When someone or something gives off good vibes, you can immediately tell: a field full of vibrant sunflowers, a home cooked meal with your closest friends, an album that makes you want to move and groove. On the other hand, when a person is radiating bad vibes, it can be easy to tell as well.

Below, you’ll find some of the subtle traits that are immediate signs of bad vibes that Reddit users have recently been sharing online. Take note of any of these behaviors to look out for, and be sure to upvote the ones that make you wary of certain people too.

#1

How they treat/view animals.

Character is how you treat those who can do nothing for you!

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#2

When they try to push God on me and say that things happen because it’s the plan from God and I am being strong for God and they will pray for me.

Just…. no. Don’t f*****g do that s**t to me. Keep your religion to yourself.

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#3

How they treat someone in a service position, wait staff, etc.

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#4

If you’re blasting music in public, I instantly hate you

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#5

they dont return the cart after loading up the car

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#6

When they don’t like cats. And I don’t mean like “oh I’m just a dog person” I mean like “a cat is just a moving speed bump” kind of person. It gives me “I don’t like relationships I can’t control” and “I don’t respect living things that exist beyond my control” vibes.

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#7

Small lies. It can be anything. What they ate the night before, when they came home, their favorite color. The smaller the lie is, the more suspicious the person becomes to me.

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#8

People who incessantly refer to you by name in a conversation. It comes across like some weird sales / cult strategy to engineer fake rapport.

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#9

Littering

#10

When they’re far too pushy with questions and don’t leave you alone despite you making it super obvious that you don’t want to answer their questions.

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#11

If they’re always the “good guy” when they tell stories about bad situations.

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#12

They call me “friend” right off. Pal, or buddy is almost as bad.

#13

They’re stood naked in my kitchen by the open fridge drinking my coconut milk straight from the carton.

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#14

If they quickly bring their religion into s conversation

#15

The way they view pets.

If they pick up a pet who’ll live 60+ years (like some parrots) and then randomly say “lol I’ll give it away/abandon/release in the wild” after the poor thing is attached? Big red flag.

Pets can’t live properly on the streets/in the wild after domestication. For birds, they would need readaptation to wild settings. And pets can die from heartbreak/depression.

#16

Someone who knocks on my bedroom door and opens it immediately instead of waiting for me to answer it

#17

Talking c**p or making fun of/nitpicking everyone that walks by.

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#18

That whole compliment but it’s an insult thing and then they laugh it off as a joke

Like wtf is your problem

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#19

They can never be wrong.

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#20

Using their phone too much during group meals

#21

Treating garbage collectors like they’re trash. Mate their job is to literally pick up trash after you.

#22

They make jokes at other people’s expense, but can’t stand it when someone jokes about them.

#23

People who obviously know you are next to be served at the bar but order anyway. It can happen by accident, but sometimes you just think d**k.

#24

I just met you. Don’t call me honey, baby, darling, or anything like that.

#25

When they take but never give. Personally I believe friendship should be as equal and balanced as possible but if a friend can’t even meet you a quarter of the way? They ain’t your friend.

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#26

S**t talking their significant other.

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#27

Standing too close. The definition of personal space varies by culture, but even so so, most people quickly pick up the correct distance for social interaction. Someone who does not either is not paying attention or is pervy.

#28

When you only know them for a minute and they already start getting super personal

#29

When someone doesn’t listen to you. As in actually HEAR what you’re saying. It’s one thing if they don’t understand how you’re feeling and you need to clarify. It’s another when they’re blatantly ignoring you because they’re being selfish or defensive.

#30

They ask you something and start talking over you before you are done or before you even have a chance to start.

I know this can happen for someone who is ADHD or ASD, but those cases it’s usually pretty easy to tell that they are just distracted or overexcited and not intentionally dismissive of you. The red flag is for someone who just genuinely does not give a s**t what your answer was going to be in the first place.

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#31

In a conversation, never ask you a single thing about you or your opinion

#32

When they park in the fire lane to run into the grocery store or dry cleaners or whatever, especially if it’s in a parking lot where only one car can get around them at a time.

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#33

“You can Trust me”
Nope, if you gotta TELL me that with words, nope.

#34

Gossip about other people.

If they do it about others, they’ll do it about you.

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#35

When you share meaningless info about you or someone and they make it your or their defining quality. Basically they put you and other people in a box.

Another one is when they start “playfully” roasting you too early on in a connection. That’s for close people and we aren’t anywhere near that.

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#36

They introduce themselves as a Christian.

#37

I have a friend who’s a psychiatrist, he says it’s psychiatrist lore to always beware of men with yellow tinted glasses lenses.

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#38

Sense of Entitlement .

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#39

Obsessing about how other people eat their food. Particularly getting annoyed at plain eaters. Like, eat your own food and mind your own damn business. How someone else eats isn’t going to affect your food. I’ve never met someone who does that who didn’t turn out to be a d**k

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#40

If they talk bad about homeless people

#41

Asking the race of the people in your story when you are talking about something that has absolutely nothing to do with race. Also saying things are racist when they aren’t and using racial slurs.

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#42

When they don’t acknowledge that you held the door open for them. Not even a small smile or head nod.

#43

If they don’t treat people under their authority with respect.

#44

The way they treat, or talk about, pets or animals is a good way to judge character.

