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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
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FAIR NOTICE: Anything dealing with religion with be deleted outright, not modded, without any further debate or warning.
So anyway, do any of you have any weird/retarded/superstitious stuff that you believe in for no good reason, other than you're kinda dumb?
I refuse to get dressed/undressed in front of mirrors or semi-reflective surfaces, just in case wizards or interdimensional gazers are able to use them as portents. I know it doesn't make any rational sense, and I heavily attribute my fear of voyeurism to the fact that I watched a late night showing of Sliver on basic cable when I was thirteen.
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stretchwookie
Title: The Emperor
Joined: Feb 26 2010
Location: Glendale, AZ
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I can't have any blinds on any windows open to where other people could see in. It gives me a vulnerable feeling. Plus i dont want to see someone attacked outside by an interdimensional gazer while they're getting undressed
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JoshWoodzy
Joined: May 22 2008
Location: Goshen, VA
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Man, I should have made this thread a long time ago:
I refuse to eat in any public establishment if it's even remotely full of people.
I absolutely refuse to use public restrooms, and not because of germs. Because I'm terrified someone will walk in on me. I also cannot urinate if someone is in the room.
I literally always read magazines from back to front.
Can't fucking stand escalators. I always picture getting sucked under it somehow.
I hate having my picture taken if I'm wearing a hat. I know.
I always count the steps when I got up or down a flight of stairs. Always.
I can't stand using a controller that someone else has used. It's always slimy with palm sweat. *Shudder*
I prefer the bump to a handshake, and not because of germs but because of the aforementioned palm sweat.
If I light a candle, I always lick my finger and grab the wick to extinguish it. I hate the smell after you blow a candle out.
I won't play beer pong. That one IS because of germs. I just stand, watch and get plastered without a greasy ping pong ball ever touching me.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
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i dont look at the camera when taking a picture. mostly cause i dont believe im photogenic and also because i can always deny i was ever anywhere.
unless im drunk
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The Opponent
Title: Forum Battle WINNER
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Location: The Danger Zone
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I believe that someone is ensuring that I get the worst model of something when I get into a new hobby. My brother is looking to do some ECU mod and it turns out he got the one that needs an expensive EEPROM.
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Valdronius
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I also read magazines from back to front. I attribute this to the Christmas catalog that Sears puts out every August. The toys were in the back, so naturally I always went there first.
If a light can be controlled by two different switches, I prefer to have both switches in the 'off' position, rather than both in the 'on' position.
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SoldierHawk
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| I can't have any blinds on any windows open to where other people could see in. It gives me a vulnerable feeling. |
I have this same issue, although only at night. My personal "creeped out/must close all blinds and double check all locks" alarm goes off somewhere around 8pm. And god help me if I wake up at night and need to get a drink of water and find the kitchen blinds over the sink open. *shudder*
I can't bring myself to watch in the mirror while brushing my teeth or washing my face (doesn't seem to apply while brushing my hair, probably because my face isn't involved.) I'm convinced this comes from being terrified of that scene (you know which one) from Poltergeist. (Seriously Spielberg, I adore you, but fuck you for burning that image into my brain.)
I have this thing where I ALWAYS have to put my left sock and shoe on before the right. I don't know why. It just...has to be that way. I feel messed up all day long if I happen to do it 'wrong.' (Usually not an issue though, because I usually notice and correct the error at the time.)
I can no longer wear a hat or head covering anywhere indoors, but I attribute that to the Army banging it into my head, and no superstition.
Speaking of the Army, the night before every PT test, my dinner HAS to be shrimp and steamed rice from this local Chinese restaurant by my house. If I am not able to have this meal, I won't perform nearly as well. Again, I don't know why, but its the gods' honest truth.
Also, as a theatre nerd, I have a ton of superstitions regarding the theatre. Most notably, you MAY NOT say The M Word anywhere in a theatre. I know better than to do it, but if you're dumb enough to say it in a theatre in my hearing, I will ask (and if you refuse, physically remove you) from the theatre, make you turn around three times, spit over your left shoulder, and request permission to reenter. NOTHING less will do. I have seen too many manifestations of the M curse coming down on the heads of people who laughed and called it bullshit to take it anything but seriously. You do *not* mess around with the Scottish play.
As a fan of the show Quantum Leap...there is also that one episode. If you're a fan, you know the one. It aired one Halloween, and continues to cause issues to this day when its re-run. You also know better than to mention or even type the title fully.
Then of course there's the whole issue with Candlejack and the
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jackfrost
Title: Cold Hearted Bastard
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I'm not really what I would consider superstitious person, but I do knock on wood sometimes.
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IceWarm
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| Valdronius wrote: |
| If a light can be controlled by two different switches, I prefer to have both switches in the 'off' position, rather than both in the 'on' position. |
I do that also. I really hate lights that are controlled by two switches.
When I'm showering I have to make sure each side of the bar of soap is used the same amount of times as the other side. For example when washing my arms I'll use one side to wash one arm and the other side for the other.
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TheThunderThief
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When I throw something in the microwave I usually put it in for too long, though if I pull it out early it has to be done on a time ending in 5 or 0 (IE 1:45 or 1:40).
If I'm in a room above ground level, I put the blinds facing downward, the opposite for rooms on ground level or below.
When I go to the shooting range, before I put a magazine into a firearm I slap the back of the magazine against my palm 3 times, to make sure all the rounds are seated properly in the magazine, possibly from watching too many movies, I sometimes do this after press checking a weapon (moving slide/bolt rearwards to check if there's a round in the chamber).
