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“What’s Something That People Turn Into Their Whole Personality?” (50 Answers)
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“What’s Something That People Turn Into Their Whole Personality?” (50 Answers)

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From introverted and gentle to extroverted and eccentric, the human personality is a complex and colorful thing. It describes our distinctive patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving and derives from a mix of innate dispositions and inclinations along with environmental factors and experiences.
But sometimes, people give the impression that they have a very narrow definition of self. Interested in such cases, Reddit user StandardGenre45 made a post on the platform, asking everyone "What's something that people turn into their whole personality?" And it blew up—so far, the post has 28.3K comments. Here are some of the most interesting ones.

#1

Being gay.
I'm myself gay but that's hardly something I communicate about unless being specifically asked about. Yet I've met a few who center their whole life and personality around that. They have to do ,"gay thing". All their behavior, taste and enjoyment and justified by "it's a gay thing".
Funny thing I've already been told something along the lines of "yeah it's pretty common among us gay people, you wouldn't know about it".
I don't understand, like if I were asked to describe myself it'd go along those lines
- french that grew up in Quebec Canada.
- love sciences and physics, studied that.
- into video games and phantasy
- big on family values n stuff
- I like languages, learned Japanese and German (although German is quite rusty now)
- my favorite food are sushi pizza and french sausage.
- I love beer 🍺 !
Then down down down the line
- I'm gay
But I dunno, I don't see people going around saying they're straight, I don't see why that should be something I say.
I just baffles me and I find it really sad... Are you so void of personality that "gay" is your number one trait ? The one thing describe you Is the type of hole you like to put your d@ck in?
Done with my rant xD
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436points

#2

Mental Health issues that they don't actually have. Being "uncomfortable" because some papers aren't straight isn't OCD Stacy. And having high energy doesn't make you Manic. Stop turning people's disabilities into something "quirky".
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429points

#3

“What’s Something That People Turn Into Their Whole Personality?” (50 Answers)
Being American. Put that flag away. No one gives a s**t.
376points

#4

“What’s Something That People Turn Into Their Whole Personality?” (50 Answers)
Their Faith or lack of faith. I've seen Christians become hyper religious and force their beliefs on everyone around them and alternatively I've seen Atheists become toxic and anyone who deters from their worldview even slightly is a complete moron.
Let YOUR beliefs be just that YOURS and not everyone else's.
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326points

#5

“What’s Something That People Turn Into Their Whole Personality?” (50 Answers)
Being bloody vegan.
296points

#6

“What’s Something That People Turn Into Their Whole Personality?” (50 Answers)
Zodiac signs. Like please shut up about it.
242points

#7

“What’s Something That People Turn Into Their Whole Personality?” (50 Answers)
Being LGBTQ, especially the whole gender thing. Like, I consider myself non-binary but I also consider this aspect of mine fairly unimportant to be honest. It's a "nice to know" type of thing for myself but I don't ever feel the need to discuss it with other people. Because what are they going to say about it? "Cool...?" Being non-cis or non-het is not nearly as interesting as some LGBTQ people believe it is. It's just ONE random aspect of someone's personality. There are many other aspects. For example I'm probably a HSP (highly sensitive person). But again, I don't see a point in mentioning this to other people because people who already know aren't going to treat me differently because of a label. They are know how I am/act/talk etc. And people who don't know me (yet) either don't matter or they'll find out about me over time.
223points

#8

I’m Bisexual. No one in my life that hasn’t *asked* knows I’m bisexual, because it’s not my f*****g personality. Most friends I have in the LGBTQ+ community are first and foremost, queer. They’re not introduced to me as doctors, teachers, Germans, Americans, activists, introverts…no, they’re introduced as Queer and often that will be the only thing I know about them for some time.
This is a present issue in the community.
217points

#9

“What’s Something That People Turn Into Their Whole Personality?” (50 Answers)
Conspiracy theorist. "Open your eyes, do your own research"
200points

#10

“What’s Something That People Turn Into Their Whole Personality?” (50 Answers)
The generation they're born in
189points

#11

“What’s Something That People Turn Into Their Whole Personality?” (50 Answers)
Hair color. If I hear my co-worker talk about how ‘natural red heads’ are or how you shouldn’t mess with them use it as an excuse for a shitty character trait, I’m gonna lose it.
188points

#12

Guns
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188points

#13

“What’s Something That People Turn Into Their Whole Personality?” (50 Answers)
Their preferred American political party.
180points

#14

“What’s Something That People Turn Into Their Whole Personality?” (50 Answers)
Their own perceived persecution/ victimization.
"Being suppressed and personally attacked is who I am."
179points

#15

This will get buried, but some of these things become a person's entire personality because it consumes a majority of their life. Typically at a young age.
Kids that saw active duty in Afghanistan, living that 24 hours a day, yeah, probably has a large influence on your personality.
Woman with 3 small kids, raising them while her partner is absent (could be a deadbeat, could be working 18 hrs a day to support them), is gonna have a lot of anecdotes about motherhood.
Point being, some individuals choose not to grow. Some just don't get the opportunity to.
Edit: Thanks for the awards.
164points

#16

“What’s Something That People Turn Into Their Whole Personality?” (50 Answers)
Harry Potter and I’m sick of pretending that a 45 year old woman running around saying she’s a f*****g Hufflepuff is normal.
163points

#17

“What’s Something That People Turn Into Their Whole Personality?” (50 Answers)
Loving Disney.
153points

#18

“What’s Something That People Turn Into Their Whole Personality?” (50 Answers)
Being a youtuber
142points

#19

“What’s Something That People Turn Into Their Whole Personality?” (50 Answers)
Born-again Evangelicals
137points

#20

“What’s Something That People Turn Into Their Whole Personality?” (50 Answers)
Having kids
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