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Hey now!

I figured I'd restart a thread of mine that was lost in the Great Outage of 2012.

And so, again I ask thee: do you possess certain traits, abilities, talents, attitudes, behaviors, or other quirks that others might find strange?

Here are a few of my "issues":

- My left eye sees in a lighter shade of color than my right.

- I live within a three-mile radius of five 7-11s. If you give me a fountain Dr. Pepper or Mountain Dew from any one of them, I can usually tell you which particular store it came from.

- Speaking of which: many years ago, I'd go on a monthly 7-11 crawl, where I'd spend an evening driving to about a dozen 7-11s throughout San Jose and some neighboring towns. I'd stop at one store, buy a little snacky-type thing, and eat it while driving to the next one.

- Until recently I preferred regular Coke over regular Pepsi, but preferred Diet Pepsi over Diet Coke.

- I write with my left hand, but I bat and golf right-handed.

- I think I've mentioned this elsewhere, but I'm probably the only guy in the world who liked the 15-piece vehicle Voltron more than the 5-piece lion version.

So, what's your story of weirdness?

BTW I'm pretty sure I'm the main reason  the avatar-rating thread (http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php?topic=9794.0) was locked; sorry about that.

No hard bad feelings?

I crack my back, neck, and fingers constantly. And I mean constantly.

And no it doesn't cause arthritis!

:laugh:

Try this on for size:


"I’m a modern man, a man for the millennium. Digital and smoke free. A diversified multi-cultural, post-modern deconstruction that is anatomically and ecologically incorrect. I’ve been up linked and downloaded, I’ve been inputted and outsourced, I know the upside of downsizing, I know the downside of upgrading. I’m a high-tech low-life. A cutting edge, state-of-the-art bi-coastal multi-tasker and I can give you a gigabyte in a nanosecond!
I’m new wave, but I’m old school and my inner child is outward bound. I’m a hot-wired, heat seeking, warm-hearted cool customer, voice activated and bio-degradable. I interface with my database, my database is in cyberspace, so I’m interactive, I’m hyperactive and from time to time I’m radioactive.
 
Behind the eight ball, ahead of the curve, ridin the wave, dodgin the bullet and pushin the envelope. I’m on-point, on-task, on-message and off drugs. I’ve got no need for coke and speed. I've got no urge to binge and purge. I’m in-the-moment, on-the-edge, over-the-top and under-the-radar. A high-concept, low-profile, medium-range ballistic missionary. A street-wise smart bomb. A top-gun bottom feeder. I wear power ties, I tell power lies, I take power naps and run victory laps. I’m a totally ongoing big-foot, slam-dunk, rainmaker with a pro-active outreach. A raging workaholic. A working rageaholic. Out of rehab and in denial!
 
I’ve got a personal trainer, a personal shopper, a personal assistant and a personal agenda. You can’t shut me up. You can’t dumb me down because I’m tireless and I’m wireless, I’m an alpha male on beta-blockers.
 
I’m a non-believer and an over-achiever, laid-back but fashion-forward. Up-front, down-home, low-rent, high-maintenance. Super-sized, long-lasting, high-definition, fast-acting, oven-ready and built-to-last! I’m a hands-on, foot-loose, knee-jerk head case pretty maturely post-traumatic and I’ve got a love-child that sends me hate mail.
 
But, I’m feeling, I’m caring, I’m healing, I’m sharing-- a supportive, bonding, nurturing primary care-giver. My output is down, but my income is up. I took a short position on the long bond and my revenue stream has its own cash-flow. I read junk mail, I eat junk food, I buy junk bonds and I watch trash sports! I’m gender specific, capital intensive, user-friendly and lactose intolerant.
 
I like rough sex. I like tough love. I use the “F” word in my emails and the software on my hard-drive is hardcore--no soft porn.
 
