# My neighbor is a disgusting joke of a creature **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 24, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187 "2013-01-24T04:59:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OleOneEye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f14d63/32.png) [@OleOneEye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OleOneEye)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187/21 "2013-01-24T07:29:46Z")
> [@colander](#): > > Not one whose looming presence I sensed from beyond my apartment wall and who I was convinced was interfering with my daily life for the sole purpose of driving me mad, no. That is generally not a thing that happens. > > Do you have a story to tell us, **OleOneEye?** Thank goodness no, I’ve never experienced a horror show like this, but I’ve certainly met people with no boundaries. I did mention my family friend whose neighbor would talk to her through the walls - and continue to talk until she got an answer. I don’t think it got quite this bad, but combine thin walls and a lonely neighbor with no boundaries, and the OP’s story is a believable outcome. The neighbor may not be doing it for the sole purpose of driving the OP mad, but having sport at other people’s discomfort is bad enough. ---
**Author:** ![colander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@colander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colander)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187/22 "2013-01-24T07:45:57Z")
> [@OleOneEye](#): > > Thank goodness no, I’ve never experienced a horror show like this, but I’ve certainly met people with no boundaries. I did mention my family friend whose neighbor would talk to her through the walls - and continue to talk until she got an answer. I don’t think it got quite this bad, but combine thin walls and a lonely neighbor with no boundaries, and the OP’s story is a believable outcome. > > The neighbor may not be doing it for the sole purpose of driving the OP mad, but having sport at other people’s discomfort is bad enough. The OP is utterly convinced that the neighbor’s actions are purely malicious, despite the fact that there is no actual evidence that the neighbor is even laughing at him. He thinks that his neighbor can hear him moving in around in his bed. Unless he sleeps on a mattress stuffed with Christmas crackers, I assure you that this is not the case. Even if that were true, why would the neighbor laugh at this? It is not funny or even interesting. He insists that even though he cannot see what the neighbor is doing, he can somehow feel the neighbor staring at him through the walls. Friend, _that is not how walls work._ ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187/23 "2013-01-24T07:54:49Z")
This is the first and only post by the op. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187/24 "2013-01-24T08:11:35Z")
When I read the OP the name “Franz Kafka” somehow came to mind… ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187/25 "2013-01-24T08:20:45Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > This is the first and only post by the op. I noticed this too, which made me wonder why, with all of the countless message boards out there, that he/she would settle on this one to post to. That was one strange OP to read through. If true, maybe you should get someone to come in and sweep for bugs, listening devices, and cameras. “The moment I turn in bed, let one **rip from my ass** , move my body from one place to another. He laughs, and laughs like there’s no tomorrow.” - (Bolding mine) quite possibly the strangest sentence I have ever read. ---
**Author:** ![OleOneEye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f14d63/32.png) [@OleOneEye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OleOneEye)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187/26 "2013-01-24T08:34:04Z")
Yes, it’s a little weird that this is the only post from the OP. Maybe it is just a chain-yank. I still have no problem believing the story. I’ve met people who get a tee-hee laugh when someone else is uncomfortable or upset, and I’ve met people who don’t care when they make someone else uncomfortable or upset. Either of these is bad enough. If the neighbor is lonely (maybe because his behavior has driven other people out of his life) this may be his only entertainment - or companionship. And if the OP can hear the neighbor laugh, then the neighbor can probably hear a sufficiently loud fart. ---
**Author:** ![colander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@colander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colander)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187/27 "2013-01-24T08:42:50Z")
> [@OleOneEye](#): > > Yes, it’s a little weird that this is the only post from the OP. Maybe it is just a chain-yank. > > I still have no problem believing the story. I’ve met people who get a tee-hee laugh when someone else is uncomfortable or upset, and I’ve met people who don’t care when they make someone else uncomfortable or upset. Either of these is bad enough. If the neighbor is lonely (maybe because his behavior has driven other people out of his life) this may be his only entertainment - or companionship. > > And if the OP can hear the neighbor laugh, then the neighbor can probably hear a sufficiently loud fart. Well, then. Carry on: don’t stop believing. Hold on to that feeling. Maybe it’s more than a feeling. Also, ride the tiger and run up that hill. ---
**Author:** ![OleOneEye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f14d63/32.png) [@OleOneEye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OleOneEye)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187/28 "2013-01-24T08:52:55Z")
> [@colander](#): > > Well, then. Carry on: don’t stop believing. Hold on to that feeling. Maybe it’s more than a feeling. :rolleyes: Yes, some bits of the OP were probably not meant to be taken literally. No, you can’t actually feel eyes through walls, but if someone is heckling your conversations with your mom, it’s not unreasonable to guess they’re looking in your direction. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187/29 "2013-01-24T09:18:38Z")
Before letting people look at your head, have them check your dividing wall for perforations and devices that might allow people to see and/or listen to you. I’m surprised no one thought of this. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187/30 "2013-01-24T10:45:50Z")
If you can’t hear your neighbour turning over in his/her bed, then your neighbour can’t hear you doing the same. ---
**Author:** ![YourAdHere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/65b543/32.png) [@YourAdHere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YourAdHere)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187/31 "2013-01-24T11:23:46Z")
Ha! I heard you type that, just like we always knew you would. We’ll stop laughing when you stop being so hilarious. Besides, the mechanism is nearly complete. You know what to do. Sorry. In all seriousness, consider the fallacy of causation. Just because B (laughter) follows A ( your farts ) does not mean that A CAUSED B. Even if it does, who cares ? I lived in a place that had a vent through which the people who lived below me apparently heard every thing I said and told my roommate all my sins, and all the bad things I said about her. It wasn’t the end of the world. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187/32 "2013-01-24T12:27:24Z")
Whenever I stay in a motel, I take a hot shower and purposely steam up the mirror. I then write “I’m watching you, John” in all caps on the steamy mirror. I do this hoping that one day it will pay off. In my imagined scenario, the payoff involves someone like the OP, and his name just happens to be John. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187/33 "2013-01-24T14:28:56Z")
[Reminds me of this old thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=573426)… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187/34 "2013-01-24T14:29:50Z")
If you’re that concerned about it you should put a small clock radio in several rooms throughout your apartment and tune to talk radio. It would be near impossible for someone in another apartment to distinguish your conversation from the broadcast. Once you hear that that does not change your neighbor’s behavior you’ll know they were never listening to you in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187/35 "2013-01-24T14:30:39Z")
(in reply to **hrhomer** ) I think post #6 was reminded of it too 🙂 (as was I, for the record) ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187/36 "2013-01-24T14:32:58Z")
> [@hrhomer](#): > > [Reminds me of this old thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=573426)… It reminded SeaDragonTattoo of the exact same thread. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187/37 "2013-01-24T14:33:40Z")
> [@Cinnamon\_Imp](#): > > (in reply to **hrhomer** ) > > I think post #6 was reminded of it too 🙂 > > (as was I, for the record) Saw that post too late. Oh, well. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187/38 "2013-01-24T14:42:05Z")
I wonder if there’s a neighbor at all. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187/39 "2013-01-24T14:47:36Z")
Invite Fortunato, I mean your neighbour, over to enjoy a taste of your latest acquisition, a cask of Amontillado. Let the evening unfold from there… ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187/40 "2013-01-24T14:48:02Z")
> [@AShowers](#): > > I don’t know what their problem is, they seem to be constantly listening to what I do laughing with haughty indignation. Have you checked for hidden cameras and microphones? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbor-is-a-disgusting-joke-of-a-creature/648187.md?page=3)