You gotta admit that it is a bit funny considering things can be mildly disgusting. Considering the physiological response to disgusting things, you either upchuck or you don’t. Sure, you can feel the urge, but again, you still reach a point where it’s too much or not enough. It’s more of an on the fence thing, and not a continuum, like comedy.

Still, the concept is more than worthy of a strong community backing it up. And, well, some of it is definitely more disgusting than just mildly, so be warned.

#1 When You Haven’t Cleaned Behind The Dresser In A Few Months

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#2 The Door I Had To Get Through Last Night To Get To My Room

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#3 Tumor In Pork

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Though the Mildly Disgusting community on Reddit is relatively modest in the grand scheme of things—clocking in at just 16,000 members—it’s an active and even dedicated one. And it’s ranked at the top 5%, and that’s saying something.

It’s essentially a place for all things “stuff that *almost* makes you want to puke.” It likely won’t, but some of it has great potential.

#4 “Black Hairy Tongue” A Condition Caused By Antibiotics

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#5 This Customer Came In Today And Said “My Computer Doesn’t Turn On”.. Maybe Because It’s Infested With Roaches?!

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#6 Bean Croc

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We’ve already discussed why disgusting and weird things draw us in so much in a few other listicles. If you haven’t caught that, it’s because there’s this evolutionary thing in our brains that essentially tells us “hey, that can be dangerous, focus on it like you’re a cat seeing something super foreign to them even though it’s just a baby.”

#7 Toilet Snack Holders

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#8 This Cyst I Had Removed From My Back Today

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#9 Get Right In There

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It also ties in with the concept of benign masochism—a tendency where people deliberately seek out seemingly negative experiences to get a hit of that adrenaline rush within a limited degree of risk. There is definitely something exhilarating about seeing animals duke it out in the wild, and so that same thing can apply to mildly gross (or any degree of it) things.

#10 I Left A Banana In My Locker For About A Month

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#11 Our Pork Loin Had A Cyst

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#12 My Cream Cheese That’s A Bit Expired

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And it doesn’t help that Reddit—in fact, any modern social medium—is designed in a way that it never ends and so the scrolling keeps on giving. Once you start looking at it, it’s sometimes hard to hit the brake pedal.

If you think it’s no big deal, 80% of Brits admit to scrolling things mindlessly, which averages to a total of 3 hours a day. Imagine what you could’ve done in that time.

#13 Drank All The Milk From A Coconut...opened It Up And It Was Full Of Fungus

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#14 My & My Wife’s Exact Same Pillowcase (I Am 1/2 Portuguese, With Oilier Skin)

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#15 I Cooked A Chilli Con Carne And Left It To Cool. Within Seconds A Fly Had Laid Eggs On It

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This also leads to the term doom scrolling—very appropriate for mildly gross content, if I might add—which is essentially the same as regular scrolling, but it focuses on that which is negative and bad. It doesn’t matter if it’s news, memes or any other kind of content found on social media. If it’s dark in nature, it fits.

#16 My Brothers Lunch For On The Road

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#17 My Friend Made A Face Out Of Her Kidney Stones

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#18 Why Why Why

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Folks speculate a number of reasons why scrolling, let alone doom scrolling, is so addictive. The most prevalent explanation is the idea of dopamine being associated with whatever that we can find on our phone through scrolling.

Other reasons include fear of missing out (what the kids these days call FOMO) and social media design, which, of course, will be designed in a way to keep you engaged because money.

#19 I Bet Somebody Dropped The Cigarette, Was Probably Going To Pick It Up, Saw What Was There And Went "Nooope!"

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#20 There's An Eel In This Scallop

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#21 After Tearing Up Carpet At A Rental House; This Is How Much Dirt Was Under The Carpet

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There are ways to kick the habit, namely creating phone free zones for yourself at home, setting time limits, and swapping scrolling for something else, like walks outside. It also helps to manage your notifications, unsubscribing from things and even consider digital detox.

#22 The Scene At My Door This Sunday Morning

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#23 And Yet My Wife Still Complains About A Single Stray Beard Hair In The Sink. How She's Not As Bald As Me I Don't Know

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#24 Don’t Run Barefoot In The Peruvian Jungle, Folks

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But, honestly, nobody would judge you for continuing on with your binges of all that is gross and disgusting, regardless of its level. Your body does a lot of debatably disgusting things that are actually good like farts, burps and other sorts of substances coming out whatever crevice that it comes out of. It’s your body’s way of getting rid of the bad stuff.

#25 Wtf My Little Brothers TV Has Ants

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#26 Marinade That’s Been Out For A Week

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#27 Someone Used This Flea Comb At The Store To Remove Their Dandruff And Put It Back On The Shelf

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Same goes with food. Something that looks or tastes disgusting might be very good for you. Eating means teaching your body’s immune system and gaining strength from its nutrients. Who cares if it looks, tastes and smells like a month-old armpit in liquid form. Add some salt. Bottom line is, not all that is disgusting is necessarily bad.

#28 At Least There's Room For The Driver

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#29 Daughter Left Her Face Peel On The Dining Room Table

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#30 Cleaned Underneath My Keyboard

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So, what are your thoughts on any of this? Found anything disgusting lately that you’d rather not have, but, hey, you now have a reason to talk about it? Share your disgust in the comment section below!

But if it’s already too late for you to change your disgust-focused binge habits, you’re welcome.