Weird quirks you have?
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Here's a tip: Angle the shower-head so that the water doesn't directly touch your face, because it gets annoying.NightowlM said:How have I never thought of this? Thank you for giving me this idea. I think it could be really soothing with the warm water and the dark letting you imagine that you're somewhere far away like that. I definitely have to try this.Realitycrash said:
Also, bring a towel, wet it and make a ball out of it. It works as a decent enough pillow.
Frankly I'm a bit worried that students who study English in an internationally minded such a Germany speak German at the university. I'd expect those students to speak English at any opportunity.N3squ1ck said:
As for being better at expressing yourself on certain fields in a language not originally your own. To me that's the most normal thing in the world. I was born an raised in the Netherlands, and still live here today. But my dreams are often in English, so are all my study related thoughts, and when I'm drunk or something else
I often start talking in English. You're brain got so used to English it takes hardly any effort to switch. Also I know this is the internet, and I know my English is far from perfect, but for an English student I think you're being a bit sloppy.
I'm constantly drunk.
For the record, I've never consumed a single alcoholic beverage in my life.
For the record, I've never consumed a single alcoholic beverage in my life.
It's called sleep paralysis, it happens when there's a kind of glitch in the sleep cycle. Basically your body still thinks its asleep but the brain is almost awake. The theory goes that the brain dampens down your motor responses to stop you thrashing around too much while you dreams, sometimes the dream will end and you start to wake up but your only semi concious so the subconscious brain is still suppressing your motor responses which manifests it's self as a feeling of paralysis. Many people also experience intense fear or unease along with a feeling of a presence in the room with them or a feeling like someone is sitting on your chest, they may also see a shadowy figure seeming to hover over them or somewhere in the room too. The best way to deal with it when it happens is to force your self to calm down and not to panic. It will ware off as soon as you wake up properly.Nouw said:
I bite/pull chapped skin on my lips too! I tend to go for long periods without a drink at work, probably doesn't help...
So, where I work we use Photoshop A LOT & take photo orders online, etc, I always use Windows Flip-3D(Win key + Tab) instead of the taskbar when dealing with customers' requests & switching open windows to copy/move files.
Most people express amazement that this is even a thing you can do.
I like teaching people not to be tech-tarded.
Fun.
So, where I work we use Photoshop A LOT & take photo orders online, etc, I always use Windows Flip-3D(Win key + Tab) instead of the taskbar when dealing with customers' requests & switching open windows to copy/move files.
Most people express amazement that this is even a thing you can do.
I like teaching people not to be tech-tarded.
Fun.
Oh actually I study English aswell as German literature, all my English-related classes are on English, but all the other ones are obviously on German, I maybe should have mentioned that in the OPrutger5000 said:Frankly I'm a bit worried that students who study English in an internationally minded such a Germany speak German at the university. I'd expect those students to speak English at any opportunity.
As for being better at expressing yourself on certain fields in a language not originally your own. To me that's the most normal thing in the world. I was born an raised in the Netherlands, and still live here today. But my dreams are often in English, so are all my study related thoughts, and when I'm drunk or something else
Also I know this is the internet, and I know my English is far from perfect, but for an English student I think you're being a bit sloppy.
Also I consume all my media, as far as it is possible on English, so my brain is set to "English" pretty often.
I'll just list a few...
- I have a thing for stuff being in even amounts. For example, if I get ice, I like having an even amount left in the tray; how much food go in either side of my mouth. I don't like eating too much on one side of my mouth... Yeah. I also like even numbers more than odds, with the exception of 11.
- Open doors freak me out, especially in dark hallways.
- Fuck mirrors. Creepy things.
- I have openly defended spiders from being smooshed while outside.
- People tell me I talk in my sleep... O_O I worry about what I say.
- Even if I don't listen to them, I like wearing my headphones around my neck when I go anywhere. I'm just used to the sensation of them being there; and it's comfortable.
- I have a thing for stuff being in even amounts. For example, if I get ice, I like having an even amount left in the tray; how much food go in either side of my mouth. I don't like eating too much on one side of my mouth... Yeah. I also like even numbers more than odds, with the exception of 11.
- Open doors freak me out, especially in dark hallways.
