# Things you find creepy (that probably nobody else does) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 6, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787 "2016-10-06T18:07:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787/101 "2016-10-18T10:25:02Z")
Any group of people who adoringly follow a leader. Preacher, Pop-star, Politician or Pope, it doesn’t matter. The fact that Oprah can influence national book sales, or Matthew Mcconaughey can [significantly boost](https://www.fastcocreate.com/3043559/behind-the-brand/the-lincolnaissance-what-matthew-mcconnaughey-taught-a-car-brand-about-forg) auto sales, or the Mormon Prophet could command his followers not to drink lemonade _and they would obey_… really gives me the creeps. People who are enraptured and influenced by someone they’ve never met are very disturbing to me. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787/102 "2016-10-18T16:09:31Z")
Urban exploration videos, particularly houses that have been abandoned with all the previous owners possessions strewn around. I always wonder what situation prompts people to run so fast that even their family photos are left on the wall. Double creepy when there’s a bunch of kids toys. I drove through a wind farm in midland Texas about a month ago. I felt like the turbines were going to notice my little car and bend down for a closer look at any moment. I wouldn’t have a baby monitor if you paid me. I heard a story about a family with a little two year old girl who was scared of “the man in monitor.” Turns out the thing had a wifi connection, and someone had hacked in and was talking to (and presumably looking at) the toddler. O.O I think I heard that story on this site. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787/103 "2016-10-18T16:44:37Z")
> [@weef](#): > > I don’t like antique furniture and won’t have it in my house. The only exception is if it was passed down by someone related to me. It’s irrational I know. Billy Bob Thorton shares this same problem. Billy Bob Thorton gets furniture passed down by someone related to you? Similarly…Billy Bob Thorton creeps me out. As does pool filters with glass sections that you can see the water in. Also…the grills of old trucks. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787/104 "2016-10-18T16:48:09Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > So, I Googled “car with a matte finish” and I still don’t get it. Maybe the images do not do it justice, but you’re talking about a car that isn’t “glossy”? Is that a thing? > > (I had a crazy neighbor with a mostly primer and bondo car who painted his vehicle with a paintbrush. _That_ was unique! > ETA: thanks to this thread I’m now living in mild horror of experiencing a warm toilet seat. It seems like it is becoming a thing, yes. It’s similar to a chalkboard, which also kind of freaks me out. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787/105 "2016-10-18T17:09:08Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Big beards. Or beards in general. I have that effect of lots of people. 😉 Forgot to mention earlier…really big, over-sized, flags. Looking up into the inside of a hot air balloon. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787/106 "2016-10-18T18:58:11Z")
> [@Apollon](#): > > - When people append my name at the end of every other sentence. Do they think this will cause me to feel close to them? My new housemate does this. I feel like I’m being interrogated. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787/107 "2016-10-31T20:41:57Z")
Living in Howls moving castle. If you haven’t seen the movie, it’s about a woman who falls in love with a man who lives in a constantly moving castle. The thought of living there gives me the heebie jeebies. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787/108 "2016-10-31T21:01:59Z")
> [@Apollon](#): > > - When people append my name at the end of every other sentence. Do they think this will cause me to feel close to them? It’s worse when it’s thrown into spam, e.g. “You could win, John, just by searching!” ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787/109 "2016-10-31T22:44:44Z")
Remember the beginning of IT? Where the boat goes down a grating and then the little boy got his arm ripped off? I was afraid of those sorts of sewer gratings long before IT, I refuse to stand in front of one no matter how well its grated. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787/110 "2016-10-31T23:14:50Z")
