Secrecy can be fostered for many reasons, from ill will to seeking to spare someone’s feelings. And because of that, there is a wide range of how significant or detrimental secrets are; while some have close to no harm or affect, others can really turn someone’s life upside down.
Below you will also findBored Panda’sinterview with a professor of communications at Syracuse University,Makana Chock, who was kind enough to answer a few of our questions about keeping secrets, as well as with the person who started the thread, u/Necrocharm.
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I love my cat more than anyone else. She always greets me and is happy when I get home from work. Especially when I have a bad day.
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I don’t actually know what I am doing at work. I have no qualifications or previous work experience in the field. I just wing it every day and seem to get resultsEdit: Because so many of you are asking what my job is, I will tell you. I’m currently the operations manager at the biggest sawmill in the area.The only job I had before this was washing dishes at a care home.I didn’t lie on my resume, I guess they just liked me.
According to Prof. Chock, there are sometimes conflicting consequences from keeping secrets. “People may feel betrayed or angry that you’ve hidden (or revealed) information from (or about) them. Particularly if you are keeping secrets about others.“For example, you’refriendswith a couple and one of them is cheating. Your brother dropped out of school and doesn’t want your parents to know. Keeping secrets can involve a complicated algorithm of weighing consequences and ethical considerations.”
According to Prof. Chock, there are sometimes conflicting consequences from keeping secrets. “People may feel betrayed or angry that you’ve hidden (or revealed) information from (or about) them. Particularly if you are keeping secrets about others.
“For example, you’refriendswith a couple and one of them is cheating. Your brother dropped out of school and doesn’t want your parents to know. Keeping secrets can involve a complicated algorithm of weighing consequences and ethical considerations.”
If my grandfather dies (virtually knocking on the wood) today I will inherit all of his property and money.He showed me his last will with his attorney.I think my parents and uncles might k*ll me if they find outContext:When my granddad suffered from kidney failure, no one visited him except me. The reason is that he had many mistresses and still drank heavily when he was 75 to 80, which made his children hate him. Also, they have their own lives. From the day he was diagnosed with cancer until today, I have visited and taken care of him every day.My parents kicked me out of the house for being a party-goer and wanting to arrange my marriage at a young age (I was 19 back then and a female). I ran away for one month, but when I returned, they officially kicked me out. That’s when I told my grandfather. He gave me a lump sum of money to start over, so I went back to university and rented an apartment near his place.When I graduated this year, he called a meeting with his attorney and me. That’s when they told me that I will inherit all of his assets, including the ranch, his cars, basically everything he owns, and his real estate/construction business. When they asked me what will I do with the money I told them that my experiences when I run away when I was 19 opened my eyes to everything that’s happening within our city. It made me realize how hard life is. I use to have 5 cad for 1 week and I have to stretch it out. Most people would think homeless people are dangerous but they are not, unless you provoke them or they are defending themselves.My plan when I receive the money is to put half a million each towards- red road healing society- hope mission in Edmonton- Edmonton addiction youth services- WAEC woman shelterThis has been noted on our meeting and currently working on it with his attorney.EDIT: Hi everyone, thank you for your input and advice! I did mention this to my granddad’s attorney, and for legal purposes, he said I wasn’t supposed to post anything regarding this, lol. I’m just an excited 22-year-old female who wants to make a difference in my community because I have experienced it for about a month. I know how hard it is, and it excites me to think about how many people I know around that area who would be happy to finally have a shelter!! Thank you everyone. Wish me luck!
How close the world actually is to an all out apocalyptic war at every given second.
Epstein Island footage.
Discussing secrecies of a larger scale, such as government secrets, Dr. Makana Chock pointed out that they might sometimes be essential. “Revealing the details of a prisoner exchange before it’s finalized could jeopardize the negotiations. They can’t reveal troop movements that could put lives in danger. But as some legal cases have revealed (for instance, Watergate), the definition of ‘national security’ has sometimes been stretched to include reputational damage to specific administrations or individuals.”
