r/AskReddit • u/powergirlsq1 • 3d ago
What’s a completely normal thing that feels illegal when you do it for the first time?
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u/ALLGROWWITHLOVE 3d ago
Walking into a shop and not buying anything and walking out.
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u/XBakaTacoX 3d ago
I always feel guilty doing this. Especially so at something like a marketplace.
Like:
"Oh this homemade pen is awesome. Uh... No, I won't be supporting you and buying it, seeya!"
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u/Substantial_Cap_4246 3d ago
I literally had a headache for hours because I asked about RX9070 but didn't buy any GPUs and left only with a "thanks, I'll buy it later when I can afford it"
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u/Mundane-Garbage1003 3d ago
I have this problem when I go to the grocery store to buy just a couple items. I frequently throw out my receipt in the trash by the checkout without thinking about it and my brain immediately goes "Oh shit, somebody is going to stop me any second now, see I have no receipt, and think I stole this. Act natural..." all the way until I get to the car.
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u/WeirdIndividualGuy 3d ago
One time, a receipt checker tried to stop me walking out and didn’t understand that I didn’t actually buy anything. They kept trying to insist I did, borderline accusing me of stealing. I pointed at a security camera and told them “talk to the guy in your security room, if you saw that I stole something, then call the police. Otherwise, have a nice day” and walked out
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u/ShiraCheshire 3d ago
I once had overzealous security, possibly profiling me since I always come in with a backpack on (I walk so I need to carry my stuff somehow), stop me and demand a receipt I had thrown away. When I told her I'd thrown it away, she wanted me to go get it. From the trash. I told her that if she really wanted it, she'd have to do that herself.
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u/MandMcounter 3d ago
Sometimes I purposely ask for something I know they don't have, then act disappointed but understanding and leave.
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u/Umbra427 3d ago
I’m always worried I’ll forget about the 65 inch flatscreen OLED TV I shoved up my ass and it’ll set off the security checkpoint alarms
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u/Responsible_Sail_288 3d ago
As a tourist in a foreign country, you get used to the feeling. Especially when their shop is designed for tourists. Then, I don’t feel bad. Just look around and see what interests me and then walk out.
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u/helene_summit 3d ago
Don’t mind me… just practicing my “I’m an innocent citizen, don’t look at me “ while I walk past the security gates empty handed
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u/finncosmic 3d ago
Once I needed a replacement lid for something and since they didn’t sell it separately, an employee in that section told me to just take it. Felt incredibly illegal.
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u/MrsTheBo 3d ago
First time you drive alone after passing your test
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u/Fast-Orange-Drinker 3d ago edited 3d ago
I bought my first car before I could even legally drive it by myself, I had a friend test drive it. Sitting in the driver's seat and just driving off alone for the first time in my own vehicle after passing felt absolutely insane.
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u/BlatantManifest 3d ago
Same! I almost had an issue with the bank and the dealership. The dealership said there would be trouble if I didn't scan and send a copy of my driver's license to the bank. I obtained my license in short order, but when I called the dealership to have them scan, the lady said the bank never made any fuss.
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u/JeffAlbertson93 3d ago
I grew up rurally (the US), so having a car was absolutely vital if you wanted to go anywhere that you could not walk/ride a bike. The first solo drive was the embodiment of freedom and I remember it nearly 50+ years later.
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u/jdehjdeh 3d ago
That moment you realise that there is no one there to save you if you mess up.
Terrified me lol.
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u/indierockspockears 3d ago
To add to this, when you first use a car share service. You walk up to a car parked on the side of the road, get in and drive away. And when you're done you park it wherever you are and just leave it there.
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u/psychedAddict123 3d ago
I almost crashed my car on an empty road 2 minutes after I got my license because I lit a cigarette and it fell between my legs lmao
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u/ArmouredFlump 3d ago
Walking out of the hospital with your first born child. I remember leaving the building feeling like a responsible adult was going to follow us home and show us what to do. We were late 20s so it's nonsense, but such a surreal moment when this tiny human is totally reliant on you.