A halved pomegranate just looks down right alien to me. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787/111 "2016-11-01T01:42:30Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > You cylindrical building haters will be happy to know that [this one](https://www.google.com/search?q=ols+c%26s+building+atlanta&rlz=1C2CHFX_enUS688&biw=2133&bih=1194&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRstGogOLPAhXJ5yYKHU5xAy8Q_AUICCgD&dpr=0.9#imgrc=jgw7Bg1zdDDNSM%3A)was torn down a few years ago. Not only was it round, it seemed to _float_. I’m not really creeped out by cylindrical buildings, but clearly some of y’all are. So you’d really hate [_this_](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-47qIu3lM-MI/V5vqAuORQ9I/AAAAAAAAA08/dLXqL2qwMgkvPQoJ3YFwQ0XOpPAvbnejQCEw/s1600/16937162_BG1.jpg) one. Which is not only cylindrical, but derelict, as well. Big, empty, sightless eyes. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Dinna\_Fash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Dinna\_Fash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinna_Fash)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787/112 "2016-11-01T02:32:31Z")
> [@Apollon](#): > > - Firm handshakes. Like it’s not a real handshake if you’re not hearing the sweet sound of cracking bones. In contrast, dead fish handshakes. It just feels like the other person isn’t _there_, yet you expected them to be. Like going to pick up the full jug of milk out of the refrigerator and only realizing it’s empty after almost flinging it across the room ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787/113 "2016-11-01T04:16:39Z")
> [@Apollon](#): > > Flip flops and sandals without socks. I don’t want to see other peoples’ ugly toes. I think it’s indecent, almost obscene, to display your toes in public. Especially if you’re a diabetic, overweight, paint your toenails, or suffer from some other deformity. What the hell planet are you from? ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787/114 "2016-11-01T04:51:18Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Walking around in downtown surrounded by tall buildings. I get the sense they are going to tumble down on me at any second. If you want to amp this up, stand right at the base of the corner of a high-rise during strong winds and look straight up along the building’s edge… and watch it [sway back and forth](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1590/do-tall-buildings-sway-in-the-wind). ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787/115 "2016-11-01T06:17:51Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > You cylindrical building haters will be happy to know that [this one](https://www.google.com/search?q=ols+c%26s+building+atlanta&rlz=1C2CHFX_enUS688&biw=2133&bih=1194&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRstGogOLPAhXJ5yYKHU5xAy8Q_AUICCgD&dpr=0.9#imgrc=jgw7Bg1zdDDNSM%3A)was torn down a few years ago. Not only was it round, it seemed to _float_. Oh, they all float down here. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787/116 "2016-11-01T07:32:03Z")
The suburbs. Anytime I visit someone’s house in the burbs, I feel like the neighbors are all peering out of their curtains at me. There’s a “one of us” conformity that gives me the creeps. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787/117 "2016-11-01T15:30:04Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > I was afraid of those sorts of sewer gratings long before IT, I refuse to stand in front of one no matter how well its grated. Not sure if I mentioned this already but I’m afraid of storm sewer grates. I won’t park near or walk too close to one. Because I’m paranoid that I will klutz out and drop my phone or keys down it. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787/118 "2016-11-01T15:45:30Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > Long fingernails that extend more than about half a centimeter (0.2 inches) from the end of the finger. They look like claws. It’s worse if they’re painted red. Then they look like bloody claws. I’m seriously creeped out by the new trend for women to wear their fingernails honed to a point, like talons. Ugh! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787/119 "2016-11-01T18:36:52Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I’m not really creeped out by cylindrical buildings, but clearly some of y’all are. So you’d really hate [_this_](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-47qIu3lM-MI/V5vqAuORQ9I/AAAAAAAAA08/dLXqL2qwMgkvPQoJ3YFwQ0XOpPAvbnejQCEw/s1600/16937162_BG1.jpg) one. Which is not only cylindrical, but derelict, as well. Big, empty, sightless eyes. > > You’re welcome. I used to work right across the street from there when it was the Presidential Hotel! ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787/120 "2016-11-01T20:46:06Z")
I’m aligned with the guy on the first page who said he can’t stand to see people kiss their kids on the lips. I saw something even worse once: Toddler just finished eating ice cream and covered his face with melted ice cream as toddlers are wont to do. Mom grabbed kid by the ears and swept her tongue in a big circle around his mouth to “clean” him off. I about puked. I don’t mind cylindrical buildings, but[this one](http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/9/0/7/5/5/ar128838336855709.jpg) irks me. Not only is it smaller below that on top, but it’s roof is not level (deliberately). :mad: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-creepy-that-probably-nobody-else-does/767787.md?page=7)