# Textures that you find unappealing **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 9, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247 "2018-11-09T16:16:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247/1 "2018-11-09T16:16:07Z")
I bought a new pair of nail clippers that were highly-rated on Amazon. Unfortunately I didn’t notice that they’re brushed nickel, and there’s something about the texture of brushed nickle that I find really unpleasant. Not so much that I can’t use them, but just like… it’s gross to pick up. I don’t know why. Any textures that you find unappealing in this way? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247/2 "2018-11-09T16:28:19Z")
Some newspapers start to make me borderline nauseated if I handle them too much. Like when I crumple them up to wash my car windows. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247/3 "2018-11-09T16:30:08Z")
I am not fond of almost any fabric that is not cotton or a cotton-blend directly touching my skin. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247/4 "2018-11-09T16:47:13Z")
Velvet. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247/5 "2018-11-09T16:54:55Z")
I don’t like the feel of new, stiff denim. Let me break them in for a few days and they’re fine but brand new jeans always bug me. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247/6 "2018-11-09T17:03:28Z")
“Ripstop” type BDU material pants with stain resistant coating. Feels like wearing plastic. I’ll take the stains. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247/7 "2018-11-09T17:07:09Z")
The feel of furry peach skin on my lips. Very much a nectarine man. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247/8 "2018-11-09T17:22:48Z")
Jellied eels. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247/9 "2018-11-09T17:34:17Z")
The inside of sweat pants makes my skin feel icky. Oh, and micro fiber cloth. Hate that crap! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247/10 "2018-11-09T17:36:21Z")
I hate it when the cats’ mushy food accidentally touches my skin when I feed them. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247/11 "2018-11-09T17:41:14Z")
Much as I like the taste of smoked or pickled fish, there’s definitely a limit on how much of the texture I can take. j ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247/12 "2018-11-09T18:09:06Z")
Gummy candy (bears, worms, etc). Jellied eels inside my sweatpants. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247/13 "2018-11-09T18:33:15Z")
Wood, if it’s not perfectly smooth. Crayons - either the bare wax, or the fuzzy paper they wrap them in. There are two kinds of paperback book covers: smooth and shiny, and textured and ‘matte’. I hate the latter. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247/14 "2018-11-09T18:47:12Z")
**Beckdawreck** beat me to my cringeworthy favorite. Microfiber. It snags on every tiny bit of rough skin it can find and there plenty more than one thinks. Yet, I can’t resist feeling microfiber every time I see some in a store. Why must I do that? Tongue depressors and those wooden spoons that come with the little cups of ice cream you get at the store. Or at least used to. Wood should not go in one’s mouth. **amaguri,** perhaps you could coat parts of your nail clippers in Plasti Dip. It’s cheap and handy stuff. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247/15 "2018-11-09T19:03:09Z")
> [@Hopeful\_Crow](#): > > Tongue depressors and those wooden spoons that come with the little cups of ice cream you get at the store. Or at least used to. Wood should not go in one’s mouth. Gah! Wood’s bad enough on the skin, but in the mouth it’s awful. I haven’t had a Popsicle in decades due to this. I also dislike the fibrous paper sticks used in things like suckers. They’re bad enough dry, but doubly nasty wet and soggy. ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247/16 "2018-11-09T19:12:01Z")
galvanized metal. it’s creepy feeling ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247/17 "2018-11-09T19:12:54Z")
How about when you have really dry hands and you go to turn a page in a book? Brrrr… ---
**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:** [November 9, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247/18 "2018-11-09T19:35:35Z")
> [@BeeGee](#): > > galvanized metal. it’s creepy feeling Ooh that’s a good one! Digging through a bin of bolts or washers or grabbing a handful of nails from a box…ecch. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247/19 "2018-11-09T19:37:20Z")
“Eugh, porcelain!” -Guybrush Threepwood > [@Staggerlee](#): > > The feel of furry peach skin on my lips. Very much a nectarine man. For me it’s biting into a peach or nectarine that you are 99% sure is a loose stone and discovering it is a clingstone. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247/20 "2018-11-09T19:45:07Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I hate it when the cats’ mushy food accidentally touches my skin when I feed them. So very much! Everything about it disgusts me so much so that I have a designated plastic spoon for dishing it out, as I will not, NOT I SAY! have my regular silverware touch it. If I get it on my hands I imagine I can still smell it hours later. If this isn’t limited to touch, the way a pear feels when being chewed is unbearable to me, which is a shame because I love the taste of them. And don’t get me started on creamy things.Aside from dessert type things like custard or actual ice cream, creamy texture is repellent to me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textures-that-you-find-unappealing/824247.md?page=2)