I bought a microwave at a mini-mall; I bought a mini-van at a mega-store. I eat fast-food in the slow lane. I’m toll-free, bite-sized, ready-to-wear and I come in all sizes. A fully-equipped, factory-authorized, hospital-tested, clinically-proven, scientifically- formulated medical miracle. I’ve been pre-wash, pre-cooked, pre-heated, pre-screened, pre-approved, pre-packaged, post-dated, freeze-dried, double-wrapped, vacuum-packed and, I have an unlimited broadband capacity.
 
I’m a rude dude, but I’m the real deal. Lean and mean! Cocked, locked and ready-to-rock. Rough, tough and hard to bluff. I take it slow, I go with the flow, I ride with the tide. I’ve got glide in my stride. Drivin and movin, sailin and spinin, jiving and groovin, wailin and winnin. I don’t snooze, so I don’t lose. I keep the pedal to the metal and the rubber on the road. I party hearty and lunch time is crunch time. I’m hangin in, there ain’t no doubt and I’m hangin tough, over and out!"

That's gold, Jerry!

Who's Jerry? lol

I'm full of weirdness that it would make your head spin. I always say good evening in the morning and good morning when its the evening just to mess with people. My Girlfriend works on cars with me and I am weird as F**k to her when it comes to to talking to her that it would make your head explode (So many dirty jokes can be made in my field to a girl, but she loves it) Sometimes I dance in front of the people that deliver car parts to my work just to mess with them.

I love George Carlin too!

There is no fun in being normal. I screw with people any time I can. I never get embarrassed in public because I know I will never see any of them again. Just a while ago, me and my uncle walked around the local amusement park asking where the park's bookstore was. It's funny how many people took that seriously. Walmart is a fun place to pull pranks and screw around as well. I think you and I shall get along quite nicely.  :) Here's to being odd!

Heres! I'm the oddest person on this site! I love to be weird. Maybe Zagnorch can relate... hes a weirdo too. I love to make people laugh. Thats all.

I don't care if I make other people laugh, I just want to make me laugh. haha

Good ol' George Carlin.

I was gonna go see him perform live for the first time ever when he came to town around the Summer of '08...

...but then he succumbed to a final heart attack.

What an insensitive @$$hole...

I'm ambidextrous so it throws people off if I'm in the middle of writing something and decide to switch hands in the middle of the letter/form/whatever.

I've been able to read at a college level since I was about 6 or 7 years old. When most kids were reading Green Eggs and Ham I was reading The Shining. That said I never did get along well with people my own age. They always did bore the living shit out of me. Even now most of my good friends are 10-20 years older than I am.

I never could sit still. I don't just fidget like most people do though. When I'm sitting down I usually rock back and forth and don't even realize I'm doing it. It takes a while for "new" people to get used to me doing that. A typical initial reaction to it is that the person(s) think I'm going to go crazy or something...lol I also can't sit "normally" when I'm at my pc. I usually sit with my left leg tucked under me (while sitting on my left foot) and cross my right leg over my left thigh.

The more technology advances the more I hate it. I realize that ease of use is creating a socially inept society. I really hate social networking. Unfortunately I do have to use Facebook to keep in touch with my family. Most of them forgot how to hold a conversation over the telephone. Due to the many idiotic things they post on Facebook I've come to realize that I don't really like them (my family). Every damned one of them is a fucking moron.

I don't have a cellphone. That isn't completely odd but it does seem to be abnormal these days. What really throws people off is that I don't have voice mail on my home phone. I won't get it either. If we aren't home you simply try to phone later. What really drives me mad is when people let the phone ring 10 times before giving up. If someone doesn't answer after four rings you hang up. I find it ironic that telephone etiquette doesn't exist yet more than 70% of the population carries one at all times.

The center of my game collection is Tiger LCDs (87-98 only). I fell in love with them when I was a kid. I realize now how badly most of them suck yet I must have them all...lol I rarely ever actually play one. I just have to have them. I can't begin to describe my obsession with these damned things. I even collect the catalogs/ads/anything related I can get my hands on. I have yet to meet anyone else that's huge into Tiger LCDs from that specific time period. I really do think I'm the only one.

