Are you pretty good at picking out the creepy-creeps?

Oh, yes.

Yeah, I think I can. Maybe not so much online, but in person, definitely.

I just think everyone’s a creep. It saves time.

Mostly. But they tend to keep away from me. I’ve mastered the “don’t fuck with me” aura.

Yep.
I have a long-running bet with a friend about that.

Girls can be just as creepy and never been wrong yet.

I’m confused. Though I admire those (all of you) who can pick us (creepy creeps like me) out from a crowd, does that mean we’ll end up being friends or not?

I mean, is it just not gonna happen? Or do you find my creepy creepiness kinda freaky freak enough to entertain the darker side of your most sinister imaginative inclinations?

Jus’ cause I’m a creepy freaky creep doesn’t mean we couldn’t have a lil’ fun together.

@RealEyesRealizeRealLies You’re creeping me out. ;-)

That could be a good thing. The way I look at it, Creeps are the new Freaks, and Freaks are the new Geeks, and Geeks are the new Rock Stars, and Rock Stars the new Philosophers, and Philosophers the new Poets.

Spend a little time with any one of us and find we aren’t all that bad.

This is an interesting and funny discussion.

The truth is that most of you cannot do what you claim. You’d pick out the obvious psychos, most likely, the people who drool on their chins and hold wild and noisy conversations with imaginary beings and people who aren’t there. Anyone can do that.

But you’d also pick out some totally harmless, inoffensive and lonely neurotic who’s miserable because he hasn’t got a friend in the world (who could be any one of us on certain days), and who feels and looks worse and withdraws some more even as you reject him, or who’s physically afflicted with a disfiguring disease, scarring or other deformity.

And you’d totally fail to clue in to the BTK Killer , the Green River murderer , Ted Bundy and any number of other past and present serial killers who do what they do for as long as they do it because they appear to be so normal. And don’t pat yourself on the back because you happen to spot a mugshot or courtroom photo and “know automatically” that the person is guilty. After ten or twenty years of killing, these people probably do start to look different, and everyone looks guilty in a mugshot.

This is why parents have to teach kids that “stranger danger” doesn’t mean ”creepy-looking stranger danger”, it means “anyone you don’t know” and maybe someone that you do know.

What ^^^he^^^ said X10.

so can we be friends now?

I used to think so – now, I’m not so sure.

Yeah there was a soccer coach here in St. Louis that was very popular because he used to play professionally. His older years promoted him to start his own league and all sorts of grand programs for our youth. He was honored and awarded many times as a model citizen of the community, and everyone with a child in youth sports new his unique name as one to trust.

Until he was caught fondling a ten year old boy in the locker room. The community didn’t want to believe it, and wouldn’t have unless others had come out claiming the same. Some were now adults who had played for him as a child. Big scandal. Now he’s gone. And he was just the nicest most upstanding fellow you’d ever want to meet.

There’s another guy that lives under a bridge near my house. His face is twisted and he talks to himself. I take him sandwiches every now and then and ask if he needs anything. He always says no, “The good Lord provides well for me”, and then reaches into his sack to offer me the remaining spittle from a soda retrieved in a dumpster dive. He’s completely harmless and always willing to have my company under the bridge, never hiding anything.

@RealEyesRealizeRealLies It is just something that they give off. I don’t necessarily go by appearance. It could be the Boy Scout leader whom all of the parents love.

And, I am usually right.

I’m with @Jude – It’s not about looks. Some people just give me the heebie-jeebies.

I feel that way too sometimes. But unless I’m willing to give validity to psychic phenomenon, I must conclude that they don’t really “give off” anything at all. More likely that I’m just judging them based upon what I see. Unfortunate.

Is it really a them thing, or a me thing? I don’t know of any mechanism other than pheromones which can “give off” vibes. And that usually must take place within a close proximity of the person giving them off.

I have to check myself to ensure that I’m not exhibiting a bit of prejudice towards others who aren’t cut from the same cloth as me. Otherwise their differences are easily interpreted inappropriately.

What about this man creepy creep or all American nice guy. What do you think?

Of course there are exceptions to every rule, @flutherother. And no one’s saying that all “bad guys” look like bad guys, anyway.

@Seelix As you probably know by now the picture is of mass murderer Ted Bundy. He sometimes wore a fake plaster cast on his arm to appear harmless and in need of help. He does look pretty creepy in some pictures but he could also appear very charming.

I work with a lot of teenagers. They get a fun kick out of calling me “a creepy old man”. But everyone of them would trust me with their lives.

We have many discussions about empathy, and the maturity required to demonstrate it.

EXIT magazine is one of my favorites. They promote creepiness as a major fashion statement. Creepy is IN!

Can’t find one person on this page that doesn’t exude creepiness. Even Jackie O’ has that certain look in her eye.

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It should probably be pointed out that a bunch of the pics on the page @RealEyesRealizeRealLies linked to are NSFW. Just sayin’ :)

@RealEyesRealizeRealLies You don’t get it. :) Some of the ladies here know what I am talking about.

Male or female I can tell from one good look in the eyes.

for the record i am not a creep. i am a dick.

Creep vibe! Yes I’m good but I have to be because creeps can sniff me out in parts per million. I’ve got to be able to see them coming and let them know that I know….

I’m not easily creeped out. I’m not quick to label someone creepy. Women are usually the ones who label people creepy without much proof. Who hasn’t had an awkward moment that makes them look creepy?

@Jude I agree. From what I’ve read, some are referring to what is seen through a person’s eyes. The impression a person gets because of a photo (btw… @flutherother, Bundy does look creepy in that picture, imo) the way the person looks or dresses, the material and physical things about them. I think you are talking about something that is felt in your core. It’s not because of how the person appears but about the energy that surrounds them. I could be way off here….