Society & Culture Things you do/did that you probably think no one else does

[Vecto]

Whenever i walk up or down stairs, i always count it out, and try to guess the amount of steps by stopping my count halfway and going back to 1.

for example, say i think there are about 16 steps, I'll count up to 8, and then start again.

if theres 7 ill go 1, 2, 3, 3 and a half, and then start again and go to 3.

don't think anyone else will do this

 

[gareth36]

I have a couple that have become almost obsessive compulsive behaviour.

Before I urinate I have to spit in the toilet. I don't know why I do it. I think it all started when I had the flu and felt the need to spit all the time. Now I just do it every time I go to the toilet.

Whenever I look at the clock and it says 3:16 I feel the need to stick my middle fingers up.

WTF i thought i was the only one.

 

[gareth36]

A couple of weird things:

I cant sleep unless everylight in the house no matter where it is is turned off and every door and windom is shut and locked.

I always have to have my controlls from left to right in order from smallest to biggest i dont know why i just dont feel right and cant sleep if they arent that way.

 

[THRILLHO]

WTF i thought i was the only one.

I see ~75% of younger males do this when at the football.

 

[magic_johnson!]

I'm also a toilet spitter

 

[thundercats]

I have a fast food dine in policy.

If the food is good, fresh and the tables clean, I always clean up my rubish, even going so far as to pick runaway chips up of the table and put my tray on the thing.

If the food is bad, chips overcooked or undersalted, chicken feels like it's been sitting around a little too long etc, then I leave my rubish and tray on the table to be cleaned up by staff.

anyone else do this?

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

I always clean up anyway.

Anybody do this?

 

[Team Mo']

I always put my rubbish in the bin. I clean up the factory at my work every day so hate leaving rubbish anywhere or people leaving their rubbish everywhere.

 

[Normy132]

Also a toilet spitter. Don't do it on the walls though. Only in the bowls.

 

[Cole Dammett]

I had a few weird things I do and I actually have no idea why they are just kinda stupid superstitions...
I always wear odd socks to work, and they have to be found loose in the basket or my drawer they can't be folded together.
All my t-shirts shirts and hoodies need to be hanging a certain way on coat hangers, with the hook bit pointing to the right hand side.
And when I fill up my water bottle which I carry around most of the time I always need to let the water overflow before I stop the tap.

 

[Marklar_33]

I always clean up anyway.

Anybody do this?

I always leave it, they **** me around too much for me to go to that effort...although it drives me mad when I walk in and can't get a clean table cause some prick left his rubbish there...knowing full well it was probably me, last week

 

[Total_Juddshanks]

I had a few weird things I do and I actually have no idea why they are just kinda stupid superstitions...
I always wear odd socks to work, and they have to be found loose in the basket or my drawer they can't be folded together.
All my t-shirts shirts and hoodies need to be hanging a certain way on coat hangers, with the hook bit pointing to the right hand side.
And when I fill up my water bottle which I carry around most of the time I always need to let the water overflow before I stop the tap.

I know this is supposed to be a judgment free thread and all, but seriously, you are a downright ****ing oddball. How are you with counting cards?

 

[exile]

Turning down the music in the car so I can find a place/street easier.

Folding your arms in the shower and tucking them into your chest, then watching the water fill up in your arms, then letting go and releasing a colossus water bomb.

Placing both feet on the drain hole in the shower and watching the water fill up the shower.

Trying to make a lightswitch stay exactly halfway between on and off.

Brush my hand across those nice-feeling sofas and watch the texture change shades.

Always eat orange lollies last, as they taste the nicest. Probably the same with most food, seeing as why I eat veggies first. haha. probs not all that rare though.

Someone mentioned this in the first couple pages of the thread, but when I played cricket I also put my left pad on first. Felt weird putting the right one on. Didnt give a shit about the order of the rest. haha.

Running up stairs like a monkey.

Draw things on the foggy shower glass with my penis.

When kicking a rock while walking, trying to guess which foot you're going to kick it with without breaking stride.

When on long driving trips, look for good places to snipe people from. (this one scares my mum haha)

I also played cricket in the hallway of my house.

 

[Lemma]

I gotta try running up stairs like a monkey; sounds like fun.

 

[exile]

I gotta try running up stairs like a monkey; sounds like fun.

It is indeed. Quicker than walking too.

I was utterly devestated when we moved into our new house as it didn't have stairs.

 

[Holy Foley!]

I sometimes masturbate outside. In my backyard that is.

 

[SpaceCow]

I pick up rocks and sticks from the ground and kick them at stuff. Generally only do it when I'm alone and in a place that isn't busy though.