I spend most of my day doom scrolling and pad my hours because my work doesn’t take as long as people think it should.Yet, my boss and team love me and always compliment me on how hardworking I am.
In a recent interview withBored Panda, the user ‘Necrocharm’ shared that they were curious about the kinds of deep, hidden truths people might be holding onto; that’s why they decided to start the thread.“We all have secrets, but some of them are so significant or shocking that they could change our entire perception of a person or situation if they were ever revealed. I wanted to see what kinds of things people might be willing to share anonymously, and it turns out there’s a lot people are keeping to themselves.”
In a recent interview withBored Panda, the user ‘Necrocharm’ shared that they were curious about the kinds of deep, hidden truths people might be holding onto; that’s why they decided to start the thread.
“We all have secrets, but some of them are so significant or shocking that they could change our entire perception of a person or situation if they were ever revealed. I wanted to see what kinds of things people might be willing to share anonymously, and it turns out there’s a lot people are keeping to themselves.”
I once discovered that a close family friend, who everyone believed was a retired teacher, was actually in witness protection for testifying against a major crime syndicate. It blew my mind and completely changed how I viewed them and their ‘quiet’ life.
I never turned in my 4th grade writing assignment. I just stuffed it in my desk incomplete and ignored it. The teacher never said anything. I’m 38 and I think about that way too much.
Discussing what secrets would likely shock everyone the most if they were to come into the light, the OP emphasized that it’s hard to pinpoint exact secrets. “But I imagine that the most shocking ones are those that involve people who we think we know well, like family, close friends, or even public figures,” they said.“For example, discovering that someone has been living a double life, has a hidden criminal past, or has done something that goes against their public persona would definitely be shocking. These are the kinds of things that could completely change how we view someone.”
Discussing what secrets would likely shock everyone the most if they were to come into the light, the OP emphasized that it’s hard to pinpoint exact secrets. “But I imagine that the most shocking ones are those that involve people who we think we know well, like family, close friends, or even public figures,” they said.
“For example, discovering that someone has been living a double life, has a hidden criminal past, or has done something that goes against their public persona would definitely be shocking. These are the kinds of things that could completely change how we view someone.”
When I was still a virgin I went to a Punk concert in London on vacation…ended up talking to the girls of the band, got along and went to a ‘club’ with them. Turned out to be a staircase in the industrial complex leading down, down, down…to a dominatrix dungeon party.I had the time of my life stepping on guys who were begging for it, some were actually super cute.My friends would never guess that. I even let one of the men pay me 300 pounds to let ‘April’, a fem male sub who works there as a stripper, give me a lapdance in the back rooms on a suspicious leather couch.Nowadays I’m still looking for a cute sub or switch male. That experience really brought out the beast in me lol.
The amount of information that our own United States government tracks and keeps of us foreverEDIT:Since for whatever reason this has high visibility and people don’t agree with this statement, go find and read this Wikipedia article on the Utah Data Center
None of the sky daddy’s are real.Billions of people would have an epiphany.
So many years ago my husband and I were hosting my family at our home. The plan was burgers and all the standard “summer sides”, think fruit, salads, chips, ice cream for dessert. My grandma for whatever reason requested HOMEMADE potato salad. My grandma was a saint and didn’t make outlandish requests often, if ever, so I did plan to accommodate her request. Unfortunately life was crazy busy leading up to the get together date and ultimately I didn’t have the time/energy/supplies to make home made pasta salad. So instead of coming clean I decided to run to the grocery that had a decent deli and get their loaded baked potato salad, it was a little bit more elaborate ingredients wise then the standard potato salad. I put it in one of our glass bowls with a lid and served it as my own. No one questioned it.Now years later, grandma has since passed, my family will request that I make my homemade potato that grandma loved for potlucks. I don’t have the heart to tell them it’s store bought.
If these secrets have awakened your curiosity about what things some people would rather those around them didn’t know, continue next tothis listof deeply disturbing secrets people have found out about someone orthese dark secretsindividuals wanted to get off their chest themselves.