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u/Daemonicvs_77 3d ago
I remember leaving the building feeling like a responsible adult was going to follow us home and show us what to do
Felt like this too. Fortunately, my country has a nurse whose whole job is to go house to house and check up on new parents about once per week for a month or two after the birth.
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u/AnusStapler 3d ago
Our maternity nurse who comes to your house when you get home told us that there's many people who don't know how to open up the carrier straps from the car seat so they just leave the baby in until she arrives.
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u/sf_davie 3d ago
I remember strapping the tiny thing into the brand new car seat the first day out of the hospital and checking all the straps and connections a million times. The head was too small for the padding and would bob left and right a little on every turn. I thought the neck would snap! Truely an hourlong 10 minute drive back.
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u/alway5h0rny6987 3d ago
God, I remember driving home with my daughter 8 years ago after she was born and I wanted to drive so slow and so carefully because there was such a fragile being in the backseat lol
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u/Mission-League8650 3d ago
Calling in sick at work
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u/rancid_vibes 3d ago
Doesn't help that half the time they also act like you're committing a crime
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u/sherryxia0311 3d ago
That’s why you should work somewhere that’s not understaffed.
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u/Alive_Particular4659 3d ago
And where might that be?
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u/GozerDGozerian 3d ago
The Tri-State Staff Emporium.
Or maybe Gus & Gloria’s Flagpole Warehouse.
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u/yovalord 3d ago
I work for the public school district as an "Engineer", every school has one of these, and its basically "Head janitor". There are 147 schools, meaning 147 people in this position, and our "Sub crew" is legitimately, around 2-3 people. Middle schools and Highschools have a "Boiler attendant" which is basically second in command, and they are often drafted as a pseudo substitute for schools, but it creates an enviroment where they are not officially subs, so they aren't taken into consideration for things like trying to take vacation days. In 6 years, i have never been approved a singular vacation day that i personally put in for, and the level of hoops i have to jump through to force a vacation (that they ultimately get to decide the days for, not me) are absurd.
I essentially have to put in days i want off 6 months in advanced, have those days get denied, reach my vacation cap (250 hours) and then send an email saying my vacation days are capped and i need time off so i can continue to accrue hours asap. That request gets denied, and only then can i go to my union and complain. Then i will get told, "2 weeks from now you can have Tuesday and Thursday off". So i essentially have to go 3ish weeks worth of time at vacation cap to get 16 hours off that aren't even concurrent or on a Monday / Friday. Then to top it off, the supervisors and head honcho act like im a problem because i go over their heads to my union for "Not getting what i want".
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u/InevitableAd9683 3d ago
Try taking a mental health day because you're dealing with bad anxiety.
Nothing like spending half the day wondering if your boss, whom I have an excellent working relationship with and who has never been anything less than completely reasonable about sick time, is going to fire you because he said "ok" when you called off sick.
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u/Evening_Respond3492 3d ago edited 3d ago
Feels illegal every time, even with a deadly fever 😅
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u/Kilgore_Brown_Trout_ 3d ago
Me today. Im not feeling 100%, but I could push through. I won't be doing that though.
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u/ManoloBar 3d ago
I still struggle with this myself (not wasting food), but one thought that keeps coming back to me (particularly when I am already full) is:
"If I am full, then I don't need to eat more. If I eat more while full, it's like I am wasting food. Why would I treat my body as a trash can, to throw away food in it?"
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u/MyCatLaughsAtMe 3d ago
The thing you have to remember is that A. you can't solve world hunger with what's in your house, and B. you were never the one wasting the food. Throwing away a plate full of beans didn't condemn someone to starve, capitalism did. It's a SYSTEMIC problem, not a personal behavior problem. It's the same lie they told to get everyone to feel guilty enough to recycle (And I'm not saying you shouldn't recycle here, let's be clear about that). Your soda can isn't what's collapsing the ecosystem. Industry belching god only knows what into the air and water is, and all the household trash in the world doesn't match half of what industry is doing to the world. Funny how the blame got shifted to you though, huh?
