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.
Rubbing my legs. Especially the inner adductors.
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 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.
So that they don’t bump into you, is that it ? that’s probably a good habit to keep while out with vulnerable people
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.
That’s not weird. That’s normal.
It’s normal to shower before going to a gas station for 5 minutes?
It’s pretty weird. Most people only shower before/after sleeping, in colder climates not even every day.
Colder climates…so western cultures
Yes, like northern China or Russia or Mongolia or Japan.
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.
… you realize you are almost certainly autistic, right?
I feel ya. I have the absolute worst poker face, and I cannot bluff. My uncles all liked to get together and play poker over the holidays, but the one time I was invited it was a bloodbath.
The work people haven’t figured this out yet.
Stopping midsentence and expecting other people to know what I was about to say.
Impulsively replacing a word with something that could be considered adjacent; “My teammates” could become “my animals”.
Pretty sure I got this habit from my mum, who is ESL and later developed aphasia after having a stroke young. It kinda bled out into how me and my sisters communicated and I carried it into adulthood, although I only do this around people I feel super comfortable with.
ESL?
English as a Second Language I presume
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 break bananas in half to start peeling. Otherwise no matter what end I usually end up crushing the point of the banana.
Fuzzy fruit makes me gag.
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!
Yeah, monkeys open it from the non stem end, and they eat a lot of bananas, so I think they are correct, and the humans are wrong. Also
ripreap bananas are almost impossible to open by breaking the stem - I grab a knife to make a cut at the base of the stem if the banana has reached that point.If you haven’t cut your nails in a couple of days, you can use them to cut into the stem a bit before tearing it off
wow, just how fast do your fingernails grow ? I don’t see a noticeable change in their length in less than a week’s time
henceforth I’m using bananus lmao
I also enjoy the kiwi skin. Witnesses are almost universally disgusted and some are ready to throw hands.
hello fellow kiwi skin freak lol
I do all these, except with bananas I split the skin along the entire back so the peel is one solid piece instead of a dangly mess.
i might steal that
I’ve mostly switched to only opening bananas from the butt end, and I think my friends are about half and half.
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.
You’re not talking to yourself, you’re crafting a socratic dialogue outloud.
Like I dunno if there is any particular evidence that Plato like, talked to himself aloud in developing his plays… but a substantial amount of the foundation of ‘Western’ canon is pretty much Plato making up conversations that probably are not verbatim accurate, but work to dramatize and illustrate some kind of tension between characters with different worldviews
I think that’s normal if you have an inner voice. I do that too to an extent. However, not everyone has an inner voice. I can’t imagine how life works for these people, but it’s not that rare not to have an inner voice.
I got my inner voice around 20yo, it was very surprising at first… I thought that’s it, the family strain of madness finally got to me, I’m weeks away from being restrained.
But no, it’s harmless. Even useful because it’s like rehearsing -it means I don’t have to improv all the time.
I have this reporter/podcast host living rent free inside my head to whom I have to give daily interviews to.
Your left brain and your right brain are communicating externally
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?
Fun story - my house has a hidden room sort of. I’ve known about it since I bought the place like 15 years ago. I plan to convert it into a root cellar/storm shelter/bug out room since its in a very secure part of the basement.
I didn’t know there was a half-size wooden door hidden behind the partly-finished basement drywall (previously a rec room/office), i just knew about the shitty door cut into the side of the stairs. Never had a reason to go inside there with a light prior to that, and its entirely hidden from the existing door. Only found it while preparing the space for my chickens to ride out a brutal cold snap this past winter.
Its jambed on both sides to prevent swing and never had hardware, but I can drill and hang it pretty easily. Then i really will make it a hidden room someone will find randomly someday
You gotta pin up a bunch of random stock photos and newspaper clippings with red string running everywhere!
- At home I use the mouse right handed with the left and right click on the normal buttons.
- At work I use the mouse left handed and have the left and right click swapped.
I do it because my right hand is getting sore from clicking but at home I still want to play games.
Same here. Work mouse is a mirror of home mouse. I started putting it on the left because I use the 10-key a lot. When there was a phone I put it on the left too, so that my right hand (the 10-key hand) would not get confused by the upside down layout of the phone keypad.
