I saw a thread similar to this on Reddit a while back. It was hilarious, and in some instances reassuring, so I figure why not.
What is a weird habit or tick you have? Something you know (or think) is downright weird, but you either cant or just wont stop, no matter how subtle.
I have two off the bat:
I always suck the milk out of cereal when I eat it. Which is twice as awesome with Captain Cruch, which is basically like chewing on barbed wire, but I cant eat it any other way.
I have a friend that used to have this tick where he would start like… over exaggerating his blinking. Almost like he was wincing. And for some god forsaken reason, its contagious. Any time I think about it, I have to do it for some various number of times before I feel like it’s out of my system.
Bonus lifting related: when benching, I always have to like… caress the rings on the bar for just a split second. I cant just run my hands along the bar until I find them, i have to rub a small circle over them too… i guess set my finger? Idk.
(These dont have to be OCD related or anything, I guess I just have some light obsessive tendencies)
I have to have foods paired on my fork by the same quantity that they are on the plate, and finish them at the same time, like steak and potatoes and stuff like that.
If they can’t be paired then I have to eat them in their entirety individually.
I do this when I’m tired from overall accumulation of lack of sleep and general exhaustion. It’s a nervous tic for me.
It’s always my left eye too.
Weird thing I do-
If I think I am alone, I will occasionally go to the nearest wall and use it to adjust my standing posture. This is a habit I got from doing it as a way to fix my standing posture a long time ago.
I am unable to park the car or look for road signs with the radio volume turned up. I don’t even know I do it but as soon as I stop the car and go to reverse park I turn the radio volume right down before selecting reverse. Or of me and the wife are driving somewhere and the misses sad turn left at North Road, I will turn the radio down whilst I am looking for the street name. Once we turn into the street I then turn the radio back up !!
This man doesn’t like shepherds or chicken pot pie. I feel bad for you, sir.
I don’t think this is weird … radio is distracting and most people, I think, will do this so they can concentrate better. If not, just rest assured you are not alone - I do this too
I think it’s weird the conversations I have with myself during my commute to/from work. I get pretty in depth…if I’m not listening to anything with words (i.e. if I’m listening to instrumental music) I tend to do this. I find it can be pretty cathartic and I can work through some ideas this way…but I think it’s weird…
Also, I increasingly find television to be an abomination to our species, by and large. I barely watch any shows that seem to be popular - I personally find it weird when people ask me if I’ve seen this or that - I haven’t, but I realize that I’m in the minority…I’d much rather read or play the piano than watch almost anything on tv - and when I do, it’s usually a documentary. I love Ken Burns and Richard Attenborough
I have this weird thing where i cant drink out of a fountain soda machine. Like at fast food chains that have all the dispensers for the different kinds of sodas. Like a diet coke, it has to be in a bottle. My brain is like, that could be any kind of soda, dr pepper, coke, pepsi…with the wrong label.
I’ll have to pitch in on eating everything on the plate in groups. Absolutely the only way to do it.
Also, I’m right handed through and through, i cant even make a single legible letter with my left hand, but I exclusively eat with it. I even know I have better motor skills with my right hand and a fork, but for some reason it doesnt feel right.
