Things That Creep You Out

[Mario Justiniani]

1 Trivial precognitive dreams.

2 Grossly overweight vegans.

[fenton_t_fox]

Bugs. All of them. There is not a single bug I like and would ever want touching me. The worst are SPIDERS!!, maggots, cockroaches, worms, bees, wasps and centipedes.

When you're swimming at the beach and seaweed touches you. Creeps me the HELL out. I start thrashing around like crazy to get away. I'm getting shivers just thinking about it.

Walking at night alone, in some lonely, dark place.

When old, homeless-looking people stop me to talk or ask for money, or when they talk to me at the bus stop.

Men older than my father who are clearly checking me out. I had one such fun incident where an old man talked to me an entire bus trip, and then when I got off and politely said goodbye he said "I could be your second boyfriend!" I controlled my horror and politely laughed and made a swift exit.

Crows, currawongs and other 'evil' looking birds. They give me the shivers. Always think they're about to attack me and peck my eyes out.

Sitting in front of really dirty/smelly/sick people on the bus. I have this belief that the germs are getting all over me, and I literally have to control myself from shuddering in disgust.

When I am at a party or out and some guy I don't know who I have been talking to asks me to go somewhere away from everyone else. NO WAY!!

Unexplained noises in the night.

Lights in my room at night that are note either my alarm clock or the light from my laptop. I always remember to turn off anything else that may cause there to be a light in the room.

The paranoia that someone is in the house that I don't know about. At home, I keep a metal pole under my bed. I'm just that paranoid.

Walking through a cloud of fruit-flies and thinking I swallowed one. Alternatively, thinking a small bug has fallen in my drink and I've swallowed it because there feels like there's a lump in my throat.

I'm pretty sure I have a lot more, but that's all I can think of for now.

Do you partake of the crack pipe by any chance ? lol i'm only joking but that's a s**t load of paranoia going down there.

[Mario Justiniani]

And I skipped the most important one:

3. My own character flaws.

( Especially the ones that remind me I'm often far closer to Basil Fawlty than James Bond )

[fenton_t_fox]

[QUOTE=bbobkc;1230283]Standing on top of a tall building and looking over the edge downward. Gets me in the pit of my stomach. Creeps me out just thinking about .
Bet you can't resist looking over the edge though ,i know i can't and it scares the shite out of me everytime.
I've just thought of another one the part in ' Silence of the Lambs ' when the serial killer is it Buffalo Bill is tweaking his nipple in the mirror saying something along the lines of " would you f**k me ,i'd f**k me" revolting ,it never used to stop me doing an impression of him when i still had a pierced nipple just for the buzz of seeing the look of horror on my girlfriend's face . If you're not in the mood guys and she is try it for an instant passion killer .

[fenton_t_fox]

And I skipped the most important one:

3. My own character flaws.

( Especially the ones that remind me I'm often far closer to Basil Fawlty than James Bond )

Too true do you find yourself raging at inanimate objects and your tolerance of fools are both increasing and decreasing respectively as you mature?

[Tavorna]

Do you partake of the crack pipe by any chance ? lol i'm only joking but that's a s**t load of paranoia going down there.

Haha, not that I'd admit it if I did, but actually no, never. I am just a bit of a crazy, paranoid person.

I dunno if this counts as something that creeps me out... but I always lift up the toilet seat to check for hiding spiders or snakes before I sit down. One of my greatest fears is being bitten on the bum while I'm on the toilet.

[fenton_t_fox]

Haha, not that I'd admit it if I did, but actually no, never. I am just a bit of a crazy, paranoid person.

I dunno if this counts as something that creeps me out... but I always lift up the toilet seat to check for hiding spiders or snakes before I sit down. One of my greatest fears is being bitten on the bum while I'm on the toilet.

Seeing as you live in Sydney that's not an entirely unreasonable fear ,funnel web spiders ,the hair on my arms just raises thinking about them.
A couple i know have recently emigrated to Perth and he was saying that Carpet Fitters can earn fortunes out there which i mentioned to a mate of mine, of which carpet fitting is one of his 3 types of job ,to which he replied yes and no wonder with all the red backs and roaches the size of ash trays that live in Australia thanks but no thanks.

