Weird things you do

[dnRoyston]

As someone who has OCD, I feel the need to make this thread, to see the weird things people here do.

I have a few things that have been with me, not a habit that will go away, like the next section:

I have the strong need to drink water in a paper cup when visiting "The Community Cafe" (Yes, I'm drinking some right now)
When on the road, I will make a beat out of the lines of tar in the road
I play the drums with my teeth (like grinding my teeth, but with a rhythm)
I will message anyone on my contact list with "HELLO, THANKS FOR LOGGING IN" whenever they log in


And there are the habits that have gone away, or will soon:

Flex the muscle beneath my jaw (makes it look like a double chin)
Popping my big toe (I lost feeling in that toe 3 times because of that)
biting my fingernails and the skin around them (I still do this)
I click my tongue (I still do this)
I will attempt to maintain symmetry with EVERYTHING (I still do this)



Anyone else do things like this, or am I going absolutely insane?

[MikeTheC]

Well, I oftentimes engage myself in extended thought exercises.

For instance...

I was walking across my college campus the other day, and it was right after a cold front had come through, so I had on a jacket, sweater, slacks, etc. but I was still pretty cold. So, I started thinking about how to build a survival shelter, if I lived up north, to survive really cold temperatures if all I had were empty shipping palettes, shrink wrap, a power drill and a bunch of wood screws.

In the past, I've plotted out such things as how I would configure a theoretical office for power, telecom, CATV and data wiring; ways to improve rainwater drainage on a piece of property; the logistics of how to capture rain water from residential and commercial structures, roadways and so on as a means of having a centralized water distribution system to serve as an adjunct in times of crisis or natural disasters; and the relative merits of building a security/intelligence center as a completely concealed facility (instead of the above-ground type structures like the NSA facilities, the Pentagon, England's MI-6 building, and so forth).

However, I also dabble in writing and, being a science fiction fan in general and a Dr. Who, 70s Buck Rogers, 70s Battlestar Galactica, and Babylon 5 fan (amongst others), I do a lot of thinking about things related to those areas of interest.

Example: I have been steadily chiseling away (not at any real serious pace, but still) on how it could be even remotely possible to have the Daleks come to a sufficient level of parity with the Gallifreyan Time Lords so that they could actually have a war with them at all, let alone have a serious crack at taking them out.

(No doubt the astute amongst you folks will come to the conclusion I have a bit more free time on my hands than I perhaps need.)

Nevertheless, you asked, so there ya go!

[jrusso2]

I don't have OCD. Maybe a doctor can help you?

[dnRoyston]

Oh, another thing I do:

Paint and cracks on the floors within a ten foot radius will emit an invisible ray that I cannot, WILL not step on. It bugs me because I also like to have symmetrical stepping :\ Priorities, I guess.

Also, am I the only one that is extremely bugged by this picture?
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/786/1232781655410yb3.jpg
It doesn't even follow a numerical pattern, and the paperclips are completely unrelated. LET ALONE the pencil, which bugs the crap out of me.

[MikeTheC]

Also, am I the only one that is extremely bugged by this picture?
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/786/1232781655410yb3.jpg

Yeah, they need to get rid of all that redundancy. In fact, the pencils should be disposed of entirely and replaced with one (at the most two, if it's a two-pack) mechanical pencils, one black pen, one red pen, and a box full of paperclips.

That would make me much happier.

[dnRoyston]

Yeah, they need to get rid of all that redundancy. In fact, the pencils should be disposed of entirely and replaced with one (at the most two, if it's a two-pack) mechanical pencils, one black pen, one red pen, and a box full of paperclips.

That would make me much happier.
Or have there be only 5 pencils, but 8 paper clips. Fibonacci sequence.

[wolfen69]

Oh, another thing I do:

Paint and cracks on the floors within a ten foot radius will emit an invisible ray that I cannot, WILL not step on. It bugs me because I also like to have symmetrical stepping :\ Priorities, I guess.

Also, am I the only one that is extremely bugged by this picture?
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/786/1232781655410yb3.jpg
It doesn't even follow a numerical pattern, and the paperclips are completely unrelated. LET ALONE the pencil, which bugs the crap out of me.

they make medication for it now. it's called alcohol.

[RiceMonster]

I've been playing guitar for 6 years, and only some basic stuff on drums, yet I find myself playing air drums all the time but almost never air guitar. Don't worry, I don't do that in public :p.

When I was younger and my parents would take me to Church, I would unfold all the folded dog-eared pages in the hymn books in front of me. It still drives me crazy when pages are dog eared. I don't know why.

[mkendall]

By rights, shouldn't it be CDO?

[Eisenwinter]

Define "weird".

If you define it as "other people don't do this, therefore when I do this, I'm weird" then you lose all respect from me.

[dnRoyston]

Define "weird".

If you define it as "other people don't do this, therefore when I do this, I'm weird" then you lose all respect from me.
"Weird" by definition:

2 : of strange or extraordinary character : odd , fantastic

synonyms weird , eerie , uncanny mean mysteriously strange or fantastic. weird may imply an unearthly or supernatural strangeness or it may stress queerness or oddness <weird creatures from another world>. eerie suggests an uneasy or fearful consciousness that mysterious and malign powers are at work <an eerie calm preceded the bombing raid>. uncanny implies disquieting strangeness or mysteriousness <an uncanny resemblance between total strangers>.