Disgusting Habits We Secretly Think Are Actually Normal

There are certain habits people guard like state secrets. Not because they’re illegal, but because admitting them out loud feels like social suicide. They usually involve bodies, fluids, or choices made when no one is watching.

But here’s the thing: if everyone is secretly doing them, are they really disgusting… or just aggressively human?

People online have been confessing the “gross” habits they think are actually completely normal. And honestly? This list feels less shocking and more like a group chat confession spiral.

Here are the highlights, which you may deny publicly and recognize immediately:

1. Smelling your armpits to see if you stink.
   This is not gross. This is a systems check.
   
2. Lick your wrist and smell it to check your breath.
   Medieval? Yes. Effective? Also yes.
   
3. The chair sniff test.
   You grab yesterday’s shirt from the chair, smell the armpits, and decide it’s “clean enough for errands.” This is sustainability.
   
4. Smelling your own farts.
   Not for enjoyment. For information.
   
5. Picking scabs or popping zits.
   Forbidden fruit tastes better when it’s dermatological.
   
6. Wiping a runny nose on clothing when there’s no tissue.
   Socks. Shirt collar. Sleeve. Survival instincts kick in fast.
   
7. Smelling boob sweat.
   Or, as some men admitted, the lower regional equivalent. Curiosity is universal.
   
8. Not showering every single day.
   Especially on workdays. If no one saw you sweat, did it really happen?
   
9. Eating over the sink like a raccoon.
   No plate. No crumbs. No witnesses.
   
10. The five-second rule.
    Sometimes extended to seven seconds if the floor looks “clean-ish.”
    
11. Picking something out of your teeth… and eating it again.
    Look, it was yours already.
    
12. Licking chip dust off your fingers.
    This is literally the point of chips.
    
13. Licking the ice cream lid.
    That’s premium content you paid for.
    
14. Blowing your nose into dirty laundry.
    One person admitted they’ve never bought Kleenex. Ever. This one lives rent-free in everyone’s brain now.
    
15. Having sexy thoughts about random attractive strangers.
    No action. No contact. Just a thought, a glance, and back to buying cat litter.

The truth is, humans are gross. Quietly. Privately. Efficiently. We just pretend otherwise because society requires decorum and pants.

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So if you’re doing one (or twelve) of these things, relax. You’re not disgusting.

You’re just normal… and very good at pretending you’re not.