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

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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!

@GCalltheway

It's the peeled off skin that fell out when I took off my socks.

Have a good soak in the bath and shave it off. You'll have to keep unblocking the gaps between the individual blades on your razor, but it leaves a much smoother finish than peeling. You can have a little competition with yourself to see the biggest chuck you can shave in one piece.

I thought I was the only person who did this!! I have found my people!! 🥰

If I’m eating crisps, I’ll chew some up to a pulp then smear it (with my tongue) over a fresh crisp, pop another on top and make myself a little mush crisp sandwich. Totally and utterly vile and ashamed of myself for admitting that but I’ve done it since childhood it’s now a lifelong habit.

@Robyn847

Thank you! But sorry to sound thick, do you mean a normal razor like for shaving? It wouldn't have occurred to me to use that on my feet, as opposed to a pumice stone or whatever!

STOP!!! I'm on a diet and now want to try this

JMSA you can NEVER go back to ‘vanilla’ crisp munching once you’ve tried my version lol!

I like picking the skin off my feet when it's started blistering you know that dead stuff. DD admits she loves it as well. Why the hell would you eat it though. That's disgusting as hell. I wee in the shower if I don't have time.

I get them if I eat lots of chocolate. Or other dairy stuff. Sometimes I cough one up randomly, sometimes I can feel one coming and have to 'urk' it forward from the back of mouth but usually if I can feel it clogging up the back there I'll try and manipulate it out with a (still attached!) finger nail. Chewing gum helps loosen them too. Looks like chopped nuts, and absolutely STINKS when you squash them on the back of your hand.

@Robyn847 @JMSA I do this too, a good tip from a friend once!

I suggest using your DH’s razor, should
you have a DH/DP/any old male who obviously has a better razor than you, cleaning it thoroughly after, and never ever telling him.

My cat had a massive blade of grass up her nose once. She was sneezing for days. I called the vet but just before the appointment my dd said mum there's something in her nose and I touched it then the longest blade of grass came out in my hand. It was disgusting but it must have felt so amazing to her!

Every few weeks, I take out my earrings and squeeze the piercing hole. Sebum shoots out and I love it!

Thanks I've ordered some!

Just because you can doesn't mean you should - regarding creating this thread and partaking in it. Disgusting 🤢

You're supposed to aren't you? So you can see if you've got worms, and also to "wipe til its white" so you don't get skid marks.

With hula hoops you can use the mush to fill the hole in the next one. You'll need more than 1 hoop's mush though, not done it for a while so can't remember the exact ratio. Maybe 1½ mush:1hoop

I absolutely LOVE the hoof GP!

Yup. Just a normal razor. Cheaper the better, as the little blade wires make it harder to unclog.

Why thank you

I have a lump (cyst?) in my armpit that fills up gradually over time. I LOVE squeezing it when it's ripe to get out all of the cheesy goo. And I especially love smelling the goo. It's so pleasingly pungent. I just did it, actually (this is an opportune time to find this thread) and it spurted on the sink. So good.

I also love a head scab. I don't eat them but I like to keep them and inspect them. I'll create a little pile and put them somewhere safe (eg under my computer keyboard if I'm working) and look at them occasionally over the course of the day before accepting, sadly, that I can't keep them and they must be chucked. The scabs that please me the most are the big, crusty, knobbly ones and I put a lot of effort into picking them efficiently so they are whole and in tact.

Reading this back, I'm aware how unhinged I sound. I'm honestly fairly normal (ish). 😂

I cannot conceive not being able to touch your tonsil with your tongue.

Mine reaches both tonsils easily.

Talking Bollox podcast fan? 🤗

I'm a nose picker. I get a congested nose a lot and blowing doesnt always clear it.

I also like shaving the hard skin of my feet.

And I squeezing a juicy spot.

I do lots of the things already mentioned, foot shaving is a game changer, I shave my verruca every week.

My gross habit - I have an amazingly deep bellybutton. Every so often I get a pair of tweezers right in and pull out a little clog of dead skin from the very bottom and the odd dog hair to. I am always worried it will come undone though. It's literally cavernous and I am not overweight or anything, it's just always been like that.

OK, I’ve had to name change for this because it’s very outing. If anybody recognizes me then yeah, I am this gross.

I had to have an eye removed, so I have a prosthetic. I tend to get a lot of eye bogies that collect around my lashes and the corner of my eye. I like to pick them off and eat them. I especially like the ones first thing in the morning because they’re big crunchy ones.