Confession Time! ((ABSOLUTELY NO JUDGEMENT))
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If I go to someones house and their toilet paper hangs down the back against the wall, I change it so it cascades over the top instead...oh it feels good confessing!0
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I have completely irrational anxiety about talking on the phone to anyone but my immediate family. As a result I don't answer the phone when I don't recognise the number, most of the time I don't answer it even when I do. I absolutely hate having to call to make appointments (doctors, hair etc). Even my manager at work has taken the hint and now texts/emails me instead to ask if I can cover for someone.
I can't remember if it's always been like this, but it is soo annoying sometimes!
I thought I was the only one like this.
Me too
I hate talking on the phone, my friends always bug me about this!0 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »Count me in one the phone thing! I absolutely hate talking on the phone, getting voicemail on my mobile stresses me out to the point that my voicemail message actually say I'd prefer if the caller would hang up and send me a text. My best friend, who is interstate, gets upset at me because I neglect her because I never call and half the time I don't answer when she calls.
MOG mine too
I have like three people I talk to, everyone else can text......I love that someone else's cm also says this!!0 -
I've eaten 2700 calories today. Did not work out. Do not feel guilty as it was a conscious decision. I ate what I wanted when I wanted all day and I feel so satisfied. Gonna sleep like a baby tonight
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azulvioleta6 wrote: »Italian_Buju wrote: »
Exactly!! That was more how I understood it.girldownsouth wrote: »azulvioleta6 wrote: »Italian_Buju wrote: »It is actually quite amazing how close we are to such things. My daughter actually just read a report at school about how the average person will have casual contact with six serial killers over their lifetime. SIX!
Edited to add that there are usually around 50 serial killers active in the States at any given time, and close to that same number in Canada....most people think of them as rare, but that is because we only hear about 1% of them......
That's an average of one per state...so it doesn't seem likely that most people would come into contact with a serial killer at all. I guess if you include connections that we have to victims, survivors, family members of killers, etc. there are many more links.
I would find that number more plausible if the definition were extended to other kinds of mass/multiple murderers. I have casual connections to three--two family killers (one male, one female) and one person who killed his parents (the father was my colleague) and then committed a school shooting. Actually, if you count political killings as a form mass murder, I have a fourth connection.
I think you've somewhat undone your own initial argument there, as casual connections is a lot more than just contact. I think the initial point was 6 in a lifetime, I'm not sure if that's a US average, but if there's 50 active at one time, across a lifetime of maybe 75 years, that increases the odds straight away. And then, if by contact it is as I understood it you might serve them in a shop, stand behind them in a bus queue, give directions etc then think how many times that happens with different people to an average person each day. You wouldn't even know you'd come into contact with them. So on your basis, with your 4 casual connections, I would say that if you know there are actual connections, and there are currently 4, then if you extended the definition it'd far exceed 6 over your lifetime.
There are so many variables! If there are 50 at any one moment, there will certainly be more than 50 in the country over the course of an average lifetime...but that depends on how many years the average serial killer is active, how many are actually identified, etc. The total US population is currently more than 320 million. 50 vs. 320,000,000 seems like fairly long odds, even for the most casual contact.
All of the examples that I have from my own life are mass murders or multiple murders, not serial murders. My guess is that the first is more common than the second.
We would need to see how the terms are defined by the study (who counts as a serial killer? are mass murders of other stripes included? what do we mean by active? how is a connection or contact counted) in order to even begin to discuss the issue.
This is something that I don't know much about, but I would be really interested to read the study that was mentioned.azulvioleta6 wrote: »Casual contact with 6 sociopaths seems really plausible. I would need to see how they came up with the hypothesis about 6 serial killers.
A serial killer is defined as having killed a minimum of three people with a cooling off period between each murder.
Casual contacts with sociopaths has to be frequent, more like six a week! And that is a low ball. The world is full of sociopaths!!0 -
I am allowing other people too much influence over my actions, and not paying enough attention to what I want and as such, my diet/healthy living lifestyle and exercise is suffering.0
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marissafit06 wrote: »Not a confession but a question: It's almost the end of my semester and exam time is coming up. I am a stress eater and so studying + all day take home exams = weight gain for me. I would love strategies anyone who copes similarly has.
Part of my problem is that I still have to balance the kiddos, so I have less down time to exercise etc when I'm not working.
Can you go to the library for your usual 'class time' so you are out of the house? I found for me that really helped avoid the procrastination eating. I would pack a nice snack treat to reward myself with.
If you need to be at home try strategies like, study for an hour, take the kids on a jog around the block. Study for an hour. Watch a favourite TV show, study for an hour, put on loud music and dance.
