Strange habits you have

[ParanoidAndroid]

I'm constantly playing the drums on my knees, or tapping my fingers.
I highlight random passages of text when I'm reading anything online.
I narrate my life in my head and interview myself.
Yeah, I'm weird...

 

[The_Waspman]

When listening to music (either on cd or iPod, I find it really really difficult to stop it in the middle of a track. I have to listen to it all the way through. Also (and everyone I know thinks this is weird, but it makes sense to me) I file my dvds/blurays in order of running time. My games I file in order of serial number. Does that make me weird? No.

 

[Nietz]

I HATE going to the same place twice, or backtracking, when I'm out and about. I will go out of my way to find routes that never cross paths or force me back to the same place. It annoys the crap out of the fiancée. On the other hand, it's helped me gain knowledge of my city and really made me a good planner.

 

[Haunted Serenity]

Spinning things in my hands(pens,markers, anything I can spin through my fingers). It causes my mind to sharpen on the task as well as not dropping what I'm spinning.

 

[him over there]

For some reason I walk up two stairs with my left foot and one with my right, like not even consciously. Even weirder is that I seem physically impossible of doing it the other way around.

 

[twistedmic]

Whenever I'm stocking groceries, I try to make the displays even or symmetrical. And any time a customer messes up my displays, I get annoyed.
For non-work related habits, I like to organize my books, movies and games. Books are done alphabetically by author's last name and then by title. My games are done alphabetically by title. And i have my movies split into animated/foreign and live action/English-speaking and are then alphabetized.

 

[Nuuu]

I Perch on the seat frequently and sit in positions other people can't, so my legs are quite flexible.
I also have to put my legs in my shirt constantly when at home, it used to just be because it was cold, now i commonly do it because it has become comfortable. I did that in my jacket in Gym class today, the coach never swapped me in.

 

[1nfinite_Cros5]

Gaming-wise:

-I reload constantly during shooters; to the point where even if I have an almost-full clip and tons of enemies are charging me, I reload anyway.

-If the game integrates heavy physics gameplay, I spend a good chunk of it stacking boxes on one end of a map, climbing them, jumping a wall, and seeing if I can enter the negative zone of the game that the programmers forgot to clear.

Nongaming-wise:

I always have my right foot be the last step at the end of stairs. I have no reason or idea why.

 

[Vanitas likes Bubbles]

Well just a few moments ago I was doing my daily ritual of cleaning the dirt and filth out of my Xbox controller and realised how wierd it was that I do it to every thing I can get my hands on. I usually get a toothpick and clean dirt out of the cracks and semes on my computer, controller etc. but I never actually clean anyhting else just the dirt that gets clogged up. I get excited out how joyous it is. Another wierd habit I have is when i'm in a group and knowone is talking to me and I cant be bothered listening I usually start scratching my head and doing random gestures (like the typical Bioware character, you know, the ones that scratch there heads walk around a bit then cross their arms). I also have many other habits that I find wierd but thats the only one I can think of right now.

So escapists, do you have any habits that you find wierd or anyone else finds wierd?

Captcha: panic button.... uhh.... ahh.... were is it, Im freaking out down here, omg were all gonna dieeee.

I don't understand, you think that's strange? You think the impulse to clean things is unique enough to be strange? REALLY? People don't really bring up cleaning things as dinner conversation but it's not "strange". Strange is sucking on the analog stick or dismantling it to check for bugs before playing.

Well that was the only thing I could think of at the time. I've got plenty of other weird habits.

Like when I go to sleep, I must always have a blanket over me and have the fan on at the same time, even if its hot or cold.

I also have a knack at over analyzing things. Like if a friend asks me what I did on the weekend, it will usually turn into me thinking it's a government conspiracy.

And I dont think this counts as weird, but I must always correct my friends spelling on Facebook, they get really annoyed but I enjoy it.

 

[Fijiman]

I could make a list of some of my brothers' weird/annoying habits, but I don't feel like taking the next few day to remember all of them.

One of my weird habits is when I'm playing video games I will often say things like "ow" when being hit, shot, or blown up even though I'm not actually being hurt. I also tend to freak out about random things like if someone pops around a corner and kills me in a way that gives me no time to react I will often cringe for a moment or two out of pure shock.

I can't really think of anything else at the moment. If I do I'll be sure to post it.

 

[Vanitas likes Bubbles]

Gaming-wise:

-I reload constantly during shooters; to the point where even if I have an almost-full clip and tons of enemies are charging me, I reload anyway.

You're not alone there, I always reload to. I guess it's just being cautious.

