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OCD Me!

26,631 2,340 June 27, 2006 at 09:59 PM
Time to 'fess up...

We all have strange habits/superstitions/compulsions. Give it up--let's hear yours.

Here are a couple of mine. I have a strange distaste for odd numbers. If I can control something and I have a choice between even or odd--for example, my home theater receiver volume displays in digits--I will always choose an even number.

I also "write" phrases with my finger on any surface (the arm of my chair, the car door, my thigh) that I hear on the television, radio, etc. I alternate between cursive and print, and sometimes I try to keep up with whomever I'm copying. For example, if the news is on and the anchor says "a shocking double murder in the District this evening," I will be scribbling this phrase on the couch cushion to my right.

I've also practiced wiping my butt with my left hand in case my right hand gets cut off or mangled in some horrible accident.

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11-11-2012 at 05:08 PM.
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I think the only OCD that most people here have is visiting Slickdeals repeatedly... Smilie
Obsessive Coupon Disorder? Obsessive Cheapskate Disorder?
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07-08-2014 at 09:09 AM.
07-08-2014 at 09:09 AM.
Saw a sign "Road Ends 5/10 Mile." Annoyed


How can we expect government to reduce spending when they can't even reduce fractions? Crying
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J03
07-08-2014 at 10:26 AM.
07-08-2014 at 10:26 AM.
I can't say I have anything that particularly stands out. However the OP mention of odd numbers made me laugh. My dad used to hate odd numbers and always had his temperature in his car set to an even one. I made sure to change it to odd as often as I could remember. Hilarious.
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07-09-2014 at 05:28 AM.
07-09-2014 at 05:28 AM.
A personal favorite that I took...


This one bugged me until they changed it...
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07-09-2014 at 05:51 AM.
07-09-2014 at 05:51 AM.
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A personal favorite that I took...

This one bugged me until they changed it...
Huh
Did they change it to put "Exit 5 miles" on the second line???



Or is there no longer a dog track there? EEK!
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AstroInactive
07-09-2014 at 06:10 AM.
07-09-2014 at 06:10 AM.
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Huh
Did they change it to put "Exit 5 miles" on the second line???



Or is there no longer a dog track there? EEK!
I've already composed and deleted 4 rather lengthy replies to your inquiry, but I can't really bring myself to explaining it in the detail required to accurately and adequately convey why this was a problem...
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Kabn
07-09-2014 at 07:42 AM.
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Quote from J03 :
I can't say I have anything that particularly stands out. However the OP mention of odd numbers made me laugh. My dad used to hate odd numbers and always had his temperature in his car set to an even one. I made sure to change it to odd as often as I could remember. Hilarious.
i'm the same way about temps in my car; you'll never see an odd number on the readout unless it's the passenger zone. now if we're talking about large enough ranges (like a stereo receiver), i go to multiples of five. at home, 25 is normal listening volume, 30 is when i'm eating, and 35 is for sports.
  • i count my steps in fours, trying to get exactly four in front of a bank of windows or sections of sidewalk. but i'm worst on stairs: i can tell you the buildings in town that have the "perfect" number of steps between floors (sixteen).
  • because i left the garage door open all night once several years ago, i now have to open the door to the garage and make sure it's down every night immediately before i go to bed.
  • when i put beverages in my fridge or mini-fridge, i face all their labels out. i have punched someone for rotating a soda can.
  • when i vacuum, i have to do it in overlapping geometric shapes which result in the the whole room having the tallest piling possible. i have climbed over furniture to prevent footprints between vacuumings.
  • in my fairly expansive episode collection, i add the major events of that specific episode to the file name after i watch it.
  • i use formatted lists on internet forums.
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07-09-2014 at 07:49 AM.
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I've already composed and deleted 4 rather lengthy replies to your inquiry, but I can't really bring myself to explaining it in the detail required to accurately and adequately convey why this was a problem...
You should at least try otherwise why post the photo in the first place?
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07-09-2014 at 07:53 AM.
07-09-2014 at 07:53 AM.
I'm presuming that either I don't need to explain it since it's so obvious to those similarly afflicted, or my explanation will lead to even further OCDish rebuttals of why my explanation is less than correct because the "error" isn't precisely an error and might even be "too correct..."and this ain't the Podium...
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Zoe Moon
07-09-2014 at 08:25 AM.
07-09-2014 at 08:25 AM.
Quote from Kabn :
i'm the same way about temps in my car; you'll never see an odd number on the readout unless it's the passenger zone. now if we're talking about large enough ranges (like a stereo receiver), i go to multiples of five. at home, 25 is normal listening volume, 30 is when i'm eating, and 35 is for sports.
  • i count my steps in fours, trying to get exactly four in front of a bank of windows or sections of sidewalk. but i'm worst on stairs: i can tell you the buildings in town that have the "perfect" number of steps between floors (sixteen).
  • because i left the garage door open all night once several years ago, i now have to open the door to the garage and make sure it's down every night immediately before i go to bed.
  • when i put beverages in my fridge or mini-fridge, i face all their labels out. i have punched someone for rotating a soda can.
  • when i vacuum, i have to do it in overlapping geometric shapes which result in the the whole room having the tallest piling possible. i have climbed over furniture to prevent footprints between vacuumings.
  • in my fairly expansive episode collection, i add the major events of that specific episode to the file name after i watch it.
  • i use formatted lists on internet forums.
You need professional help. nod Comfort

