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[–] Zugyuk@lemmy.world 87 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Dry Microfiber. Doubly so when my nails are not smoothly trimmed

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] jonathan@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

I haven't saved a gif in years, but this one just captures the emotion perfectly.

[–] HairyHarry@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Someone: You have dry skin

Me: I do NOT have dry skin

microfiber enters the room

[–] Domi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 weeks ago

Hate this shit, the cloth the that touches you back. Get it away from me.

[–] lemmyng@piefed.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yes! It's like velcro but for skin. Absolutely disguising.

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[–] Elkenders@feddit.uk 51 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] Ashenlux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago

Yes! And the sound it makes when it rubs up against anything too. Awful awful awful!

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[–] Casuls_Die_Thrice@lemmy.zip 50 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

More of a sound than a texture TBH, but the way certain types of styrofoam squeak against cardboard boxes legitimately sets my teeth on edge.

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[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Wooden cooking utensils that have been washed a bunch or raw wood popsicle sticks or those little wooden spoons that come with ice cream cups, all genuinely revolting 🤮

Cheap acrylic sweaters/yarn is also pretty bad

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[–] bmpvy@piefed.social 31 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)
[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I just talked about this topic with a few friends and family members and they all cringed in response. Every. Single. One.

If you're writing with a wooden pencil, the graphite snaps out, and the wood of the pencil drags across the paper.

Just writing this made my skin crawl.

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I love mechanical pencils. If you still wanna pencil, check out mechanical ones. There are loads of good options out there, including ones that spin the lead with each stroke to keep a consistent sharpness and ones where the lead is suspended via springs so it doesn't break as easily, as well as ones with retractable lead sleeves so the lead and the metal pipe at the end don't break when you move it around.

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[–] magikmw@piefed.social 26 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Chalk. Makes my skin crawl.

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[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 21 points 1 week ago
[–] kubica@fedia.io 16 points 1 week ago

T-shirts where you can sense the presence of the drawings/text.

[–] sknob@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 14 points 2 weeks ago

Microfibre rugs.

[–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

T-shirt too tight around my neck drives me crazy.

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[–] dephyre@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The sound of a permanent marker used on cardboard makes my teeth itch. I know it’s not a texture but I can sure feel it.

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[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Raw wood. Whenever I see someone put a wooden spoon in their mouth I want to scream. I have to keep the wrapper around popsicle sticks.

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[–] BillDaCatt@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Pretty much anything that is sticky or gritty. Sugar is the worst because it is both!

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[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Any form of crumb or sand in my bed. I will feel that one particle in my back like a dagger all night

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[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Slimy stuff

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I can not pick just one and just reading this thread is making my brain go eurghghghg sounds.

The feeling of jeans at all. Toenails snagging on sheets. Hands covered in stuff with no paper towels. Many clothes. Anything in hair not approved by three discussions with brain prior. Sticky things.

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[–] goldenquetzal@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] rat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago

Styrofoam. It's the devil's material.

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Stuffing for stuffed animals, when I touch it I can barely breathe. I have no idea why.

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[–] ergoplato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago
[–] AzuranAurora@piefed.ca 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There's this material that some notebook covers were made of when I was in school that made an AWFUL noise when you scratched it with your fingernail. Naturally the other students made a point of using it to aggravate me.

[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's the holographic shit right?

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago

The sound of a calloused finger running up and down a guitar’s low E string.

[–] dorumon@lemmy.cafe 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I hate styrofoam and anything related to it.

[–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 8 points 2 weeks ago

Ohh but you're missing out on poor man's napalm! Dissolve that stuff in gasoline and you'll have a wonderfully long lasting flammable mixture, and it's quite satisfying to dissolve, too.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Flat paint primer, gives me chills to touch

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[–] bob@feddit.uk 7 points 2 weeks ago

Cheap polyester polo shirts

[–] Brosplosion@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Really specific one, but the Cadbury Mini Eggs. They have a slightly rough candy coating and the feeling of two of them sliding against each other kills me inside.

[–] sam_the_tech@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The feeling of chewing on dry paper towels.

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[–] zewm@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

I don’t know if this counts, but I cannot even see a pencil eraser without my teeth hurting. Just the site of them tingles my teeth. If I see someone erasing, I have to hold my lips tight together.

[–] graograman@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] weeeeum@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Chewing gauze or tissue. That sensation plus the squeaking and crushing is one of the few things that would actually make me scream

Then in general, wet slimy stuff (that isn't lube) or having vaseline on my hands (I think everyone would hate that though)

[–] a_postmodern_hat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

100% polyester is gross.

I really can’t stand this one kind of paper used sometimes in cheap mass-market paperbacks or colouring books. It’s coarse and spongy and literally crumbles if you try to use an eraser on it.

Not a texture per se, but having one wet hand and one dry hand 😱

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[–] BiggestPiggest@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Polyester fluffy blankets and stuffies.

[–] shartgargle@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago

Plasticy "canvas", that stuff that cheap suit bags are made of.

As well as anything gritty.

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 5 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Cooked raisins.

Anything that squeaks. Squeaking hair when its clean, green beans that aren't cooked enough.

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[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Anything with that "changing holographic" effect. Run your nails over that and in guaranteed to run out of the room trying not to twist out of my own skin.

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