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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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iseethembloom · 19/04/2025 08:44

When people taste food as the food is cooking (to check the flavour or temperature) and then put the wooden spoon (or whatever it is) back into the food…

… and others start wailing, ‘ugh, that’s so unhygienic’… I find this sort of virtue signalling extremely ‘skanky’.

Grayson Perry pointed out that some aristocratic behaviour… having ‘naff’ ornaments (porcelain boot / shire horse) not changing bedding as often as you might, or wearing clothes that might have a bit of food on, is closer to the ‘working class’ (whatever that means these days) than the middle classes. I think he was spot on with this.

DriveMeCrazy1974 · 19/04/2025 08:34

TheOccupier · 18/04/2025 22:46

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

Wow - you seriously class eating a McDonald's or drinking an energy drink as skanky behaviour compared with the other things on your list? What on earth is skanky about eating or drinking?!

TheCountofMountingCrispBags · 19/04/2025 08:26

BallerinaRadio · 19/04/2025 08:17

People that start threads with the sole intention of just belittling and knocking other people and being unnecessarily unkind 🙄

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.

BallerinaRadio · 19/04/2025 08:17

People that start threads with the sole intention of just belittling and knocking other people and being unnecessarily unkind 🙄

Goldengirl123 · 19/04/2025 08:16

People say ick

Original poster
whatisforteamum · 18/04/2025 22:47

The occupier yes I agree.

OP posts:
TheOccupier · 18/04/2025 22:46

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

Original poster
whatisforteamum · 18/04/2025 22:40

Good god that is grim.🤮

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FleaBeeBob · 18/04/2025 22:36

Blowing snot out one side of your nose is skanky

Original poster
whatisforteamum · 18/04/2025 22:30

I don't think it is either.🤔

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Moopsie · 18/04/2025 22:07

Cold tea isn’t it.

Poor personal hygiene or having a dirty house. Behaving with a lack of self respect and being vulgar. Those are the only things I’d consider truly ‘skanky’.

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