What secret could ruin your life if it came out?
May 2, 2012 2:15 PM Subscribe
Reddit users were asked to post facts about themselves that could ruin their lives if they came out (using throwaway accounts). The stories are...disturbing.
If you don't want to wade through a 20k+ thread, here's a good recap/summary from Slactory.
If you don't want to wade through a 20k+ thread, here's a good recap/summary from Slactory.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Reddit thread full of unverifiable anecdotes is kind of not-great post material. -- cortex
Ah damn, my People Are Terrible Node is getting interference from my Internet Performance Art Detector.
posted by The Whelk at 2:18 PM on May 2, 2012 [10 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 2:18 PM on May 2, 2012 [10 favorites]
Jesus Christ
posted by gwint at 2:18 PM on May 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by gwint at 2:18 PM on May 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
On second thought, let's not go to Reddit. It is a silly place.
posted by Panjandrum at 2:19 PM on May 2, 2012 [21 favorites]
posted by Panjandrum at 2:19 PM on May 2, 2012 [21 favorites]
he posted this from a dummy account where no one knows who he is, so why would he lie at this point?
Has the author on Slacktory every actually used the internet before?
posted by dng at 2:19 PM on May 2, 2012 [6 favorites]
Has the author on Slacktory every actually used the internet before?
posted by dng at 2:19 PM on May 2, 2012 [6 favorites]
Reminds me of the excellent Real Americans Admit: The Worst Thing I've Ever Done.
posted by Sticherbeast at 2:21 PM on May 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Sticherbeast at 2:21 PM on May 2, 2012 [1 favorite]
The depths of human depravity! That's what I forgot to plumb!
posted by griphus at 2:22 PM on May 2, 2012 [10 favorites]
posted by griphus at 2:22 PM on May 2, 2012 [10 favorites]
If the same question were posted here, I suspect we'd get a whole bunch of "I skimmed the middle books of À la recherche du temps perdu" or "I let the dishes sit in the sink until my wife gets irritated enough to wash them."
posted by R. Schlock at 2:25 PM on May 2, 2012 [11 favorites]
posted by R. Schlock at 2:25 PM on May 2, 2012 [11 favorites]
"I posted blatantly false anecdotes under a throwaway account on Reddit."
posted by entropicamericana at 2:28 PM on May 2, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by entropicamericana at 2:28 PM on May 2, 2012 [3 favorites]
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posted by Slackermagee at 2:17 PM on May 2, 2012