We all have them in one form or another, but I’m curious what yours are. Do you only eat the curly chips in the bag first? Maybe you only wear green shirts on Sundays?
@Targaryen I used to do the same on both counts. For some reason, at some point, I stopped eating my fries like that. No idea when or why. I still wait for others to get their food if I’m not alone but for the past while it’s generally just me now. So, no waiting.
My wife will not eat doritos that have any curls. She will also not eat any curly fries that aren’t curly. This leads to a lot of trading me for my “good ones” and me taking her “bad ones”.
My (almost 3 year old) daughter has all kinds of quirks. These range from her toys have to be set up in a specific order, to who’s allowed to use which blanket. Once things are one way, they are only allowed to be that one way.
I have an odd one. Back at my old house, there were 12 steps (no, not as some type of 12 step program) from the main floor to the upstairs. I know, because I counted them every single time. At some point in my life, I started counting the “gulps” I took at while at a water fountain. For whatever reason, now I only drink 12 gulps. Even if I stop being thirsty, or even if I still want more, I stop at 12.
@Kidsandliz@lichme you can’t accuse me if OCD because half the time i don’t start counting at the first step . It’s more like something going on in the back of my mind… It’s not a conscious decision.
@katylava@Kidsandliz@lichme ADOCD?
Attention Deficit Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - you heard it here first.
Maybe one of my quirks is making an acronym out of everything.
I like to sort my food by color, and then try to keep them as even as possible as I eat ( if I have 4 red and 2 green, I’ll eat 2 red, then 1 green, then 1 red, then 1 green.)
I will eat around the edges of an entire sandwich to ensure that the last bite has the ideal proportions. I used to do this will most of my meals but then my husband developed the habit of eating my last bite and ticking me off.
Also, I was excited for a second and thinking that humans were developing quirks like My Hero Academia!
/giphy My Hero Academia
@moonhat@medz When I was about 9 or 10 years old, my parents took us kids out to a diner. We all ordered shrimp. Near the end of dinner, my parents needed to step away from the table for a few minutes (I don’t remember the reason - WTF). They put me in charge of my four younger siblings with the instructions “Now make sure they eat everything.”
I made sure my siblings ate everything. “What? The tails, too?!” “Yeah. You have to eat the tails. Mom and Dad said EVERYTHING.” My parents thought it was hilarious that when they got back, there were no tails, or lemon slices or parsley sprigs left on any plate.
This story comes up every time my siblings want to remind me of what a jerk big brother I was.
@medz@mehcuda67@moonhat@RiotDemon Heck my kid came to me eating the head from the fish and most of the bones off of anything with bones. Well and spiders and other bugs too.
@nolrak@rockblossom I think @Targaryen did this thread for this reason: quirks are things NORMAL people have that are interesting. I do some form of 75% of the things people have listed (odd eating habits, odd walking, @lichme: my now 15 yr old has not grown out of half the quirks he had when he was 3 AND he is THE BEST to hang out with, …).
TLDR/ Rockblossom=normal with differences from me that make you interesting.
Umm… I mainly wear meh shirts (I get a lot of compliments BTW). I say irregard to be super annoying to all those people that say irregardless isn’t a word… I like cloudy days… I carry around a cigarette lighter (purchased from meh) even though I have never smoked just because it is cool…
The list goes on and on, especially if you ask my wife…
@kdemo I don’t like to set the volume on my car radio to prime numbers. So, 16, 18, 20 and 21 are OK, but I’m not comfortable with 17 or 23. (I’m on the fence about 19.)
Make of it what you will.
@TheFLP Think of it this way: Though you might be normal in the normal world, the customer base of meh is such a collection of oddballs with countless quirks that being normal here makes you truly eccentric. So you are in the right place to fulfill your dream!
I don’t like touching my food. I used to eat french fries with a fork. It took years to get to the point where I can eat them with my hands like everyone else.
My quirks have quirks. Then those quirks have quirks. It never ends.
Also I get online every bloody night to see what’s on a deal-a-day site and click some odd little transmuting button, regardless of what’s for sale.
I’m absolutely terrified of having an even number punched into the microwave. Can’t do it. No. NO. also no even numbers for things like volume levels, alarms, etc.
But wait! There’s more. I also can’t do things like… brush my teeth an even number of times; or knock on a door an even number of times; or stir a drink an even number of times… etc.
