Come Share Your Weird Habits, Oppo

"Jcarr" (jcarr) 05/05/2016 at 11:15 • Filed to: None

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Everybody has something that they do that seems totally normal to them, but is weird to anybody else. Share yours with the group, if you feel so inclined.

I have plenty, but I’ll start with just one.

I reserve certain music for certain times of the year. I’m not talking about only listening to Christmas music around Christmas, I mean regular old everyday music that I tend to avoid listening to unless it’s a certain time of the year.

Here’s the reason. I’m a very nostalgic person and music holds a high degree of nostalgia for me. There are certain songs that remind me of the time I first listened to them or remind of a certain time in my life and I like to preserve that nostalgia by saving that music for a similar time of the year.

Weird, yes, but I don’t care.

Noah - Now with more boost. > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:18

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I obsessively make sure my windows are down and my lights are off when I leave my car. I’m sure it looks like I’m considering breaking into my own car lol

CalzoneGolem > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:19

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I collect human ears.

Jcarr > CalzoneGolem 05/05/2016 at 11:20

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Stay right there, I’m just going to make a quick phone call.

Mercedes Streeter > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:20

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I’m going to note three things:

1. I have a library of 2,000+ songs...However I usually listen to the same 50 songs for several months on end before moving onto another set of 50.

2. Most of the time when I go swimming in Lake Michigan, I exclusively swim in a bra and panties. Why? It just feels so fucking AWESOME. The next best thing to skinny dipping. That said, I do have a normal swimsuit for the times I swim with people present.

3. Some people sing in the shower, I usually make car noises.

PS9 > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:21

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I juuust made a keep oppo weird post. How did you know?...wait a minute...I think I’ve seen you somewhere before...

I knew it! Jcarr = Xavier confirmed!!!

CalzoneGolem > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:21

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Yeah sure, take your time.

Chariotoflove > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:21

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When I fly, I always order apple juice. Almost never drink it at other times. I don’t know when it started or why. On my last flight, I sat next to a woman who did the same thing. We looked at each other and shared a creepy kind of bonding moment.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:22

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I dress really strangely a lot of the time because I don’t really care. Flowery shorts and flip flops for most of summer. Plus adventure time and metal/punk band shirts. Comfort>fashion.

Shane MacGowan's Teeth > Mercedes Streeter 05/05/2016 at 11:22

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1. Not that weird

2. What.

Dru > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:23

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I have to smell the inside of a cup/glass/mug before I pour anything into it. Even if I'm at home and I know it's been washed recently, still have to smell it.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:23

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I design sheetmetal parts with polygonal solids in AutoCAD 3d rather than Inventor. Absolutely monstrous.

Also, I tend to name characters and things Steve when I need a placeholder name. Which is related to why the full size classic series Dalek I made is named Steve.

MUSASHI66 > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:23

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I love mayo with my fries. I’ll eat plain old american mayo if I have to, but I prefer Thomy mayo, out of a tube if possible. I do like loading it up with sriracha for some kick too, but I’ve been known to mix mayo and ketchup as well, or better yet, buy it premade

I love, love , love new socks. Apparently, Elton John is the same. If I had his moolah, I would never wear the same pair again, I would just wear brand new socks every day.

If I have a handful of M&Ms, I’ll always eat the red ones last, green ones first.

One can’t own too many shoes and watches.

That about sums it up.

Jcarr > PS9 05/05/2016 at 11:23

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Mercedes Streeter > MUSASHI66 05/05/2016 at 11:25

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So I’ve been told, mayo with fries is shockingly normal in many countries outside the USA. :)

Also, I always eat fries with mayo too. Mmmmmm. 

Jcarr > MUSASHI66 05/05/2016 at 11:25

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New socks = the best.

Now that I’m an adult, I actually look forward to new socks at Christmas.

Shane MacGowan's Teeth > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:25

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I eat hot sauce as a snack. Green Tabasco, or Slap Ya Mama. Just put some on a spoon and eat it.

MUSASHI66 > Mercedes Streeter 05/05/2016 at 11:26

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It is, but this is a very US-centric website and most people look at you strange when you mention it. That said, I converted my wife to liking it as well, and she is born and raised Colorado gal

Chariotoflove > MUSASHI66 05/05/2016 at 11:26

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Go to McDonalds in France, and they will give you fry sauce, which is just mayonnaise.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Dru 05/05/2016 at 11:26

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I, on the other hand, have been engaging in a Navy Chief sort of scenario at work, almost as much as a dare as anything else. I haven’t washed my coffee cup in about two years.

Agrajag > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:26

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He can ear you coming.

Jcarr > Agrajag 05/05/2016 at 11:27

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Yep, he’s all ears.

