behavior

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.

While reading these, think hard about yourself and if you do any of these things. Like even if you think you were justified the last time you were late paying someone back. If you don't do any of this crap, then congratulations, you're free to judge the living shit out of everyone who partakes in these dick moves. If you do this stuff constantly, then it's possible that you're a trashy bastard, so watch out because someone might get petty revenge on you for your annoying ways.

Every school had a few of those kids that would do absolutely anything to get people's attention. Sometimes it was making up insane lies, other times it was pulling their lunchmeat out at a birthday party or drinking during a test. Either way it often led to some kind of school scandal. What ever happened to those kids, anyway?

You may recognize these traits in the type of people you hate. You may notice these behaviors in yourself. If you do, then you may need to take a look in the mirror.

Here's a very organized list of the silly things we do that might make us seem cute to someone watching us in a nature documentary. David Attenborough would be proud to narrate this one.

Your brain is capable of amazing things like calculating complex equations and experiencing empathy. That said, it is also afraid of the color red, can be tricked into thinking it's drunk, and would rather experience pain than boredom.

These instant karma stories are about the times when people pushed their luck and luck pushed back.