The microwave is the most extreme though. I may go into a full out panic over it.
Honestly I have a ton of super weird quirks and stuff… probably more than anyone wants to sit and read on here I have Asperger’s so maybe that’s why. Makes it hard to make friends when you’re so awkward and weird. Haha.
I’m the same with the microwave.
3. And the gas pump.
5. And the volume on computer and tv.
7. And the treadmill, both speed and time.
9. I have to take one cookie or three.
11. I chose my phone number this way.
Oh, and Sudoku! I solve the even numbers first so I don’t have to think about them.
I wasn’t always this way, it happened slowly.
Doesn’t seem to interfere with life or relationships, perhaps that’s one definition of a quirk?
@heartnyTHIS and also when I get my change back! Every job where I ran a register I had my bills all facing the right way, like book titles. And in my wallet, they go big bills in the back, descending down to the $1 bill with the tops of the bills at the top.
@therealjrn Oh yes, they have to be in order too, $1 at the top, then $5, $10 and $20. And I don’t feel comfortable carrying bills over $20. Not that I ever have larger bills to worry about
@heartny I’m old enough now that when I get messy bills back, I’ll straighten them, get them all faced in order, put them in my wallet, THEN step aside.
/yeah, I can be a dick.
But if the register operator would just do it right the first time it would be faster.
@heartny@therealjrn Money organization isn’t a quirk. It’s just common human decency!
I too sort bills by amounts, orient them in the same direction, and put them in my wallet lowest to highest denomination. However, I take it a step further when gambling. I sort my chips by design and if there is some sort of pattern on the sides I stack them up so that they are the same.
What about change? It really bugs me that the dime is smaller than the nickel and penny, so you can’t arrange change into an order that is by both value and size at the same time.
@macromeh I dislike change coins in general. They weigh down my pants pockets and I never have the proper change. I could totally live with things being rounded to the nearest quarter-dollar.
@heartny - The same. I had a store for many years, and the bank required deposits to be oriented like this. We kept the cash drawer organized the same way. It became a habit.
@heartny@kdemo yeah i worked in bars, food service, and retail for about 20 years so i got used to handling money the “right” way. It always irritated me when the cashier would just hand me a wad of bills and change mashed together. Um. No maam. You will count that back to me.
@heartny@ivannabc@kdemo Yeah… when I was a kid and you actually had to figure the change, you had to count it back up to the customer or you’d be quick out of a job. The receipt went into the bag (not wadded up with all the paper and coin in your hand) AND you waited for the customer to put their money back into their wallet before ringing up the next customer! I guess I have another quirk. Although, I think it’s a legit complaint rather than quirk.
Funny… I wouldn’t have thought I had “quirks” until reading this thread. Then I realized I have some. ugh. But mine that immediately comes to mind because my mom and I discussed this the other day… the toilet paper MUST go OVER the roll and not under.
I eat my food one item at a time. For instance, say I have a veggie, starch and meat on my plate… I eat all the veggie, then the starch then the meat. Generally it works in the order of saving what I like the best for last.
@lseeber Hmm, I like to have a little of everything in each bite (or at least successive bites). If I’m in a self-serve situation (like at home or a buffet), I’ll get more of anything on my plate that I finish early so it all comes out even in the last bite(s). My wife eats more like you do - we accept/respect each other’s preferences.
@macromeh Yeah… never bothered my husband but when eating out w/friends or others, most notice and point it out. I don’t even realize I’m doing it until they say something. And it just seems perfectly normal to me
@lseeber I’m also a food separatist. Here lately I’ve been challenged on that, because a chef friend of mine does these wonderful wine dinners and he creates a lot of his dishes with the goal of having everything together in one bite. It turns out that’s not bad, although I still eat my way every other time.
@lseeber i do the same thing. And my food absolutely doesn’t touch on the plate. Those things that combine 4 diff foods like those nasty kfc bowls (or as patten Oswalt calls them failure pile in a sadness bowl). I can’t handle corn, mashed potatoes, chicken and god knows what else all pulled together like a pigs trough lol
@Limewater@narfcake I don’t know which one of us you’re talking to but if it’s me… I have children. Although they are grown now and I have grandchildren.
@lseeber@narfcake Yeah, that was mostly directed at narfcake.
I was pretty sure you were a parent, though I’m not sure how you managed to make it through their childhood as an over-roller.
