# What do you find creepy that others don't? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 15, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874 "2008-11-15T17:03:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874/61 "2008-11-16T22:07:14Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > So, you have no problem with a 8 inch cow but a 4 inch cow creeps you out. no šŸ˜› the stuffed toys, I have no problem with. Itā€™s the virtual version, in proportion to all the virtual furniture and such. Oddly enough, my webkinz is a frog and is the same size as all the others (lions, elephants, cats, etc) and it doesnā€™t bother me at all. And the whole animals living in houses and wearing clothes thing doesnā€™t make it any better. I know itā€™s irrational. Like people saying something on Buffy is unrealistic. and What Exit?- thank you šŸ™‚ Other things that I find creepy: Little kids spouting political opinions. Either on political commercials all ā€œarenā€™t you worried about my healthcare?ā€ or at protests or in whatever setting. Even if itā€™s stuff that I agree with, it weirds me out. ---
**Author:** ![schnuckiputzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schnuckiputzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnuckiputzi)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874/62 "2008-11-16T22:12:46Z")
The big metal grates set into sidewalks. I CANNOT walk on one, and I canā€™t look down to see whatā€™s down thereā€¦because there might \*be \*something! ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874/63 "2008-11-16T22:15:57Z")
Colored contact lenses. The colors usually look wrong and the pattern on the iris looks wrong. Is that pattern actually on the lens or is there some refraction or something going on? I donā€™t knowā€¦they make people look robotic or alien somehow. I also hate horseshoe crabs. What is this, 1 million BC? ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874/64 "2008-11-16T23:10:44Z")
> [@Bacon\_Salt](#): > > I > I just remembered another one. People who click their teeth when they chew. I know they probably have to because of tooth problems so I feel kinda guilty about it as well. Itā€™s barely audible but I have to excuse myself from the table when I hear it. Oh - you reminded me of another one - that gulping noise people make when they swallow. I canā€™t bear to hear it. ---
**Author:** ![Sine\_Nomine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sine_nomine/32/513_2.png) [@Sine\_Nomine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sine_Nomine)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874/65 "2008-11-17T00:38:51Z")
The undersides of wrists. Theyā€™re allā€¦ veiny. If someone offered me $50 to touch my fingertip to my wrist, Iā€™m not sure I could do it. I canā€™t even sleep if a wrist is upturned; I have to put them under a blanket or pillow. > [@Student\_Driver](#): > > Strangers calling me by name. Seriously! IMO, Itā€™s very rude to use someoneā€™s name before youā€™ve introduced yourself. It feels so invasive and as though Iā€™m at a disadvantage. Similarly, I hate it when some guy asks me for my name and never tells me his before asking me out. My response is to a) give a fake name and b) extract myself from the conversation ASAP. _shudder_ No way is that sort of creeptacular social ineptitude going to get you my number. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874/66 "2008-11-17T01:03:55Z")
Baby corn on the cob, the kind you find in stir frys. Thereā€™s something unholy about them. Listening to those call-in radio shows at night while driving, especially those call-in shows with radio hosts with sultry voices (Delilah, Iā€™m thinking of you). Brrr! Menā€™s muscle magazines. Well, ew. Gyros. I cannot believe people eat lambs. They are one of the cutest animals in the world and I cannot believe normal people eat them. Itā€™s akin to eating a puppy IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874/67 "2008-11-17T01:43:55Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Gyros. I cannot believe people eat lambs. They are one of the cutest animals in the world and I cannot believe normal people eat them. Itā€™s akin to eating a puppy IMO. And here I am, disappointed because Trader Joeā€™s didnā€™t have any severed lamb limbs when I went there Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874/68 "2008-11-17T01:46:08Z")
El Caminos. Rick Baylessā€“so creepy that I canā€™t watch his cooking show for more than a few seconds without feeling like Iā€™m sitting at the bottom of a pit, waiting for the lotion. Katie Couricā€™s eyes. Blank and inhuman. Random loose hairs. ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874/69 "2008-11-17T01:55:22Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Antiques. Ah! My brethren! I hate antiques, especially metal stuff. Especially if itā€™s tarnished or worn in some way. Oddly Iā€™m not bothered by my own stuff that has become tarnished or worn, just old stuff. Also, Egypt. The whole mummies, tombs, pyramids, etc, seriously creeps me out. ---
**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874/70 "2008-11-17T01:56:11Z")
The lady on that show _Cold Case_. Never watched an episode, but occasionally I see a commercial and she makes my skin crawl. I donā€™t know if itā€™s the way that they pile up all of her hair above her tiny face or what, but [she looks like a muppet](http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/10/coldcase.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874/71 "2008-11-17T02:28:27Z")
