and such, but a lot of movies do that."
"And then there's the twist at the end which is not much of a twist which is the point, I suppose, but the whole thing seemed like a letdown when I finally watched it."
'As a result while a lot of people say it's their number one movie ever or at least in their top 10, it's on my top 10 list of movies not to watch again."- emjaysea
citizen kane applause GIFGiphyWhy Not Just Do A Documentary?
"Most Biopics."
"I think it's atrocious how they create hyperreality by over romanticizing the life of a famous person."
"Out of all the awful biopics however, i despise 'Bohemian Rhapsody' the most."
"The scene where the band supposedly invents 'We Will Rock You' on the spot makes my skin crawl."
"How did that movie end up winning so many awards, despite all the plot inaccuracy's and the poor editing."
"It is really beyond me."- Biemolt
Maybe Too Realistic?
'Not utterly repulsive, but I'm in the minority for thinking that 'Nomadland''s Best Picture win was a joke."
"It was barely a movie and relied too much on performance exploitation of actual people for its thin-as-f*ck narrative."
"Honestly, it might be my least favorite BP winner of recent times, yes I'd say that even 'Crash', 'The Artist' and 'Green Book' were better."- SamwisethePoopyButt
Not To Mention That Fake Baby...
"'American Sniper'."
"Shameless piece of 'Merican' propaganda, and I couldn't help but laugh at Bradley Cooper's portrayal in the first half hour."- mos_meth
Bradley Cooper Baby GIFGiphyTruman Capote Would Agree...
"Breakfast at Tiffany's."- LucyVialli
He Did Not Have Them At Hello...
"'Jerry Maguire'."
"It was just TOO. DAMN. LONG."
"The 'Show me the money' bit was funny, but it happened early on in the film, and the rest dragged on forever."- Brilliant_Tourist400
We All Know "Moonlight" Was Better...
"'La La Land'."
"The music was utterly forgettable and the plot felt like it was written by a bunch of Hollywood executives jerking each other off."- Aviator506
Emma Stone Love GIF by La La LandGiphyNeedless to say, everyone's taste is different, and everyone is entitled to their opinion.
Meaning there's bound to be an argument at the next "movie night" you have with friends over whether to watch Citizen Kane or Spice World.
And you should feel no shame in expressing which movie you want to watch.
Or rather, "what you really, REALLY, want" to watch...
"What is the biggest design flaw of the human body?"
Would Make A Lot Of People Less Cautious
"Unable to regenerate body parts."
"You lose an arm or a leg, you can't grow a new one."
"We can grow hair and nails forever, but not body parts."- drygnfyre
And Maybe The Whole Childbirth Process While We're At It...
"The size of the average baby head vs the size of the average vagina."- Ruggiard
"The Obstetric Dilemma."
"Basically, the human body isn't built for easy birth."- strykazoid
Season 3 Baby GIF by The SimpsonsGiphyIt Isn't Terribly Practical If You Think About It...
"IMO the whole 'we put food into the only air hole we have and can choke and die if we aren’t careful' thing is a pretty big miss."- el_rico_pavo_real
"Throat has a built in flaw - we breath n swallow food through the same area."- coolguy1793B
A More Direct Route Would Be Helpful
"I like the example of the recurrent laryngeal nerve."
"It runs from the brain to the larynx."
"However, to get there it goes from the brain, down the neck, into the chest, around the aorta and then back up the chest, up the neck and then connects to the larynx."
"That's a massive detour."
"It also means a blow to the chest can damage your ability to talk."- The_Thunder_Child
GiphyNever Underestimate The Damage Teeth Can Do
"The fact that I sometimes accidentally eat the inside of my mouth."- -Grey_Area-·
He Does Have A Point
"'Nostalgia is the greatest human weakness. Second only to the neck'... -Dwight Schrute
In Plain Sight...
"In our eyes, the blood vessels supplying our photoreceptors are in front of them and therefore in the way of the incoming light."
"Probably not the biggest and there are some good justifications for it being set up this way."
"But it still must be such a pain for the brain constantly having to edit these out when forming our visual experience."- oliwoggle
Loop Eyes GIF by Doze StudioGiphyMaybe Just Every Illness And Ailment?
"A stroke."
"My aunt had one when she was 31 and the healthiest person in the world."
"Ran an aerobics class at the Y, just perfect perfect health."
"Went to Pizza Hut with her the night before, next day, massive stroke, almost died, critical surgery, twenty years later she still has trouble speaking."
"It sucks."
"There is no reason that should’ve happened."
"Perfectly healthy person damaged for the rest of her life."
"She’s still amazing and lovely and my favorite person but damn is that annoying."- Jibber_Fight
"You can kinda just die at any moment from a brain aneurysm, even if you're perfectly healthy."- mcsteve87
All Our Bones Could Be Stronger...
"For upright walking creatures, why is our head so (relatively) delicate?"
"Trip a single time and you're blinded, have brain damage, bit off your tongue, or lost teeth."- kmn493
Episode 15 Pain GIF by The SimpsonsGiphyThey Arguably Also Weren't Built For Stairs...
"Our knees for sure."
"They just weren't built to last past 40 years."- TopShelfCrazy
A Couple More On/Off Switches Would Be Helpful As Well...
"That we cannot delete or sort unwanted/not needed info and memories from our brains."- PickAName616
As the saying goes, "nobody's perfect."
Or rather, "no BODY is perfect."
Otherwise, we'd all stop complaining about aching limbs or worrying about choking or other injuries.