@Limewater@narfcake lol… My dad drove it into us at an early age and I guess I did the same with my kids. They may have done it once… but never more than once.
@Limewater@narfcake@TheFLP Oh yeah. It’s funny, I mentioned this thread to my parents the other day. They’ve been married 63 yrs and they STILL argue about the over/under thing. Dad (who drummed it into me I reckon) wants it over the roll but mom always puts it on there going under the roll. I remember this argument as far back as I can remember.
@PocketBrain Oh my gosh! I do the exact same thing and always have as far back as I can remember. I figured I was the only one on the planet that did that!
@lseeber@PocketBrain I’m trying to picture how you’d do that. Don’t the broken ones tend to settle to the bottom of the bag? How do you even get to them when the bag is “full”?
Or do you excavate the good ones into a bowl and put them back in the bag when it’s clear of debris?
@PocketBrain@TheFLP Actually, the way I do it. is that I don’t actually dig down into the bag much. I get the smaller ones that are near the top when you reach in. If I have dip, I get the smaller pieces and one larger piece to actually dip. I basically do the same thing most of the way down. Then, when you can actually reach the bottom of the bag without busting chips, you tip the bag a bit and tap it or shake it a bit and the little ones all slide toward one corner. You eat those then you are left with just large chips for the grand finale.
If I’m paying for something with a credit card at a place where tipping would be expected, I always make sure my tip will make the final result have just dollars, no change.
I am always wearing nail polish, even when whatever else I’m wearing is pretty masculine/butch.
I used to fidget a lot but I think that’s calmed down over time.
I split cupcakes in half and flip the frosting side over to make a cupcake sammich. Everybody laughs until I enjoy the perfect ratio of cake/frosting in each bite without getting any of the fancy, sticky stuff on my nose.
Does “quirk” mean some OCD-like trait? Whenever I notice I’m getting OCDesque about something, I change it up. I don’t want OCD. Why place limitations on myself when life already gives me plenty? Is that a quirk?
@elimanningface@Targaryen@therealjrn
Two spaces after a period is NOT a problem with English (it has plenty of others) - it has to do with font design & digital vs. mechanical keyboard inputs.
@elimanningface I was taught in typing class way back when, that you always leave 2 spaces after a period. But nowadays, they don’t even type out full words either… kwim?
@compunaut@elimanningface@Targaryen@therealjrn And desktop publishing, where computers inherited the rules of traditional typesetting. (I think the internet was the final nail in the coffin, because you have to really work at it to do more than one space when you’re writing raw HTML.)
I’ve developed a habit of washing my hands religiously after eating or doing other messy things, making a point of keeping my grubby paws away from everything until I can get to a sink. There’s nothing I dislike more than a gloppy keyboard or mouse, and it grew from there.
The quirk is that I don’t feel compelled to wash up after sneezing or blowing my nose. Wiping my hands with a kleenex is good enough, whereas nothing but soap and water will suffice for anything else. It’s a curious blind spot.
I eat french fries of equal lengths two at a time. If there are no equal lengths I will eat one fry at a time.
Also I will wait for everyone at the table to get their food before I eat.
@Targaryen I usually eat all the fries before I even touch the burger.
@Targaryen your second isn’t a quirk in my family: I was taught that was expected manners. I think I even saw an etiquette book that said this.
@Targaryen I used to do the same on both counts. For some reason, at some point, I stopped eating my fries like that. No idea when or why. I still wait for others to get their food if I’m not alone but for the past while it’s generally just me now. So, no waiting.
@lseeber @Targaryen Waiting for others to get their food before you start eating isn’t a quirk, it is good manners.
@Kidsandliz @Targaryen Agreed
@Kidsandliz @lseeber @Targaryen your mama taught you good manners
More often than not at the grocery store I buy things two-by-two like my shopping bag is a little food ark.
My wife will not eat doritos that have any curls. She will also not eat any curly fries that aren’t curly. This leads to a lot of trading me for my “good ones” and me taking her “bad ones”.
My (almost 3 year old) daughter has all kinds of quirks. These range from her toys have to be set up in a specific order, to who’s allowed to use which blanket. Once things are one way, they are only allowed to be that one way.
I have an odd one. Back at my old house, there were 12 steps (no, not as some type of 12 step program) from the main floor to the upstairs. I know, because I counted them every single time. At some point in my life, I started counting the “gulps” I took at while at a water fountain. For whatever reason, now I only drink 12 gulps. Even if I stop being thirsty, or even if I still want more, I stop at 12.