MUSASHI66 > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:27

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Right?? They just feel like you dipped your feet in rainbows and unicorn hair.

bobbe17 > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:28

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I count just about everything that’s repetitive as I’m doing it. Sometimes I’ll just count cumulatively, other times I’ll count in series of 8's (music related). I count my steps while walking, stairs, even pulls on a paper towel dispenser. When getting paper towel, I always do seven pulls so that “8" is on the tear.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:28

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Ummmm........No comment.

MUSASHI66 > Chariotoflove 05/05/2016 at 11:28

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As they should! Go to Wendy’s in Canada, and they’ll charge you 10 cents for a package of mayo!

Mercedes Streeter > MUSASHI66 05/05/2016 at 11:28

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I’ll give you that! :) I know there are a lot of international folks on here, so I normally just view Oppo as “US-centric, but worldwide spread”.

Chariotoflove > Shane MacGowan's Teeth 05/05/2016 at 11:28

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Great for clearing your sinuses when congested.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:29

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I don’t know if it’s weird, but I wear the same clothing year round, usually jeans and a T-shirt, sometimes a hoodie if it’s colder out. Despite living in Canada, I never find it too hot or too cold to bother having clothes for specific seasons.

MountainRoadPhysicist > Mercedes Streeter 05/05/2016 at 11:30

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#3 made me think of a scene from Home Alone two with a mannequin in the shower jamming out to music... just instead of music it is the sounds from the straight at 24 hours of Le Mans.

Mercedes Streeter > Shane MacGowan's Teeth 05/05/2016 at 11:31

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2. I uh...have no defense? I saw some women do it once in real life, tried it myself...and loved it more than I probably should have. lol

Chariotoflove > MUSASHI66 05/05/2016 at 11:31

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What happened to good ole socialism? Condiments should be free to all the people!

scoob > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:32

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Sometimes I breathe oxygen.

MUSASHI66 > Chariotoflove 05/05/2016 at 11:32

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Preach it comrade!

Jcarr > scoob 05/05/2016 at 11:32

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You monster.

$kaycog > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:33

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The volume control on my TV has to be on an even number.

scoob > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:36

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I’m sorry, I can’t help it.

jariten1781 > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:37

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I only eat one meal per day. Everyone bar nobody that I know think I’m going to die or pass out for lack of sugar or any other terrible thing...but I don’t. Doc doesn’t get it and has sworn up and down that it shouldn’t work this way but all diagnostics come back that I'm in perfect health.

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:37

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I think jeans are absolutely disgusting. I can never wear them because they're so uncomfortable and they look ugly. As a result, I wear sweatpants virtually year round, unless a) it's really hot or in the summer or b) I'm playing basketball. Otherwise all I wear is sweatpants.

hubert07 > $kaycog 05/05/2016 at 11:39

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Mine has to be a multiple of 5

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > $kaycog 05/05/2016 at 11:40

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SAME!

$kaycog > hubert07 05/05/2016 at 11:40

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We are the way we are.

$kaycog > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 05/05/2016 at 11:41

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Glad I’m not the only one.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > Chariotoflove 05/05/2016 at 11:41

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For me that is tonic water.

Shift24 > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:44

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In the winter I hit the screw used to hold the light switches. Reason being is i hate getting shocked randomly and with the dry air and the static electricity you get shocked when you touch almost anything. So I’ll hit the screw when I can which will shock me because of the ground and im ok with it because I know it coming.

MUSASHI66 > $kaycog 05/05/2016 at 11:44

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My wife does the same thing with the car stereo. Drives me crazy as I seemingly always find that perfect volume on odd numbers.

MUSASHI66 > Chariotoflove 05/05/2016 at 11:45

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Ginger ale for me, although I sometimes drink it out of planes as well.

Shane MacGowan's Teeth > MUSASHI66 05/05/2016 at 11:46

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C’mon people, vinegar is where it’s at

MUSASHI66 > Shane MacGowan's Teeth 05/05/2016 at 11:48

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Only the parts that comes from Sriracha.

Dru > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/05/2016 at 11:49

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You monster.

BigBlock440 > jariten1781 05/05/2016 at 11:49

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If you’re meal’s big enough, I don’t see why it would be a problem.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > jariten1781 05/05/2016 at 11:49

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I rarely eat more than two, and have been known to eat one. Outside of anything really obvious and easy to trace modern dietary medicine is more experimental and often ill-founded than people think - witness Schroedinger’s Egg Healthiness Paradox and the dimbulb aspects of the Food Pyramid.

spanfucker retire bitch > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/05/2016 at 11:50

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I design sheetmetal parts with polygonal solids in AutoCAD 3d rather than Inventor.