[an_oud_girl]

I dunno if this counts as something that creeps me out... but I always lift up the toilet seat to check for hiding spiders or snakes before I sit down. One of my greatest fears is being bitten on the bum while I'm on the toilet.

Of course it is! You have just about the creepiest insect in the WORLD living right next door. I'd look over my shoulder just walking down the street if I lived within 1000 miles of THE WETA:

[tang]

Of course it is! You have just about the creepiest insect in the WORLD living right next door. I'd look over my shoulder just walking down the street if I lived within 1000 miles of THE WETA:

Pardon my language, but... HOLY SH*T. I'll have the heebie-jeebies for the rest of the day, thankyouverymuch!

[thaifighter]

damn, that thing looks like it could carry off an infant!!!

[Otto]

OMG....Looks like a grasshopper on steroids.

Best,

Otto

[pellen]

To me it actually looks like something we might toss into a pot of boiling water then eat with clarified butter... Which probably creeps a few people out.

Things that creep me out:

Thinking about the Universe. Specifically it's limits. As in, there are none. Infinity. Creepy.

Thinking about the cells in my body. It's like when I think about them I can "feel" them doin' their thing. Uck!

Both of these things I deal with much better now, but as a kid I'd actually have to leave the room when we talked about it in class.

[tvlampboy]

[QUOTE=fenton_t_fox;1231333]

I've just thought of another one the part in ' Silence of the Lambs ' when the serial killer is it Buffalo Bill is tweaking his nipple in the mirror saying something along the lines of " would you f**k me ,i'd f**k me" revolting ,it never used to stop me doing an impression of him when i still had a pierced nipple just for the buzz of seeing the look of horror on my girlfriend's face . If you're not in the mood guys and she is try it for an instant passion killer .

Buffalo B ill creeps me out in general -- ewwwwww.
("It will put the lotion in the basket . . .")

[bbobkc]

Just for the record, I didn't post this. But yeah, BB is pretty creepy.


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Originally Posted by bbobkc View Post
I've just thought of another one the part in ' Silence of the Lambs ' when the serial killer is it Buffalo Bill is tweaking his nipple in the mirror saying something along the lines of " would you f**k me ,i'd f**k me" revolting ,it never used to stop me doing an impression of him when i still had a pierced nipple just for the buzz of seeing the look of horror on my girlfriend's face . If you're not in the mood guys and she is try it for an instant passion killer .

[tvlampboy]

Oops -- my bad. You're right -- it was fenton_t_fox who brought up the subject of BB from The Silence of the Lambs.

By the way, here's another thing that creeps me out: Jell-O salads. (I won't say I've never eaten and even enjoyed Watergate Salad, no, but -- IMHO -- there's something more than a little disconcerting about mixing vegetables and dairy products with fruit flavored gelatins.)

[bossanova_boy]

there's something more than a little disconcerting about mixing vegetables and dairy products with fruit flavored gelatins.)

I SO agree. Jell-o salads with cottage cheese, grated cheese, sour cream, grated carrots, etc., etc. = BLAH!!!!!!!!!!

Creeps me out: Men who berate their (usually young, tiny) children in public. No, this is not a simple pet peeve. Men who seem to take pride in flexing their "machismo" by screaming and threatening small children into behavioural submission literally gives me the heebie jeebies.

[tvlampboy]

Creeps me out: Men who berate their (usually young, tiny) children in public. No, this is not a simple pet peeve. Men who seem to take pride in flexing their "machismo" by screaming and threatening small children into behavioural submission literally gives me the heebie jeebies.

Yes, and women who do the same, too. There's a vast difference between firm discipline and sheer bullying.

[jeffrey]

listening to and watching other people brush their teeth - especially at the office and on television.

