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I do it because my right hand is getting sore from clicking but at home I still want to play games.
So ... Some people's brains are wired with directions being absolute, and some people's brains are wired with directions being relative. One of the easiest ways to tell which way your brain is wired is to switch your mouse to the other hand. If your brain is absolute-wired, then the main button is always on the left; if your brain is relative-wired, then the main button is always the one closest to your body.
I think this is probably bullshit?
Sure when using a mouse in their off hand some people might use a different primary button.
I don't think that necessarily provides any insight into how someone's brain is wired, nor whether or not absolute or relative brain wiring is actually a thing.
I have full on conversations with myself. To the point where I simulate talking with two people. I don't have any multiple personalities or any mental illness (as far as I know), I just use it as a way to think about what I need to think about.
I have this reporter/podcast host living rent free inside my head to whom I have to give daily interviews to.
I can talk myself out of buying anything, and often do. Even when I actually need it.
Self-gaslighting. I don't know if this is a superpower or a weakness...
Its literally a trauma response to poverty, its a kind of hypervigilance.
It can be a superpower in many situations, it can be a debilitating neuroticism in others.
i talk while watching movies/tv shows. i genuinely do not find it enjoyable to just watch stuff.
I can't watch movies with anyone else because I enjoy my 85-95% accuracy saying what is going to happen next.
i talk while watching movies
You don't do it at the theater, right?
no, i will only bother people i know with that.
I match my shirt color to what I'm going to train in the gym.
As an example, let's say that's today is leg day: then I will use a gray shirt. Yesterday was chest day, so it was a red shirt.
I bought a few packs of the same shirts just so I could make this matching game. I'm not sure if someone elss at the gym realized that I do this but I'm fairly certain they would find it odd.
I've been told that my pacing is weird. It seems pretty normal to want to move to think. It happens a lot when I'm on phone calls especially, but I'll pace while making decisions too
I used to move my mouse at a certain rate to do the Google captchas at a slower pace than I physically could. Not sure why I did it, but it seemed like a reasonable strategy.
It usually takes a very particular kind of moment for others to even notice but I don't lie ever and I'm completely unable to give short inaccurate answers that borderline on lying.
I've basically trained the people around me to not ask if they don't want to hear the truth or conversely that I'm the one to ask when everyone else is just handing out comforting lies.
I open bananas from the blossom end instead of the stem end because it's easier
Most modern apple varieties have soft enough cores to eat, so I eat them (not the seeds though)
I eat kiwi skin because I enjoy the fuzzy texture (I don't even have a rationalization even I think it's weird)
basically I make everyone uncomfortable when I eat fruit lol
I've never heard someone call it the "blossom end", I've always known it to be called the Bananus (banana anus). I think monkeys typically open it on the same end rather than from the stem.
The kiwi skin on is actually very fibrous, I know someone that was constipated during pregnancy and the only thing that would clear them out was kiwis with skin on!
henceforth I'm using bananus lmao
Not every time.
But most nights when I get into bed, I get into bed facing the outside, roll to face the middle, roll to face the outside, then settle in to try and sleep.
It settles the blankets in a way I like, and its sorta a ritual now
I do crowd control when walking near other people or animals. This involves whistling or snapping my fingers to get their attention and putting my hands out if someone gets too close. I picked this up in rehab from a spinal injury that I have since mostly recovered from.
I'm actually trying my best not to buy from countries I see as vile and inhumane, and businesses owned by people who support vile political ideologies. Spend a good amount of time checking for the brand and country of origin while in the shop.
If I'm knocking on a door I silently count how many times I knock. I prefer to knock 5 times but it's not a solid rule lol. Friends have accused me of "cop knocking" so at their houses I knock the mario bros riff
I learned the cop knock early on in my delivery career. People ask why I didn't use the bell. Because more than half the time the bell doesn't work, that's why. I don't have all night to stand out here looking stupid. Hitting your door with my baton did, though, didn't it? Plus if you're going to bust out of here running your mouth with some dumb shit, I'm already holding my baton.
I wouldn't do it hard enough to leave a dent in the door except with people I really disliked.
I never had the occasion to whack a customer, regardless of how richly some of them may have deserved it. But people lurking around the vicinity who were stupid enough to believe they were the first person to think of jumping the pizza man from behind at the door were a different story.