 

[Hasido]

talking to myself.
also arguing with myself or an invented character to better understand my position in arguments

also fiddling with things. its not so much of an extremely necessary compulsion as much as it is something to help occupy my mind, because the way my brain works, i'm often thinking of something, following every free associative path, and have a soundtrack all at the same time. The fiddling cuts out the free association, which allows me to not be distracted. EDIT: thinking about it, doesn't need to be my fingers. pacing, placing books back on shelves at my work, drawing in the air, writing notes (even if nonsense) in my notebook that i keep in my breast pocket at all times, all help.


also planning for any circumstance, such as someone catching me in a lie (not that i do very much, but when i do i spend much of my free time planning around every response and covering every base)

EDIT TWO: And the fact that my current goal is to be crazy prepared [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrazyPrepared]. i currently keep on my person at all times a: Mechanical pencil, ipod touch, flash drive with various files that i like to keep around, a different flash drive with a diagnostic tool, a debugging tool, and an operating system, a wallet (with the obvious), a small spool of string (weak enough to be cut with teeth, but strong enough to still be useful), a multi-tool, lip balm (i have chronic chapped lips), and finally a small 80 sheet notebook full of illegible handwriting, ramblings of things that don't exist, diagrams of things that don't exist, random strings of characters, maps of areas and planets that don't exist, entire pages that have been scribbled out, (poor) attempts at drawing, and so on.

and plugging TVTropes [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage] when ever I think it relevent.

 

[saoirse13]

Well i don't know if this first one really counts as a habit it's more of an obsessive compulsion but I have to put on rubber gloves when I moisturise my face (as I'm a girl i do it everyday) I detest the feel of cream on my hands. Yeah I know I'm weird!

Also when I'm driving anywhere, whether it's a long journey or just to the shop, I have to take a different route home. I cant drive the same way home that i drove out on.
If im sitting in my car and not driving, i always clean my steering wheel and gear stick.

When I'm out with my friends to play pool, I tend to chew on a straw to concentrate.
I'm also a fidgeter, and i constantly flick my fingers.

 

[ThePenguinKnight]

Not particularly to strange as I'm sure many other people do it as well, I space out and stare off into the distance. This can become a problem as people may believe I'm staring at them.

 

[FalloutJack]

I make sound effects.

You can't really hear them because this is a forum, but I make them regardless.

 

[Jinxzy]

When I drink anything with a straw I have to chew the end of the straw as I drink.
I talk to myself when I'm focusing on something.
I play with my hair when I'm bored.

 

[SuperSuperSuperGuy]

I like to tap. Whether it's on a desk or my knees, I like tapping out songs.

I tend to make sound effects whenever they seem relevant. It's rarely more than "bam", "pshoo" or "krakow" sounds, though.

I can't stand up straight and still. I can sit still, but if I'm standing, I either have to lean, bounce around a bit, dance on the spot or pace.

If I have a plastic candy stick, I must chew on it. I MUST. It feels soooo much better than chewing on some stupid piece of gum. Gum is sticky and it just lets my teeth right through. However, plastic isn't sticky and it's actually solid; It puts up some resistance when I chomp down on it.

I monologue. A LOT. My head is almost constantly enacting some sort of soliloquy. When it's not, I'm concentrating on my gaming, actually conversing with someone or speaking with someone in my imagination. This is probably because I'm so socially awkward and isolated that I usually find it safer, more stimulating and more satisfying to speak in my mind than to actually talk to someone.


Irrelevant:
Captcha: pie are round

Yes they are, captcha. Though this brings up an interesting question: is the plural of "pie" the same as the singular, or is it "pies"? I always thought it was "pies".

 

[Logiclul]

I think a lot; really that's what it comes down to. Thinking is strange isn't it? I'm unique.

edit: supersupersuperguy it is pies, the captcha is asian (i mean american)

 

[Quazimofo]

when concentrating i have to be chewing soothing, be it a pen, chewing gum or finger nails. don't know why, at least i stopped chewing my shirts collar like i did when i was a child

ah yes, chewing the shirt collar. that was a problem that lasted a bit too long for me. but im over it mostly now. (i'll still nibble the collar a bit occasionally before i realize what i'm doing, used to be i would almost frigging eat my damn shirt from the collar).

also, i fidget, always. it has always been, so i never even knew it was odd untill i got called out on it a few times early in school.

i'm sure there are a few more, i just don't remember right now.

 

[Quazimofo]

I like to tap. Whether it's on a desk or my knees, I like tapping out songs.

I tend to make sound effects whenever they seem relevant. It's rarely more than "bam", "pshoo" or "krakow" sounds, though.

I can't stand up straight and still. I can sit still, but if I'm standing, I either have to lean, bounce around a bit, dance on the spot or pace.

If I have a plastic candy stick, I must chew on it. I MUST. It feels soooo much better than chewing on some stupid piece of gum. Gum is sticky and it just lets my teeth right through. However, plastic isn't sticky and it's actually solid; It puts up some resistance when I chomp down on it.

I monologue. A LOT. My head is almost constantly enacting some sort of soliloquy. When it's not, I'm concentrating on my gaming, actually conversing with someone or speaking with someone in my imagination. This is probably because I'm so socially awkward and isolated that I usually find it safer, more stimulating and more satisfying to speak in my mind than to actually talk to someone.


Irrelevant:
Captcha: pie are round

Yes they are, captcha. Though this brings up an interesting question: is the plural of "pie" the same as the singular, or is it "pies"? I always thought it was "pies".

first thing, it is indeed pies. however, HOW THE HELL DID YOU LIST EVERY SINGLE OTHER QUIP I HAVE?!?!?!