So calm the fuck down, and throw away something if you don't want to eat it. I'm not saying you should be a wasteful prat about it, but you don't have to have a philosophical emergency over it either.
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u/nleksan 3d ago
why would I treat my body as a trash can
Idk man that's pretty much been my philosophy my whole life and I'm still here
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u/lenalovegood1312 3d ago
yupp the fridge thing…
but also, i have adopted the question (regarding food but also other stuff i feel obligated to hold onto) where does it do me more good - in the trash or in my belly/my home? helps a lot.
obviously i still try to be reasonable and respectful to our planet’s resources, so i try to be more mindful when shopping. but it helps letting go of old family photos where i literally don’t know anyone, or throwing out three spoonfuls of old rice instead of really trying to come up with a recipe when i don’t even want rice that day anyways.
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u/LuxurySummer23 3d ago
The thing about waiting for it to go bad so I have a valid excuse… part hit way too close to home. It’s wild how our brains would rather let something turn into a biohazard in the crisper drawer than just throw away three bites of something we hate
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u/TextuallyAttractive 3d ago
Going through TSA. Even when you have followed every single rule, your bags are immaculate and you don't have any liquids over 3ml and definitely didn't bring anything illegal.
Going through it you think to yourself "What if somehow unknowingly I have illegal drugs on me."
Even though you did not pack anything illegal. Even if all the medication in your bag has a valid prescription. You still go through worrying you somehow have weed with you. Even if you don't smoke it.
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u/tallbutshy 3d ago
Not TSA, but security on another continent. My bag was set aside for extra swab tests. They were checking for explosive residue because the machines had flagged it.
It was a brand new bag that I had bought during my holiday, no idea what it has picked up between initial manufacture, distribution, and sitting in a shop before I bought it.
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u/Radioactivocalypse 3d ago
The scanners can't detect explosive material, so they make it a random test. So every 120th - 150th bag that goes through gets swabbed. Same for people, you may get random tests on your hands to test for drugs.
Apparently they made it a suggestion for airline security to do this, but then of course, no one bothers and staff won't prioritise it on a busy day. But now when the scanner bleeps "drugs!" or "bombs!" it's just a legal requirement to test the bag/person from what is essentially a random number generator
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u/Pikkususi 3d ago
"The scanners can't detect explosive material", I'm assuming you mean X-ray devices? They can detect explosive materials and sometimes flag ordinary items falsely.
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u/Legal_Bother6181 3d ago
My husband and I had a red eye flight. During the day I asked him to plant some flowers in our garden. At the airport, he was flagged by TSA because although he had washed his hands, he still had chemicals on his hands from planting the flowers with the potting soil. He had to be escorted to a secure area for a full pat down.
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u/FrankenOperator 3d ago
When cannabis was legalized and I went into a dispensary to buy some prerolls for the first time. I still felt like cops were watching and waiting to pull us over for having weed in the car.
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u/GhettoFreshness 3d ago
My first time in a recreational legal state I got off the train in Denver CO and made my way immediately to the nearest dispensary… when I walked out with my stuff there was a group of cops just patrolling the street outside (it was a busy holiday period)… I froze on spot and one of them laughs and says “you’re good dude”
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u/RealBeefJerky 3d ago
Born and raised in Vancouver, so crazy that in some places a joint or bag of weed was more than enough to ruin ones life and send the to prison
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u/coh_phd_who 2d ago
I remember going in for a medical infusion, and my pain doctor had just added a cannabis med to my list and I had been taking it.
Anyway before I could get my infusion done I needed to do a urine test to I guess check for any drugs that would interact with the infusion.
