Results: You are creeping me out!
Published on 04/12/2016
In a recent study, Francis McAndrew of Knox University attempted to pin down what makes a person “creepy,” a decidedly unscientific term that he says had never actually been empirically defined.
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What behaviors of a person would you find creepy?
stand too close during conversation
40%
648 votes
lick their lips often
18%
293 votes
laugh unpredictably
23%
370 votes
all of the above
39%
631 votes
none of the above
18%
294 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
25 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.44% | 10 | |
| Staring | 0.09% | 2 |
| depends on the person doing it | 0.04% | 1 |
| it's not just one thing. | 0.04% | 1 |
| na | 0.04% | 1 |
| Looking up when talking | 0.04% | 1 |
| Being a pathalogical liar & super duper ugliness | 0.04% | 1 |
| It would be more something in their space that would emanate, even with outward behavior that appeared normal. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Stare | 0.04% | 1 |
| Bernie Sanders supporter. | 0.04% | 1 |
| look in their eye | 0.04% | 1 |
| Staring, unwanted touching, sexual jokes | 0.04% | 1 |
| their looks | 0.04% | 1 |
| any odd behaviour | 0.04% | 1 |
| n/a | 0.04% | 1 |
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What physical characteristics would you find creepy? peculiar smiles
33%
527 votes
greasy hair
27%
429 votes
pale skin
13%
214 votes
all of the above
27%
444 votes
none of the above
25%
402 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
21 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.39% | 8 | |
| depends on the individual | 0.05% | 1 |
| it's not just one thing. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Not sure | 0.05% | 1 |
| na | 0.05% | 1 |
| Eye contact | 0.05% | 1 |
| the eyes | 0.05% | 1 |
| Staring at you | 0.05% | 1 |
| other | 0.05% | 1 |
| Deep eyes | 0.05% | 1 |
| Flat, emotionless eyes | 0.05% | 1 |
| Fat. | 0.05% | 1 |
| n/a | 0.05% | 1 |
| Long fingernail on a man....YUCK!!!!!!!!!!! | 0.05% | 1 |
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3.
What occupations do you find creepy?
Clowns
29%
469 votes
funeral directors
33%
541 votes
taxidermists
34%
542 votes
sex shop owners
39%
632 votes
photographers
4%
66 votes
none of the above
27%
439 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
22 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.37% | 10 | |
| N/A | 0.07% | 2 |
| morticians | 0.04% | 1 |
| all | 0.04% | 1 |
| No matter what type of business you are in, sometimes you do run into a creepy person | 0.04% | 1 |
| na | 0.04% | 1 |
| not sure | 0.04% | 1 |
| slaughterhouse workers | 0.04% | 1 |
| undecided | 0.04% | 1 |
| mortician | 0.04% | 1 |
| Lawyers. | 0.04% | 1 |
| bankers, some politicians, CEO's, terrorists, etc. | 0.04% | 1 |
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4.
Have you met a creepy person? Yes
65%
1056 votes
No
21%
339 votes
Undecided
14%
221 votes
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5.
Do you think that creepiness is a manifestation of something internal such as social ineptitude
42%
672 votes
something sinister
39%
634 votes
neither
33%
539 votes
Other (please specify)
5%
75 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.20% | 23 | |
| not sure | 0.47% | 9 |
| na | 0.21% | 4 |
| No idea | 0.16% | 3 |
| Idk | 0.10% | 2 |
| undecided | 0.10% | 2 |
| mental disorder | 0.05% | 1 |
| both | 0.05% | 1 |
| sometimes both, sometimes something entirely different. | 0.05% | 1 |
| up bringing | 0.05% | 1 |
| timid people | 0.05% | 1 |
| could be anything | 0.05% | 1 |
| lacking confidence? Over confident? | 0.05% | 1 |
| entitlement | 0.05% | 1 |
| Who knows ! | 0.05% | 1 |
| corporate greed | 0.05% | 1 |
| inbreeding | 0.05% | 1 |
| n/a | 0.05% | 1 |
| who knows? | 0.05% | 1 |
| Depends on the situation/person. | 0.05% | 1 |
| All of the above, sometimes. | 0.05% | 1 |
| maybe | 0.05% | 1 |
| Being an idiot. | 0.05% | 1 |
| a combination of many factors | 0.05% | 1 |
| it's just a feeling i have | 0.05% | 1 |
| Depends upon the situation, etc. | 0.05% | 1 |
| all of the above | 0.05% | 1 |
| unsure | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't know | 0.05% | 1 |
| bit of both | 0.05% | 1 |
| I'll health | 0.05% | 1 |
| it depends | 0.05% | 1 |
| I think it,s a disorder, unavoidable. | 0.05% | 1 |
| upbringing by idiots | 0.05% | 1 |
| Just being different than normal, we are ALL weird in some sense, some just show it more than others | 0.05% | 1 |
| sometimes one, sometimes the other | 0.05% | 1 |
| dont know | 0.05% | 1 |
| depends on the individual | 0.05% | 1 |
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