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I've already composed and deleted 4 rather lengthy replies to your inquiry, but I can't really bring myself to explaining it in the detail required to accurately and adequately convey why this was a problem...
Quote from astromarmot :
I'm presuming that either I don't need to explain it since it's so obvious to those similarly afflicted, or my explanation will lead to even further OCDish rebuttals of why my explanation is less than correct because the "error" isn't precisely an error and might even be "too correct..."and this ain't the Podium...
I don't get it either. Is it because the numbers are 4, 5, then 4, 6? Dontknow
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07-09-2014 at 09:16 AM.
07-09-2014 at 09:16 AM.
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You need professional help. nod Comfort



I don't get it either. Is it because the numbers are 4, 5, then 4, 6? Dontknow
The 4 minute estimate is impossible without speeding so it shouldn't even be on the sign.
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Kabn
07-09-2014 at 09:18 AM.
07-09-2014 at 09:18 AM.
Quote from Zoe Moon :
You need professional help. nod Comfort
probably. Big Grin

the only thing that gives me comfort is my proclivities don't interfere with my life or relationships. the guy i punched for the soda was in the shoulder and only because he was goading me in front of a group. i don't freak out when people walk across my freshly-vacuumed carpet (i just silently die a little inside). most people don't notice: when i recently told my coworkers about my preference toward the number four, a few said that explained some of the system designs i'd submitted, but they didn't peg me for a neurotic.
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The 4 minute estimate is impossible without speeding so it shouldn't even be on the sign.
that's what i figured, but i'd rather the sign tell me something close to reality as opposed to an estimated time based on a rule nobody follows.

on what are those estimates built, anyway? is someone watching video feeds, are there radar guns checking speeds, are they pre-programmed?
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Jabbit
07-09-2014 at 10:55 AM.
07-09-2014 at 10:55 AM.
Quote from Kabn :
i'm the same way about temps in my car; you'll never see an odd number on the readout unless it's the passenger zone. now if we're talking about large enough ranges (like a stereo receiver), i go to multiples of five. at home, 25 is normal listening volume, 30 is when i'm eating, and 35 is for sports.
  • i count my steps in fours, trying to get exactly four in front of a bank of windows or sections of sidewalk. but i'm worst on stairs: i can tell you the buildings in town that have the "perfect" number of steps between floors (sixteen).
  • because i left the garage door open all night once several years ago, i now have to open the door to the garage and make sure it's down every night immediately before i go to bed.
  • when i put beverages in my fridge or mini-fridge, i face all their labels out. i have punched someone for rotating a soda can.
  • when i vacuum, i have to do it in overlapping geometric shapes which result in the the whole room having the tallest piling possible. i have climbed over furniture to prevent footprints between vacuumings.
  • in my fairly expansive episode collection, i add the major events of that specific episode to the file name after i watch it.
  • i use formatted lists on internet forums.
But apparently "i" instead of "I" doesn't bother you?
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emelvee
07-09-2014 at 11:15 AM.
07-09-2014 at 11:15 AM.
Quote from Jabbit :
But apparently "i" instead of "I" doesn't bother you?
It doesn't bother me as much as people using a question mark after a statement, rather than a question.
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07-09-2014 at 11:19 AM.
07-09-2014 at 11:19 AM.
Quote from emelvee :
It doesn't bother me as much as people using a question mark after a statement, rather than a question.

You are weird?
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