[Brielle87]

Septic Tanks, that is one I realized creeps me out horribly. We had septic problems today at the complex I live in, my apartment was the first affected, and that made me think, and then thinking made my skin crawl. I just keep thinking; big huge vat that collects waste, and it all sits there immediately below the residence. EEEEKKKKK!!!!

[Agent Zero]

Spiders (especially the big ones)
Restrooms in schools (colleges are usually ok, but honestly people, how old do you need to be to learn how to flush the damn john?)
Michael Moore
Guidos
Vomit (though the more parties i attend, the more desensitized i get)

[silverbullet]

1.) Women with moustaches.

2.) Setting up an online date with a woman who's profile photo looks like Michelle Pfeiffer, ends up looking like Janet Reno..

[tvlampboy]

1.) Women with moustaches.

2.) Setting up an online date with a woman who's profile photo looks like Michelle Pfeiffer, ends up looking like Janet Reno..

LOLOLOL -- glad to hear that things are pretty much the same in the straight world as in the gay, Jack.
One of my friends here went to meet a "good looking, in shape, forty-something DILF" and ended up instead meeting a great- (or possibly great-great-) grandfather who (per my friend) "had one hand on his walker, one hand on his colostomy bag and one foot in his grave." (Yikes!)

By the way, a joke from years back:
Q:What does walking across the Grand Canyon on a tightrope have in common with getting a bl-wjob from Janet Reno?
A: Whatever you do, you mustn't look down.

[tvlampboy]

Setting up an online date with a woman who's profile photo looks like Michelle Pfeiffer, ends up looking like Janet Reno..

LOLOLOL -- glad to hear that things are the same in the straight world as in the gay, Jack!
One of my friends went to meet a "good looking, in shape, forty-something DILF" he had met online and ended up meeting instead a geriatric great-grandfather who (per my friend) "had one hand on his walker and one foot already in his grave." (Yikes!)

By the way, a really funny joke from a few years back:
Q:What does walking across the Grand Canyon on a tightrope
have in common with getting a blowj-b from Janet Reno?

A: Whatever you do, you should never look down.

[silverbullet]

LOLOLOL -- glad to hear that things are pretty much the same in the straight world as in the gay, Jack.
One of my friends here went to meet a "good looking, in shape, forty-something DILF" and ended up instead meeting a great- (or possibly great-great-) grandfather who (per my friend) "had one hand on his walker, one hand on his colostomy bag and one foot in his grave." (Yikes!)

By the way, a joke from years back:
Q:What does walking across the Grand Canyon on a tightrope have in common with getting a bl-wjob from Janet Reno?
A: Whatever you do, you mustn't look down.

Eeeeew, how right you are my friend, if she/he doesn't look like Janet Reno then it's Burgess Meredith

[whosyourcaddy05]

You know, I was totally going to post in this thread but virtually all of my creeps have already been mentioned! It definitely did feel weird scrolling down and reading everything. Creepy...


I would like to add- Praise music and mega-mega churches, even more creepy when the "pastor" just wants you to buy his books... I find it shocking that I might be the only 21 year old left in the world that would much rather just sing some hymns.

[tvlampboy]

I would like to add- Praise music and mega-mega churches, even more creepy when the "pastor" just wants you to buy his books... I find it shocking that I might be the only 21 year old left in the world that would much rather just sing some hymns.

I concur wholeheartedly -- and I'm a secularist who used to be a Catholic seminarian!

There's little, says this atheist, that is greater than a rollicking old Protestant hymn, and surely nothing worse/cheesier than modern "praise" music, be it evangelical or Catholic (e.g., Glory & Praise). How the hell we in the West have managed to go from Isaac Watts and Georg Friedrich Handel and Charles Wesley (and even Fanny Crosby) all the way down to crap such as "Lord I Lift Your Name on High" and the like is more than I can even imagine. (Talk about downward mobility!)

Megachurches, by the same token, epitomize all that which is banal, ill conceived, ugly, cheap, mass produced, bland and greedy in American pop culture.

[beachroses]

That picture of Thierry Mugler

Hahaha, that took me about a week to shake off, but I still think it was funny in a creepy sort of way.