 

[Prem87]

I gotta try running up stairs like a monkey; sounds like fun.

Fun.

On carpeted stairs it's fun to slide down on your bum, gets a bit bumpy though. But if 2 people can fit on the stairs its a fun race down.

 

[Rookie]

When playing basketball in the backyard as a kid I created an imaginary league in my mind, complete with original team names and player personalities that were better/worse than others.

I would play out games myself acting as if there were defenders, and passing against the walls would enable me to change into a different offensive player. I would even dribble/shoot left handed for players who I had assigned to be left handed. I hope there were no neighbours watching because it would've looked pretty stupid when I would block myself every now and then.

When I couldn't be stuffed playing out a game or maybe wanted to speed up the season I would act out the highlights of games with ESPN style commentary (summing up stats, showing clutch plays down the stretch).

If I didn't play for a while, the next time I was out there I would imagine that there'd been an off-season, with some trades and even a draft, which pretty much just meant giving the shitter teams a decent youngster to play with. Players also aged, got injured, fell out of favour with coaches etc....

.....Surely someone else did this kind of thing?????

I got a little carried away doing this with an imaginary Australian cricket team. I literally wrote down imaginary scores for hundreds of test matches. Players would fall out of form, come back years later, I'd work out their statistical averages. I went through about five "eras" designated by who was my Australian test cricket captain at the time - so probably about twenty years of cricket. I had to add teams to the test calender like Kenya, Portugal, Nepal and Botswana to keep things interesting, and then I'd need to research and find 12-13 surnames for each test team.

 

[Zarrix]

I did the pretend football and cricket league thing all throughout my childhood.

 

[SugarShane]

When lifting the seat up to take a leak, i try make it balance vertically.

 

[Normy132]

Just a few I noticed today.

Whenever I'm at the crossing lights and they go off, I always look down to see where I'm planting my first step. If I don't do it I trip.

I always look up right before I hit a hockey ball to see where I'm hitting it. If I don't I mis-hit or top the ball.

 

[dr nick]

Turning down the music in the car so I can find a place/street easier.

Folding your arms in the shower and tucking them into your chest, then watching the water fill up in your arms, then letting go and releasing a colossus water bomb.

Placing both feet on the drain hole in the shower and watching the water fill up the shower.

Trying to make a lightswitch stay exactly halfway between on and off.

Brush my hand across those nice-feeling sofas and watch the texture change shades.

Always eat orange lollies last, as they taste the nicest. Probably the same with most food, seeing as why I eat veggies first. haha. probs not all that rare though.

Someone mentioned this in the first couple pages of the thread, but when I played cricket I also put my left pad on first. Felt weird putting the right one on. Didnt give a shit about the order of the rest. haha.

Running up stairs like a monkey.

Draw things on the foggy shower glass with my penis.

When kicking a rock while walking, trying to guess which foot you're going to kick it with without breaking stride.

When on long driving trips, look for good places to snipe people from. (this one scares my mum haha)

I also played cricket in the hallway of my house.

I do all of these, except I try and make my right foot win the contest by adjusting the first 1-2 steps, oh but I don't play cricket in the hallway, that's just stupid.

 

[BomberFletch31]

When refilling an empty handwash soap bottle, I have to use exactly the same brand and same type of soap to refill with. I cannot stand having a mixture of different soap in the same bottle.

 

[power09]

When playing basketball in the backyard as a kid I created an imaginary league in my mind, complete with original team names and player personalities that were better/worse than others.

I would play out games myself acting as if there were defenders, and passing against the walls would enable me to change into a different offensive player. I would even dribble/shoot left handed for players who I had assigned to be left handed. I hope there were no neighbours watching because it would've looked pretty stupid when I would block myself every now and then.

When I couldn't be stuffed playing out a game or maybe wanted to speed up the season I would act out the highlights of games with ESPN style commentary (summing up stats, showing clutch plays down the stretch).

If I didn't play for a while, the next time I was out there I would imagine that there'd been an off-season, with some trades and even a draft, which pretty much just meant giving the shitter teams a decent youngster to play with. Players also aged, got injured, fell out of favour with coaches etc....

.....Surely someone else did this kind of thing?????

wow im glad someone else in the world had an imagination like i did when i was little, i did this but with footy

the weird part was though, the teams were from made up cities (12 or them) from a made up country in the middle of the pacific ocean. I ended up drawing many maps of this country,the cities, the highways and drawing the logos for the footy teams over the years.

Years later when playing civilization on PC i would still name my cities after the imaginary ones i made ages ago.