What little foibles do yo have aka the How OCD Are You? Thread

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So we all develop our little quirks and habits over the years but which ones do you have that you feel are unique to you, why, and how did they come about?

For me when I'm putting a belt on, as it feeds through the loops I always hold onto the buckle with the free hand because I once got hit by a belt buckle in the man vegetables whilst performing that task as a teenager and it's stuck with me ever since.

Also for some bizarre reason I always push up the sleeve of my right hand before wiping. :?

And yes, the air vents in the car and the bezel on my watch have to be correctly aligned. :p
 
Before I get out of the car, everything that can be turned off needs to be off, and climate controls need to be in a default setting depending on season. It's very annoying when someone else drives the car and they leave everything on! A/C, radio, etc.

I'm sure there's more, I will write as I think of things.

Ooh ooh! A really good one! INCORRECT ASPECT RATIOS. How do people put up with that shit? If a Youtube video is squished or stretched it's almost unwatchable. And it happens a lot. It's not that hard, people! Same goes for TVs, and games. If a game doesn't have widescreen, I'll play letterboxed.
 
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I go full retard mental if anyone tries to mess with the chaos organised mess on my desk or any of mine closets/cupboards. LEAVE IT!!! GTFO!!

Oh and my computers desktop must not at all times have any icons on it. All I need is in the sidebar and RocketDock (Mac-esque dock). The wallpaper shall not be contaminated with links to games, porn and music stuff.
 
SchumacherM said:
I go full retard mental if anyone tries to mess with the chaos organised mess on my desk or any of mine closets/cupboards. LEAVE IT!!! GTFO!!

Oh and my computers desktop must not at all times have any icons on it. All I need is in the sidebar and RocketDock (Mac-esque dock). The wallpaper shall not be contaminated with links to games, porn and music stuff.
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YES! The desktop is for temporary storage only, no launcher icons! Before Windows 7 I used ObjectDock, now I just use the new taskbar. Downloads go to the desktop until everything is extracted or whatever and it can be put in the proper place.

I'm going to enjoy this thread :unsure:
 
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If I'm driving and wearing a collared shirt of any sort, the seatbelt has to go under the collar. I've found myself doing this more often ever since getting the MR2. I also hate having lots of idle applications open in the background; if I'm done with them, I close them. This probably comes from the days when RAM was a scarce commodity.
 
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The heels on a loaf of bread are evil in my eyes. The slice of bread immediately next to the heel slices are also contaminated with evil, and as such I never take those. If a loaf of bread is down to the two heels, the two slices next the heels, and one slice in between those, it's time to buy more bread.
 
SchumacherM said:
I go full retard mental if anyone tries to mess with the chaos organised mess on my desk or any of mine closets/cupboards. LEAVE IT!!! GTFO!!
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I'm like that too, heh. to everyone else, my room/desk looks like a disaster, but it works for me and I know where everything is, dammit!
 
All my habits are so sunk into my subconscious that I have no idea what they are, even if you asked me and I have no idea when I do them.

I guess the one thing I do do is bite my nails sometimes. I'm thinking its genetics somehow because one of my uncles from my mom's side, as well as my mom herself does it.

The only other thing I can think of is the fact that I chew gum... a bit. I do it to relieve stress and mostly now just to freshen breath, and so when I was learning to drive and taking my exam, I had gum in my mouth. The best scores I've ever received on a midterm where those where I chewed gum. Seriously.


But neither of these are unique. When I recall one that I feel is unique to me, I'll post it. In blue.
 
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I've got a couple of odd things.

When I've finished brushing my teeth I have to have three mouthfulls of water, the first two are for rinsing then spitting out and the third is for drinking.
At work, there are concrete bollards outside, one of which I tap with my hand on the way in and with my car key on the way out.
Whenever I'm queing at the checkouts in a shop I keep checking my wallet to make sure I've got enough money, even if I've only just taken it out of the cash machine.