[tvlampboy]

Hahaha, that took me about a week to shake off, but I still think it was funny in a creepy sort of way.

Yeah -- and proof positive of what happens when (with steroids or not) someone (male or female) gets over-built. There's a wide gulf between "nicely defined" and "grossly over-muscled."

[beachroses]

Boob jobs are pretty creepy, too.

[tvlampboy]

Boob jobs are pretty creepy, too.

Depends upon the boob job, IMHO. My baby sister had less than an "A" cup and went to a "B" cup with her augmentation. It (the augmentation) looks natural; furthermore, my sister's pain was minimal and her recovery time short. The scarring is almost non-existent, and the augmentation itself has boosted her self-confidence for DAYS. Same with good quality reconstructive work on post-mastectomy patients -- in short, augmentations in and of themselves need not be poor quality and/or creepy.

But I know what you mean -- the hyperbolic titty stunts of the Pamela Andersons of the world and the botched boob jobs one so often sees in Middle America are both horrifically creepy.

[MadScientist]

John McCain's fake smile and overall inappropriate happy expression which sometimes materializes instantly after talking about something very serious or grave. He ends his speaking with this expression so it becomes part of the topic; there's no pause allowing that topic to pass before letting his expression return to a more pleasant one (albeit still insincere IMO).

I'm thoroughly creeped.

[beachroses]

The fisher cat that was in our yard last night screaming. C-R-E-E-P-Y!!!

[petruccijc]

John McCain's fake smile and overall inappropriate happy expression which sometimes materializes instantly after talking about something very serious or grave. He ends his speaking with this expression so it becomes part of the topic; there's no pause allowing that topic to pass before letting his expression return to a more pleasant one (albeit still insincere IMO).

I'm thoroughly creeped.

Everything about John McCain creeps me out.........

[tvlampboy]

Everything about John McCain creeps me out.........

His wife in particular -- middle-aged Barbie with a REALLY creepy smile. She creeps me out even more than Hillary Clinton (insincerity personified, raw ambition thinly veiled) AND Laura Bush (the Stepford wife who stands by her simian no matter what).

[beachroses]

McCain was held captive for years as a POW and tortured, if he has a few tics in the muscles in his face, well, it doesn't surprise or creep me out. I think he's done pretty well, considering.

[whosyourcaddy05]

I concur wholeheartedly -- and I'm a secularist who used to be a Catholic seminarian!

There's little, says this atheist, that is greater than a rollicking old Protestant hymn, and surely nothing worse/cheesier than modern "praise" music, be it evangelical or Catholic (e.g., Glory & Praise). How the hell we in the West have managed to go from Isaac Watts and Georg Friedrich Handel and Charles Wesley (and even Fanny Crosby) all the way down to crap such as "Lord I Lift Your Name on High" and the like is more than I can even imagine. (Talk about downward mobility!)

Megachurches, by the same token, epitomize all that which is banal, ill conceived, ugly, cheap, mass produced, bland and greedy in American pop culture.

Damn, your post made my day. What has happened to society if cheesy guitar licks and weak drum fills are what it takes for someone to be affected by music? Going to an evensong service with one of the top cathedral choirs in England is an experience that everyone in the world should experience at least once. How can praise music replace the beauty of that? It can't. It is watered down, simple, weak, and insulting to the beautiful church music of old.

Oh, how I would love to attend a Russian vespers service at an orthodox church! Praise music is dwarfed in comparison to the Rachmaninoff Vespers or the Grechaninov Passion Week. Now that is seriously some of the most beautiful music ever written, and it goes straight to your soul. PM me if you are unfamiliar with either of these works and would like to be introduced to them, my friend!

Cheers,
Joseph

[castorpollux]

(photo from flickr)

I see and try to undestand that she loves cats but it kinda creeps me out. But i guess if she's happy then i'm happy.....right?

[ltaraleigh]

I know this is old but I thought I would jump in!