@lichme Keep coming back Lich! We’re glad you’re here! It works if you work it!
@lichme You still use public water fountains? Gross. How are you still alive?
@lichme i count all stairs, but not always accurately. it’s weird.
@medz
/giphy eye roll
@katylava @lichme I had a friend who’d count trees as she’d drive and carry on a conversation all at the same time. She was seriously OCD.
@Kidsandliz @lichme you can’t accuse me if OCD because half the time i don’t start counting at the first step
. It’s more like something going on in the back of my mind… It’s not a conscious decision.
@katylava @Kidsandliz @lichme ADOCD?
Attention Deficit Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - you heard it here first.
Maybe one of my quirks is making an acronym out of everything.
I like to sort my food by color, and then try to keep them as even as possible as I eat ( if I have 4 red and 2 green, I’ll eat 2 red, then 1 green, then 1 red, then 1 green.)
@Cythwulf I do that with M&Ms
@Cythwulf @duodec me too! And skittles
@Cythwulf I do this with M&Ms and gummy bears, yup.
@Kawa Pretty much any color candy. I do it with sweetarts, spree, bottlecaps, whatever.
@Cythwulf I think I used to do that with jelly beans, but now I just stuff a handful of them in my mouth.
@TheFLP you monster
I will eat around the edges of an entire sandwich to ensure that the last bite has the ideal proportions. I used to do this will most of my meals but then my husband developed the habit of eating my last bite and ticking me off.
Also, I was excited for a second and thinking that humans were developing quirks like My Hero Academia!
/giphy My Hero Academia
@tnhillbillygal i do that too
@narfcake best quirk
I like to eat shrimp tails. My husbands’ too. Just hand 'em over when you’re done. Thanks.
@moonhat Popcorn shrimp tails, sure. Jumbo shrimp? Sick!
@medz any shrimp, yummmm
@moonhat
/giphy gag
@moonhat @medz When I was about 9 or 10 years old, my parents took us kids out to a diner. We all ordered shrimp. Near the end of dinner, my parents needed to step away from the table for a few minutes (I don’t remember the reason - WTF). They put me in charge of my four younger siblings with the instructions “Now make sure they eat everything.”
I made sure my siblings ate everything. “What? The tails, too?!” “Yeah. You have to eat the tails. Mom and Dad said EVERYTHING.” My parents thought it was hilarious that when they got back, there were no tails, or lemon slices or parsley sprigs left on any plate.
This story comes up every time my siblings want to remind me of what a jerk big brother I was.
@mehcuda67 Oh that is a good story.
@medz @mehcuda67 @moonhat in some Asian countries they think the US is weird because we don’t eat the tails.
@medz @mehcuda67 @moonhat @RiotDemon Heck my kid came to me eating the head from the fish and most of the bones off of anything with bones. Well and spiders and other bugs too.
@medz @mehcuda67 @moonhat @RiotDemon Or our dogs.
@moonhat I eat the shrimp tails if they’re fried…not for boiled though
Lots. The people who know me would never ask: “Do you have any quirks?” They are much more likely to ask: “Do you have any normal?”
@rockblossom this is the truest thing ever.
@nolrak @rockblossom I think @Targaryen did this thread for this reason: quirks are things NORMAL people have that are interesting. I do some form of 75% of the things people have listed (odd eating habits, odd walking, @lichme: my now 15 yr old has not grown out of half the quirks he had when he was 3 AND he is THE BEST to hang out with, …).
TLDR/ Rockblossom=normal with differences from me that make you interesting.
@lichme @mollama @rockblossom @Targaryen nahhhhh … I think you’re all a bunch of weirdos
@nolrak
Umm… I mainly wear meh shirts (I get a lot of compliments BTW). I say irregard to be super annoying to all those people that say irregardless isn’t a word… I like cloudy days… I carry around a cigarette lighter (purchased from meh) even though I have never smoked just because it is cool…
The list goes on and on, especially if you ask my wife…
I hate even numbers.
Also, I see letters and weekdays as colors - for instance, Wednesday is green. It’s called synesthesia.
@kdemo I don’t like to set the volume on my car radio to prime numbers. So, 16, 18, 20 and 21 are OK, but I’m not comfortable with 17 or 23. (I’m on the fence about 19.)
