# What vices do you wish you could overcome? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 27, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vices-do-you-wish-you-could-overcome/679862 "2014-01-27T17:40:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vices-do-you-wish-you-could-overcome/679862/41 "2014-02-16T01:09:58Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I do many of the listed “vices”, but have no desire whatsoever to stop. Maybe not stop, but what about do less? I mean what I’ve voted for I think it would be great if I could just cut in half. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vices-do-you-wish-you-could-overcome/679862/42 "2014-02-16T01:47:19Z")
For me it is a cluttered home, and something else Skald didn’t mention. I cuss, sometimes really bad. “F” ans “S” and using God’s second name. I know I can control it, because I don’t do it in front of family. I really need to get rid of the bad language. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vices-do-you-wish-you-could-overcome/679862/43 "2014-02-18T17:59:09Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > For me it is a cluttered home, and something else Skald didn’t mention. I cuss, sometimes really bad. “F” ans “S” and using God’s second name. “Pallas”? ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vices-do-you-wish-you-could-overcome/679862/44 "2014-02-18T18:24:34Z")
I am lazy, so my house gets messy. Also due to laziness, I tend to eat less than I should (I am trying to gain weight and have a high metabolism). And I spend too much money on frivolous things rather than putting it all towards paying off my debts. That’s it though, I’m not doing too bad. I justdon’t have an addictive personality so I haven’t had trouble getting hooked on habits or substances. ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vices-do-you-wish-you-could-overcome/679862/45 "2014-02-18T18:58:11Z")
I’m a little bit surprised that more people didn’t pick smoking tobacco. Almost everyone I know that smokes has expressed that they’d love to quit but have been unable. Me, I’m right there with overeating, sloth, messy house and callous behavior. But ‘excessive masturbation’? I know what both those words mean, but together they make no sense. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Grrlbrarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrlbrarian/32/4048_2.png) [@Grrlbrarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrlbrarian)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vices-do-you-wish-you-could-overcome/679862/46 "2014-02-18T20:01:28Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I cuss, sometimes really bad. “F” ans “S” and using God’s second name. I know I can control it, because I don’t do it in front of family. I really need to get rid of the bad language. +1 I’ve tried, but this is one vice I can’t seem to lose or even minimize. ☹ Probably because, yep, my temper is another vice. I’m seldom outwardly angry anymore, but inside, oh dear me, that’s another matter. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vices-do-you-wish-you-could-overcome/679862/47 "2014-02-18T20:31:47Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > “Pallas”? “Clapton” ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vices-do-you-wish-you-could-overcome/679862/48 "2014-02-18T22:27:19Z")
I came on here hoping that ‘cluttered house’ was an option and \*\*Skald \*\*didn’t disappoint. It is somewhat reassuring to see that others have the same vice. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vices-do-you-wish-you-could-overcome/679862/49 "2014-02-18T22:54:52Z")
I voted “cluttered house” and “other”. I’d love to stop drinking Coke, otherwise known as the sweet nectar of the gods. I really have few vices, not because I’m abstemious, but more because I’m boring. StG [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vices-do-you-wish-you-could-overcome/679862.md?page=2)