1 Pedophiles...sooo creepy. What's even creepier is that we all probably know one and don't realize it!!
2 Religious fanatics of any type
3 Tank tops...especially on men
4 Someone mentioned aircraft turbulence...totally.
5 Hair. Yours or mine. In the shower or matted in a brush. Yuck.
6 I hope I don't offend anyone but it creeps me out when straight men go to tanning salons.I don't know why it doesn't bother me if a gay man tans?
7 Older men hitting on younger women
8 Mucous and saliva and vommit
9 Dishonest people with their own agenda scare me
10 Cheating spouses are creepy
11 Bad plastic surgery...with that said, one of my favorite hobbies is trying to detect PS on women and I'm pretty darned good at it!
12 Pageantry of any kind
13 Dog poop on shoes
14 Cults!!!!!

and finally.....the wost of all

15 what the media and society has done to make women feel inadequate about their bodies, appearance, etc. The "ideal" and unrealistic images in magazines that are an ingredient for eating disorders in young girls.

I'm done

[Lian]

creepy: centipdes, clowns and anything close to my eye ( remember the x files episodes, the island thing anything nearing an eye and you cant do anything about scares me like no tomorrow)
wubbly lovely: snakes, spiders, reptiles, amphebians, rats
less a fan of: scorpions, some icky looking small bugs ( dont recall the name, but Im pretty sure my wubbly lovely animal section will eat it anyway)

And sometimes people can be very creepy too. And the worst thing is they don't realise they are creepy and wont pick up on any signals so you have to tell them they are creeping you out.

[TheAttorney]

[ltaraleigh]

Ewwww, above post pictures ARE really creepy! Who are they? They remind me of KKK...who are probably the creepiest.

[irish]

socalwoman's current avatar is creepy in soo many levels

[TheAttorney]

The bottom clown pic reminds me of John Wayne Gacy. I read a biography on him and he was one sick dude. I actually read a lot of autobiographies on serial-killers; I have always been interested in the psychology of it. I guess my fascination is creepy.

[ltaraleigh]

Just for the record, I didn't post this. But yeah, BB is pretty creepy.


Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobkc View Post
I've just thought of another one the part in ' Silence of the Lambs ' when the serial killer is it Buffalo Bill is tweaking his nipple in the mirror saying something along the lines of " would you f**k me ,i'd f**k me" revolting ,it never used to stop me doing an impression of him when i still had a pierced nipple just for the buzz of seeing the look of horror on my girlfriend's face . If you're not in the mood guys and she is try it for an instant passion killer .

I just cracked up reading this.

So true, I.can. not. watch. that.
movie.too.creepy!

[an_oud_girl]

All the hand and body part art that's been gorging store shelves lately.

[chicagohills]

egg sacs

mouth breathers - especially when you can smell their decay coming out of their mouth.

parasites - lice/tapeworms

hotel remote controls and carpets. and headboards.

cockroaches

eels

[TheAttorney]

Makes me want a "blooming onion" from Outback. Yummy. LOL.

All the hand and body part art that's been gorging store shelves lately.

[Gblue]

cockroaches. old guys hitting on young guys.
and most of all, plain white masks, like you can get from craft shops. they both scare me and creep me out. you turn them around and they still look they are coming out at your face. it gives me the shivers.

[anak]

Piercings (aside from ear or navel)

Fanny packs

Man purses

Scooters

Moles (not the cute fat blind animals, but the gross mounds of dark potential cancer on human skin)

small dogs with clothes (I have such an urge to steal their sweater and kick them)

Fat (not obese, as in not suffering from a medical condition) people who are always eating. Seriously, STOP and you wont be disgusting.

Women with too much make up

Men with too much make up

People who text message constantly. If there is ANYTHING that will persuade me to ever date someone over the age of 25, its the text insanity of he younger crowd. And I realize this is "creep" you out not "annoy" you but it CREEPS me out that people walk around with their face buried in their blackberries to text something as stupid as "ROTFL So G8, BB."

Unfit people who wear tight clothing. Sorry I'm a bit superficial. If I see a fold of blubber roll out of your shirt I just may puke on it before I ask your name.