Make of it what you will.
@macromeh - Do you have an Amazon Prime account?
@kdemo Yes. I also enjoy beef prime rib and have stood astride the Prime Meridian.
Do you expect quirks to be rational?
@macromeh - Oh gosh no. Just a bit of snark. Trust me, I can identify and have much empathy for you.
@kdemo @macromeh I’m the opposite. I prefer prime numbers.
I can’t think of a well-defined quirk right now, which is depressing.
My life’s dream is to become an eccentric, and if I can’t even present a decent quirk I’ll never get there.
@TheFLP You may take solace in the fact it is pretty quirky to not have ANY quirks.
@TheFLP @therealjrn
I wish I didn’t have any so I could be as quirky as @TheFLP…
@jst1ofknd @therealjrn I dunno if that reverse psychology thing works on quirks.
@TheFLP Think of it this way: Though you might be normal in the normal world, the customer base of meh is such a collection of oddballs with countless quirks that being normal here makes you truly eccentric. So you are in the right place to fulfill your dream!
@rockblossom Hmmm. But if you consider that along with what @mollama said —
— that makes me a boring oddball. I think.
@TheFLP Maybe your quirk is that you don’t know you have quirks.
I don’t like touching my food. I used to eat french fries with a fork. It took years to get to the point where I can eat them with my hands like everyone else.
My quirks have quirks. Then those quirks have quirks. It never ends.
Also I get online every bloody night to see what’s on a deal-a-day site and click some odd little transmuting button, regardless of what’s for sale.
@mehcuda67 That’s crazy, man!
I’m absolutely terrified of having an even number punched into the microwave. Can’t do it. No. NO. also no even numbers for things like volume levels, alarms, etc.
But wait! There’s more. I also can’t do things like… brush my teeth an even number of times; or knock on a door an even number of times; or stir a drink an even number of times… etc.
The microwave is the most extreme though. I may go into a full out panic over it.
Honestly I have a ton of super weird quirks and stuff… probably more than anyone wants to sit and read on here
I have Asperger’s so maybe that’s why. Makes it hard to make friends when you’re so awkward and weird. Haha.
@LemonTheCat I think the problem for you (and @kdemo) is that it’s clearly your destiny to be … an odd person.
I’ll see myself out.
@LemonTheCat
I was diagnosed with Asperger’s too! The person that diagnosed me was a co-worker (definitely not a mental health professional).
@LemonTheCat -
I’m the same with the microwave.
3. And the gas pump.
5. And the volume on computer and tv.
7. And the treadmill, both speed and time.
9. I have to take one cookie or three.
11. I chose my phone number this way.
It goes on . . .
@TheFLP -
The oddest!
@kdemo @LemonTheCat @TheFLP you guys make Sheldon Cooper look like a lightweight
@kdemo @LemonTheCat @TheFLP not that there’s ANYTHING wrong with any of it!
Oh, and Sudoku! I solve the even numbers first so I don’t have to think about them.
I wasn’t always this way, it happened slowly.
Doesn’t seem to interfere with life or relationships, perhaps that’s one definition of a quirk?
@LemonTheCat
@kdemo @LemonTheCat @llangley @TheFLP Monk.
Dollar bills have to all be facing the same direction in my wallet. Makes me crazy when one is upside down or backward.
@heartny THIS and also when I get my change back! Every job where I ran a register I had my bills all facing the right way, like book titles. And in my wallet, they go big bills in the back, descending down to the $1 bill with the tops of the bills at the top.
@therealjrn Oh yes, they have to be in order too, $1 at the top, then $5, $10 and $20. And I don’t feel comfortable carrying bills over $20. Not that I ever have larger bills to worry about
@heartny I’m old enough now that when I get messy bills back, I’ll straighten them, get them all faced in order, put them in my wallet, THEN step aside.
/yeah, I can be a dick.
But if the register operator would just do it right the first time it would be faster.
@heartny @therealjrn Money organization isn’t a quirk. It’s just common human decency!
I too sort bills by amounts, orient them in the same direction, and put them in my wallet lowest to highest denomination. However, I take it a step further when gambling. I sort my chips by design and if there is some sort of pattern on the sides I stack them up so that they are the same.
@heartny @therealjrn Same here. All facing same way and in descending order from back to front.
@heartny @lseeber @jksquared
What about change? It really bugs me that the dime is smaller than the nickel and penny, so you can’t arrange change into an order that is by both value and size at the same time.