Try to plan/prep/pack your meals and snacks in advance so you're not spending.lots.of time in the kitchen with temptation. If you can, don't have your nemesis foods in the house. If you have to because of the kids, put them in a lockable box and give the key to your kids/husband/friend.
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Great thread everyone! Now that I've caught up to the current posts I can finally post myself. Just getting to this point feels like I've smashed out a huge essay or similar. Like I've done the research required to participate or something.
I confess I cannot stand listening to people eat. It takes me from calm to mad in 10 excruciating seconds.
I confess that I have little interest in, nor affection for animals. Despite quite liking my cat, I glaze over with boredom when i see or hear anything animal related. I fake interest when it is unavoidable. Of course i believe they should all be fed and cared for properly and protected but beyond that, well it's just not very interesting to me.
I confess now that I've admitted to that it may only be a matter of time before someone alludes to this being one of the common traits of a sociopath or psychopath. i guess it's a chance I'll have to take ☺
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lalabrucey wrote: »If I go to someones house and their toilet paper hangs down the back against the wall, I change it so it cascades over the top instead...oh it feels good confessing!
LOL! If they're one of those people who obsess over the direction their toilet paper is facing, I can just imagine their bewilderment! I'm imagining an angry woman/man coming out of the bathroom and yelling "Okay, which of you clowns turned the toilet paper over?!" and getting blank stares in return... The mystery of the turning toilet paper
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glutenfreechic wrote: »I confess that I have little interest in, nor affection for animals. Despite quite liking my cat, I glaze over with boredom when i see or hear anything animal related. I fake interest when it is unavoidable. Of course i believe they should all be fed and cared for properly and protected but beyond that, well it's just not very interesting to me.
I confess now that I've admitted to that it may only be a matter of time before someone alludes to this being one of the common traits of a sociopath or psychopath. i guess it's a chance I'll have to take ☺
Well I have no love for cats either, absolutely CRAZY about dogs.... so... does that make me half sociopathic/psychopathic
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annette_15 wrote: »I've eaten 2700 calories today. Did not work out. Do not feel guilty as it was a conscious decision. I ate what I wanted when I wanted all day and I feel so satisfied. Gonna sleep like a baby tonight
Sometimes it's just a really wonderful feeling to let down your hair and not stress about anything for the day! Go you!
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glutenfreechic wrote: »Great thread everyone! Now that I've caught up to the current posts I can finally post myself. Just getting to this point feels like I've smashed out a huge essay or similar. Like I've done the research required to participate or something.
I confess I cannot stand listening to people eat. It takes me from calm to mad in 10 excruciating seconds.
I confess that I have little interest in, nor affection for animals. Despite quite liking my cat, I glaze over with boredom when i see or hear anything animal related. I fake interest when it is unavoidable. Of course i believe they should all be fed and cared for properly and protected but beyond that, well it's just not very interesting to me.
I confess now that I've admitted to that it may only be a matter of time before someone alludes to this being one of the common traits of a sociopath or psychopath. i guess it's a chance I'll have to take ☺
I don't think it is! Everyone has their interests and lack thereof--My eyes glaze over during most sports, for example, and some people are bored to death with babies while everyone else makes weird cooing sounds over them. I don't think it makes anyone a sociopath or anything like that, since it isn't like they wish harm on them or something...
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Confession: I feel like I'm slowly losing control over my eating today, and the little food monster in my head/gut is going to come alive any time now. I just ate an entire bag of microwave popcorn, then followed it with a delicious bowl of chocolate peanut butter oatmeal, and I'm struggling to resist the thought of the Snickers bar that was originally in my "Snack" meal slot and now needs to be canceled because of that huge, unplanned 400 calorie popcorn snack...
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I confess that if I had to choose just one flavor for my food for the rest of my life, it would be salt and vinegar.0
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glutenfreechic wrote: »I confess that if I had to choose just one flavor for my food for the rest of my life, it would be salt and vinegar.
OMG, me too. Salt + vinegar = LOVE.0 -
Italian_Buju wrote: »azulvioleta6 wrote: »Casual contact with 6 sociopaths seems really plausible. I would need to see how they came up with the hypothesis about 6 serial killers.
Casual contacts with sociopaths has to be frequent, more like six a week! And that is a low ball. The world is full of sociopaths!!
The somewhat creepy refrain of "they're everywhere, they're everywhere!" would seem to be disturbingly applicable (and oh, so unfortunately)... and depending on how much 'maneuvering about' in public one does, it could perhaps be reasoned that any such 'going out' times will often involve at least one casual 'contact' with a sociopath...Italian_Buju wrote: »A serial killer is defined as having killed a minimum of three people with a cooling off period between each murder.