Clingy people. Girls or guys who feel the need to LATCH on to their mates or friends who always touch you. I'm a man not a teddy bear and you're a human not a leetch. I DID feed you this morning, right?

Old people with tattoos. I don't care how BADASS that skull with the viper looked at one point. Right now it looks like an accordion with teeth.

Old people with inappropriate shirts. I saw an old man (80+) the other day with a shirt that said "I LIKE IT HARD, LETS PLAY BALL" Seriously, ARE YOU BLIND or abusing that Viagra prescription?

MILFS! I never got the fascination with this. If something as big as my head came out of something NO WAY IN HELL am I going to compete with that.

- Al

[Pour_Monsieur]

Not very PC but dwarves freak me out big time

I hate it when people who are walking behind you are walking too close behind you , if that makes sense ? I will usually bend down and pretend to do up my shoe lace just so that they can pass by

I probably freak people out .... I think that Im one of those people that people just dont get ......

[MadScientist]

MILFS! I never got the fascination with this. If something as big as my head came out of something NO WAY IN HELL am I going to compete with that.

- Al

In their defense though (and I've not had first hand experience of this yet - that I know of), there are "rejuvenation" procedures for restoring the undercarriage after heavy use or dropping a babybomb. Do a search for "vaginal rejuvenation" on the internet and prepare to be shocked.

Too much? Should I have PMed?

[rtamara41]

Cockroaches

oh yeah, baby, me too!
I was waiting to see if anyone would mention this.
on the other hand, I have come to appreciate spiders.

tunnels

blue tooth thingies that make people look like they are walking around talking to themselves

[Galamb_Borong]

Death, particularly my own.

Ignorance and apathy, others in particular, as I can at least try to do something about my own.

People who believe in genocide of any one group of people. This sounds like a pretty uncommon thing, but I've heard "I think we should just kill all the [insert group]" far too often for my liking.

A lot of viewpoints that I won't go into for the sake of keeping our forum politics and religion free.

That, on the other hand, is adorable!

[hyperwarp]

Tattoo's
Piercings
Grilles
Whisker's due to estrogen shortfall
Sandals without socks (men only)
Tight pants on men
Any Jewelry (other than watch & "one" ring) on a man
Captain Combover
Panhandlers
Druggies
Pop Anything....Music/Culture

In any of above creepy cases, exit stage right, nothing there, a suppurating pustule may
splat you if you tarry too long.

[veuve amiot]

Gee, hyperwarp, I'm surprised you manage it down the street without suffering severe panic attacks with that list.

[quote=Galamb_Borong;1397805]
A lot of viewpoints that I won't go into for the sake of keeping our forum politics and religion free. [ /quote]

Cheers to that BUT YE GODS WHAT WAS THAT INSECT THING? I should *not* have opened this thread. I'll have nightmares.

Now that I'm here, though:
Cockroaches, especially the flying kind
Nails on blackboards
Sharp knives in my vicinity handled by anyone but myself
Asymmetry - yes, OCD.
Synthethic fibers
Willful ignorance, especially when applied to populists and their followers
Undue use of apostrophes in plural forms and other grammatical horrors
The usual list of psychopaths, stalkers, murderers, rapists and active pedophiles

[Leesee]

Saliva strings
The white junk that gathers in the corners of the mouth when one is dehydrated
Any bug; all bugs
And grease pools in dishwater -- I am also OCD, I think

[rtamara41]

1 Trivial precognitive dreams.

2 Grossly overweight vegans.

MJ, I must ask why trivial precognitive dreams creep you out...I have had them all my life,,, and now you are scaring me!
I bet Dmitri has them too!
And I can tell when my children are in need of me, even if we are miles apart.

[rtamara41]

am I the only one who is creeped out by tunnels?
I can't keep from visualizing them imploding as I travel through - it's quite distressing.
Give me a bridge over a tunnel any day.

[leor_77]

Cockroaches
Rats
Okra

[leor_77]

Those are some really cool pictures. I wonder where they're from or who they are.