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The whole world economy is over leveraged to the max. GDP growth can’t keep up with inflation. It’s a house of cards and when they start falling the human cost will be immeasurable.
My mom has a secret child. She doesn’t know I know.
I didn’t pass my exam, and I no longer have my scholarship. But I’m working to pay my tuition.
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I’m a married “straight” man. My wife is the only one who knows that I’m bisexual. She’s supportive too.
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A majority of my childhood was spent in motels, so whenever I told my friends they could not hangout because my place was “small”, I never said the real reason why. I felt ashamed..
Some elected Presidents and world leaders were actually gay and their first lady and children were orchestrated for public image.
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That I p***ed away my first year of university and failed half my classes because my parents forced me to be there but I didn’t want to be.
That no one is in control.
All the f*****s involved with Epstien.
I am almost 40, but I still suffer from the mental damage the aftermath of my parents' divorce did to me when I was 15.My parents think I have my life under control, and after such a long time it would be a massive shock to them how much I still suffer, sometimes. They didn’t care much for me right after the divorce, but at some point I feel the “statue of limitations” of that has ran out so it would be weird if I ever brought it up or let it show.They also had their own set of mental problems (alcoholism, s***idal) that they were finally able to overcome, so I am scared it would throw them back into a dark place if they ever noticed how I am feeling.
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The sexual desires of the people around you. All the random guys that like feet or want to be dominated. All the women that regularly watch CNC content on pnhub. All the straight married dudes that watch gay pn. All the straight women who fantasize about their stepdad. Everyone is weird.
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Over the past 8 months wife and I have made multiple police reports about some kid online our son decided was a creep and cut contact, after this he blasted not only our sons social media, but ours too about him swatting us or our kid.Went so far as this kid calling in threats to the school or anon reports for us to dispel them and file more reports.2 weeks ago police raided our house 24 deep and snatched our kid on some serious s**t.Been almost 3 weeks and state refuses to turn over discovery saying they are still investigating but they have eliminated anything in previous reports as a possibility.Back the blue until it happens to you.
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During WW2 the soviets trained dogs to run under enemy tanks with explosives strapped to their backs. After the war soviets have claimed to have eliminate over 300 german tanks using this method, but there’s no way to confirm that score.
Most people would be shocked if they found out that most celebs who train for roles take PEDs.
I was able to walk across the stage at graduation and then the university sent me an email TO MY PERSONAL EMAIL THE DAY BEFORE and told me I was missing credits.This was in 2013.I havent fixed it because I am still so mortified that they did that to me.
There is a Starbucks cup in every single scene of the movie Fight Club.
The amount of coworkers my female coworker banged while married with a child. Her husband knew about one of them and still tried to “mend the relationship” because he loves her so much. She had an “emotional affair” in the past, (so he thought, she was again banging around) and again “they mended the relationship”. I know of at least 6 guys she had sex with numerous times (not including me, she told me that they broke up, but the divorce isn’t officially yet), and many times that happened within the office (conference rooms, basement parking lot etc etc).I mean this woman would blow a guy in the parking lot and then pick up her daughter from nursery, driver her home to her husband, they’d have lunch as a family and then she’d come back to the office and f**k another guy before she leaves in the afternoon.If her husband knew all that happened, I honestly fear about both his and her life.
The amount of the defense budget spent on secret projects that would profoundly change our understanding of the universe and our place in it. The truth is out there.
American politics is fake, they are all on the same team. Literally like the WWE.
The electricity surrounding us, although not particularly a secret, but most people don’t realise how much electricity is around us at any given time and it’s pretty shocking if it came out.
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You’re getting fat because you’re not eating fat.
My mom actually had sex with all those dudes on Xbox.
I’m pretty sure that Bill and Hillary Clinton have been open/poly since they started dating and it was easier for people to handle “infidelity” than the president and first lady openly boinking. It’d be nice to have confirmation but I don’t think it’d be as crazy to hear now vs then.
Governments that have deceased aliens or are in contact with living ones.
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