- Fuck mirrors. Creepy things.
- I have openly defended spiders from being smooshed while outside.
- People tell me I talk in my sleep... O_O I worry about what I say.
- Even if I don't listen to them, I like wearing my headphones around my neck when I go anywhere. I'm just used to the sensation of them being there; and it's comfortable.
I really, really dislike looking people in the eye. No, I'm not autistic in any way. I have absolutely no problems reading people's emotions or expressing my own. But I am very shy and I really dislike looking people in the eye. I tend to look at the side of their head or their nose, because I find direct eye-to-eye contact quite distressing.
I'm from Yorkshire, a county in England where we have a quite different dialect from the rest of the English speaking word. I moved to the US five years ago, and my accent and a lot of my dialect has adapted, except for the word "something". Where I come from, we substitute the word "something" for the bastardisation "summert" (also spelled sumat, pronounced some-at).N3squ1ck said:
I think it'll feel weird and alien for me to use the word "something" in conversation for my entire life, regardless of how long I spend outside of Yorkshire.
To be fair, "Je t'aime" (and pretty much everything in French) is pronounced CKHCKHBLAAAKKKCHCHCHKKKKKKBLUHHASgt. Sykes said:[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/271657]
Despite being a native English speaker, I habitually call my mom "madre." I have no idea where I picked it up.
Also, I have several quirks that I can only assign to a background as a ballet dancer. Despite no longer dancing competitively, I walk duck-footed (as in, my toes always point outwards), I go up stairs and run entirely on my toes, and when I'm standing still, my feet are either in first or fifth position.
Also, I have several quirks that I can only assign to a background as a ballet dancer. Despite no longer dancing competitively, I walk duck-footed (as in, my toes always point outwards), I go up stairs and run entirely on my toes, and when I'm standing still, my feet are either in first or fifth position.
I have an elevator in my apartment, it travels quite far (32 floors) to get to my unit. In this elevator, and sometimes in the shower, I like to perform martial arts moves and combos, mostly of the Krav Maga, Karate or even from games, not necessarily while looking in the mirror. This may be an absolutely bog-standard non-quirky thing to do, but I only do it while alone and if I don't, it feels weird. I do it regardless of what mood I'm in, which makes me feel awkward sometimes after.
I have skin which is softer than yours. Yes, yours as well OP and other readers.
Considering that I am male who does NOTHING to his skin, other than wash, I would call this a weird quirk.
Considering that I am male who does NOTHING to his skin, other than wash, I would call this a weird quirk.
My skin is rubbery as fuck.
If I have the option to use plastic utensils rather than silverware, I will take it no matter what.
Even then, I usually treat every food as finger food if I'm not at a restaurant or eating with other people.
Put some cucumber mask on the bottom of my forearm, let it dry and then look at the color difference.
The penis has to be in the left leg of the pants. No exceptions.
Walking on the balls of my feet because yay.
If I have the option to use plastic utensils rather than silverware, I will take it no matter what.
Even then, I usually treat every food as finger food if I'm not at a restaurant or eating with other people.
Put some cucumber mask on the bottom of my forearm, let it dry and then look at the color difference.
The penis has to be in the left leg of the pants. No exceptions.
Walking on the balls of my feet because yay.
WRONG!! it must always be on the rightTriforceformer said:
to be fair if you have a tailor made suit some tailors will actually ask which way you dress meaning does it go left or right
i can step on cracks any time i want but i choose not to
i taught my dog to understand commands in 5 languages and then forget the words. my dog now technically understands more languages than i do
i often read signs and number plates multiple times and memorize them for no reason
Only on the Internet it seems. In real life, I haven't met a single guy who disliked them at all.steampro said:
Of course, I live in the part of the States where corn dogs are a commodity, so my relations with the average Internet user is already a bit..distant.
OT: I already posted, but I'll give another one: I started skipping stairsteps about a year ago, and now I never walk up or down stairs normally.
I NEVER KNEW THAT I DID THAT UNTIL JUST NOWTriforceformer said:
What has been realized cannot be unrealized.
What sucks is when it's in an uncomfortable position, but there's too many people around you to fix it, so you just have to wait in shame until you get an opportunity.