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anorexorcist
Title: Polar Bear
Joined: May 21 2008
Location: The Cock and Plucket
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I don't know why but when it comes to volume, if it's measured in numbers I always have to have the volume set at either an even number or a multiple of 5.(ie. if the volume is set at 23 I'll changed it to 22 or 24, if it's on 25 it's ok). It just feels weird having it set to an odd number that is not a multiple of 5 :S, any even number is fine.
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Cameron
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| joshwoodzy wrote: |
I refuse to eat in any public establishment if it's even remotely full of people.
I absolutely refuse to use public restrooms, and not because of germs. Because I'm terrified someone will walk in on me. I also cannot urinate if someone is in the room.
I literally always read magazines from back to front. |
You and me both. I think I get the magazine thing from the fact that when I used to read EGM as a kid, Seanbaby's articles at the back were always my favorite, so I'd read those first. It seems like all the good stuff in magazines is towards the back.
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I refuse to hang out in a group of friends larger than four, unless I'm in my own home.
I have a phobia of chocolate. I hate the texture, taste, look, ESPECIALLY the smell, of it.
In classrooms, I refuse to sit in the front of a row because I'm afraid of someone breathing on my neck.
I have a general fear of walking through narrow, crowded corridors because I'm afraid that the crowd of people I'm in the middle in will stop moving and turn around at me.
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LowEndLem
Title: Not Gay
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Location: Illinois
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I always have to be moving something on my body. Toes, fingers, or just swaying back and forth. I have no idea why. I just feel like I have to in the back of my mind
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<Tako> But, brontosaurs ate plants. It wouldn't be a threat to Jesus.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
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I'm also one of the blinds and doors must be shut kind of guy. I also really don't like closing my eyes in the shower, I always feel like something is going to jump out and kill me. 
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stretchwookie
Title: The Emperor
Joined: Feb 26 2010
Location: Glendale, AZ
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| Blackout wrote: |
| I'm also one of the blinds and doors must be shut kind of guy. I also really don't like closing my eyes in the shower, I always feel like something is going to jump out and kill me. |
You can totally close your eyes. I promise i wont kill you
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TheThunderThief
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NERO
Title: Mark Hamill
Joined: Apr 28 2008
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Got ta walk two steps per sidewalk square, left then right.
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Pandajuice
Title: The Power of Grayskull
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| joshwoodzy wrote: |
I refuse to eat in any public establishment if it's even remotely full of people.
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I'm the same way. I hate, hate eating when other people are around and I hate how restaurants literally stack people on top of each other. I don't want to elbow a stranger when attempting to eat my pasta primavera. It makes me very uncomfortable.
A lot of times my wife's mother will show up just as I'm sitting down with a sandwich and I always have to wait the hour or more for her to leave before I can eat my lunch. I just refuse to eat food in front of extra people.
I also avert my gaze from any mirror as much as I can because I'm always wary that my reflection will start moving by itself and I don't want to see that.
I also try not to close my eyes in the shower like Blackout for the same reason. Afraid something or someone will take me by surprise, possibly from the mirror.
Whenever I start my car, I always give it one or two revs because for some reason I think it helps the engine get going before I start driving. Probably bullshit, but I can't start moving until I've revved the engine.
I have to stretch for about 5 minutes before I can go to sleep every night. My muscles always feel tense and weird if I don't and I can't sleep. It's weird because usually people stretch when they get up.
My wife is nutty about the blinds/curtains too like SH is. As soon as dusk hits, if those curtains aren't closed, she freaks out. The same applies to opening them in the morning. Her day is ruined if the curtains aren't opened within 3 minutes of us waking up.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
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The Opponent
Title: Forum Battle WINNER
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A regular zipper bag should be enough. It would even give you enough coverage to pull the trigger without taking the gun out.
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I'm not a bad enough dude, but I am an edgy little shit. I'll do what I can. |
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JRA
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
FAIR NOTICE: Anything dealing with religion with be deleted outright, not modded, without any further debate or warning.
So anyway, do any of you have any weird/retarded/superstitious stuff that you believe in for no good reason, other than you're kinda dumb?
I refuse to get dressed/undressed in front of mirrors or semi-reflective surfaces, just in case wizards or interdimensional gazers are able to use them as portents. I know it doesn't make any rational sense, and I heavily attribute my fear of voyeurism to the fact that I watched a late night showing of Sliver on basic cable when I was thirteen. |
What's "Silver?" I can't find it anywhere on wikipedia?
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There are a lot of what if's in life Donny. What if I hit you really hard in the face, knocked yo shit to the back of yo skull? What if I....had you girl gargle my nuts? The fact remains, you are a fuckin mutant. |
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Slayer1
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JoshWoodzy
Joined: May 22 2008
Location: Goshen, VA
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It's "Sliver" and it gave me my first erec....my first look at William Baldwin's fine acting prowess.
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TheThunderThief
Joined: Jun 07 2009
Location: Ditka's Moustache
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| The-Excel wrote: |
| A regular zipper bag should be enough. It would even give you enough coverage to pull the trigger without taking the gun out. |
This. OR you make a small cut in the side of the bag where it isn't part of the vacuum seal so all you need is to tear it from the bottom, the newly opened bag will expand with air, allowing the weapon to drop free of the bag. If 66 rounds of 9mm isn't your thing, the Shower Gun comes in 5.56 flavor:
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pineapple
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Where the hell do you keep finding those? They must be yours!
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