And another is how they treat their belongings.
Example: Knew a guy who wouldn’t hang up his jacket. Just drop it on the floor or some furniture.
Same with his phone and stuff, he’d have a new phone every week because he kept dropping it or casually throwing it onto tables.

The disregard for the value of things just bugged me.
If you don’t value your own stuff, how can you value other people’s belongings. Ya know?

#45

45 minutes until I’m scheduled to quit work, and you’re stressing me about working faster.

thank you for the f**k ups I made from the stress, today I know better than yesterday.

#46

Can’t give anyone a compliment without immediately s**t talking under their breath

#47

Guilt tripping.

#48

Their eyes, and before you say there’s no possible way you can tell someone’s character by just their eyes.

It hasn’t failed me yet.

#49

“Here we are like family!”

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#50

No platonic friends of the opposite sex

#51

Whenever I’ve met someone and we go out to eat or just eat snacks at home, and they don’t clean up after themselves. Like I mean, just leaving trash on the table and going to bed without thinking about it. Those people are usually the last people to take responsibility for their actions.

Edit: I don’t mean being forgetful, I mean like refusing to clean stuff up, sorry for the vague explanation.

#52

when they have a weird hatred for kids, and im not talking about not wanting any. i mean straight up despising and in some cases threatening to harm children cause of their dislike for them.

#53

How they react to a line or a restaurant wait. Huffing, eye-rolling–they don’t go full Karen, but you can tell they’re REALLY annoyed that Their Specialness has to wait their turn like everyone else.

#54

Not being a reliable narrator and believing your assumptions as facts.

Small exaggerations or telling stories from your perspective once in a while are fine but seemingly being unable to frame your perspective and feelings separate from the rest of the world is concerning. My sister will often state other people’s thoughts or feelings she believes as if they are fact. Needless to say she can’t be relied on for a trust worthy depiction of events, even in the most low stake scenerios

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#55

When they have a habit of telling other people what to do, usually disguised as a request, but it’s framed in a way that makes it seem unreasonable to say no.

#56

Head to toe screaming designer brands for some reason rub me the wrong way.

#57

Acting like only one half of a couple exists

#58

When they don’t rerack their weights or wipe down the equipment at the gym.

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#59

Anyone that knocks on my door with a clipboard or wearing a suit holding a book.

#60

Hyper political

#61

Opening up too quickly. Like you see someone for a 2nd time in your life and they start sharing way too personal stuff out of the blue.

#62

That resentful glance/stare you catch them giving you when you unexpectedly look up

#63

When they talk about how people spoil their kids and they are strict.

#64

if the puppers dislike them I listen

#65

Dirty hands/fingernails if they are not in a trade where that would be normal.

#66

Trying to stand in your blind spot

#67

Honestly, some people are way too into themselves. Confidence is great, but at some point you gotta remember you’re around other people. Gross.

#68

They enjoy making you feel uncomfortable or smile when asking awkward questions.

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#69

How they drive especially on the highway.

Can’t stand people who weave in and out of lanes going 20 over thinking the interstate is their personal Indy 500

#70

Lack of personal space or maintaining direct eye contact too long.

#71

Ignoring their kids because they are having fun. Not to the point of calling CPS…..just more like, they’ll go running if the kid screams but won’t be aware enough to stop it in the first place.

#72

They interrupt multiple times when it’s your turn to tell a story, or explain something.

edit: I have aspergers and ADD. I’m quite aware of how difficult it may be to tame these urges to do so. My comment is more directed towards those who are narcissistic, fake, or micro-controlling as a behavior. Thank you for all the further comments, I hope I didn’t offend anyone from any misunderstanding.

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#73

If they say their ex “is a f*****g psycho”
I don’t need to know, & you probably drove her *to that!
My ex is a psycho but I don’t rant about him, or mention it to others asides from my gf’s

#74

Never share anything or are very hesitant to share, stingey

#75

They covered in blood but they don’t seem to be hurt.

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#76

The word “hun”.

#77

I can usually read people quite well, so it always freaks me out when I meet a person and there is… nothing. Just a blank slate with a smile painted on.
Sometimes they turn out to be great people, other times they end up being total pricks.
But it’s strange and slightly worrying when they don’t project anything.

#78

If they are too sweet at first. Can’t be trusted.

#79

The sociopath stare.

#80

Cut into the middle of a conversation, not even acknowledging you were talking or there.

#81

A married male coworker who knows you are also married and yet keeps making random sexual comments towards you.

#82

Elevator eyes.

That’s when someone looks you up and down. Like a woman looking at another woman’s outfit/appearance from head to toe. Super judgmental.

And if it’s a man, super creepy and gross.

#83

they’re “too nice”, apparently something people don’t really pick up on (hence the subtle) but i always have and i always end up being right about them in the end

#84

Boasting about themselves. Shows low self esteem.

#85

Sounds cliche but their energy, and facial expressions, Ik facial expressions are not that great to go off but it’s just something I’ve observed rolling eyes attitude face that’s beneath Me face ugh I’m too good for this world face I’ve just seen this alot with other women in particular.

#86

Everyone loves them.

#87

If they drive a Kia Soul. I’m not joking. I’ve been burned 3 times now by people who drive them.

#88

Someone who smile and bubbly all the frigging time.

It’s always been a front and facade hiding the real true self behind, which is just a normal human being with flaws.

But the facade itself is also a sign that the person have a mental problem dealing with some form of negativity. Something like either wanting to please or have a false believe that no one likes a sad individual…etc.
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