Researchershave foundthat embarrassment is adaptive. We feel it more when we make mistakes in front of people who are close to us and less in front of outsiders.(This is because we identify with our social groups and value their opinions over others, which allows embarrassment to elicit forgiveness and advertise trustworthiness, ultimately helping us repair relationships.)So to learn about human nature, Reddit userJotazeppdecided to utilize the anonymity of the internet and asked everyone else on the platform to share the most sheepish things the world would find out if they were to suddenly pass away.Let the discussion be a reminder to clear yourbrowsing history!This post may includeaffiliate links.
Researchershave foundthat embarrassment is adaptive. We feel it more when we make mistakes in front of people who are close to us and less in front of outsiders.
(This is because we identify with our social groups and value their opinions over others, which allows embarrassment to elicit forgiveness and advertise trustworthiness, ultimately helping us repair relationships.)
So to learn about human nature, Reddit userJotazeppdecided to utilize the anonymity of the internet and asked everyone else on the platform to share the most sheepish things the world would find out if they were to suddenly pass away.
Let the discussion be a reminder to clear yourbrowsing history!
This post may includeaffiliate links.
I’m 71, when I die the surprise is: I spent all the money.
I subscribe to a hedgehog rehab charity
We contacted Jotazepp, and the Redditor was kind enough to have a little chat with us.“I got the idea for the post when I was watching some crime content (I don’t remember the exact case, but this applies to many of them) where a significant other discovers the body of their loved one,” Jotazepp toldBored Panda.“So I thought, ‘My bathroom is so filthy, what if I die and someone encounters this mess? How embarrassing!'”
We contacted Jotazepp, and the Redditor was kind enough to have a little chat with us.
“I got the idea for the post when I was watching some crime content (I don’t remember the exact case, but this applies to many of them) where a significant other discovers the body of their loved one,” Jotazepp toldBored Panda.
“So I thought, ‘My bathroom is so filthy, what if I die and someone encounters this mess? How embarrassing!'”
I’m female, and a male ex of mine loves dressing up in women’s clothes, especially lacy underwear, silky nighties etc. He was really scared he was going to die and his family would find all this stuff. So he keeps it in an old suitcase of mine with my name, flight tags and address on it. So it looks like I’ve left it at his house. I personally think they’ll still be surprised as I don’t wear anything fancy (just jeans, black t shirts, etc), but it keeps him happy.
That I write romance books under a pen name and they sell LOL.
To do lists from when I’ve been depressed with stuff like “take a shower” and “go outside” and mostly not crossed off.
After getting familiar with the discussion, Jotazepp said, “A lot of people seem to be afraid of someone finding their kinky stuff (taste in pornography, sex toys, etc). Also, a recurring answer with which I agree was ‘My search history.'“Personally, the Redditor isn’t fond of the emotion. “I think embarrassment is a negative feeling because it makes me feel uncomfortable.“And it’s understandable. Who wouldn’t prefer all of our social interactions to proceed smoothly? We don’t want to offend our colleagues or look like oafs to our crushes.
After getting familiar with the discussion, Jotazepp said, “A lot of people seem to be afraid of someone finding their kinky stuff (taste in pornography, sex toys, etc). Also, a recurring answer with which I agree was ‘My search history.'”
Personally, the Redditor isn’t fond of the emotion. “I think embarrassment is a negative feeling because it makes me feel uncomfortable.”
And it’s understandable. Who wouldn’t prefer all of our social interactions to proceed smoothly? We don’t want to offend our colleagues or look like oafs to our crushes.
I still play with G.I. Joe’s and ninja turtles in the bathtub and I’m 42 years old.
How much I’m lacking money on my bank account… And how terrible I’ve considered myself all my life 😂Oh and… my darkest habit maybe, I always hated injustice. So sometimes I’m tracking crazy people that are seeking for children on the internetMaking them lose their time, go to false rendez-vous, and scare them so they actually aren’t meeting anyone, except their darkes fear 🤭.
The hello kitty tattoo on my butt… I’m a guy
I smoke weed. I’m an old lady now. I’ve smoked for 52 years.
I’m kind of known as a geeky academic person in my family and friends. However I write romance stories on one of the online platforms with fake name and have a good following.They all will be surprised.
I’m a heterosexual female. My search history would not indicate that.