@macromeh I dislike change coins in general. They weigh down my pants pockets and I never have the proper change. I could totally live with things being rounded to the nearest quarter-dollar.
@heartny - The same. I had a store for many years, and the bank required deposits to be oriented like this. We kept the cash drawer organized the same way. It became a habit.
@heartny Well then you’d make a fine bank employee.
@macromeh But you still stack them like a pyramid when you hand them to the person at the drive-thru tho, eh?
@heartny @kdemo yeah i worked in bars, food service, and retail for about 20 years so i got used to handling money the “right” way. It always irritated me when the cashier would just hand me a wad of bills and change mashed together. Um. No maam. You will count that back to me.
@heartny @ivannabc @kdemo Yeah… when I was a kid and you actually had to figure the change, you had to count it back up to the customer or you’d be quick out of a job. The receipt went into the bag (not wadded up with all the paper and coin in your hand) AND you waited for the customer to put their money back into their wallet before ringing up the next customer! I guess I have another quirk. Although, I think it’s a legit complaint rather than quirk.
I don’t use my phone while I’m driving.
Everyone seems to think that’s really odd.
@2many2no
That’s not odd… Just safer than the rest of us…
@jst1ofknd Oh, I would never make the claim that my driving is safe.
@2many2no You’re now my hero!
@2many2no Thank you.
https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/distracted-driving
Funny… I wouldn’t have thought I had “quirks” until reading this thread. Then I realized I have some. ugh. But mine that immediately comes to mind because my mom and I discussed this the other day… the toilet paper MUST go OVER the roll and not under.
I eat my food one item at a time. For instance, say I have a veggie, starch and meat on my plate… I eat all the veggie, then the starch then the meat. Generally it works in the order of saving what I like the best for last.
@lseeber
You’ve got a quir-rk 
You’ve got a quir-rk
@lseeber Hmm, I like to have a little of everything in each bite (or at least successive bites). If I’m in a self-serve situation (like at home or a buffet), I’ll get more of anything on my plate that I finish early so it all comes out even in the last bite(s). My wife eats more like you do - we accept/respect each other’s preferences.
@lseeber Only reason to go under: cats.
/wootstalker https://shirt.woot.com/offers/kitty-treadmill
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@macromeh Yeah… never bothered my husband but when eating out w/friends or others, most notice and point it out. I don’t even realize I’m doing it until they say something. And it just seems perfectly normal to me
@narfcake My cat had to learn that lesson just as much as anyone else in the house. Not a prob here.
But I like the T!
@lseeber I’m also a food separatist. Here lately I’ve been challenged on that, because a chef friend of mine does these wonderful wine dinners and he creates a lot of his dishes with the goal of having everything together in one bite. It turns out that’s not bad, although I still eat my way every other time.
@djslack Yeah… I have to concede the order on occasion too. And I still like casseroles.
@lseeber i do the same thing. And my food absolutely doesn’t touch on the plate. Those things that combine 4 diff foods like those nasty kfc bowls (or as patten Oswalt calls them failure pile in a sadness bowl). I can’t handle corn, mashed potatoes, chicken and god knows what else all pulled together like a pigs trough lol
@lseeber @narfcake Cats are the only reason to go under? You must not have children.
@Limewater @narfcake I don’t know which one of us you’re talking to but if it’s me… I have children. Although they are grown now and I have grandchildren.
@lseeber @narfcake Yeah, that was mostly directed at narfcake.
I was pretty sure you were a parent, though I’m not sure how you managed to make it through their childhood as an over-roller.
@Limewater @narfcake lol… My dad drove it into us at an early age and I guess I did the same with my kids. They may have done it once… but never more than once.
@Limewater @lseeber @narfcake To me, a toilet-paper orientation preference isn’t a quirk. It’s just the way you were brought up (or rebelled against).
@Limewater @narfcake @TheFLP Oh yeah. It’s funny, I mentioned this thread to my parents the other day. They’ve been married 63 yrs and they STILL argue about the over/under thing. Dad (who drummed it into me I reckon) wants it over the roll but mom always puts it on there going under the roll. I remember this argument as far back as I can remember.
I get disappointed when I forget to click on the meh button.
/giphy quirk
@elimanningface
Everyone is disappointed when you don’t hit the meh button.
I loving the color purple a quirk?
