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Skanky behaviour.

111 replies

whatisforteamum · 18/04/2025 22:05

I could overhear comments about my tea drinking.
I will drink cold herbal tea rather than throw it away.
Apparently it's skanky.Got me thinking what's low standards.?
For me it is
Wearing dirty clothes or shoes.
Poor hygiene especially dirty hands nails or teeth.
What are yours that give you the ick.

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Iwantmyoldnameback · 19/04/2025 12:04

DenholmElliot11 · 19/04/2025 12:00

dirty house does it for me

How dirty? - asking for a friend.

DenholmElliot11 · 19/04/2025 12:00

dirty house does it for me

AMurderofMurderingCrows · 19/04/2025 11:59

BlondiePortz · 19/04/2025 11:57

So can we ask what thread you were expecting when you opened a thread with the title as it is?

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Of course you can ask ☺️

caramac04 · 19/04/2025 11:57

What’s wrong with cold herbal tea?
I drink forgotten coffee which has milk in it. It’s not days old and manky and it hasn’t killed me.

BlondiePortz · 19/04/2025 11:57

AMurderofMurderingCrows · 19/04/2025 11:55

There's only one thing worse than a judgemental person, and that's a bunch of them 🙄

I believe the term for the judgemental collective is 'a skank'.

So can we ask what thread you were expecting when you opened a thread with the title as it is?

AMurderofMurderingCrows · 19/04/2025 11:55

There's only one thing worse than a judgemental person, and that's a bunch of them 🙄

I believe the term for the judgemental collective is 'a skank'.

Loloj · 19/04/2025 11:47

Letting your dog shit on the path and walking off without cleaning it up.

Poor hygiene - not regularly having a shower or cleaning teeth.

Taking and eating at the same time- showing everyone else the contents of your mouth.

People who swear and use foul language continuously- especially around young children.

leaving bedding on for months at a time and not changing it (a week or 2 is fine - changing every 3 days is excessive and wasteful unless you sleep naked and sweat profusely at night).

Downunderduchess · 19/04/2025 11:09

TheOccupier · 18/04/2025 22:46

Spitting.
Coughing or yawning without covering your mouth.
Eating Mcdonald's.
Energy drinks.
Not changing bedsheets regularly.

Coffee is an energy drink though, I certainly think it is.

BlondiePortz · 19/04/2025 11:08

Scream swaring at children not to swear and screeching what you will do to them when they get home while slapping their head, classy it aint

80smonster · 19/04/2025 11:08

IKEA furniture
Dulux/other cheapo paint
Chavvy flower selection packs
Granulated coffee
High street wallpaper
Having children you can’t afford
Universal Credit

Love the word skanky.

Maitri108 · 19/04/2025 11:06

Those who have no consideration for others.

Whoarethoseguys · 19/04/2025 11:00

People who say skanky and judge other people

B1anche · 19/04/2025 10:59

I get the feeling I'm definitely skanky by MN standards...🙄

Greycatclub · 19/04/2025 10:36

I don’t think I’ve heard the word skanky in the last decade 😂

whitewineandsun · 19/04/2025 10:33

Ginmonkeyagain · 19/04/2025 10:23

The people who left bin bag full of old food and other rubbish ourside our flats so it got torn apart by the foxes over night ... then left the mess. That's skanky.

Yes, yuck.

I wish I had the time and energy to change bedding every three days let alone every week!

Ginmonkeyagain · 19/04/2025 10:23

The people who left bin bag full of old food and other rubbish ourside our flats so it got torn apart by the foxes over night ... then left the mess. That's skanky.

cherrypiesx · 19/04/2025 10:11

Loads of things messy cluttered home not washing in the morning or at night slurping drinks sleeping in the same bedding for weeks a time i have to have clean bedding every 3 days.
Spitting littering moveing men in within months.
Shoes on in doors.
The list goes on.

Bigearringsbigsmile · 19/04/2025 10:01

Going to the supermarket in your pyjamas and dressing gown
Wearing skin coloured unitards in public
Sitting smoking outside the front of your house
Not keeping your body clean
Moving your new boyfriend into your home with your children straight away

iseethembloom · 19/04/2025 09:55

Spitting and littering are gross and so is constant loud swearing.

BeansCounter · 19/04/2025 08:57

TheCountofMountingCrispBags · 19/04/2025 08:26

Do you never make value judgements about anyone or anything? If you don't you are either Mother Theresa or a bot.
Human nature is what it is. No-one is perfect. Very few have poor personal hygiene, or need to pierce a child's ears for poor MH reasons.

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Yeah, but there's a difference between making snap value judgements, we all do it, and then wanting to discuss how superior we all are about it.

This is the problem. People think that their opinion is the most important, their way of life is the right way, and make judgement.

Unless it's endangering you, make your judgement (ps. they don't care) and move on. Let's not make threads that pull other people down. We're not all going to agree anyway 🤷🏼‍♀️

Left · 19/04/2025 08:56

Who is calling you skanky, that’s so rude ☹️

KimberleyClark · 19/04/2025 08:55

I like cold tea too. I make it with skimmed milk, that way you don’t get congealed fat.

To me skanky behaviour is coming down to hotel breakfast in your PJs and dressing gown.

Catlord · 19/04/2025 08:53

That's not skanky, I love cold tea. It's a cheery surprise when I've forgotten a cuppa.

Skanky behaviour is spitting in the street. Cat calling, throwing litter. Sneakily vaping indoors making the place reek of artificial ice lolly scents.

Summertimeblahness · 19/04/2025 08:47

@iseethembloom I love Grayson.

Summertimeblahness · 19/04/2025 08:46

Spitting
Farting in public

Who did you overhear saying that?

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