What is your socially unacceptable guilty indulgence?

I dunno, I don't really do guilt beyond truly bad acts done by choice.

That being said, I am a chocolate milk fiend.

I have to strictly limit myself or I'd drink nothing else, and not eat anything useful nutritionally.

Chocolate in general is my one true vice. I don't drink, I don't use recreational drugs, I'm monogamous (and happily so), I quit tobacco, and even caffeine beyond trace amounts in decaf. But you try an take chocolate out of my life, and I will fuck you up.

I'll even accept Hershey's if there's nothing else available.

But chocolate milk? Fuck me running. Cold, sweet, chocolatey goodness. I will walk right the fuck over infants and kittens if there's a cup on the other side. Puppies? I dunno, I think I'd try to step between them, but I'm not making promises.

Home made is incredible. But my particular weaknesses are the pet trumoo, and the promised land midnight. They use thickeners that up the silky texture. The promised land stuff is meant to be more like melted ice cream, and it succeeds.

Which, don't even ask me how quick I can kill a pint of hagendaz chocolate. Don't blink is all I'll say there.

I have no guilt involved there, but holy fuck is it an indulgence.

I pick my nose.

I bet you do too, don't judge.

Or do: It doesn't really matter what you think of me because I'm not a telepath.

I use light mode on Discord, and just about everything really. I don't like the feeling of being in a gamer cave. I always have a bunch of lamps on, and light themes too.

Playing stupid phone games. Really mind-numbing, no talent required games. Currently into "Whiteout Survival". I am over 60 y.o.

It scratches an itch.

I haven't actually done this in over twenty thirty (fuck I'm old) years, but while thinking about it, I recalled my childhood...

I used to dip extra buttery popcorn in chocolate milk. I fucking loved it. Honestly the thought of it makes me slightly nauseous now...

The comments suggest most people here have an incredibly low threshold for both guilt—and pleasure.

I smoke weed every day. Casual marijuana consumption is definitely socially acceptable here (I'm in Canada where it's legal) but I've been high more often than not for the past 8 years or so.

I bathe 2-3 times a day. A quick one in the morning to get me out of the house, or I just skip it if I don't have time. Cycle to work, real shower there. Then a nice long bath in the evening where I just soak and watch anime. Or browse Lemmy.

A lot of people are saying porn, drugs and alcohol which sure i indulge in but not really in excess. I would if i let myself own any but i dont. My biggest indulgence is media, i consume slop in excess, i let myself fall into meaningless entertainment. Usually drama, youtube drama, it makes me feel so gross because i know how much of a waste of time it is. I could be studying or spending quality time with the people i love but instead i just listen to drivel.

I know it seems relatively harmless but i hate that about myself. I dont even enjoy it much, i just do it becuase id rather do that than nothing

36 year old and still sleep with stuffed animals. I've had them for 30 years and just honestly sleep better with them than a pillow. They are a stuffed wolf named timber and a stuffed dog named woofles.

I think only the real dog judges me, but that's cause she's a jealous bitch.

Sometimes I'll swing by Starbucks before my hour long commute to work I feel guilty each time because all but one coffee shop in town closed down but we have like 7 Starbucks now, one literally across the street from the other

What the heck is a plain dorito

I'm a 45 years old male. The only alcohol I've been drinking since last summer is Smirnoff Ice.

People at the supermarket must think in buying this for a 16 years old.

For context I am almost 40 year old women. Okay, so I like to watch gaming videos on youtube. Markipler, Let's Game it Out, CallmeKevin, RT game, Dunkey, y'know moslty geared towards kids, young adult gaming content. I never do this unless I am home alone because I don't think anyone would get why I'm watching an adult man play a wrestling game with his bright red, 20 foot tall wrestler named Johnny Hotbody.

Enjoying being alone?

I hoard many, many TBs of handpicked, high-resolution porn and VR porn, divided by race, subdivided by star, with shortcut links when the women do scenes together. I enjoy organizing and maintaining the collection. I enjoy finding new porn from new people or discovering girls I missed and getting their backcatalog. Part of my after work/school routine is checking for new torrents of interest and if I miss days or weeks of new content, I'll spend hours going back to find what I want until I'm caught up. All following strict, internal guidelines of what I want, not just everything.

The funny thing is I know for a fact that I watch around the average amount of porn as someone who just uses pornhub or something, and whack it only once a day to every few days.

I just love the collecting of it. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ ͜⁠ʖ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Here’s a minor one:

Dry ramen. Crush up the bag a bit, dump in the powder, shake and enjoy.

What are you, twelve?

No, why do cool adults require their noodles so hydrated?

Cigars. It's a common topic of judgement, as if I don't know it's an expensive hobby with increased risk of cancer. I just love them, and the rituals involved.

Skinning landlords to make tents for the homeless

I love black licorice. Developed a taste for it as a kid because it was the only candy available at my grandparents house. Now if I’m hanging out with buddies and I don’t want them mooching off my snacks, I’ll bring black licorice. I’ve only met one other person that wanted some and I was happy to share haha

Kids clothes. I don't fit in them (am late 30s 140lb woman) and I don't try to, but I find myself always drawn to the kids clothing sections because of their bright patterns and prints. I have very basic sewing skills and I've been tempted to take a course on clothes making so I can recreate these in my size. I fuckin love bright colors and silly accessories.

