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.

the word “bundle” i.e “Here I have for sale a baby clothes bundle” - actually makes me feel Ill.
people sniffing
chewing gum. Mouth open
The sound of people eating or slurping a drink
people walking in flip flops not picking up their feet
im a nightmare 🤣

People who wear tops with collars that have them turned up..
Kids with runny noses...urgh..and their mum's don't wipe them.
Cod...just icky hate it.
People who say ' very much so '...

😂

And jersey jogging bottoms. Especially grey ones. Very revealing 🙈😂

The savings and eco benefits must be greatly compromised by the many people who pull them down several times 'for luck' or 'for fun' or goodness knows why before using them themselves. I wonder if it's the same common psychological process whereby pressing the button on your car key fob once locks it, but pressing it three or four more times somehow 'increases the lockiness'?!

Maybe they too think that it's just one short-ish band of towel that keeps coming around and they check microscopically and convince themselves that the bit they've pulled down is dirty, so they need to keep looking for a clean bit? Of course, you also get it where conscientious users kindly pull it down ready for the next user (maybe they're embarrassed about any mess or stains that they've left), but then the next user has no way of knowing that it's already clean for them and so they assume clartiness and instantly pull it down again (three or four times) themselves.

They'd be a lot more economical if they could work out some kind of system - maybe using a sensor - whereby each user could only have one new section and not be able to keep right on a-pulling for ages until they get bored.

It's become very, very common indeed in the UK now - especially amongst younger adults.

If you somehow believe 'toilet' to be a taboo word, feel free to substitute it with 'loo' or sidestep it with "Excuse me for a minute" and a knowing look or similar... but calling a room with nothing other than a toilet (and maybe a sink) a bathroom is just so intensely irritating. Nobody calls a reclining seat on a plane or a coach a 'bedroom', do they?

playing a video from social media with sound…even if I’m the only one there, complete privacy…doesn’t matter, I must watch the entire thing in silence and read the captions 😂 even if captions are full of uhmms and ehhhs this annoys me less than if I accidentally play it with sound. I must immediately put it back on mute and can’t explain why! It’s like I panic for some reason?!

The word 'poo'.

The word “vibe”
The word “craft” (as in beer)
Fanfiction
Dog smell
People who say they don’t watch tv, but watch streaming services etc on a different kind of screen. It’s the same medium you stupid twat.
Sand
Feet
Stand up comedy
The phrase “recommend me” or “suggest me” (a book etc)
Walking on pebbles
People using their phone with the touchpad sound on

Or 'poop'

The NHS uses this word in the information they provide, because medical professionals go to great lengths to ensure that medical information is clear and easily understood by the general public.

Emails from companies that say, "Ooops, we made a mistake. We meant to offer 60% off not 40%." Shite like that just to get attention is embarrassing.

Most TV. I'm too cynical nowadays to enjoy it much.

People who say they don’t watch tv, but watch streaming services etc on a different kind of screen. It’s the same medium you stupid twat.

Oh I really hate this one too. It's invariably said in a judgmental way, as though they are better than the slobby couch potatoes who watch BBC, ITV or whatever.

If pushed, they may say about liking to choose carefully and wisely select only good quality or enriching programmes - as though the terrestrial broadcasters don't ever make anything remotely highbrow and viewers just sit there wide-eyed and helpless, with no agency to ever choose what to watch or when to turn it off.

It's a bit like how many people used to (and some tech refuseniks still do) scoff at something that people said with a "Oh, and is that something you saw on the INTERNET, is it?!" As though something that appeared in print - even if it was in Take A Break - was automatically far more eminent and trustworthy than anything on a university's peer-reviewed study website.

People

using the palm of your hand to turn the wheel especially when reversing.

I have only seen men do this and I am not sure why it makes me feel so angry but it does, the anger could easily lead me to feeling the ick if their was a flicker of attraction

Watching someone eat an apple

I raise you.

My DH says "pooh"

Rage inducing.

People who spell poo with an H as in Winnie the Pooh. I don't believe AA Milne intended his name to be the equivalent of Winnie the Shit.

I admit to having (and liking) a mini backpack though. It's very handy for cycling. I tried with a small cross body bag but it kept swinging about and walloping me in the crotch.

Cuppa for cup of tea. Just, ick!

Designer gear on babies.
Proper shoes on babies (bad for their growing bones).
Babies with earrings.

Puffer coats. Why do people want to look like hot water tanks or giant maggots?

People who have their dog sitting on the seat on public transport. I don't like the idea of a seat where a dog's bare arsehole has been.

Dogs in handbags, ick, again unwiped dog arsehole in contact with make up and hairbrush etc.

Totally agree about other people's fridges. Turns my stomach. I've never actually been ill from eating anything from someone else's fridge; it's completely irrational.
I'm a bit weird about food things generally: seeing food in someone's mouth if e.g. they talk while eating, or food that someone's dripped or spilled down their face or front, all turn my stomach too.

I'm just curious as to how you know he says 'pooh' (as opposed to 'poo') when he's talking? Or does he overpronounce the 'h' to make something like 'poo-huh'?!

Sorry - I meant when he writes it he uses "pooh", so I also assume that when he says the word, he believes its spelled with "h" at the end.

LTB?

@CariahMary cross posted about pooh!

100% agree - I saw one of these the other day UGH.
I think this is an actual phobia, though I can't remember what it's called. A few years ago one of the teams in the Tour de France had the most horrendous helmets with round holes in and I couldn't watch when they were in the bunch.

@usedtobeaylis this is just for you

This reminded me that warm bus/tube seats make my skin crawl. Weirdly, though, I'm OK with warm toilet seats. Although when I come across a Japanese-style heated one it's always a bit of a sensory jolt