What is "creepy"?

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Note: I posted a similar message in an unrelated thread, but I thought it deserved one of its own.

I see the word "creepy" appearing all over this board, and there's no doubt that it is absolute death to your romantic chances to be labeled as such.

So I thought I would try to define "creepy" and see if there are ways one might avoid inadvertantly appearing to be one.

(Of course if you actually are creepy, then please go get the help you so desperately need)

Types of Creeps

1. The Stalker Creep- Someone who refuses to go away despite being clearly told the other party is not interested. I guess this is a case of "knowing when to quit"...

2. The Pick-Up-Artist (PUA) Creep- Someone (usually male) who approaches another with the sole intention of gratifying themselves sexually. For some reason, this label may be applied without any apparent justification (or maybe it only happens to me)

3.The Child-Molester Creep- Someone who seeks a relationship with someone who is far less mature. I think this might not necessarily a factor of chronological age difference in every case, but it's a good indicator, and of course you are an actual child molester, you're more than just a creep.

4. The Crispin Glover Creep - Someone who's someone emotionless or odd affect suggests some sort of vague sense of "deviance", perhaps incorrectly. I may fall into this category.

Am I a "creep" or maybe Crispin Glover is an Aspie?:





On the other hand, maybe that's not such a bad thing:



Can anyone add to the list?

If Crispin Glover is a creep, creeps are AWESOME.

Super creep reporting in...

You need to add a type for people like me (and a lot of aspies out there): People who want to experience a full relationship, but have been hurt too much to really get out there anymore. I'd call it the Gollum type, the otherwise-good folks who have been corrupted over time through pain and suffering and an unfulfilled desire to become monsters...

Crispin Glover Creep...funny, I like it. He's taken this vibe that he really does give off and run with it and made it into something like a schtick. His Dad freaked me out when I was a kid seeing him as a....creepy...Bond villian. And Crispin does seem like a chip off the old block. Maybe he has Asperger's Syndrome, inherited from his Dad, but was able to turn the "weird" vibe into a career as a character actor. I've never seen him in a movie where he didn't have that off demeanor. Sometimes it's creepy (like his most recent turn as a villain creep with stalker tendencies in Alice in Wonderland). Sometimes he just seems like a perfectly uncreepy yet decidely odd person like in Back to the Future. I can't figure out what's acting and what's his natural self.

I don't have anything to add to the list. I just like Crispin Glover movies. He's one of my favorite actors.

Last edited by Janissy on 14 Jan 2011, 4:35 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Creepy is a vibe. It's a vibe to the person who thinks the other is creepy, that their personal space is invaded or their personal safety is at risk. It's a feeling of discomfort caused by the "creepy" person.

I'm creepy, made peace with it a few years back.

I don't think you're creepy. I think that through "not knowing", a person can unintentionally exhibit behavior that a woman they're trying to get to know will find creepy. This doesn't mean the person is creepy, it means they need to learn how to stop making the wrong impression.

When I was 21, I asked an inappropriately sexual question to a girl I was going on a date with. I have no idea why. It is the most ridiculous thing to do, and one of the most embarassing moments in my life, looking back. She almost jumped out of the car.

Did I do it on purpose? Was I being sleazy? Am I some kind of rapist?

No. I simply had a very poor idea of boundaries and social ritual. I didn't pick up social context or any "vibes". If I knew not to ask that question, I wouldn't.

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I do like Oscar Wilde.

But, yeah, Ive always seemed creepy, and Im not even a male.

It's interesting that most guys have met who came across as creeps turned out to be some of the nicest people i know while the most charming man i've ever met turned out to be an actual creep. Shows you you can't really judge a person based on first impressions.

Creep = anything girls don't like or find offensive.

The real issue is that girls are really f****d up. The word "creep" has lost it's meaning it's now a catch all phrase to for misandry and pettyness of women.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBVuAGFcGKY

CREEPY is a comic book:












Well, it WAS a comic book, a long time ago.

Actually girls get called creeps too. I still stand by my description.

Nowhere near as much as men, all men are cast as predators or potential sexual predators in modern society. This is partially the basis behind all the "creep" talk, it's not about the word it's about how we as males are treated as human beings.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118903209653018615.html

creepy |ˈkrēpē|
adjective ( creepier , creepiest ) informal
causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease : the creepy feelings one often gets in a strange house.

Don't be silly. That's not true. "All" is a gross generalization.
Creepiness can also be context based. My fiancee who has been seen as creepy applying for a position at a preschool would not be creepy in a football uniform or at the head of a Viking ship. Of course he has a killer stare that may give people the chills on purpose.
Take my avatar, Chef. He was only creepy in that one episode where he was brainwashed by the Super Adventure Club. (Even when he blatantly sings about sex. I don't think that's creepy as much as simply being South Park.) As opposed to Mr. Makey, who is not really creepy at all, and Mr. Garrison, who is nearly always creepy. It's what you say, and do, and appear as. As a female, I know I've been thought of as creepy. I simply don't have the social where-with-all. It's why the typical Jock or Prep or, idk, Frat Bro isn't normally seen as creepy. They're the cool people, with the social acumen, who can manipulate people and can say and do the right things at the right time. Of course, they can also be a date-rapist, or a user and abuser. Who knows. Maybe you don't have the social acumen, which is why you are talking like this.

That void walker can be kinda creepy...