You deserve to be shot into space and drift for all of eternity.

Shane MacGowan's Teeth > MUSASHI66 05/05/2016 at 11:50

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Oddly enough, there are two hot sauces I don’t like. All the rest are amazing. My dislikes: Sriracha and red Tabasco.

SHARPSPEED > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:51

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I’m a Lego enthusiast. Whenever I build and I get a long brick like this, I always have to roll it in my hands like I’m trying to start a campfire. Do the same thing with pencils and paintbrushes and other stuff like it.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Dru 05/05/2016 at 11:51

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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > spanfucker retire bitch 05/05/2016 at 11:54

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Chariotoflove > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. 05/05/2016 at 11:54

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Tonic water is surprisingly good when it’s cold and you’re really thirsty.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/05/2016 at 11:55

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OH YEAH?

I prefer using Adobe Creative Suite products on Windows over Mac.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:55

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Does buying Mercury’s count?

$kaycog > MUSASHI66 05/05/2016 at 11:55

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That is too funny!

Textured Soy Protein > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 11:57

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I spend so much time at the gym counting reps while I lift that I often randomly catch myself counting in my head. I’m not actually counting anything in particular, I just think about counting. I might have a problem.

MUSASHI66 > Shane MacGowan's Teeth 05/05/2016 at 12:00

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I hate most hot sauces and I can eat Sriracha with a spoon.

Brian, The Life of > Mercedes Streeter 05/05/2016 at 12:04

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Yup. In Belgium (where fries originated) they use aoli ... which is basically where mayo originated.

jariten1781 > BigBlock440 05/05/2016 at 12:05

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800-1100 calories is my maintenance intake. I got up to ~280lbs eating a standard 1800-2000 cal, now I maintain around 165 on my awkward long torso 6' frame (I’ve got 28" legs...I’m weird). Blood sugar, cholesterol, liver/kidney values, CBC, electrolytes, etc. etc. are all nominal.

Brian, The Life of > Dru 05/05/2016 at 12:07

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Me too!

Brian, The Life of > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 12:09

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Ever since I saw Snow Dogs, I cannot eat unless I’ve fed my dog first. Yes, I was shamed by a bad Cuba Gooding Jr. movie.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > MUSASHI66 05/05/2016 at 12:10

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Mayo and fries is key. I need more watches.

MUSASHI66 > Shift24 05/05/2016 at 12:11

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Why don’t you just touch your knuckle against some metal and discharge the static? You can do it when you want and it doesn’t hurt

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > Chariotoflove 05/05/2016 at 12:12

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I love flying, but I either need Coke or Jack and Coke . Always on ice. Also Sinatra, and preferably first class.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/05/2016 at 12:14

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You monster! Why do you do that to yourself.

Shane MacGowan's Teeth > Mercedes Streeter 05/05/2016 at 12:15

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Uh...well then watch out for tetanus from rusty underwires.

d00mZ > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 12:15

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If I can’t blow my boogers out, I use tweezers and a mini flash light.
I like my Cheetos stale so I spray a little bit of water on it and microwave it.
With flakey cereal like Honey Bunches of Oats or Frosted Flakes, I blend the fuck out of it to make it about 70% crumby powder and 30% small chunks then pour about 60%-70% milk.
LOL fuck that idgaf what anyone says HAHAHAHA

Shane MacGowan's Teeth > scoob 05/05/2016 at 12:15

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That shit’s dangerous.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > MUSASHI66 05/05/2016 at 12:17

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Mayo is the CORRECT way to eat fries, unless of course you are having poutine...

As far as socks go I ABSOLUTELY AGREE. I am an obsessive sock person. I buy expensive socks, (like $30-50/pair) and I put them in a delicates bag when I launder them so I can always be assured I will have matches together and that they all wear evenly. I get angry when my socks are not paired correctly or worn evenly.

My GF just throws all her socks and underwear together in a drawer and just grabs what ever two socks and pair of undies come out in the morning. She thinks I’m insane. Our only real arguments are always about laundry. She has fewer clothes than I always does laundry before I’m in need and then she does something wrong with the socks... and we argue... and I say save the laundry for me and she says but i needed clothes tomorrow, and I say so ASK ME to do the laundry and then she says but that’s not fair to you I’m the only one that needed clothes and then I say so don’t wash my socks and check my pockets (she’s a notorious pocket non-checker, her iPhone has been through the laundry three times, the Lifeproof Fre case is an amazing thing... my wallet is less waterproof...) and then she complains about the extra work and I get mad about the socks... We tried separate hampers and she STILL did my laundry... If this is the worst of our problems I think We’ll be OK... but I’m weird about socks...