At work, mouse and phone (gone now, thank every God) on left, to leave my dominant hand free for the keyboard, basically.
How heavy is your mouse? I switched to a super light corded gaming mouse (wireless mice weight a ton) and has considerably reduced hand fatigue. I also used to use the mouse in my non dominant hand as well.
If either of your hands is getting sore from clicking with any sort of regularity you should probably mention it to your doctor - it sounds like it could be a repetitive stress injury in the making.
Even if I went to the doctors what can they do? Its cooked and the only way to fix it is not using it so much
To add to bougie birdie’s reply, a doctor would be able to actually diagnose you and determine if this is a nerve related issue, repetitive stress injury, or potentially early signs of a degenerative disorder such as arthritis, etc. The treatment for a repetitive stress injury, if that is what is causing your pain, could include things like specialized brace to immobilize certain parts of your hand so they can heal properly (especially important during sleep).
My partner had a repetitive stress injury that she had diagnosed and then didn’t see a therapist for (at first). Her injury did not heal even though she was not using that part of her hand until she finally went to an occupational therapist and got an appropriate brace (and instructions for tendon gliding exercises).
A physiotherapist might be able to work with you on some stretches or exercises to relieve pain and strengthen your muscles so they don’t wear out. If it’s documented by your doctor, you might get better coverage under medicare /insurance / worker’s comp / etc. The advantage of going through a physiotherapist is that they’ll be able to tell you if you’re doing something wrong that will worsen your outcome.
I do a few stretches that seem to help me when I flare up. The most effective is when you place your hands palm together in front of your chest like you’re praying 🙏 and then slowly rotate them so that your fingers point towards the ground. I can definitely feel the tension, and if it hurts like a bastard then don’t do it. But stretching for a few minutes a few times each day makes a big difference personally.
Have you tried a trackball?
My advice is for a pen tablet, but in all honesty I’ve never tried a trackball
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.
Someone correct me, but I believe the gear pattern in a manual transmission does not change between right hand and left hand cars.
That’s what I observed when I briefly drove a car in northern India. It was very difficult to figure out because I kept expecting the first gear to be the one closest to my 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.
Yeah if there’s anything human beings like, it’s symmetry. I also alternate mouse hands but the buttons need to be swapped. Left vs right hand may not matter but primary is always under my pointer finger.
I switched to a trackball years ago for this reason. It doesn’t necessarily solve the problem just shifts the task to your thumb.
I mouse right handed up to lunch, then left handed after that.
I switched years ago at work for similar reasons. When I carried it over at home, my left-handed partner at the time didn’t like it - thought it was confusing to use a left-handed mouse. Go figure
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.
Before I fall asleep, I self soothe by playing with the hair on my head in a very specific way.
You can’t just leave me hanging, what’s the specific way?
It’s weird but I lie on my side and comb and tug my hair as flat to my head as possible against the direction of growth, especially around my neck, ear, and temple, where the growth direction is most opinionated. Usually I comb it with my fingers, but sometimes I use a pick or brush. It’s careful work and I try to fall asleep with it like that.
Edit: I’ve wondered if other people do this, because it feels so natural to me, but I’ve never heard anyone describe it.
I rub my feet back and forth. It’s so nice
I swerve around objects and people as if I was on wheels.
I always insist I stand on the bus, I wait for everyone else to wash their hands/utensils before walking to the sink during break.
i talk while watching movies/tv shows. i genuinely do not find it enjoyable to just watch stuff.
subtitles make this a lot easier imo
as in preventing me from yapping or as in multitasking yapping and watching?
multitasking :3
I can’t watch movies with anyone else because I enjoy my 85-95% accuracy saying what is going to happen next.
I love it when they look at you annoyed because they know you’ve just nailed it.
❤️😍❤️
My spouse does this too. I’m down to MST3K roast a show or movie if it’s bad or I’ve seen it before, but we have an agreement if I care and want to be immersed I’ll let them know…
…and then if it turns out the movie’s bad I’m down to roast it.
Sometimes I’m enjoying a movie and I can tell they want to talk, and it drives them insane, but they respect the agreement.
are you sure that won’t cost you some points? don’t want to end up in the bad place.
i talk while watching movies
You don’t do it at the theater, right?
no, i will only bother people i know with that.