...and I cannot help wondering just when I'll be able to slip *that* little ditty into casual conversation, at some currently-unknown point in the future (and perhaps much to the freaked-out surprise of whoever happens to have the 'regrettable' distinction of being engaged in conversation with me at the time)... ;P
(Who knew that a Confessions thread would end up adding to my nettle-like -acquisitioned trivia 'arsenal' (a girl can dream... ;P ))... 0 -
Susieq_1994 wrote: »Confession: I feel like I'm slowly losing control over my eating today, and the little food monster in my head/gut is going to come alive any time now.
Susieq_1994, a rather iconic scene and 'image' from the first installment of the "Aliens" movie franchise just flashed into my mind, when reading the words "the little food monster in my head/gut is going to come alive any time" (!)... 0 -
pofoster21 wrote: »Ok so I went to the sugar thread after getting caught up on this. Sooo not judging but... Does anyone notice that it's like the same 3 or 4 people who blow up these threads? And get all nasty and judgmental? They seem to follow each other around.
I hope they never find their way to this thread.
I didn't read that thread, but I often see a group going thread to thread with their snarky 'expert' replies. There is one dude who is a total tool.
Yep he is the worst. I am pretty sure I know who you mean. I am surprised they let him continue.0 -
marissafit06 wrote: »Re the sugar thread: sugar might not be inherently bad for you, but it gives me horrible breakouts. I have been over indulging for the past month and everyday there is another bump or two.
Cheese does that to me. I don't eat much sugar per se but I do eat too many carbs overall.0 -
Kelll12123 wrote: »I ate over half a carton of ice cream in one sitting last week
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Susieq_1994 wrote: »glutenfreechic wrote: »I confess that if I had to choose just one flavor for my food for the rest of my life, it would be salt and vinegar.
OMG, me too. Salt + vinegar = LOVE.
glutenfreechic and Susieq_1994, if it were possible for humans to have any sort of carbon credits -like 'exchange', via which we could 'trade' 'credits' for various food-consumptive and flavor-based 'preferences', I would gladly apportion my 'allotment' of salt and vinegar 'taste credits' to you both, to split and utilize/trade-back-in-forth, and in whatever manner you so chose...
(...though it would probably be best that I not relinquish 100% of such (one never knows if/when/how one's sense of taste might happen to 'up and suddenly like' or otherwise prefer some taste one was not previously 'a fan' of... I suppose I should keep one 'credit' around, 'just in case'... )) 0 -
Ice cream is my weak spot and I could eat that in one sitting myself0
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I have a confession. I fancy the pants off of one of the personal trainers at my gym. He can deadlift and squat like a beast. I imagine his butt is as firm as a ripe peach.0
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lalabrucey wrote: »If I go to someones house and their toilet paper hangs down the back against the wall, I change it so it cascades over the top instead...oh it feels good confessing!
On a board I used to read, there was a woman who had a houseguest for several days. Every time she went in the bathroom, the toilet paper was flipped around to hang off the back. She'd put it back to normal, and next time she'd go in, it was flipped again. The first day, she posted about it just as a wow, this is weird, kind of thing. By the third day she was nearing a breakdown, because she was too afraid to flat out ask why the guest was doing it, but refused to back down and stop turning it back how she wanted it. It blew up into a giant debate about whether the person was OCD or just screwing with her for their own amusement.0 -
It's beginning to be the reason I spend so much time there.0 -
This week I learned that the only thing worse than a bra that is too small is one that is too big. I swear that I am losing all of my weight from my chest.0
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Susieq_1994 wrote: »lalabrucey wrote: »If I go to someones house and their toilet paper hangs down the back against the wall, I change it so it cascades over the top instead...oh it feels good confessing!
LOL! If they're one of those people who obsess over the direction their toilet paper is facing, I can just imagine their bewilderment! I'm imagining an angry woman/man coming out of the bathroom and yelling "Okay, which of you clowns turned the toilet paper over?!" and getting blank stares in return... The mystery of the turning toilet paper
Haha! Never thought about this - thats a hilarious scenario! Imagine two of us out there in the world clashing ROFL!
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This week I learned that the only thing worse than a bra that is too small is one that is too big. I swear that I am losing all of my weight from my chest.
Urgh, bras are the bane of my existence at the moment. I REALLY need new ones but refuse to buy any until I've lost more weight as they're so bloody expensive. In the meantime, I've been wearing a tight vest top under my clothes to keep the bra in place. My boobs are so unruly at the moment.
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