Confess Your Little Quirks

s_k · 01-29-2011, 10:41 AM

Hahaha, most of them are cute somehow

PoorOldPo · 01-29-2011, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Aurora

I always press the outer sides of my wrists against my hips to crack them, its sort of weird.

If I'm nervous I always pop my dodgy left shoulder out and back in, its disgusting so I cover it with my hand. I never realise I do it til afterwards.

I always stroke the short side of my hair. Its awesome.

I always have to turn my radio up in even numbers, nearly crashed once trying to get from 15 to 14

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In work I don't trust the cleanliness of the glasses in work, so I wash the pint glass that I use everytime exactly 3 times. No more. No less.

I ALWAYS fidget, I can't sit at peace.

I also always twitch my legs.

When I'm swimming I have to swim in sets of 4 x 25m, or 10 x 25m. No inbetweens. My last set is always 4 because there's 64 lenths to a mile, so it used to kill me not finishing my 10. So I swim in 4's alot now.

If stuff is lying on a table all messy, I'll leave it messy but square everything up to the edges.

No matter what the car, I take it on in my 1.3 fiesta. Not racing, I just like to be the first to pull away from say traffic lights

. If I don't I feel quite inferior/deflated/empty. Weird.

When I'm eating my dinner i never sit on the couch. It's always the poofy or the floor.

I have tons more silly little quirks. But... I can't be arsed thinking what they are.

I share some of those quirks with you.

The Batlord · 01-29-2011, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

When I'm alone I will cry at just about anything on TV. It's kind of liberating.

I'm totally opposite. It's almost impossible for me to get emotional watching TV or a movie. I actually seek those that can out. Sometimes I'll feel like I'm about to cry, but then I will just laugh for no apparent reason and it kills it.

Paedantic Basterd · 01-29-2011, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I'm totally opposite. It's almost impossible for me to get emotional watching TV or a movie. I actually seek those that can out. Sometimes I'll feel like I'm about to cry, but then I will just laugh for no apparent reason and it kills it.

When I'm with people, I don't feel much of anything, but when I'm alone? **** I've done it during stuff you'd expect like ER Vets, but then I've done it during Doctor Who and the Simpsons and South Park. And it feels GOOD.

The Batlord · 01-29-2011, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

When I'm with people, I don't feel much of anything, but when I'm alone? **** I've done it during stuff you'd expect like ER Vets, but then I've done it during Doctor Who and the Simpsons and South Park. And it feels GOOD.

I wish I could do that. I think my brain is conditioned to avoiding heavy emotions.

Guybrush · 01-29-2011, 01:04 PM

Sometimes, I've felt like there is something there that makes me have to swallow a bit hard which makes it kinda hard to talk and stuff and I assume that if that feeling was more intense, tears would come

They haven't yet, though.

I think guys from my generation and earlier were taught that guys are not supposed to have extreme emotions and they certainly don't cry. At least, I felt that was something I learned growing up in the 80s and 90s in Norway. I think from learning that, I eventually also became that. Sometimes I think it makes me a little dispassionate compared to others. Could I ever express strong emotion through some work of art? I'm not sure I could do that, though I could probably pretend like it. On the plus side, at least I'm not an emotional wreck.

Paedantic Basterd · 01-29-2011, 01:09 PM

Honestly, parents should be teaching their kids that there's a balance between the two extremes that needs to be maintained, because I don't think either end of the emotional spectrum is completely healthy.

Burning Down · 01-29-2011, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Dirty

I have a lot of nervous quirks. Anyone else here shake their legs? My brother and I both do. I don't notice it usually, but my legs are always bouncing up and down, usually just one of them. I always get told to stop at dinners cause it shakes the table.

Me too. I just feel like I have to do it. It makes playing piano a lot harder though, because I do it a bit when using the pedals.

I always have to have something to chew on, especially in class. Usually it's gum, but if I don't have any I chew on my pens or markers.

I also can't sit still. I was such a nuisance in school because I would always be getting up. I don't get out of my seat so much now but I squirm around a hell of a lot.

I have to wipe down the steering wheel in my car before I drive it, even though I'm the only person who uses it. Likewise for the keys on my piano.

The volume on the TV needs to be set on an even number.

The money in my wallet needs to be in order, smaller bills to larger bills. It helps that each denomination has it's own colour - makes it that much easier to know exactly how much I have without taking it out to count.

If one of my arms or legs is hanging out of the blankets on the bed, I feel very uncomfortable. Same if the sheets or blanket come off - I will actually wake up and fix it.

I have to turn off all electronic devices when I leave a room. That includes lights and ceiling fans.

I always check if the stove and toaster oven are off before I leave the kitchen (even if I just turned them off). I think that goes back to when I was a kid and my mom left the oven on by mistake - there was a cake or something in there and the whole thing caught fire.

**Janszoon** · 01-29-2011, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

The money in my wallet needs to be in order, smaller bills to larger bills. It helps that each denomination has it's own colour - makes it that much easier to know exactly how much I have without taking it out to count.

Haha, I do the exact same thing! They're all the same color so it doesn't help me count but it does prevent me from giving a cashier a large bill by accident because it was mixed in with a bunch of ones or whatever.

Freebase Dali · 01-29-2011, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by s_k

Probably a wise thing

So am I, in dutch. And I do mind whether someone else ****s up.
I taught myself to shut up whenever someone who just can't do any better makes spelling errors. But it really really bothers me. You won't believe how ****ed up some dutch write. I'll make an example of that some time. You don't have to know what it says, you will see how wrong it is anyway.
I'm just wondering. You're using three dots here and there. Shouldn't the first letter be a capital?

No, the triple dots are an indication of a pause or trailing off... but too long of a pause to be relayed by a comma. Since the periods are not indicating the end of a sentence, the following word isn't capitalized. I guess the only exception to that is if you were actually beginning a new sentence after a trailing off...
Does that answer your question?

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You shouldn't do that. Pickpockets will know where it is then

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There's these signs telling you to be warned about pickpocketing. Don't feel your wallet there. That's where they're looking for people feeling their wallets. And don't put it in your backpocket. It goes out whenever you walk stairs. Side pockets ftw.

I've never heard of anyone getting pick-pocketed in my town. If people want your money, they'll just mug you. Which doesn't happen much either.

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Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	Sometimes, I've felt like there is something there that makes me have to swallow a bit hard which makes it kinda hard to talk and stuff and I assume that if that feeling was more intense, tears would come They haven't yet, though. I think guys from my generation and earlier were taught that guys are not supposed to have extreme emotions and they certainly don't cry. At least, I felt that was something I learned growing up in the 80s and 90s in Norway. I think from learning that, I eventually also became that. Sometimes I think it makes me a little dispassionate compared to others. Could I ever express strong emotion through some work of art? I'm not sure I could do that, though I could probably pretend like it. On the plus side, at least I'm not an emotional wreck. __________________ Something Completely Different

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Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	Honestly, parents should be teaching their kids that there's a balance between the two extremes that needs to be maintained, because I don't think either end of the emotional spectrum is completely healthy.