Lastly I dislike 95% of newer games. I don't find them to be as challenging and/or they lack the storyline or that "it" factor to keep me interested. Skyrim is a decent example. It looks really good but I found the story/quests from Oblivion far more interesting. The guild quests in Skyrim were such a huge letdown to me (too predictable, very dry). I think most games these days are just about instant gratification or top notch graphics and no substance. I really dislike the motion craze. If I wanted to get off my ass to play baseball I'd go outside and play fucking baseball.

I am so glad there are more people like you in the world. I agree with 100% with what you are saying. Not only is tech advances creating a socially inept society, but it is also creating a mentally and physically inept society. I have no Facebook, Twitter, or cell-phone, I do have a voicemail, but that is because I am 16 and have to abide by the desires of the parental figures. I doubt I'll ever be married, because I have a very low tolerance for ignorance, and an even lower tolerance for stupidity. I have no friends - zip - none. People my age (16) are embarrassing to be around. I have no hope for the future, everything is going downhill at an amazing rate. I know and have accepted the fact that the best part of my life is already gone, too. I guess I will just sit back and watch the world collapse as I laugh and play Nintendo. :p

Yeah I agree with the social network crap. I see people that have thousands of Facebook friends and think they are the shit or something. I only have a handful of friends... real friends. You know people you actually hang out with in person and have your back during tough times. People I've know since grade school or college that we've been through thick and thin together. Accepting a random friend request and adding them to your list and never talking to them does not make them your "Friend".

And as far as technology goes yeah I agree to some extent. I got a cell phone but I use it mostly for my hobby of collecting games. Checking the value of a game or just to get some info. I use modern technology to go backwards in time as weird as that sounds.  But the internet itself is destroying local business and causing many places to go out of business from online stores. I personally like to go out and about and buy things in stores. Helps local businesses and allows me to see and test the product in person. But like you said it really seems to get worse. Not many people seem to notice it.

Technology is not inherently bad, it is given that label depending on how it is used. I love my computer for collecting music, and talking to the occasional acquainted such as you guys. I used to have friends but they have since parted without a care. I'd rather just stay with as few people as possible anyway, it's easier that way.

I don't think that people are not noticing, rather it is that people do not care. No one has any mind to care for what they do anymore. It's sickening.

@ GameboyGeek - The best years of your life aren't behind you or even now. I used to think that when I was your age. I'm 32 now, married (no kids), and like this part of my family. My brother-in-law lives with us and he and I are very much alike. He's more of a brother to me than my own brothers ever will be. My husband is great too. He doesn't share my passion for games one bit. He does play CoD, Halo, and a few select other games. He does understand though. He's the same way with mountain bikes as I am with games. He likes to bring me home little gifts when he can. He'll go to the mall to pay the cable bill and come home with a SMB keychain from the little Asian import store there, that sorta thing. He also knows that when I'm reading a book I'm not to be disturbed. That said it's very much possible that you could end up married down the line. I didn't get married until I was 25. I wasn't out to meet men either. I was beyond caring, just loving my life.

What sickens me most about technology is the way people are ready to blame someone else's use of technology as a cover for their own mistakes. A very dear friend of my husband and brother was killed last year while crossing the street. She had the right of way but was hit by a kid that was racing someone. Many who witnessed it said she wasn't using a phone or any other device and had looked both ways. The guy came out of nowhere (he was speeding) and killed her. Many people commented on the news article and tried to blame her for using a phone or something instead of looking where she was going. These are people who didn't witness anything and had only read the news article. The number of negative, blame the victim responses was quite overwhelming. This is too typical nowadays.

I agree that technology in and of itself isn't harmful but the way people use it is. Everything in life should be in moderation but people just don't operate that way. I have been seeing more people becoming frustrated with the state of the world. The problem is, most are older than I am. Perhaps in the future some of the younger generation will see it and strive to change it but until then I have little hope. Now I know at least one young person isn't blind to it so there is some hope :)

I'm just not sure what there to look forward to. It seems as though the cycle goes:

Kid: I want to be an adult, I wish the days would just go by quicker!

Adult: I want to be a kid again, this sucks!

