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 a woman and I prefer shorts if I'm active outdoors. I need to have warm head, warm hands and warm feet but I'm happy in shorts.

Adults using the word ‘poorly’. It conjures an image of someone weak and feeble in both mind and body for me!

The phrase "picky bits" when talking about food 🤢

baby words used by grown adults. yummy, poorly, wee-wee, brekkie, choc. I’m becoming irrationally angry as I type.

A lot of people don’t like birds at all with their flapping wings, sharp beaks and claw feet - so I would think with a pigeon being quite a large bird, there’s quite a few people wouldn’t like them.

Growing up if there was a pigeon on the windowsill i was petrified because of their eyes.

When someone posts something through my letterbox and they put their entire hand in like I can see their fingers on the inside of my house, and plus I can partly see them through the frosted window in the top half of the door, so they are like a sudden shadow at the door then fingers go in and out then they are gone. (My kitchen and living space is open to the hallway)

Bit of fun but mine would be:

Disney adults. Adults invested in any content/products aimed at children just give me the creeps. Sorry, Adult Disney fans. I will judge and I'm not a nice person for it.

Food served on paper napkins. What is that about?

Skin coloured leggings. You look naked from the waist down and its hugely unforgiving.

Long hair that is constantly being swept up, or side to side, by the wearee. Particularly around food.

Men who don't shave their head when the male pattern baldness kicks in.

Hair scrunchies. They were awful in the 80s. They still are.

The public on the radio. Just no.

Remote controls in hotel rooms. I can't bear to touch them.

There is never a reason for more than one exclamation mark in any given sentence.

Pronouns in signatures. Worse: the hand imagery spelling out someone's name in BSL. Just why? I'm deaf not illiterate.

Wet floors at the public pool. I know. But it still makes me experience a tiny bit of sick in my mouth.

Unintended bra bulge.

Cats on counters.

Grown adults referring to their parents as mummy and daddy. I appreciate that's more a cultural thing on the island of Ireland but it does make me die a little inside.

Uptalkers and vocal fry.

Americanisms coming from English people ie 'math'. Actually, that doesn't give me the ick so much as the rage.

I am a terrible person.

Only heard this recently and it made me irrationally angry. Bet they go on holibobs too. Ugh.

Totally. Someone who wouldn't say boo to a goose.

I worked with a woman who had a phobia of them. Flying pigeons completely freaked her out

@CraftandGlamour

Cats on counters

I'm a cat person and it turns my stomach. I've had a fair few cats and none of them jumped up onto kitchen counters (or tables, etc). I made a passing comment about it on an FB video of cats 'doing naughty things' and in a lot of the clips the cat or cats would be sitting on a counter whilst food was being prepared next to them (an animal grabbing a piece of meat being chopped up right next to it isn't being 'naughty', it's to be expected IME) and I received numerous snotty replies.

Skin coloured leggings don't particularly give me the ick, but they do make you - and everyone - do a double take. Just why?

Yes!
Heard a head teacher talking on the radio once about how his school buget was tight and that he couldn’t send flowers to the ‘long-term poorly’ ugh!
Also hate the prevalence now of ‘unwell’ why not just say ‘ill’?
Also ‘passed’ for died -even when talking about animals!
And ‘if I go before him’ -what’s wrong with saying the word ‘die’?

I am more forgiving on that. Some people really do have a desperate fear of death and can't be pragmatic about it. So they avoid saying the word if possible. My grandmother was taught the superstition that one should never say die or died about someone who is alive as you are alerting the devil to them and will make them die early or it might have been God taking them to heaven.....something like that, the fine detail passed me by to be honest!. She was quite superstitious so they tended to blend into one!

Isnt there a medical protocol around the use of "poorly" as in it means worse than ill? I am sure I read that from a doctor on here once.

Knees on thin adults. Just cover then up! So often female minor slebs are photographed in short dresses from close up (presumably because of a crowded location) and all I can think of is 'why would you want anyone to see your knees?'

Under a certain BMI knees are just weird.

Someone breathing on me, generally kids when they get too close or adults that don't do personal space.

Farting - it's not so much the the smell, more the thought that something that was expelled via an arsehole is now being inhaled into my lungs 🤮.

Food on other people's plates once they've started eating. I can't look at it once the content of the plate gets that half eaten look.

Communal water fountains 🤮

Same.

All long finger nails - especially the squared off style

people eating bananas - especially if they've got long finger nails

pet names for partners

responses like "ahh bless"

When people write posts pretending to be from
their dog and say hoomans, ‘I am looking for a lovely person to give me walkies and cuddles when my hoomans are at work’
Just the worst.
I know someone who says ‘poorly-sick’ which is awful.

responses like "ahh bless"

If its genuine then I agree. But if its done in a completely passive aggressive way then I am right behind it!

I particularly dislike the food related ones - roasties, veggies, yorkies, pud... Also, referring to things as 'bad boys'. 'Whack these bad boys in the oven.' 'Drizzle the sauce over these bad boys.' I can't watch certain chefs on TV because of that.

Men on a maternity ward. Double ick if they're asleep

Adults who spend hours gaming

My relative is a sign language interpreter and informed me that not all deaf people can read, as BSL is a different language and might be the only language they have. Mostly for people who are deaf from birth.
(But if the rest of the email is written in english and there's just signs at the bottom for the name I agree that's pointless.)

But that's the point, isn't it? It's at the bottom of an email. And, the person I'm thinking of who does this, makes no meaningful attempt to overcome this particular disability. Ask me how I know ;) It makes my eyes roll so hard.