Picking my nose, then eating the booger.

I am in my 30s.

In an overly consumerist late-stage capitalistic society, my socially unacceptable guilty indulgence is minimalism.

Eating lunch or going to a movie by myself. Traveling alone and not having to really talk. I like doing those things with my wife or friends too, but not having to worry about anyone or anything else for a bit is great.

I like arguing with idiots on the internet.

IBS sucks, but god damn I love smelling my farts.

I watch a lot of porn. A lot.

Sometimes I draw nsfw of my own characters, who are decidedly not sexy because that's not what I designed them for. But then I spend too much time writing and developing them and get invested in their private lives.

I'm usually too embarrassed to render the drawings and sometimes to even save the file. Shoutout to people who do this for a living, couldn't be me.

Daydreaming about me, my projects in 10-30 years. Imagining convos with people. I'm a recovering neet.

I like cinnamon raisin bagels...with scallion and herb cream cheese. It's sweet and savory and the contrast is as good as a super hot shower with an ice cold drink.

Breugger's bagels, may they rest in peace, used to have a bacon/scallion cream cheese. That was divine on cinnamon raisin bagels. I don't know what upset people more, the scallion on a sweet substrate, or the bacon on a bagel. It doesn't matter, if this is goy, I don't want to be kosher.

I have no problem playing sexy time with AI

I put a little salt on muffins. If I don’t I can only eat like one before I hit my muffin limit, but if I salt them I can eat like 5.

Macaroni with enough Heinz ketchup to question your sanity and a glass of milk.

It's also my hangover cure.

Recently, grocery store chicken wings.

Marxist organizating and running a political education program. I swear to God I'm going to (redacted) when we have the resources to expand into adult literacy.

And slutting about I suppose.

Mint ice cream and peanut butter.

Ruffles potato chips and nacho cheese dip. My Jean size doesn’t accept it.

Tobacco and alcohol.

Cigars & pipe tobacco. Whisky & cognac. The good stuff.

But after the world became so health focused, these indulgences has become more problematic.

I like to fart on the children having temper tantrums at Walmart.

CONSTANT MASTURBATION

Melted butter or solid?

Mine is frozen strawberries dipped in icing sugar.

Conspiratorial thinking. Not really conspiracy theories per se. But hear me out! I’m Becoming More Worried How Many People Talk and Act Like They Have Nothing to Lose.

Did we actually start the fire? With Billy Joe returning to writing music in 2024, I may have to ask this question

Re-match election year, elder presidential candidates, global conflict multiple fronts, protracted economic enthusiasm with no meaningful correction in recent memory - sing these little ditties to the tune of REMs “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine!)”

A government becomes vulnerable if it’s people start to feel like they don’t have anything to lose and behave in desperate ways in protest.

Let’s count some ways that governments make sure people in all social classes of society feel like have something to lose:

-State lotteries (just feel for a little bit what it would be like to be addicted to scratch-offs, my friends)
-Legalized gambling
-Conspicuously someplaces-legal “illegal” drugs
-Even worse, legal drugs (I know this is gonna be a controversial take, but mood stabilizers, anti anxiety and anti depression drugs might be overprescribed.)
-Television shows / binge watching (again, 100% one of my vices and keeps me from getting too political oftentimes)
-Communities established around social justice causes (education equity, racial equality, police unity, anti-police brutality) / constitutional rights threatened by wedge issue politics (2nd amendment / abortion rights)
-Government subsidies and tax breaks for religious institutions
-Subsidies and tax breaks for entrepreneurs and high income families (making the upper middle class feel like they owe their financial security to the government who helped them achieve it)

I understand why things are this way. I’m one of the people who’s increasingly feeling like our current systems of government and a lot of our society just isn’t working right anymore. Sure I have my really good days where I’m excited to just live. But some days I’m doomscrolling hard, man. Other days I’m a really positive growth mindset, “don’t worry, be happy”, “we’re all in the same boat together”, kind of place. Was it always burning since the world’s been turning?

https://youtu.be/eFTLKWw542g?si=bPkWWOtNYKBvmm0_

Using all the toilet paper in each public restroom. It's a habit.

I have such a reputation that, if you live near me and use the ladies' restroom somewhere and all the toilet paper is gone when you take over the stall, local logic goes I was the one who last used it.

2 pieces of cinnamon bread bread with tostitos in between.

Sugar in a raw tomato. It’s really fun to eat and grosses a LOT of people out!

Yummm. Lol mine is mozzarella with salt and vinegar chips

From time to time pure cornflakes (just those tiny "chips" from corn) without any milk. Also soft bread.

OK but hold on - are we not gonna talk about friggin doritos in unsalted butter???

Disco polo music. In Poland, it's seen as "lower class music" and is supposed to be enjoyed only ironically or at wedding parties.

I cram study science or engineering.

quicksand

Not sure what you mean by the question.