behavior

Everyone can live their own truth or whatever, but spend enough time alive and you start to notice personality traits that people can't stand. We could all gain something from spending our time around less manipulative or abusive people. At the same time, if we see ourselves doing these things it's a good chance to know if we're alienating our friends and coworkers. We can dodge a lot of bullets by knowing what signs to look for in red flags for roommates or red flags at job interviews.

Just because it's easy to recognize something as completely morally wrong doesn't necessarily mean it's against the rules. It seems kid of backwards, but sometimes there's stuff that's too small, specific, or unfortunately profitable for people to make a rule against it. For some spicy tales, here are things people later discovered were illegal.

Sure, someone can just tell you they're a nice person, but that rarely actually means anything. That person could just as easily be a liar. There are a few behaviors people do that illustrate their intentions. For example there's the shopping cart theory of morality. For a dose of faith in humanity here are some wholesome memes.

The vast majority of people want to go about their day without bothering anyone or being an utter spectacle, but that can't be said for everyone. Trashy moments can befall upon us all, at every level of society. Whether it's a customer who chooses to tip with monopoly money covered in slurs, or a random dude who goes to the store to lick the onions, we're never far from trashy moments from the garbageverse.

The dating world puts people into more contact with toxic nice guys and creepy girls than they'd like to have, but sometimes a deal-breaker can come from somewhere else. Sometimes a small detail, one comment, or messed up behavior they display can make you look at someone in a whole different light.

Most people have a general idea of how to be basically decent and respectful of other people, however there's a tragically high subset of entitled folks who display trashy behavior that make it harder for everyone else to go about their daily lives. Whether it's because someone is fundamentally unaware of other people's needs, they go full Karen, or they think they're above it all, it's no fun dealing with someone who wasn't raised right.

Someone on AskReddit got a thread going about the various toxic behaviors that are not so slyly passed off as "virtues." Nothing quite brings the blood to a boil like someone who is out there putting on the act like they're all high and mighty, while in fact they're just stinking everyone else's existence up with toxic nonsense. So, if any of these ring a bell, they might bring back to mind that time you found yourself in the presence of someone who was just too clueless to recognize they were bringing everyone else around them down. 

The concept of a Karen is outlined by someone with crazy entitlement and a superiority complex, specifically targeted at anyone they deem "lesser than" such as servers and customer service reps. Anyone working retail sees people like this all the time, and their Karen behavior is so outrageous that they're like a cartoon. What people forget is that sometimes people have to live with them.

Sometimes dudes aren't the best at picking up on social cues, and whether or not they're trying to be a big-ass creep, there are various things they'll do that make them look more like a creep. Surprisingly, it turns out lengthy, unbroken staring isn't something people like. For more social red flags, here are red flags to consider when meeting someone new.

Sure, nobody's perfect, but sometimes it's clear when more or less effort is being made to be decent to your fellow man. The resulting lack of effort are moments that belong on the garbage barge. Here's just a whole lot of selfish behavior from customers, companies, parents and everywhere in between. Trashiness comes from all walks of life.

The National Aquarium of New Zealand lets people know which of their penguins have been behaving badly with a handy naughty and good chart. While it seems cute and fun, some of the things the naughty penguins do would land a person in jail.

They say that that nothing can be certain except death and taxes, but it seems like there's always something trashy going on somewhere. You can trust that someone will be acting selfishly, be it stealing dinner plates for no reason, or leaving a futon on the highway. Trashy moments are a  regrettable fact of life.

Most people are on a general course of self improvement, trying to be more kind, sympathetic, and generally productive. Then there's also folks who just choose to make things harder for other people, and do trashy things that belong in a landfill. Extreme trashiness can come from every level of society.

Just about everyone has some small act that they think only they perform. These acts might be born out of boredom, like making up songs about butts to sing to your dog. They might come from convenience, like using your extremely dextrous feet to pick stuff up. Or they might come from necessity, like tapping your fingers to the tune of "Sweet Child Of Mine" every time you see a picture of your Dad for some reason. Behaviors like these tend to make people think they're not normal, even though everyone does crap like this. Here's some stories of people realizing their roommates were actually crazy.