Strange things that give you a kind of "ick" in everyday life

[CariahMary]

I don't mean getting the "ick" about a sexual or romantic partner. And I don't mean being put-off by things that are actually pretty grim. I mean random things that you inexplicably find a bit off-putting in everyday life.

For me, I get a kind of "ick" when I read other people talking about food on forums MN I honestly had no idea why. It's so odd, I really like reading food descriptions in books but in forums I find it really off-putting.

In the real-world, I also really hate opening other people's fridges. They always smell weird (different from my own). I have to hold my breath.

I'm an Athiest, so I don't do Christmas at all, but I can't abide those Elf on a Shelf things - I find them utterly creepy. When I go into a shop and see them, I get the impression of being watched by dirty old men!

I hate this too but it gives me cannibal vibes for some reason (even though the chicken isn't eating the egg, the human is) rather than mother/child.
Either way it should be outlawed

Thong bikinis. Turns my stomach. No one's arse needs to be on full show, or is nice enough to be on show. Especially on a cold British beach when the wearer is playing volleyball and wearing a t shirt, looks like she's forgotten to put on her knickers.
The thought of thong knickers turns my stomach too but at least I don't have to see them.

People saying 'cod fish'

Adding the word 'fish' is just unnecessary to the word 'cod', because it is fish

I physically wince when I hear Sean Dyche speak.

I remember a couple of years ago hearing a commentator say that Dyche wasn't present at a game because he had flu, and I thought 'Christ, given what he sounds like day to day, what the fuck does he sound like now he's got a sore throat?'

people outside my immediate family using my toilet

No, thank God.

I used to watch Four in a Bed (where they judge each other's B&Bs) and they almost all included a shot of someone launching themselves onto the bed, usually with their shoes on too. I'm guessing they were told to do it (in the same way as they must have been told to find a random hair, preferably curly...) as I don't think most adults leap onto a bed, but it was just silly and pointless.

I think I've shuddered at nearly all of these!

And me, people soup.

Runny eggs. Most people seem to like them but I can't look at someone eating them.

People kissing, even just a peck on the lips, after eating any type of food.

Vibram five finger shoes 🤢

When someone runs towards a bird to make it fly off and it doesnt move. Even flinch.

Me too. I was violently ill after visiting the fairground when I was about four and it was peas and sweetcorn that I brought up. I have never eaten them since, although processed peas are OK.

Anything sporty or sports related worn outside of a gym. Jogging Bottoms, those white towelling sports socks, ugh, gym leggings just nope!!
Men with slip ons and no socks.
Those cheap leggings that might as well be see through.

Touching raw chicken when it's all wet and slimy out of the packet. Other meat isn't so bad, it's mostly chicken I hate.

The sensation of seeds in jam or yoghurt in your mouth. Also the way orange pith feels in your mouth, sort of dry and fuzzy.

Also agree with men in shoes with no socks, noisy eaters and people who don't pick their feet up and shuffle around noisily.

I also have a really strange fear of big machinery. It makes me feel small and intimidated. The thought of being close to something like a huge tractor with wheels as tall as me makes my skin crawl and I have no idea why. 😂

Unwashed hair or scalp smell-I don’t mean hair has to be washed every day, but if I can smell yours when I’m standing next to you I will gag.

Some more I thought of...
Anyone off 'Love Island' ...I can never take anyone whose been on that show with any level or seriousness.
The 'waggy' 'don't do this' finger thing on insta or tiktok videos...it looks like you're telling off a 5 year old or a dog.
Coldplay. The live cam thing has to be the only interesting thing they've ever done.

Other people's hair, I don't care what it looks like, I get the heebiejeebies if it comes anywhere near me!

People sniffing their food before eating it. Just get on with it.

Newspapers. Thank goodness people don't but them much now, I hate the feel & the smell of them, they seem really grubby to me.

Beardless men 😄 I honestly believe there’s not a man alive who’s NOT enhanced by a beard.

Having to use a toilet straight after a bloke.

Hard skin on feet - I try very hard never to look at anyone below the level of their knees in summer. I’m especially repulsed by hard skin on heels.

Anyone using words such as ‘hubby’, ‘holibobs’ or referring to their young child as ‘little man’ or ‘princess’.

People going on about dahl every five minutes.
Layering up.

And a recent one that absolutely drives me insane: going on about being on a diagnosis 'pathway'. Fuck off with your pathway towards misery and death. Why can't you just say you've been referred? I suppose it isn't dramatic enough.

Repeated throat clearing 🤢🤢

I used to just about ignore the plasters and hair bands but the last time I went a boy sneezed underwater (I was underwater) and I’ve never been back 🤢 Ruined forever!

As with the big fake eyelash trend and lip filler tend… all the girls who have the same French manicure or white toenails 🤢🤢🤢