Jcarr > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 05/05/2016 at 12:17

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Top of the list.

mazda616 > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 12:18

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I have to check the front and back doors of our house to make sure they are locked before I leave. Just looking at the lock isn’t enough. I must try the doorknob. (My wife and I are 99% sure I have undiagnosed OCD.)

I can’t leave the car lights on even though it shuts them off on its own after 15 seconds. I must turn them off and on again myself.

I have several more, but they’re all OCD triggers and I don’t like talking about them because they’re so dumb and irrational.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 05/05/2016 at 12:18

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With the right tricks, it’s really fast. Especially if you’re trying to make sense of/convert older drawings.

Jcarr > d00mZ 05/05/2016 at 12:18

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Chariotoflove > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 05/05/2016 at 12:19

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Well you’re not picky, are you?

MUSASHI66 > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 05/05/2016 at 12:21

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Wow, that is on a whole another level there. Solution - lock on your hamper :D

Jcarr > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 05/05/2016 at 12:21

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Brother!

d00mZ > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 12:25

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MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 12:28

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THERE IS ANOTHER!

Mercedes Streeter > Shane MacGowan's Teeth 05/05/2016 at 12:28

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Ha! I’ve taken apart one of my 3+ year old bras once the wire started poking through...was a little tarnished, but no rust *shrug*. That said, it does seem really cheap bras do have underwires which rust even through normal use. Yeck.

brjklein > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 12:30

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I can never leave the sunvisor unclipped in any car I’m riding in. Must be clipped in or it will start eating my soul.

Pickup_man > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 12:39

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I like frozen tater tots, occasionally I’ll eat a cup for a snack.

Mustard on fries (not that weird? idk)

I sometimes run through the house yelling and making strange noises (which I %100 got from my father).

When I’m nervous or just thinking intently I tend to touch my thumb to my fingers in quick a 1234, 4321 pattern. Fun story on that habit, I picked it up in middle school after a D.A.R.E officer came in and taught us a sobriety test where they have the drunkard count their fingers, 1 2 3 4, 4 3 2 1 by touching each finger to the thumb.

I keep a tin of Eclipse mints in the slot underneath the radio in my truck. It’s been empty more often than not for the last several years, but I refuse to take it out because it fits so perfectly. Whenever I do fill it, I take all of the mints from the new container, and put them in my old container.

I’m sure there’s plenty more that I’m so used to I cant think of them off hand.

IanZ - limited-slip indifferential > scoob 05/05/2016 at 12:41

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You know 100% of oxygen breathers eventually die? I think you should lay off.

IanZ - limited-slip indifferential > bobbe17 05/05/2016 at 12:44

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I used to count my steps all the time, and would only breathe in on the right step. I got myself to stop doing it, but I still can’t stop counting when I go up steps.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > jariten1781 05/05/2016 at 12:47

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These days I usually eat lunch because it gets me out of the office for a while, but I’ve been a one-meal-a-dayer for most of my life.

IanZ - limited-slip indifferential > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 12:51

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I always count my steps when going up stairs. I used to do it all the time, and had weird things about how I would breathe, and always tried to walk places in an even amount of steps; right foot first. I managed to break that habit, thank God. I’m also pretty obsessive about having clean hands. I can’t stand it if they’re dirty or dusty or especially greasy.

spanfucker retire bitch > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 05/05/2016 at 12:53

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It’s actually run better on Windows for years now due to a huge programming language/API spat between Apple and Adobe several years ago.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > spanfucker retire bitch 05/05/2016 at 13:04

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I can’t stand the “creative people” bias of must use mac.

I’m in an ad agency right now and it’s all mac’s. Thousands of dollars are wasted annually because they refuse to consider more powerful and less expensive PC’s.

coelacanthist > $kaycog 05/05/2016 at 13:05

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I was so happy when I got my car and realized the volume was not displayed numerically.

$kaycog > coelacanthist 05/05/2016 at 13:08

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Same with me.

scoob > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 05/05/2016 at 13:14

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It’s my choice. I don’t barge into your life and tell you to be vegan!

bobbe17 > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 05/05/2016 at 13:19

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It's only OCD if it affects your day to day life right?

d15b > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 05/05/2016 at 13:28

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So basically living in Canada is like having the AC on at all times, year round?

d15b > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 05/05/2016 at 13:29

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As a van dude, this is appropriate.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > Chariotoflove 05/05/2016 at 13:30

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Me ! Noooooo, it only took me a year and a half to find the car I wanted.

spanfucker retire bitch > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 05/05/2016 at 13:34

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Preaching to the choir, friend.