How people behave when they think no one can hear or see them is often the best window any of us might have into their real personalities. Most of us tend to code switch or at least only share the extent of our real thoughts with people who are close to us.

Someone asked people to share the most disturbing thing they’ve overheard someone say when they didn’t know they were being listened to and the internet delivered. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to add your own experiences to the comments below.

It was when I was a kid and it was just my single mom and I living in a house together. She had late stage ovarian cancer that was getting worse. One afternoon she told me she was tired and needed to go lay down in her room. Totally common with her

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