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Gross things you do that you know is gross but continue to do

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1m50gr055 · 01/07/2023 18:27

Occasionally my scalp can be a bit scabby. I love nothing more than picking them out... And eating them. There's something so satisfying about that crunch between the teeth.

Don't come at me about how disgusting it is. I know. Hence the title 😄

AIBU to ask you to share away your also gross but cannot help habits? Let's rejoice in anonymous grossness!

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PurpleChrayne · 01/07/2023 22:50

So many.

I pick my nose and eat the contents. The best is when you get a crusty one that pulls out with a comet tail of wet stuff behind it.

I eat scabs. Always.

I wipe my earrings on the ratty bit of ribbon I carry around.

I sometimes eat my baby's snot.

I am an absolute minger masquerading as a regular member of society!

ShouldIStaySelfIsolated · 01/07/2023 22:51

Picking any/all detritus from children's ears/eyes/nose.

Literally the best thing about having children almost

LakieLady · 01/07/2023 22:54

Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 01/07/2023 22:45

Me and DH were just discussing this. Its impossible to get your tongue to touch your tonsil!

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It's certainly impossible for me.

My tonsils were removed 50+ years ago. I'll never know the joy of releasing a tonsil stone into the wild.

Ourshoddyhouse · 01/07/2023 22:54

Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 01/07/2023 22:45

Me and DH were just discussing this. Its impossible to get your tongue to touch your tonsil!

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Feeling all inferior having to use cotton buds to poke mine out 😞

GG1986 · 01/07/2023 22:54

Where I have my ears pierced, the left hole always gets a whitehead in it, every now and then I squeeze it all out and give it a sniff.

ThursdayFreedom · 01/07/2023 22:54

PurpleChrayne · 01/07/2023 22:50

So many.

I pick my nose and eat the contents. The best is when you get a crusty one that pulls out with a comet tail of wet stuff behind it.

I eat scabs. Always.

I wipe my earrings on the ratty bit of ribbon I carry around.

I sometimes eat my baby's snot.

I am an absolute minger masquerading as a regular member of society!

@PurpleChrayne

could you get a sharpie & write that on your forehead please?!

I like to know what WHo I'm dealing with.

Straightsidedcircle · 01/07/2023 22:55

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TokyoStories · 01/07/2023 22:56

I like to eat flies, the bigger and juicer the better, and lick my own bumhole.

Signed, Tokyo Cat

Barleymilk · 01/07/2023 23:05

I like to pick the sleepy dust out of the corner of my eyes and eat it. Tastes just the same as bogeys!

Poooo · 01/07/2023 23:05

I like to put my fingers around my bum hole then have a good sniff

GCalltheway · 01/07/2023 23:08

JMSA · 01/07/2023 20:48

This is what came off my feet only when taking my socks gently off. There was so much more skin still IN the socks.

Jesus what are those white things?

HarveyDanger · 01/07/2023 23:08

Never heard of tonsil stones! Are they normal or during ilness? Infection?

Girliefriendlikespuppies · 01/07/2023 23:09

I think most people are gross one way or another 🤢😂

I can't actually bring myself to admit to my gross thing 🙈😂

LunaTheCat · 01/07/2023 23:11

I wonder where this satisfaction comes from… basically we are all orangutans grooming ourselves and each other!

Moraxella · 01/07/2023 23:11

@ChristmasLightsLover yes I’m a keen viewer of blackhead videos on YouTube to relax. So calming. I’ve even googled tonsil stone vids but unsurprisingly hard to come by 🙁

FrangipaniBlue · 01/07/2023 23:11

I'm a triathlete. When I'm racing I don't stop for anything...... not even to wee.

I just do it in my wetsuit, let go on my bike and even while I'm running.

We all do it.

Don't ever hug a triathlete immediately after a race.

Muddygreenfingers · 01/07/2023 23:14

What's funny is I probably do about 80% of the things mentioned so far.

Yep I'm a disgusting being.

GCalltheway · 01/07/2023 23:14

This thread reminded me of monkeys picking at each other, checking for insects and sniffing. I wonder if this is a trait from our pst. Sniffing for infection is obvious, picking is comforting and serves a purpose of removing unwanted scabs after healing. I can always tell when dc are ill, they smell different.

UltraProcessedPerson · 01/07/2023 23:16

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 01/07/2023 22:26

Poking out tonsil stones with my tongue. They taste and smell disgusting, but l still sniff and eat them.

Thr experience of actually getting one out is almost orgasmic.

I thought I was the only one who could get them out with their tongue!

Robyn847 · 01/07/2023 23:17

boomboom123 · 01/07/2023 19:14

Going to NC for this. But I enjoy a good fart. I occasionally fart into my hands to feel the gas pressure against it. I then also smell my hand

All my family do this. If you give your cupped farts to the dog it will lick your hands and then get very confused there's nothing actually there. 🤣🤣

Poooo · 01/07/2023 23:17

Does anyone look at the toilet paper after they’ve wiped after a poo? 💩

UltraProcessedPerson · 01/07/2023 23:17

@Hungrycaterpillarsmummy it is not. I can.

GrossDisgustingHorrible · 01/07/2023 23:21

I used to really enjoy extracting the dried-up vaginal mucus out of my pubic hair. Nice little hobby. I feel like I should be clear that I didn’t eat it though.

Hardly happens anymore as I had my ovaries removed & my vag is now an arid, lifeless desert.

Sugaristheenemy · 01/07/2023 23:23

I quite like picking my nose (no eating it tho!)