# Complete and IMMEDIATE turnoffs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 24, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356 "2007-09-24T21:50:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356/21 "2007-09-25T00:38:52Z")
A smug self centered narcissistic person is an immediate turn off. They are not that rare either. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356/22 "2007-09-25T00:47:10Z")
[QUOTE=Hockey Monkey] Bad teeth Tounge piercing(s) Hairy back (squicks me right out) Too much cologne Dip/snuff user Bigot/racist Pompous arrogant assholes are a complete turn off. In email, bad spelling and grammar will get you deleted without a reply. [/QUOTE] Yuck. I have to agree with several of those. Tobacco chewing, bad teeth, and/or hairy back. Sorry lady, even big tits aren’t going to make up for it. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356/23 "2007-09-25T00:51:46Z")
[QUOTE=FaerieBeth] Re: Dip ring - the outline in the back pocket of the circular can of Skoal, Copenhagen, etc. Nasty stuff guys put in their mouth, and then drool and spit brown grossness into a can or on the ground all day. Dipping is an immediate turn off, yes. [/QUOTE] If you got to know me., you would never utter that phrase again my dear. 🆒 I have dipped Skoal off and on since I was a teenager. I don’t spit, I swallow which helps with the cleanliness factor. I also dip in a way that almost no one can tell. I have gotten caught in a surprise make-session that I couldn’t turn down and they never knew. I can also dip and eat and dip and chew gum and my teeth are white and shiny. I know that when I put it that way it sounds really hot but I can understand your earlier misconceptions. My date to my Senior year prom (a very attractive female) shared a can of Copenhagen with me that night (although unfortunately we didn’t share much else). In summary guys that dip in the right way are hot and sharing and caring. You only noticed the brutish ones that can’t add the charm and skills to make it an aphrodisiac. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356/24 "2007-09-25T00:52:49Z")
[QUOTE=Sitnam] Smoking, nothing is as complete and obvious. In the past I’ve tried to make it work, but nope…never again. [/QUOTE] I feel the same way about non-smokers. I’ve done it, but it was no picnic. I’m so glad I married a smoker! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356/25 "2007-09-25T01:04:56Z")
I do all my trolling for boys online, so the best filter for me is bad spelling and punctuation. I know a lot of people (myself included) who have bad spelling maybe in IM or even in quick emails, but if you are putting thought into something that’s going to be posted for all the world to see, and you can’t spell stuff correctly or be bothered to look it up, I’m not in to you. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356/26 "2007-09-25T01:20:19Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] I know that when I put it that way it sounds really hot but I can understand your earlier misconceptions. [/QUOTE] 😛 Sense of humor does go a long way, though. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356/27 "2007-09-25T01:26:40Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] I do all my trolling for boys online, so the best filter for me is bad spelling and punctuation. I know a lot of people (myself included) who have bad spelling maybe in IM or even in quick emails, but if you are putting thought into something that’s going to be posted for all the world to see, and you can’t spell stuff correctly or be bothered to look it up, I’m not in to you. [/QUOTE] Hi. I write for a living. 😉 [sub]Okay, I write computer manuals, and I put a lot of pictures in them, but still…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356/28 "2007-09-25T01:27:41Z")
“I’m a princess/diva” syndrome Stupidity Closed-mindedness Superficiality Immaturity and so on… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356/29 "2007-09-25T01:32:53Z")
Online: Overuse of exclamation points. Hell, _any_ use of exclamation points. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356/30 "2007-09-25T01:33:09Z")
There are so many immediate turnoffs that you may as well ask me what’s _not_ an immediate turnoff. The list is much shorter. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356/31 "2007-09-25T01:33:24Z")
Religious zealotry. Interestingly, the fact that my current partner-in-life-and-lesbian-sin is a “recovering Catholic” is one of the things that attracted me to her. To be able to have dug herself out from underneath all of that crap to which her large, German, North Dakotan family still very much lives by…and to have come out intact, empowered, self-assured, and a fountain of academic theological knowledge is something I find extremely sexy and fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356/32 "2007-09-25T02:03:01Z")
Smoking is the most obvious and fastest. But really, any kind of addiction does not bode well. Whether it’s alcohol, fashion, celebrity news, or online gaming. A lack of knowing when not to be talking. Every quiet moment does not have to be filled with words. The biggest challenge they must face is me knowing that there’s a possibility that they will be an example to my children. So if there’s anything there that I wouldn’t accept in my kids, it’s been fun, but I don’t think it’s going to work out. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356/33 "2007-09-25T03:32:07Z")
Turn-offs: Arrogance Morbid Obesity Willfull Ignorance ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356/34 "2007-09-25T03:44:01Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] I don’t spit, I swallow [/QUOTE] If you had told me this morning that I would come across that phrase today and be grossed out, I’d have laughed in your face. Blech. As to the original dip ring in question: don’t immediately rule it out: it could be Ice Breakers. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356/35 "2007-09-25T04:01:00Z")
A penis. ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356/36 "2007-09-25T04:08:27Z")
I can usually get around most things if other factors are there – if we make each other laugh, I can forgive a lot – but I can’t kiss a person with bad breath. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356/37 "2007-09-25T04:22:44Z")
[QUOTE=Cowgirl Jules] A worn ring on a guy’s jeans back pocket from carrying a can of chewing tobacco. Personally, I like it.\ [/QUOTE] A little username/poster combo stereotype going on here… 😉 I’d have to say bad teeth/breath. I can close my eyes and pretend I’m masturbating, sure, but I like to keep them open. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356/38 "2007-09-25T05:44:00Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Online: Overuse of exclamation points. Hell, _any_ use of exclamation points. [/QUOTE] That’s so unfair!!! ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356/39 "2007-09-25T07:58:03Z")
“Like. Like. Like. Like”…etc. Drives me up a fuckin’ wall. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356/40 "2007-09-25T09:19:31Z")
Another vote for stupidity and another for a penis, and a stupid penis would be the basis for a suicide attempt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-and-immediate-turnoffs/420356.md?page=3)