Almost none of the “shock site” images disgust me. Goatse, tubgirl, lotus boob, all meh.
EDIT: I’ve even specifically looked for the harlequin fetus pictures to examine. Fascinating stuff.
I’ve eaten a few creampies, grandpa says nans are the best but …
Cottage cheese. I have been trying to eat cottage cheese in public/at work/at friends’ houses/in my own house for 10ish years and the people around me always have to make fake gagging noises & such.. I don’t understand.
The shock sites don’t shock me, either. I don’t mind blood, guts, rape, abortion, extreme congenital deformities, whatever. I have a sick obsession with car accident footage.. the more blood, the better. I LOVED ‘Irreversible,’ too.
I hear this everywhere and I really don’t think it’s true for everyone. I am a healthy 20something female with good hygiene and I simply can’t go more than 24 hours without showering. I genuinely think I smell after that period of time, whether or not I have exercised that day, and my skin/scalp are uncontrollably oily. Tips?
Whoever came up with that "AXE’ shit needs to die!
“What disgusts other people but not you?”
Pets.
Almost everything that other people find disgusting doesn’t bother me much. Shit, piss, vomit, snot - whatever. Sibling incest - ho hum (I could never think of my sisters sexually, but whatever floats their boat as long as there’s no abuse). Spiders, snakes, rats - love 'em. Eating live bugs - I do it for money. All kinds of strong-smelling and/or ‘gross’ foods - eat them on a regular basis. The weirdest human deformities and health conditions - I am obsessed (Harlequin babies, while heartbreaking, are also amazing). Sugury I watch on tv. Love getting blood drawn. Dead bodies are neat. Guts and gore is all good.
I think the only things that really skeeve me are the awful things people deliberately do to each other that cause severe emotional and physical pain - rape and torture are not something I can easily watch or want to think about at all. That’s the only thing that has ever ‘turned my stomach’.
Brushing my teeth each day.
I do it most days, but sometimes I forget and don’t feel “icky” or whatever other word I’ve seen people use. Sure, my breath is probably rancid, but few people seldom come close enough to find out.
As the poster said above, showering daily. I think I average once every other day and nobody has ever complained. I don’t think they’re “just being nice,” either. I have an office job so I don’t do much physically.
I totally agree. On the other hand you can cook them first, but why bother?
I find it all depends on how hot it is. Here in the UK, where summer temperatures average around 70°F, and temperatures over 80 are uncommon showering once every 2 - 3 days is enough at any time of year. But when I’ve been in hotter countries where temperatures are in the 90s or higher, I feel unclean unless I shower every day.
I firmly beleive that the idea that you should brush your teeth at least twice a day was coined just to make toothpaste companies rich. I’ve never brushed more than once per day, yet I’ve always had healthy teeth.
The thought of my parents having sex.
I’ve lots of friends that don’t even want to contemplate it. “No! I’m an immaculate conception!” they say. Bosh. I hope my parents are having sex - it’s part of a healthy, loving relationship. Indeed, if they aren’t having sex, then something’s wrong. I don’t necessarily picture them having it, any more than I’d picture any of my friends having sex, but I certainly hope that they are having it.
Seeing other people vomit. Doesn’t bother me in the least.
There’s a comedic cliche wherin people are eating, and somebody will simply mention vomiting, or worms, or the abcess on his big toe; and everybody will suddenly push their plates away. No way am I losing my appetite that easily. I suspect this trope has little basis in reality.
Skunk scent. My husband is absolutely repulsed by it, and will speed through an area* with his mouth and nose covered if he gets the slightest whiff. While I agree it doesn’t smell like roses, I don’t mind it.
- Legally. He stays right on the speed limit. But he wastes no time getting through.
Raw eggs. I eat them blended into smoothies.
Some people are revolted at the prospect of eating fried calamari topped by coffee ice cream during showings of the TV program Real Sex, while volunteers scrape their fingernails down a blackboard in the background.
Me, I’ll be vacationing on a beach in the Caribbean.
Dexter??
My favorite smell in the world is skunk. I’m always amused when other people are making faces and I’m happy as a clam.
Obese people in skimpy/tight clothing.; it’s not my fetish or anything, I just don’t have that “eeew” reaction I see from other people. Same thing for body hair.
Dog poop. Always sorta surprises me when people sqwick out at the idea of slipping a plastic bag over your hand and just picking it up.
The wonderful wide world of God’s creatures great and small. Snakes, centipedes, bats, rats, Komodo dragons- I love 'em all. I’ve never understood people who climb on their desks and scream when there’s a harmless cricket in the classroom. They’re all beautiful. Well, except warthogs and blobfish. But we love you anyway.
Okay, I’m uneasy around spiders. But I feel ashamed of myself.
Everything I came in here to say has been mentioned…
Rats - I think their long, nearly-hairless tails are amazing balance tools, not icky. Cannibalism, drinking human milk (or eating cheesemade from it), peeing in the shower, etc.
Oooh! I thought of one! Picking your nose. Well, it’s kinda disgusting, I get that, but it hasn’t stopped me yet!