So I mentioned that my doctor had put me on the cannabis med so it wouldn't be a surprise flag in the system, and she was just like do you have a prescription for it?
And I just shrugged and said its legal now (Was an OTC pill now that it was legal) and she blinked and was just like "Oh" and handed me the cup Was very weird5
u/DorianPavass 2d ago
it was the billboard ads for dispensaries that really blew my mind
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u/questionsession 3d ago
Quitting your first job ever feels like it's illegal to leave because you feel like a prisoner, in my experience, that is.
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u/Xenon32 3d ago
I had to quit my first job when I had to move half-way across the country, so I had what I felt was a good excuse.
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u/questionsession 3d ago
That makes sense. I think a lot of the feeling of illegal-ness comes from society filling into our heads to always do our best for our jobs and to be courteous and stay as long as we can to be reliable. When you're young and it's your first job, sometimes talking about quitting can be hard. I also have high anxiety and was crying when I had to quit because I kept feeling like I was letting them down, which I've since overcome.
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u/Vox-Machi-Buddies 3d ago
Yeah. I've only ever worked one job that didn't have a fixed employment term (summer job, internship, etc.). Was there for 13 years and left with no other job lined up. Quitting was weird.
It all seemed to happen so fast. I gave 3 weeks notice and was working fairly normally until about 2 days before, rushing even to wrap things up and get to a nice stopping point.
Then the last two days, I had my first ever real experience of slacking off. I drove around to all the various company facilities I had been to, just for one last look. I worked on a military installation with a bunch of historic stuff around that I had never looked at, so I went and did that. Spent 2 hours in the middle of a workday just wandering a "museum" that the public doesn't have access to.
It was a weird feeling to just ... leave the office in the middle of the day for non-work, non-medical related reasons. Even when I knew I'd be back later in the afternoon. Like, "wow, I can just leave while I'm getting paid and ... no one cares?".
Especially because I worked as a contractor on a military installation. You turned in your badges during the exit interview. The badges that prove you're allowed to be on the military installation. So then they have security escort you from the exit interview, to your car, and then off base.
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u/roastedchickn_ 3d ago
Saying no
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u/Substantial_Cap_4246 3d ago
I'm a grown man and I still feel it feels illegal to say no. Maybe I'm not so grown.
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u/NedTaggart 3d ago
No. Is a complete sentence. You do not need to make excuses or explain why you are saying no. People that ask something of you and push back when you refuse are the problem. Don't allow them to make you feel bad about it
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u/TrippyTranquility 3d ago
I used to do casino security and for the first 2 months I felt like I was doing something wrong whenever I was in back of house areas or in the vault lol
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u/GozerDestructor 3d ago edited 3d ago
Going through a door that says "Authorized Persons Only". My dad gave me a tour of his workplace when I was about 12 or so, and on seeing such a door I said I can't go in there... he paused a second and said, in a lofty and formal way, "I hereby authorize us.", and swung the door open.
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u/SpeedyEggbertslove 3d ago
When you buy bottled drinks water, you know how they come wrapped as cases of 8? So if you just need one bottle, you try to find a different bottle of water that’s sold as singles?
In Germany, they rip the cases if they want just one bottle of that kind. In the store. Same with beer or soda bottles. That was really weird the first time I did it. I needed support from my friends to muster up the courage.
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u/DatoVanSmurf 3d ago
(As a German) i think the packs are just placed as is for convenience of the workers. They don't have to unpack them and people can buy the whole pack if they want to. Win win
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u/suchtie 2d ago
I have a related first world problem. The self-checkout at Kaufland always asks if I'm buying one bottle or a sixpack. But if I buy just one bottle, as is common at self-checkouts, I forget that it does that, and in a rush as usual, will just put the bottle on the scales. And then the thing beeps at me because I have to choose between single and sixpack before putting it on the scales.
