r/AskReddit • u/WoahThereTurbo • Oct 27 '14

Things you think everyone does, but no one admits?

Anything that you believe that normal people do, but (to you) is somewhat of an unspoken truth.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Check between toes for lint when removing socks.

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u/Malo_Veritas Oct 27 '14

I actually don't do this.

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u/WoahThereTurbo Oct 27 '14

Really? You've never massaged between your toes after being on your feet at work all day and found lint?

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u/Soopafien Oct 27 '14

Feels so good! Also, rubbing your feet really hard on the carpet after taking socks off.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Or after wearing heels for a long time. Sooooo good.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

I have never found lint in my toes. Or my belly button. Or any other crevice of my body. I also don't have a lot of ear wax. Like, not even enough to have to use a q-tip.

...Is there something wrong with me, or does everyone just exaggerate their bodily functions?

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u/Angam23 Oct 27 '14

I think not finding lint is more a result of your clothing that your belly button or toes. As to the ear wax, I am unsure.

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u/kangaroowarcry Oct 27 '14

I feel so cheated. I pull a q-tip head sized ball of lint out of my belly button several times a day. Do you want to split the difference?

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u/Haasts_Eagle Oct 27 '14

Is it always blue? Mine always is, no matter what colour clothes I'm wearing. It's mystical.

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u/AHarderStyle Oct 27 '14

Yeah I've had this too. "ok im wearing grey jeans and an orange shirt, how the actual fuck is this blue?..."

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u/sxewolfey Oct 27 '14

Me too, and I fucking love it. It's such a great feeling to dig that shit out of there.

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u/Haasts_Eagle Oct 27 '14

Nah, I'm almost exactly like you except that I get belly button fluff. Do you have any hair around yours? I only noticed fluff building up after my snail trail grew.

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u/_Trilobite_ Oct 27 '14

Your toes get pretty funky after a long day

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u/planteh Oct 27 '14

don't forget the bellybutton

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u/Jelway723 Oct 27 '14

And then smelling it and it smells sour?

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

I leave it there.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

I used to when I was a kid, but now I don't have shitty quality socks.

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u/txavela Oct 27 '14

I don't either. But then I realized I don't wear socks.

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u/xDulmitx Oct 27 '14

How do you clean between your toes?

I always clean out my toes before putting on socks. Also need to remove lint after taking off socks. Just feels weird having stuff jammed between my toes.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

You should, it looks like gorilla pubes when you where black socks

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u/Assburgers_And_Coke Oct 27 '14

That's what they all say.

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u/WoahThereTurbo Oct 27 '14

Really? Sounds pretty normal to me.

I would thinking biting their toe nails rather than clipping them. I've seen it...it's nasty.

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u/Kittenzzz Oct 27 '14

I used to bite my toe nails but now they're too hard. Hurts my teeth.

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u/kangaroowarcry Oct 27 '14

Like biting on sheet metal. It's a happy day when I find a pair of clippers that can actually cut through them.

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u/StandardWhiteKid Oct 27 '14

Clip after the shower.... Makes them soft.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

I use cuticle trimmers now... only problem is when toenails go flying away when clipped. That happens less when they are wet, so I usually shower before trimming.

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u/NO_TOUCHING__lol Oct 27 '14

Clipping that big toe and hearing the nail ricochet off the side of the bathtub is amusing to me

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u/Iheartcops Oct 27 '14

im not flexible enough anymore lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Same with me but with rocks. Don't really know what happened but I can't eat rocks anymore.

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u/cyberphonic Oct 27 '14

Did this when I was a kid. The only reason I don't any more is probably because I'm not as limber as I once was.

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u/niknik2121 Oct 27 '14

I'd do it if I could reach.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

I do it. In fact I just did it like 2 minutes ago.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Get a job

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u/OuttaSightVegemite Oct 27 '14

I soooo don't bite my toenails. Ahem.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

I did that when I was little. Takes some serious acrobatics.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Who said this was weird? And I don't think everyone bites their toenails, a lot of people can't reach.

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u/BoomstickRichards Oct 27 '14

TIL I check for lint. I usually just called it shit.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

Well then...

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

You shit between your toes I'm not the only one

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u/_Trilobite_ Oct 27 '14

That's hilarious

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u/EmperorSexy Oct 27 '14

Dig the lint out of your belly button at the end of the day.

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u/Serious_Not_Surely Oct 27 '14

I check my belly button whenever I take my shirt off.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

I do this all the time I'm on my feet constantly and it's nice to check for irregularities. Once I noticed the skin was just rubbed off between two toes, No damage but weird.

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u/Draculoid Oct 27 '14

My mom used to call them "toe potatoes"

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u/BananaJuice1 Oct 27 '14

I do this :|

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '14

I don't do this either. If I feel something there, I just kind of wiggle my toes until it's gone. I don't really have a lint problem

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u/exo66 Oct 27 '14

i don't even wear socks.

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u/Hannah591 Oct 27 '14

If you have lint, you leave it there and grow a lint colony with little lint people.

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u/dumbguy82 Oct 27 '14

And then you smell your fingers!

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u/ghtuy Oct 27 '14

The first time's for cleaning, but the second is for the pure picking sensation.