Life is good, but as time goes by the quality dwindles.

Who says you have to be an adult. I'm 24 and haven't changed much since I was your age. If being an adult means being boring than count me out. I'm always a child at heart. I feel like I have so much ahead of me in life. There are times in my life where I have hit rock bottom and had very little hope. Things get tough but I get tougher!

Life in our household is probably comparable to a college dorm or a frat house. We all play video games. Cleaning house happens on occasion but only after a visitor comments on the state of the place or the smell coming from my brother's room (he's 36)...lol We play with Legos and do crazy/stupid shit on a daily basis.

What the hell's goin' on around here?!

I get a thread about weirdness going, and it suddenly takes a turn into an encounter group for jaded misanthropes, and then mutates into a celebration of arrested development.

I can't leave you guys alone for a second around here...

Needless to say: keep up the good work!

I'm proud'a ya...

Who said I was going to grow up? haha. I never plan on it. I realize that my wording in previous posts make it seem like I am a sad ready-to-kill-myself kinda guy, but that is definantly not the case. What I mean to say is when you are a kid, or at least when I was a kid, nothing mattered. I had no real responsibilities beyond chores, aside from that it was free range to do anything that came to mind. There is no way that it can get better than that, what with all the work, bills, responsibilities, family members dying off, the fact that the entertainment industry is dead, and so on and so forth. You just CAN'T beat being a kid. Know what I mean? Life is what you make of it, and I will make sure that mine is not wasted.

Anyways back on track with this topic

Today I JB welded (It's basically super glue on steroids) a quarter to the parking lot at work. Its basically one with the cement now. The joke was to put it where customers normally walk and see if they would try and pick it up. I'm getting a good laugh at people as they try to pick it up, but they can't. One guy actually tried to kick it, but that didn't work. Its gonna be their for years. Best sacrifice of money ever!

As long as we're talkin' pranks, one of my fave hobbies is messing with people's minds while waiting in line at the checkout.

If the cell phone of one of my cue-mates rings, I'll say, "If that's for me, tell them to call back in an hour or so."

I've considered saying, "I sure hope that's the doctor with those STD test results I asked about," but I figured that would be in poor taste. And if nothing else, I'm all about demonstrating good taste and proper decorum.  ;)

On occasion, if a checkstand clerk asks me how I'm doing, I'll give her (or him... but it's usually a her) a big smile and say, "Terrible! Just terrible! And you?" in a ridiculously cheery voice.

If the clerk responds with, "I'm doing just fine," I'll counter with, "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that."

then there are those times when I'm in a fast food joint, and I'm waiting near the counter for my order.  If the clerk announces for a second time that someone else's order is ready to be picked up, I'll proclaim, "All right, that does it! If no one's gonna claim this food in the next ten seconds, I'm calling dibs on it! Hey, buddy, just throw it in with my stuff when it's ready, willya? I'll even throw ya a couple bucks--"

This usually results in someone with the build of Rush Limbaugh sprinting faster than Carl Lewis to keep me from filching his high-calorie vittles. Needless to say, it's a hilarious  :laugh: yet tragically sad  :'( sight to behold...

You and I have way too much in common. I mess with with people wayyyyyy too much. Its gives me a good laugh. You are much better than I am at conveying strangeness through simple messages on the internet than I am. Sarcasm is hard to portray without physical presence.

Oh, anyways I'll show some pictures of my weirdness at work later. You all will laugh your asses off I promise. It's gonna be good!!!

Ok so here we go. Its just random silliness at the work place. Most of the stuff is inside jokes but you will still get a kick out of it. You will clearly see I work in a laid back place. Oh and a forewarning some of the stuff may be pretty hardcore.

OK lets start with the bathroom. (Employee bathroom of course)

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Above the urinal out of pure randomness we have a Elvis poster showing all his record labels that he made. Sadly every time I piss I learn a little more about Elvis. Like today I learned that he only had three labels showing his entire body. Weird facts that only I would know.

