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Give me your most random ‘ick’

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laughterworry0 · 02/11/2026 22:45

I want the weirdest of icks, I’m bored and want a giggle..

I’ll go first…

skinny jeans

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shuggles · 02/11/2026 23:45

@hotmumshit If I am wearing a suit and I have stuff to carry, how do I carry it?

Morry15 · 02/11/2026 23:46

Men in general

hotmumshit · 02/11/2026 23:46

shuggles · 02/11/2026 23:45

@hotmumshit If I am wearing a suit and I have stuff to carry, how do I carry it?

Yabu x

craycray431 · 02/11/2026 23:46

What I really hate is when people (usually young men) wear white shirts that are clearly not washed separately, so they're a dirty white. And worse when they wear a white t shirt underneath. Ugh. A few junior guys at work do this (first job and living away from home so mummy isn't doing their laundry anymore) I just want to grab their shirt off and throw into a vat of bleach!

FancyKitten · 02/11/2026 23:47

Grey trackies with camel toe man equivalent.

Tight suit trousers cutting off ball circulation.

takealettermsjones · 02/11/2026 23:47

Ohh those pushbikes that fold up.

shuggles · 02/11/2026 23:48

@craycray431 And worse when they wear a white t shirt underneath. Ugh.

If they didn't wear the white t-shirt underneath, you would be saying that you get the ick whenever you can see men's chest, shoulder, and back hair through a white shirt.

FancyKitten · 02/11/2026 23:49

mazma · 02/11/2026 23:00

Men going to the toilet

We know they haven’t washed their hands…

XenaSharples · 02/11/2026 23:50

IswearIneverhadagun · 02/11/2026 23:44

Golf gloves.
Golf.

Making golf playing motions when not playing golf is even worse.

Mushroomsinlawn · 02/11/2026 23:51

LuckyHazelFox · 02/11/2026 23:43

They're always Calvin Klein waistbands as well.

If I’m standing behind some guy in a queue who has his boxers on display above the waistband of his trousers I have the urge to do like when my now 45 year old son was a toddler . I want to step forward in the queue, grab them by the waistband and shake them down into their trousers. It worries me that one day I’ll lose my concentration in the post office queue and end up being arrested 😆

LuckyHazelFox · 02/11/2026 23:51

Man smell. We all know what that heavy cloggy smell is in the air. Always smells of unwashed clothes.

LuckyHazelFox · 02/11/2026 23:52

Mushroomsinlawn · 02/11/2026 23:51

If I’m standing behind some guy in a queue who has his boxers on display above the waistband of his trousers I have the urge to do like when my now 45 year old son was a toddler . I want to step forward in the queue, grab them by the waistband and shake them down into their trousers. It worries me that one day I’ll lose my concentration in the post office queue and end up being arrested 😆

😆 🤣 😂

DoubleBoubles · 02/11/2026 23:52

Men wearing 3 quarter length cargo trousers and sandals

Middle aged men playing frisbee

DogAnxiety · 02/11/2026 23:53

Any man without a proper hobby or interest.

More tangibly, boat shoes or any item of clothing made by Barbour or Gant.

Pieceofpurplesky · 02/11/2026 23:53

Man feet. With hairy toes.
Union Jack (Union Flag) as any part of clothing.

FancyKitten · 02/11/2026 23:57

LuckyHazelFox · 02/11/2026 23:51

Man smell. We all know what that heavy cloggy smell is in the air. Always smells of unwashed clothes.

Especially if they’ve been out the night before. Bedroom smells of sweat & farts.

CloveRinse · 03/11/2026 00:03

shuggles · 02/11/2026 23:35

Some of these make sense, but many of these "icks" are ridiculous and probably stem from an inability to consider men as people who do normal stupid things too.

@laughterworry0 I mean, surely they can’t have any icks on us

Men universally report that the pouty fishy trouty lip pose in photographs is disgusting.

@shuggles

I KNEW you would be on this thread! I knew it!

At least time you agree that the things being mentioned are stupid. That is some progress.

OfCourseItsmyfault · 03/11/2026 00:03

Epaulettes, ESPECIALLY when they are heavier than the material of the shirt is too flimsy to support them.

Men who work out, but also walk in a way that they hold their arms out (usually two to three inches) away from the sides of their hips.
It’s like they are trying to demonstrate that they are SO muscular, it needs to be shown off.
That ridiculous strut is ICK !!!!

Makes me wonder tho’, all these “icks” , if your dream hero man started displaying any of your worst ick traits, would they still be your dream hero man?

btw, the phlegm snorting men shouldn’t be allowed in any company but their own- yurkkkkk 🤮

Mondaytuesdayhappydays · 03/11/2026 00:03

LuckyHazelFox · 02/11/2026 23:42

Yeah what is it with blokes who think women want to see their beer bellies hanging over their shorts. If we wanted that view, we would book Benidorm.

See also the Benidorm Female equivalent of the fat ‘Gunt’; saggy flat pancake arse, skinny little twig legs and red angry shaving rash hanging out of bikini bottoms !

Aintgointogoa · 03/11/2026 00:04

@Mushroomsinlawn howling 🤣🤣
I wish I could think of one you lot haven't covered 🤭

Lovelylydia · 03/11/2026 00:06
  • Jeans with smart pointy shoes
  • pointy shoes in general
  • long fingernails
  • Jewellery (except for wedding ring)
  • converse pumps on anyone over 20
  • toothpaste around the mouth

All yuck

3within3 · 03/11/2026 00:06

Standing waiting next to the toast machine on holiday holding the little plate

TriesNotToBeCynical · 03/11/2026 00:07

shuggles · 02/11/2026 23:45

@hotmumshit If I am wearing a suit and I have stuff to carry, how do I carry it?

Tesco carrier bag. Well I do.

shuggles · 03/11/2026 00:07

@CloveRinse At least time you agree that the things being mentioned are stupid. That is some progress.

How is that progress? I've always said that many of these threads are stupid and utterly bizarre.

A bunch of stuff gets listed that any sane person would find disgusting. It goes without saying that all that stuff makes sense.

But it's when you hear things like "I get the ick when men wear seatbelts," that's just bonkers.

Treemouse · 03/11/2026 00:08

Wheeling a small suitcase - especially when they loose control of it and it wiggles away.
character boxer shorts (Homer Simpson, family guy etc).