People eating entire fish. Like someone eating a canned sardine- bones, disgusting silvery skin and all. I donā€™t know the name, but thereā€™s this British sitcom with a talking baby. They use a special effect to put an adultā€™s mouth on the babyā€™s face. So, thereā€™s this tiny little face, with an adult mouth and a full set of teeth. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874/72 "2008-11-17T03:04:40Z")
Xtreem man style. Shaven heads, massive tats, 'roid builds. Just what nameless, faceless threat are we defending against, fellas? And do you care one tenth of one shit that when youā€™re out with a nice normal-looking woman, it looks like youā€™ve abducted her and weā€™re going to see her picture on Fox News? ---
**Author:** ![Henrichek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5daacb/32.png) [@Henrichek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henrichek)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874/73 "2008-11-17T03:48:37Z")
Sitting there in the forestā€¦ schemingā€¦ giant mycelium under groundā€¦ _brr_. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874/74 "2008-11-17T04:00:19Z")
> [@Meyer6](#): > > Ah! My brethren! I hate antiquesā€¦ Antique furniture, tools, etc. I donā€™t have a problem with. But glassware (those things that everyone bought half a century or more ago and nobody buys now), clothes, knick-knacks, and so on, make me think ā€˜Dead peopleā€™s stuff.ā€™ ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mrs\_Johnson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Johnson)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874/75 "2008-11-17T04:33:42Z")
> [@Standup\_Karmic](#): > > Babies. Theyā€™re like people, except theyā€™re gross and wrinkly. But not old-people wrinkly, which is not creepy. Unless theyā€™re really, really wrinkly. In which case, maybe, but still not as creepy as babies. > > Plus, theyā€™re stupid. Iā€™ll second that. I see nothing cute about them. Worms totally give me the creeps. The way they slink across the driveway when it rains and the way they \*wriggle \*if something touches them. (But snakes are fineā€¦ even the little worm-sized snakes.) ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874/76 "2008-11-17T05:07:02Z")
> [@Bacon\_Salt](#): > > ā€œThose little eyes so helpless and appealinā€™ > one day will flash and send you crashinā€™ through the ceilinā€™ā€ > Uggghhhhhh bad touch bad touch bad touch bad touch. > > My dad has a collection of clips from the Dean Martin show and they sing that song several times, usually with actual little girls piled around the singer. [And sometimes, they decide thatā€™s not weird enough.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upS7YyHCnJA) (Warning: wind-up doll army) Given Dinoā€™s lecherous, alcoholic stage persona youā€™ve got to wonder what the hell the parents of those children were thinking. Erā€¦thatā€™s justā€¦wrong. I mean, the song is kind of ookey but the dollsā€¦justā€¦winding and going. Ughā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874/77 "2008-11-17T05:09:54Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Colored contact lenses. The colors usually look wrong and the pattern on the iris looks wrong. Is that pattern actually on the lens or is there some refraction or something going on? I donā€™t knowā€¦they make people look robotic or alien somehow. > > I also hate horseshoe crabs. What is this, 1 million BC? Iā€™m with you on the colored contacts. Not only does the color usually look wrong, but the eye often looks _infected_ to me. I hate the green ones the most, but the blue ones almost always look very wrong to me. Oprah used to wear some green ones, I think on her show, years ago. Her eyes always looked itchy, irritated, and just wrong. Hey, when I first started reading the dope years ago, one of the first threads I read was someone that said she had a fear of bees so strong that she couldnā€™t stand to see the word _written_. I was fascinated with that thread, but have never been able to find it. (hint, hint, to all my search-meisters). ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874/78 "2008-11-17T05:28:54Z")
E.T. Yes, that E.T. The one from the childrens movie. Not aliens in general, not friendly otherworldly creatures, just that one specific wrinkled up skin-sock of pure devil-rivaling evil. To this day I havenā€™t gotten passed the first 30 minutes of the movie (not that Iā€™ve tried in 10 years, but oh well). ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874/79 "2008-11-17T05:29:52Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > E.T. > > Yes, that E.T. > > The one from the childrens movie. Not aliens in general, not friendly otherworldly creatures, just that one specific wrinkled up skin-sock of pure devil-rivaling evil. To this day I havenā€™t gotten passed the first 30 minutes of the move (not that Iā€™ve tried in 10 years, but oh well). I hate him! I never got people who would go on about how heartwarming and sweet that movie was. I expel cuter things into the toilet! Plus itā€™s disgustingly manipulative. I wish I hadnā€™t watched the entire thing. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874/80 "2008-11-17T05:55:36Z")
The infirm/elderly and the sick. Lotā€™s of people are scared of hospitals; Iā€™m disgusted by them. I used to have nightmares about them when I was a kid. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-find-creepy-that-others-dont/472874.md?page=5)