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Next to the toilet we have a adhesive floor decoration meant to be displayed in the customer waiting area. Its just a picture of mud, thats it. But when placed in front of a toilet we see it appears to be something else than mud.

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GM engineers really out did themselves with this particular part. Its a transmission bell housing plug. Yeah you be the judge of what it really resembles. Sorry for the blur.

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You never know what time is fun time. With a Viagra clock you know that theres no time to dick around.

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On the lid of my toolbox I have written Bonobo Monkey. Nobody gets it. Do some research yourself and see what they like to do with their time. I envy them.

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In front of our toilet is a new toilet seat that isn't being used. Still in the plastic wrapping. I always wondered what it would be like if a toilet seat was a living creature. If you can read whats on it you'll get a good laugh.

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OK a shoe in our freezer filled with ice. Need I say more...

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This one may be hard to see. But its a large poster filled with car and customer stereotypes. Its posted on our fridge in the storage room. It shows a picture of a particular vehicle and the stereotype of the person driving that vehicle. You probably wouldn't get any of these jokes as they pertain more to employees. For example we have a picture of a Chrysler 300 (Or Dodge Charger, their the same vehicle) and the joke is every time we see that customer pull up we automatically assume they have a clunking noise complaint from the front of their vehicle. As pretty much every Chrysler product has a poorly built suspension.

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Another picture on the fridge is a warning sign on some Ford drive-shafts. Its so goofy as it shows a person getting tangled in the spinning shaft. I added a smiley face to make it funny.

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Ewww! So this is a Subway sub thats been hanging in the rafters of our storage room for over two years now. Its in a plastic bag. Its pretty nasty.     

 

You should add a caption that reads, "Aaaaaand... JAZZ HANDS!"


Mail that bad boy to Jared Fogle with a note asking him if he still wants to stay on the Subway diet.

Other than that-- well, that's just plain wrong.

And people say I need help...

lol, they are probably letting it ring so long because they are waiting for your non-existant voice-mail to kick in. I know I do that. Its so common that you just assume everyone has it. I sit there waiting for it and then I kind of zone out waiting for it and then when I check the call time its been like 4-5 minutes all of a sudden.

I love ketchup but hate tomatoes.

I love pickles but hate cucumbers.

I work outside for a living but hate to work outside when I'm home.

I have always been praised for my hard work and dedication at every job I've ever had,  But I'm a lazy person outside of work.

My whole life I have been told how nice I am and friendly.  But yet I have NO friends.  No one that I actually hang out with anyway.  I have a few guys at work I consider friends but we don't really hang out outside of work.

Sounds an awful lot like me.

Is it weird that i consider you guys better friends than any of my "real life" friends?  I've had a group of friends I'd consider to my best friends for more than 10 years, except we haven't really been close or kept in touch much for the past few.  I guess that comes with getting older, but still...ive grown out of several interests that they're still heavy into, like smoking pot and pro-wrestling.  They look at me like i "quit" doing that stuff.  I don't look at it that way, i just see it how that's something i used to do and now i do something else.  I'm not satisfied with the same interest for more than a few years (game collecting being an exception) so i see myself as a chameleon in that regard, always changing my colors.  Anyways, i much more look forward to checking rfgen than hanging out with my "close friends", simply because i feel like there's nothing to talk about with them.

Also, i have tourettes.  Not coprolalia (the swearing tourettes) but i have head/neck twitches and arm/leg twitches, including a weird thing where i have to grunt (as silently as possible, some people think I'm farting lol) When I'm relaxed i can keep it under control for the most part, but its pretty embarrassing when I'm having a stressful day when it really starts to show itself, especially around co-workers and family members.  Its no doubt had an impact on my social life, but  surprisingly I've kept a fiance for 7 years.  Regardless, if that's not weird, i couldn't tell you what is.

Where do you work?  I worked at Firestone for about two years as a General Service Tech.  I had ASEs in brakes and Steering/Suspension.  Unfortunately, i hated the business structure and my boss really sucked the fun out of working on cars, so i bailed out of there.  But, working in that shop with the guys i worked with was the most fun I've ever had at any job.  We did so much of the same stuff you do, like drawing on the toilets, the walls, singing and shouting nonsense and laughing hysterically about inside jokes....damn i miss my boys.