I can't leave the house without a shower even if it's just a quick 5 minute trip to the gas station. The only exception I'm willing to make for this is if someone else is in some sort of harms way from nature or whatever.
Wake up late to the thing? I just won't be doing the thing I guess or everyone will have to wait. That said, I'm good about not being in that situation and plan myself well for the sake of others as I recognize it's a weird thing about me, not them.
Ever since I was a kid I’ve been a people watcher. I can sit and just watch people and observe behaviors. I’ve been out with friends and nudge them to watch out right before fights break out. They tell me it’s creepy. I say not really, those people stand out to me.
I would tell you but I don't want to appear odd to you weirdos.
I have a song in my head, almost all the time. Invariably it's some 90s jingle from a TV commercial. I habitually repeat certain phrases. Pretty sure I'm autistic in some way, but I mask like a pro. I'm popular at work, socially and adapt to people quickly. I retain eye contact, but I'm actually staring at a point just above their eyes as I find eye contact insanely intimate.
I don't think I'm a complete psycho - if anything I have an almost paralysing amount of empathy. I even sympathise with people who really don't deserve it (politicians etc). I'm pretty happy now I'm pushing 50 and have a family, but I still use alcohol in excess most weekends. It just makes the world make more sense to me.
I analyse almost every social interaction I have. I feel a sense of triumph when it goes well, and shame / responsibility when I doesn't. I've been told I'm very agreeable and easy company, but the truth is it's not easy for me and I feel like I do most of the heavy lifting in conversations.
I envy those who can just sit in their own awkwardness, but I feel like I have to perform and make people like me. It usually works, but when it doesn't I stew on it endlessly. Anyway, no idea why I unloaded all that. Cheers!
All very relatable probably autistic traits tbh
I know where almost all of my physical possessions are down to the cubic decimeter.
After moving to a new place or staying somewhere regular ( like gfs place) I'll have opened every cupboard and every drawer and looked in every nook and cranny, and tested every light switch.
It's weird to hear people say 'I never noticed that lightswitch before' after they have lived there for months. Don't people explore anymore?
If I’m in the mood for dessert, I normally just have one bite of something sweet and that’s enough. I’ve had pints of ice cream last in the freezer for several months because after one spoon, I’m good. At work, they think I don’t eat any sweets at all. I’ve been told it’s my serial killer trait.
Oh...
Germophobia...
🫠
But the more "weird" thing would be:
I use biometrics on phone so the password wont get revealed in public, but I always make sure to disable biometrics before I sleep (or if I would get separated from my phone for any reason, like taking an exam for something, or going through security screening)... sometimes even reboot it if I don't have any apps that I need to stay opened in the background and don't mind the inconvienience...
And if somehow the biometrics don't work, and I have to enter it in public, I make sure to look around for any cameras pointed at me, and try to cover the screen so no cameras can capture the password...
(Do people who use biometrics disable it before sleep, or is that just a "me" thing?)
Also every time I enter a lockscreen password on a phone, I make sure to wipe off the screen and any potential residual fingerprints.
For computers, I just run my fingers through the entire keyboard after entering the password so theres equal amounts of residual fingerprints over the entire keyboard
This is so you can't try to use some fingerprinting shenanigans to find what keys I pressed and basically recontruct my password...
(I probably look very paranoid lol)
"Germaphobia" is linked in ways to paranoia and compulsive disorders. This paired with the biometrics thing, I'd recommend having a chat with someone just to make sure there isn't an underlying disorder.
Have watched a family member go from "that's a bit weird" to debilitating paranoia over 15 years. It started with compulsive behaviours around personal health and security of personal devices that made little sense to anyone else.
Before I fall asleep, I self soothe by playing with the hair on my head in a very specific way.
I'm surprised that anyone is answering anything. If something would seem very normal to me, as in, I think this is something everyone does, I wouldn't know of it would seem odd to anyone else. By virtue of it seeming very normal to me.
Something being normal is rooted on it being the norm, as in, something typical. If you think something is odd, you can't feel like it's normal just for you, that's not what the norm means. Maybe it seems natural to you? Sure, but not normal.
Sorry for my reading my pedantic rant. In my case, these kind of rationalizations of the language using its roots seem pretty natural and fun but I know most people look at me weird for over analysing stuff.
I don't look at which way I'm putting the toilet paper roll on, and I don't care.