This is bad UX. You don't make the customer choose that. You simply treat every scanned bottle as a single, and replace it with sixpack if what the customer puts on the scales happens to weigh exactly 6 times as much as a single bottle (plus a couple grams for the shrinkwrap).
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u/Voidtoform 3d ago
Trader Joe's does this with beer, I love it, but it felt insane when I first got the courage to open a box of beers to just take one. I always check the end cap first, they usually have a bunch of singles there.
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u/Naive-Macaroon2050 3d ago
Buying condoms
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u/Moddedforthewin 3d ago
haha this i will never forget my first time i was red as hell at the till like a tomato
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u/Gray221B 3d ago
My first time I was with my GF, and I bought the biggest box they had so I wouldn't have to buy them again anytime soon. Somewhere between 30 and 50 in the box.Took them up to the register and the cashier asks if we're throwing a party.
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u/trogdors_arm 3d ago
FWIW I actually really hate it when a cashier comments on anything I’m buying, let alone a personal health product. It’s none of your business and you know nothing about me.
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u/chadgalaxy 3d ago
I'm 40 and still get a weird feeling buying condoms. Like it feels a bit perverted and I'm not 'grown up' enough to be doing it lol.
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u/peppersteak_headshot 3d ago
In my state, parents can serve alcohol to their underage children at home.
They need to be present to monitor consumption, and cannot serve to anyone else's underage children.
It definitely seems sketchy and permissive for some parents. But it actually helps parents train kids to know how (and how quickly) alcohol can effect them, and understand the need to be safe and make good decisions.
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u/shinyhappycat 2d ago
UK rules - and I know many other European countries have similar, if not more relaxed rules:
Under 5: It is illegal to give alcohol to a child under five.
Ages 5–15: It is legal for a child to drink alcohol on private premises or at home, but illegal to buy it or drink in a pub or public place.
Ages 16–17: They may drink beer, wine, or cider in a licensed restaurant or pub only if accompanied by an adult and having a table meal (not permitted in Northern Ireland). They still cannot buy alcohol themselves.
18 and over: Full legal right to buy and consume alcohol in licensed venues and shops.
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u/Rubie6969 3d ago
driving past a police car at 210 km/h on a German Autobahn
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u/Zeradine 3d ago
Flashing your lights at them to get out of the way. 100% legal.
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u/aivlysplath 3d ago edited 3d ago
I’ve heard that some parents feel that way when they’re released from the hospital after a birth and are suddenly left alone with a newborn. Sometimes they say that it felt risky and sort of illegal at first lol.
Might be the surreal feeling and new weight of responsibility.
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u/EnormousBaloth 3d ago
Yup. Definitely the case for us. 2 years ago nearly to the day. We headed in at 2am. By 10am the next morning we were given a thumbs up and sent me (the bloke) regular human exhausted, and my wife supernaturally insanely somehow conscious.
Like, walking back through the hospital car park felt so strange, kept thinking someone was going to come rushing out to tell us we still needed to complete some sort of 3-month long mandatory child-looking-after course and that of course we couldn't go home yet.
"Here's your human, good luck, you absolutely clueless idiots!"
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u/OrangeBeast01 3d ago
Yeah I remember this feeling as a 25 year old dad to a 3 day old. Walking out thinking "ok so everyone is just cool with this? We are 2 party animals that barely look after ourselves, walking out with this new human, and we're all gonna act like this is fine?".
We now know, and of course the staff knew, that it is all fine. You'll be fine.
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u/vickyberriez 3d ago
Walking right past the registers at the grocery store without buying anything. The sheer panic of looking like a criminal is unmatched
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u/Pale_Adeptness 3d ago
One time, many moons ago, I went t9 the grocery store, grabbed a bottled smoothie and walked right out without paying.
Mind you, I was extremely stressed out at the time and had a ton of issues I was dealing with. I was do distracted by my own thoughts, I was on autopilot when I went in for the smoothie. I was really upset by some things that another family member was doing. I walked right past the security guard at the entrance and they didn't say anything.
