ARE YOU CREEPY? HERE'S A HANDY GUIDE.

(November, 2016) A new study published in New Ideas in Psychology sought to figure out what makes a person creepy. For the study, appropriately titled “On the Nature of Creepiness,” researchers had an international sample of 1,341 people respond to an online survey on what they considered creepy. Participants answered several questions, which scientists then analyzed to get to the bottom of creepiness. Here’s what they discovered:
– Men are more likely to be labeled as “creepy” than women.
– Acting unusual was associated with creepiness.
– Some hobbies and jobs make people creepy. If you’re a clown, taxidermist, sex shop owner, or funeral director, sorry, but people think you’re creepy.
There are also some behaviors and nonverbal cues that make someone come across as a creeper:
– Being extremely thin
– Not looking you in the eye
– Asking to take a picture of you
– Watching people before interacting with them
– Asking about details of your personal life when you don’t know the person
– Displaying too much or too little emotion
– Being older
– Steering the conversation toward sex
The last question in the survey was this: “Do most creepy people know that they are creepy?” Nearly 60 percent said “no.”
* Not even Steve Buscemi.
* Thanks, science, I think we can take it from here.
* I don’t know from creepy, but now I’ve got the willies.
* Creepiness is like pornography: I know it when I see it.
* The worst is when “creepy” crosses the line to “icky.”
* If 60 percent said creepy people don’t know that they are creepy, than 60 percent of them are themselves creepy.
* Frankly this study is creepy.
* Being extremely thin is creepy? Well, fortunately, Americans won’t have to worry too much about that.