Miscellaneous: Bugging out

Bugging out

By Jordan - 02/04/2015 19:58 - Jordan - Amman

Today, I wore a new shirt, but forgot to remove the price tag. It was kind of windy outside, so when I got outside, the tag hit me on the neck, I thought it was a giant insect attacking my neck. I started screaming like a little girl. I'm a 30 year-old guy. FML

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Chill out

By HURP - 17/06/2015 15:41 - Canada - Edmonton

Today, I wore a sleeveless shirt for the first time in years, when I glimpsed something on my shoulder that looked like a spider. I let out a scream that sounded like a donkey having a stroke, and flailed my arms. Then I realized it was my tattoo, and that I was freaking out everyone on the bus. FML

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Shame! Shame! Shame!

By Telinaa - 08/11/2010 02:25 - Australia

Today, I was holding on to a shirt that I planned on buying, when an elderly man bumped into me. The shirt fell out of my hand, and slid just out the door. I went to the counter to explain what happened. Everyone accused me of trying to steal it anyway. FML

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By Anonymous - 31/03/2009 18:45 - United States

Today, while walking to class enjoying the warmer weather, a bee flew down my shirt. I'm allergic to bees so I freaked out and started ripping my clothes off. By the time I was done, I was half naked and there was no bee in sight. Turns out, it was the string on my jacket hood. FML

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By yesikilledit - 20/11/2018 13:30

Today, I woke up and saw a piece of black fuzz on my shirt. I tried to pick it off but it crawled into my hand and stabbed my skin with its sharp legs. I screamed like a little girl because I had a centipede on me. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/02/2013 07:32 - Canada - Campbell River

Today, I was running late for work and quickly grabbed my outfit from the dryer. I heard the crackling of static as I took out my shirt. I didn't think anything of it, until later when my co-worker pointed out I had a thong stuck to my back. FML

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By hoaloha - 30/07/2012 04:40 - United States - Gilbert

Today, I went to the store to buy some new shirts. I tried them on and none of them fit. When I walked out to return the shirts, everybody was staring at me. I looked down to see why. I'd forgotten to put my original shirt back on. FML

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By deee21 - 24/09/2011 08:23 - Australia

Today, while resting in bed, I felt a slight tickle on my neck. Thinking it was a cockroach, I panicked and flung it across the bedroom. Turns out it was my brand new necklace, which is now broken into dozens of pieces. FML

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Free glasses for all

By Kat - 12/02/2022 12:01 - New Zealand - Gisborne

Today, as I was hanging washing out in the sun, a huge cicada flew into my face and somehow got behind my glasses. I screamed and ripped them off and ran away. I came back to a broken pair of VERY expensive glasses. FML

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By unicorn_skies - 18/01/2014 08:33 - United States - Yorba Linda

Today, I bought a new, expensive dress for a date. I left the tag on and hidden in hopes of returning it later. Someone saw it and ripped it off for me to "save me from embarrassment." FML

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Night visitor

By Anonymous - 08/11/2021 14:00 - New Zealand

Today, I woke up in the middle of the night to go pee. While in the bathroom, I felt something move inside my shirt but just ignored it, thinking it was my shirt brushing on something. Something moved again. I ripped my shirt off to reveal a massive cockroach inside my shirt. FML

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isabellatramont 15

Friday 3 April 2015 7:34

I'd do the exact same thing, but then again I'm a 14 year old girl.

Markovski 18

Friday 3 April 2015 7:37

I am sure we all would have done the same, you're not alone OP!

Comments

ChristinePi 36

Friday 3 April 2015 9:35

Glad to see so many understanding comments here haha. I've had my fair share of flailing due to bugs. Of course the people around me might not have known that's why I was freaking out... I run from bees. I'm sure from an onlookers standpoint it's hilarious.

Fairyjoshy 13

Friday 3 April 2015 9:48

You're a mammal. It's part of the package. It's this paranoia that lets us survive actual threats. It's not a character flaw to "shriek like a little girl". I mean, hell, once your mind enters sudden panic mode, you no longer have control over your body and shit like that tends to happen. Sometimes that sudden movement in the grass is a scared poisonous snake ready to end your life... and sometimes it's a grasshopper jumping. That being said, it being understandable and not something to be ashamed about... doesn't stop it from being pretty funny. Hope you got a laugh out of it, too, OP!

devi_916 39

Friday 3 April 2015 10:10

It doesn't matter how old you are; most people don't want giant insects on their neck be it real or imagined. I would freak out too, OP. I would've smacked the shit out of my neck.

white_terrorist 5

Friday 3 April 2015 11:03

How about you screamed like a pathetic 30 year old man. Stop using girls to convey weakness.

SeanLewis 17

Friday 3 April 2015 14:25

I don't really think it's sexist. Men by nature have higher testosterone levels than Woman, which also means woman, and little girls alike, naturally have higher-pitched screams (not saying men don't scream like that, it's just rarer). OP could possibly be signifying that his scream was high-pitched, similar to that of a little girl. Just because he stated that he 'screamed like a little girl' doesn't show that he shows distaste to woman. True, a different expression could have been used, but an expression used more frequently by society most likely poped in his mind first. Even so, there's no point in getting worked up over an expression he uses to signify a girl's scream once.