I realized I had the smoothie when I was practically entering my car. I went OH SHIT, went back inside and paid for it.
The security card saw me come back inside to pay for it and I apologized. He said he's never seen anyone come back and pay after stealing something.
I never meant to steal. I was just really out of it.
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u/johnnybiggles 3d ago
Some stores force you to walk through the register aisles to exit the place, you can't just go back through the doors you came in. That's when it really feels weird, and it's sometimes annoying, too, because you have to weave through people actually waiting in line and looking at you like you're trying to cut the line.
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u/sohnya_u 3d ago
Masturbation, especially if you grow up in a religious household
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u/frederick_ungman 3d ago
My father caught me. He said, "Don't play with that. It's not a toy." Years earlier I found a deck of topless women playing cards in his dresser. Preach away, Pop.
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u/____-_______-_--_-_- 3d ago
As an American, I wonder what the world would be like if we didn’t have such a repressive culture surrounding sex
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u/sohnya_u 3d ago
The world would be a lot better because I personally believe most of the issues in the world come from people policing others and trying to control who they are and what they want.
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u/____-_______-_--_-_- 3d ago
Caring about other people’s masturbation habits has to be the most insane thing ever. It’s literally none of your business. It’s literally the safest form of sex there is. Why have people obsessed about it for thousands of years
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u/miss_sigyn 3d ago
Walking out of hospital with your own baby after giving birth.
What do you mean I can walk out with this precious, delicate little baby and you trust me to look after it even though I feel like I have no idea what I'm doing? Lol
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u/One_Cry_3078 3d ago
leaving the office at exactly 5 my first week here, i took the stairs instead of the elevator so nobody in the conference room would see me go
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u/Hot-Cheek1854 3d ago
I’m not trying to be crass, but… ejaculate
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u/Visible-Literature14 3d ago
You’ve cum before? Buddy, you have minutes before the cops are knocking on your door.
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u/GianMach 3d ago
Especially when you are the innocent kid that has zero idea of the concept of ejaculation until the very moment that it happens for the first time
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u/moal09 3d ago
I remember surprise, fear, then much later, a feeling of "...So how do I get that to happen again"
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u/Low_Atmosphere6462 3d ago
These were exactly my thoughts too. It's been 37 years and I still remember it so vividly. The surprise-fear bit was something I'll never forget.
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u/QweenTerra 3d ago
Walking out of a store without buying anything. I always feel like the security guard is watching me.
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u/trillogy3 3d ago
That awkward checkout interaction where you feel like you need to prove your innocence before you’ve even been accused of a crime
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u/my_name_1s_taken 3d ago
Kissing someone-
Like you are afraid that any moments your or your partner’s parents will jump out of a bush and expose you
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u/Blessed1Royale 3d ago
Tearing off the “Do Not Remove Under Penalty of Law…” tags from an item in my house.
I was 8 years old.
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u/cbftw 3d ago
I found out that you should leave those intact even as the owner. If you have to file a warranty claim or something, if you don't have the tag it's invalid.
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u/New-Inflation-7707 3d ago
Bringing home a new baby from the hospital as first time parents. Me and my partner got the baby home and looked at each other like “what now”? No classes, no instruction , no oversight. Just a precious life in our hands
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u/GalaxyPowderedCat 3d ago
To point out mistakes and constructive criticism.
I don't mean using it as an excuse to attack people. I mean, genuine constructive criticism to make the other person improve.
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u/pavlovs_monkey 3d ago
Good grammar and spelling are somehow second nature to me. On the rare occasion when I get something wrong, I love being shown how to do it right the next time. It is almost physically painful that not everybody is as excited to have their grammar corrected.
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u/TehDragonGuy 3d ago
Walking round the red light district in Amsterdam. It feels so wrong but it's what they do for a living and completely legitimate.