For years, I’ve cultivated an idea for a business. It’s a joke idea, but my friends and I have had so many funny conversations about it that it suddenly feels like a legit idea.The business: “Skeletons in Your Closet”. You wear a Fitbit-like device, and when you die, I get an alert. I rush to your house and erase all evidence of anything that would embarrass you. By the time your family gets there, your secrets will be safe!I got this idea when a couple we hang out with jokingly asked me to dispose of their sex toys if they were to die unexpectedly.
That I’ve been conducting a covert mission to document and rate every public restroom I’ve ever visited, complete with cleanliness scores and ambiance evaluations.
Honestly nothing. I’m that boring. In the autopsy they’d see I have hemorrhoids but besides that not much else.
We have some ahem interesting proclivities in the bedroom, so we already have a pact with each other to get rid of the evidence if one of us goes first. We have a friend who promised to take care of it if we go at the same time.
To quote Seinfeld…JERRY: Can’t you at least die with a little dignity?GEORGE: No I can’t. I can’t die with dignity. I have no dignity. I want to be the one person who doesn’t die with dignity. I live my whole life in shame. Why should I die with dignity?
Diary-entry-like random notes where I’m venting about certain people / situations. Writing has always been a helpful way for me to process more intense/confusing emotions, but I do worry that if I suddenly die those notes will be found and people who I genuinely cared about in life may then think that this one random journal entry represented “the real way” I actually secretly thought about them in totality. When really it was just a moment and not representative of my whole relationship with them.
I think I’m scared of anybody reading my diary. For my family (husband, kids, parents) , friends and coworkers I’m a smily and active person. But in reality I’m ALWAYS afraid of life, full of depressive thoughts, constantly fighting to not let my anxiety get the control of my mind knowing most of my life anxiety will win. If someone read what I write they will know that I was actually acting to be a good person when actually I’m a psychiatric case with no solution.
If you’re reading this worried about someone finding something out- I had a friend who died accidentally from choking himself while pleasuring himself. In an effort to press upon people it wasn’t intentional and in her grief- his mom didn’t care who she told. Nobody else cared either. That’s not what we bring up about him. We’re all just sad he’s gone. Please be careful if that’s your thing, you guys.
If I had died a year ago or so, people would find like 400 photos I took of someone I like doing an online video presentation… I just thought they looked lovely and inspiring and wanted to draw them later, so I needed some references. (The presentation was long and the person did a lot of interesting poses and expressions, so I took many photos.) But if someone found the photos without the context, they’d probably think I’m a crazy stalker.
If they root around my room they’re gonna find an entire collection of onesie pajamas, including a Charmander suit, strategically hidden away.
My messy house.
I have a sketchbook that I draw sexual stuff in and they are all drawings of me.
I told all my friends that if I die before them they should turn my memorial service into a total roast. Be merciless, I told them…..someone’s getting embarrassed. Just not me.
I have a list of secrets that my sister is in charge of. She is supposed to open it at my funeral and spill all the beans. I’m talking every dark secret between everyone that includes me. I’m hoping everyone leaves happy I’m dead. And the simple fact she still speaks to me is more than enough proof, I know she hasn’t opened it yet.
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My web history of fanfics I have been reading
I am a boring accountant. In my dresser I have one drawer filled with weed gummies. In my underwear drawer I have 2 pair of panties from girls I dated and a set of handcuffs.
I’ve got an old Playboy magazine under my bed that shows boobs.
The lack of funds currently in my bank account lol.
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My tattered underwear.
I’m dead, I don’t care that they find a full deepfreezer in the cellar.
That my Spotify will show….. that I listen to…. ugh. The black eyed peas.
That I choose to be single for 12 years to show my loyalty for a certain lady who straight out says “I don’t want you”.
When I die the people around me had better have the decency to not look through my laptop/phone or they’re going to find my fanfiction page and all the weird s**t I have bookmarked on it. I’d better pray there’s no afterlife or ghost life because I might just die of embarrassment a second time.
They’re gonna find a lot of clothes from the opposite gender.
How boring and non embarrassing my life is 🤣.
I watched, and enjoyed, all 20 seasons of Grey’s Anatomy .
I’ve got computer backups that span 1996-current day. When I die, someone is going to probably grab my rig and start looking through the files. Embarrassing teenaged poetry, dark relationship secrets, my entire photo collection, every text-based argument I’ve had via mobile phone and email… it’s just an immense treasure trove of humiliation, really.I really need to set up some kind of self destruct device on my computer, so it can go out Mission: Impossible style.
They would find the gold flatware I have, hidden under my bed and cash in.
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