I don't think my family will die or anything like that if I don't do them, it's just habit.

EDIT: Reading that back I've realised I must actually be a little bit mental.:)
 
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Any increase or decrease of volume on any device that is capbale of emitting audio, will be done in increments of five or ten, and if you're in my car or house, should you adjust the volume I will readjust it to my preference immediately.

Non essential pc programs will be shut down unless I need them. I don't want any unnecesary programs draining resources slowing my PC down.

I will call before texting, also I will frequently respond to texts with a call, I only text when I cannot call.

My DVDs are arranged as follows, TV series in order and by genre, so Anime on one shelf, crime stuff on one, sci fi another they are arranged by volume and order of broadcast. Do not change this. Also all of my MMA dvds are arranged in chronological order, this helps when I want to review recent fights.

My PC is password protected, and no it doesn't have a guest account, you can use the netbook if you really need web access, what is on the PC is not for you, if I leave the room and come back to find you trying to figure out my password, expect an earful.
 
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The bills in my wallet must be organized by value, in asceding order. The bills also must be facing me and with the right side up when opening the wallet.
 
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Gingertom said:
I've got a couple of odd things.

When I've finished brushing my teeth I have to have three mouthfulls of water, the first two are for rinsing then spitting out and the third is for drinking.
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Good God I do the same thing. :lol: I have no idea why either.

I'm not exactly a neat person, but I don't like my mess being moved around. I hate it when I can't find a pen around my desk even though I know there are about 20 in the room. I won't sit facing the sun on the train unless I have to and will walk the length of a carriage to find a seat on the other side.

I hate it when people don't use their monitors native resolution. It also winds me up when people use the meeting rooms at work and leave the wireless keyboard and mouse off the charging bases. :roll:

Lots of other things wind me up and there are little things that I do, but I can't remember them all and you wouldn't want to read the full list anyway. :p
 
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Great minds think alike!:lol:
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Add a third culprit to that! :lol:

As for things other than that - I'm not sure. I guess I'm like Lurker in that I don't know my own foibles.
 
I do 90% of the same stuff you guys do.

Also, another thing. I TL;DR'd so I apologize if someone else said this already.

-Washing hands before using my computer or game console. No sticky, dirty hands on my controllers/keyboard/mice.
-Leaving things they way they were. Don't mess with my desk drawer contents, don't move things on the desk, leave cabinets opened that weren't, etc.

I don't find this to be a big deal, but when I'm in class and my friends are playing Xbox or on my PC, they just leave things out, take the blanket off of my bed and leave it on the chair (because I leave it at max cold all the time), it gets old fast. I thought picking up after oneself was a rather basic quality of humans. Apparently not.
 
I used to do rolling stops at STOP signs in areas with no traffic then one day a trooper came out of no where and spotted me. I'm guessing this was his expression: :motherofgod:.

He pulled me over and I was honest with him and he gave me a break and let me go. Luckily he was a nice guy which is rare in Law Enforcement.

But anyway ever since then I stop completely at every STOP sign. Even at midnight in the middle of no where I always stop completely at every stop sign as annoying as that is for me and the person behind me. If I would of gotten a ticket I wouldn't have been able to afford the insurance rate which would mean goodbye car.:cry:
 
Redliner said:
The bills in my wallet must be organized by value, in asceding order. The bills also must be facing me and with the right side up when opening the wallet.
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I totally do this!!!!!! When I open my wallet, all of my IDs and stuff are to my left, and then inside the wallet itself, all the bills will be arranged by lowest denom in the left to highest denom on the right.
 
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Mineworksfine said:
For me when I'm putting a belt on, as it feeds through the loops I always hold onto the buckle with the free hand because I once got hit by a belt buckle in the man vegetables whilst performing that task as a teenager and it's stuck with me ever since.

Also for some bizarre reason I always push up the sleeve of my right hand before wiping. :?
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I do both of those, I think the second one is about not wanting poop on your shirt.
 
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