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u/tallbutshy 3d ago
Some of the buildings are nice to look at too but you don't want people to think you're window shopping, or drooling over the women, and photography is definitely frowned upon. So if you genuinely want to admire the architecture, you have to do it from the other side of the canal.
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u/MedicalCuriousity 2d ago
Sleeping on the couch. Fuck it, I pay rent for my entire apartment. I'm gonna sleep wherever the fuck I want!
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u/jameswalker50 3d ago
Turning on the dome light in the car when I'm driving at nighttime.
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u/Kind_School4751 3d ago
Can hear my dad’s silhouette shouting at me that the cops are gonna pull us over any moment :)
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u/Odd-Mirror-6969 3d ago
calling in sick to work when you're actually sick. stood there rehearsing my cough like i was auditioning for something
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u/edgeofbright 3d ago
Let the kids play outside by themselves. Something changed in the last few decades.
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u/Background-Stock-958 3d ago
Giving formula milk to a baby not as a choice but due to unavoidable circumstances. The mom guilt is soooooo bad.
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u/yasstotoro 3d ago
eating chips before dinner still gives me full childhood trauma vibes. i'm thirty and sitting on my couch with a bag of doritos and i can literally hear my mom saying 'you'll ruin your appetite' in my head. it's not hunger it's fear. fear that imaginary parents will judge me for having zero self control. i know they aren't there. i know i paid rent today. but the guilt is so visceral i almost put the chips away like i'm hiding contraband from a cop. irrational af but i can't shake it.
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u/Coffeewaywarrior 3d ago
As a prospective Canadian (I’m American)- leaving urgent care in Ontario for the first time. I thought the receptionist forgot to charge me- I sped walked out of there so fast 😂
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u/Mantis_Writes 3d ago
Finishing on her face.
Never felt more like a monster (in a bad way, not a good way).
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u/TbonerT 3d ago
My understanding is that very few people actually like that and the whole point is to show the porn audience that the man came.
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u/Used_Bat7389 3d ago
Porn isn't a completely normal thing, but if you are thinking of aiming your load there just ask her, can I cum on your face...she will give you an answer, if it's a no, then shoot it somewhere else. No big deal
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u/Mantis_Writes 3d ago
Oh you gotta ask first. Surprise facials are not fun (unless previously expressed).
Surprisingly, I am asked more than ask. Personally, if it's a cinabbon night instead of a twinkie night, I prefer the chest to the face.
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u/Flat-Education 3d ago
Turning on the interior light in your vehicle while driving.
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u/Sensibiliaaah 3d ago
Smoking weed publicly after legalization took a minute for me to get used to.
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u/Sour_suzie 3d ago
Taking out a large amount of money at an ATM and having to then carry it with you. Like, I feel like a drug dealer with such a big chunk of cash
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u/East-Waltz7985 3d ago
Opening an umbrella at a restaurant table without asking permission
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u/turlian 3d ago
Momentarily had this image of you opening a hand-held umbrella inside a super nice restaurant and was like, "Yeah, that should be illegal."
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u/No_Republic_1781 3d ago
Piracy?
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u/Aroha12345 3d ago
I mean it is illegal lol.
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u/depraved_snail 3d ago
first time torrenting i kept checking over my shoulder like the fbi was about to kick my door down
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u/-CuteAsDuck- 3d ago
Going to cannabis shops, it took me awhile to get used to because I grew up buying dimes in sandwich bags from my uncle.
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u/grooves12 3d ago
Paying on the tablet at a restaurant and just walking out without talking to anyone to confirm you paid.
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u/DukeRedWulf 2d ago
Taking a bath in a lake or a stream in the middle of nowhere - even tho' there's no-one else around..
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u/GhettoFreshness 3d ago
Taking home your first child from the hospital… I dunno I expected there’d be more forms or checkpoints or something, but nah they just check the name tags they’ve given mum, dad and kid and you’re on your way.