/image purple color
Nah… just means you love Barney
or concord grapes.
@lseeber I think I do love Barney, and I also love concord grapes and some of the delicious products made from grapes.
@therealjrn lol. And bruises.
@lseeber i love purple. And barney fife. But not that annoying Dino
I heard you need 3 quirks to make a protan.
Is the compulsive need to combine puns and physics a quirk or a quark?
@mehcuda67 It’s a “Sheldon”.
I eat the broken chips in the bag first, so eventually I have a partial bag of absolutely perfect chips.
@PocketBrain I weep when I see inexperienced chip-shelf stockers crushing and crunching those delicate bags.
@PocketBrain Oh my gosh! I do the exact same thing and always have as far back as I can remember. I figured I was the only one on the planet that did that!
@lseeber @PocketBrain I’m trying to picture how you’d do that. Don’t the broken ones tend to settle to the bottom of the bag? How do you even get to them when the bag is “full”?
Or do you excavate the good ones into a bowl and put them back in the bag when it’s clear of debris?
@PocketBrain @TheFLP Actually, the way I do it. is that I don’t actually dig down into the bag much. I get the smaller ones that are near the top when you reach in. If I have dip, I get the smaller pieces and one larger piece to actually dip. I basically do the same thing most of the way down. Then, when you can actually reach the bottom of the bag without busting chips, you tip the bag a bit and tap it or shake it a bit and the little ones all slide toward one corner. You eat those then you are left with just large chips for the grand finale.
/giphy My Hero Academia
Did you say Quirk?
If I’m paying for something with a credit card at a place where tipping would be expected, I always make sure my tip will make the final result have just dollars, no change.
I am always wearing nail polish, even when whatever else I’m wearing is pretty masculine/butch.
I used to fidget a lot but I think that’s calmed down over time.
I pull my hair when I’m thinking?
@arielleslie I don’t know, do you?
@lseeber I do. I’m not sure how weird that is though.
Eat one thing at a time. Hostess cupcakes, take off the icing and eat the cake. Save the icing for last
I split cupcakes in half and flip the frosting side over to make a cupcake sammich. Everybody laughs until I enjoy the perfect ratio of cake/frosting in each bite without getting any of the fancy, sticky stuff on my nose.
@LeviOhPlz I just eat it with a fork using the wrapper as a bowl.
@LeviOhPlz that’s not a quirk, that’s the correct way.
@LeviOhPlz Split in half, eat bottom half sucky with no frosting, then enjoy top half with all the frosting!
Does “quirk” mean some OCD-like trait? Whenever I notice I’m getting OCDesque about something, I change it up. I don’t want OCD. Why place limitations on myself when life already gives me plenty? Is that a quirk?
@katylava Nope, that’s an obsession. An obsession for non-OCD-like behaviour.
/me putting an extra “u” in words is a quirk.
@katylava I guess you are free to define it how you would like.
Tonight I learned I’ve had a lifelong quirk of using two spaces after a period instead of one. I am not sure I can retrain my brain to do otherwise.
@elimanningface That used to be the rule.
@elimanningface @therealjrn Yup, the problem with English is they keep changing the rules.
@elimanningface @Targaryen @therealjrn
Two spaces after a period is NOT a problem with English (it has plenty of others) - it has to do with font design & digital vs. mechanical keyboard inputs.
@elimanningface I was taught in typing class way back when, that you always leave 2 spaces after a period. But nowadays, they don’t even type out full words either… kwim?
@compunaut @elimanningface @Targaryen @therealjrn And desktop publishing, where computers inherited the rules of traditional typesetting. (I think the internet was the final nail in the coffin, because you have to really work at it to do more than one space when you’re writing raw HTML.)
I think I may have found a quirk.
I’ve developed a habit of washing my hands religiously after eating or doing other messy things, making a point of keeping my grubby paws away from everything until I can get to a sink. There’s nothing I dislike more than a gloppy keyboard or mouse, and it grew from there.
The quirk is that I don’t feel compelled to wash up after sneezing or blowing my nose. Wiping my hands with a kleenex is good enough, whereas nothing but soap and water will suffice for anything else. It’s a curious blind spot.
@TheFLP it sounds like you understand the concept of proper hygiene but selective when to apply it.
@elimanningface @TheFLP Yeah uhh…about that handshake…Imma just fist bump OK?
@elimanningface @therealjrn Works for me!