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People Divulge Which Things Are A Total Turnoff When Meeting Someone New

People Divulge Which Things Are A Total Turnoff When Meeting Someone New

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Meeting someone new, even in the simplest of situations, is never easy.

Who doesn't want to be liked?

First impressions are everything.

So we need a list of all of the things that put people off instantly.

This way, we're all aware.


Redditor Nicole9391 wanted to hear about all of the things that send people running when they say hello for the first time, so they asked:

"What is an INSTANT turn off?"

I am always immediately turned off by people who don't listen.

Shut Up!

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"When someone talks bad about their friends."

MarcelineVampQn

"Don’t talk about anyone behind their backs. If you are curious about something that’s okay but don’t say bad things about anyone even if you don’t like them."

wondafresh

'yeahyeahyeah'

"When someone asks you a question and you respond, they interrupt with 'yeahyeahyeah' and continue with their thought without taking anything you've just said into consideration."

"Why do people have a problem with just shutting the hell up and just listening for a second? Is your attention span that short?"

SuumCuique1011

"This is me, but because I have extremely short memory retention and cannot hold a thought for more than 10 seconds. I’m a great listener, but when I want to say something, I NEED to say it and quickly otherwise I’ll lose it and feel annoyed at myself for a few hours till I remember a week later."

DepressedPotato--

Economics

"Thinking people are below them. Not because of character or anything but individuals who just base their judgment on someone's socio economic situation etc. It's a big freaking turn off."

"Don't judge someone based on how much money they have, where they live etc. Judge them based on character."

"So yeah, definitely a**holes are a turn off lol."

TheTorontoExplorer

Be the Change

"Unwillingness to learn or change. Intellectually or emotionally, people who cannot admit that they are wrong or don't know something. And by extension, making sh*t up because they can't say 'I don't know.'"

DifferentShallot8658

"I can’t stand know-it-alls! Especially when you are more knowledgeable/qualified on a topic and nicely explain to them the facts and they brush you off!!! Haughty little sh*ts."

Affectionate-Car-317

Be Clean

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"Dirty underwear…"

Catniss-EverGreen

If you can't have clean undies, just have none.

The Sign

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"A 'it’s because of my zodiac' woman."

"Yeah I remember once my friend was trying to guess my Zodiac (I’m an Aries) she swore I was a Leo I said no. Capricorn? No. Oh oh! Sagittarius! I was like yeah! She said I KNEW IT! (With a brief explanation) then I was like nah I'm An Aries.🤣🤣🤣"

JustXTE

Be Open

"Closed-minded people. Which there are a lot of. If you can’t have a nuanced discussion with someone then how can you connect with people? Being able to humor ideas and thoughts intellectually without being overly judge mental is a big turn on. And that doesn’t have to be someone who’s open minded about politics. I appreciate people who let conversations flow despite not sharing all the same opinions."

D_Ubird

Bad Mouth

"Really bad or unclean teeth for me. Once met a really cute girl at a dark bar/club and we went for food after. In the well lit restaurant she looked even better until she smiled and in the light I could see that her teeth were a sickly gray color with a weird film of gunk all over and stuff in the cracks of her teeth as well."

"Literally reminded me of the orcs from LOTR. Pretty sure it was either from bad dental hygiene or drug use, or both but I instantly felt nauseous. A few crooked teeth is normal but when your mouth looks like an anglerfish I'm out."

thestrandedmoose

Don't Breathe

"Poor hygiene in situations where you really shouldn't be displaying it. Sure, we all fart into our sweatpants and occasionally forget to brush the grease out of our hair at home, but going out and public and being gross is, well, gross."

agent-a**butt

Hell No!

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"Smoking cigarettes Or just being rude for no reason. I don’t mind saying something slightly rude to be a joke and maybe it just isn’t funny. But if they are just rude for rudeness sake. Automatic no."

Zordon56

Just Flow

"Not having their own opinion always going with the flow Like I understand sometimes but always going with flow might just make you a boring person."

nahhomi

"I'm a go with the flow kind of person because I like very few things, dislike only a handful of things, and everything else I'm just indifferent towards. It's hard to have an actual opinion comparing two things you couldn't be bothered to care about one way or another."

"When I do have a preference, sure I'll put my two cents in, but I don't see the point when I don't care."

ShortManRob

What have we learned?

First impressions are everything!

Anything you'd like to add to the list? Let us know in the comment below.

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