Interesting idea for a thread.

When I think about something stupid I've done in the past, I start to hum and fairly loud.

I talk to myself all the time - mostly during decision-making.  It's my self Q&A session.

I'm not allergic to anything, so I will try any food once.  The only thing I ever refused to eat was dog while stationed in Korea.  I know how they soften the meat, and it's sickening.  I want to try fried tarantula.

I kick ass at karaoke but, like Rob Thomas from Matchbox 20, I hate my own voice.

I want a pet monkey.  Well that's probably a lot of us.

I celebrate St. Patty's in a weird way: with Bailey's Irish Cream poured over Lucky Charms cereal.

Now, that's magically delicious.

I...  No wait, I have...  I like to...  Sometimes on...  I often dream...

Crap.   I can't think of anything.  Oh, wait!  I like PC games!  Right?  Any good?

I constantly tap out guitar scales with my left hand unless I'm doing something with that hand.  I mean all the time.  Sometimes I'm tapping my fingers on my knee.  Sometimes it's on the roof of my car while I'm driving with my arm out the window.  Sometimes it's just on the palm of my hand.  It's like I have a mild case of palsy.

That's not so bad.  I used to work with a guy who would suddenly do record scratches when people walked by him.  I best part is he had a unique one for every person in the building (even the owner).  He was also really good at it too.

Well, I chew my toenails, I never had a dream where I remain human/or survive... I have 2 Opossums and 1 Raccoon as pets, even though its not weird but I am obsessed with Surreal/trippy artwork.

I'm a furry and go to cons with an artist's booth. I never played 95% of my games and rarely play video games and yet I collect. Never watched a movie on DVD only CED, Betamax, VHS, LaserDisc, and BluRay.

I have a habit of chewing on my shirt when I'm frustrated.

and well........... that's my weirdness, I thought I was weirder and could have a longer post, but I guess not. bleh

Odd enough I reckon.

NOTE: please refer to http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php?topic=11649.0 before reading this entry, thanks.

If trying to save America's youth from the morally debilitating effects of video games makes me weird, then I proudly proclaim myself the weirdest weirdo of all.

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Here are a few revelations of weirdness you might find downright shocking:

- I have watched, at most, five episodes of The Simpsons my whole life. And damned if I can remember what any of them were about.

- I have never read any of the Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter books, nor have I watched any of the movies. It's due mainly to a complete lack of interest.

you're dead to me.

...

just kidding :P but you have no interest in 2 of the things i love...madness to me. i've read and seen every harry potter book/movie, but i'm not a big fan of them. LotR is a different story entirely, oh boy. my favourite book and movies of all time.

Sorry to disappoint, but I simply don't have any interest in reading them.

I'm not proud of this... nor am I particularly ashamed. I simply don't care.

However, I do care about messing with people. And here's a little head-game I played on a coworker the other day.

I asked her, "Do you know what I like?"

"No, what?"

"Do you know what I really, REALLY like?"

"No, tell me!"

"Do you? Do you know? Huh?"

"GODDAMMIT, WILL YOU TELL ME ALREADY?!"

"I like to ask people if they know what I like."  ;D

We got a get well soon card and a balloon for a Dead seagull (was hit by a car that has been there for over a year)
we named it Rupert.

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yeah... we're just messed up :3

I dunno if this makes me weird, or mildly technophobic, but I'll never interact with voice-response technology if I can help it. Giving verbal responses to anything other than an actual human being just creeps me out. I'll encounter this some times when I'm calling customer service for something-or-other, and I'll stay silent and not respond at all to Lady HAL's questions until I'm connected to a living, breathing operator... based in India.

Another tech advance that bothers me are bluetooth earpieces. I get the douche chills whenever I see someone using one; I imagine that they're schizophrenics off their meds, talking to the voices in their heads.

Oh, and one last thing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1sWCEHWShw