Tell something unusual about yourself. - General Discussion Discussion

[–] GlenEllyn (21239) 6 months ago

I enjoy living alone. I like being able to do whatever I want, whenever I want. I know folks who think I'm weird.

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[–] db20db (16572) 6 months ago

Same here! I'm a freedom lover. Thoroughly enjoyed this doc last night. 😁https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826xIKpffMQ

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[–] VinceD (7801) 6 months ago

I enjoy living alone and not having to answer to anyone too. Do some people really think that’s weird?

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[–] db20db (16572) 6 months ago

Yeah, there's a poster here that has constantly tried to make me appear and feel like a failure in life because of it. 🙄

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[–] nyctc7 (41982) 6 months ago

I'm never married and live alone in a studio apartment (at least you live in a house, and have kids/grandkids who can visit). For the most part, I am fine with it. I'm 64 and set in my ways.

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[–] OhJason (972) 6 months ago

I have GERD and I throw up pretty much anything I consume then I have to swallow it back down

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (20766) 6 months ago

You need to get that looked at. 😳

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[–] moviechatterer (14130) 6 months ago

my gf has that . she's just had that fungularsomethingsomething operation to tighten the food tube up.
seems to have had some effect.

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[–] Padeen (6459) 6 months ago

Are you on PPI's? That can fuck up your esophagus in the long run.

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[–] OhJason (972) 6 months ago

I don’t know what PPI’s is. I’ve had it all my life but my esophagus feels ok.

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[–] Padeen (6459) 6 months ago

Proton Pump Inhibator for acid reflux. They are over the counter meds and actually work, unlike tums for example.

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[–] andersonb85 (1657) 6 months ago

tcrum I do the exact same thing during lunch at work!

Unique to me..I like to buzzclip my eyebrows every other week.

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[–] Nanook (1599) 6 months ago

Done that for years. Used to do 3/8"(#3), now 1/4" (#2). That's my default man grooming guard length, in fact, without going in to tmi territory.

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[–] andersonb85 (1657) 6 months ago

I don't use a guard clip but I do move the lever as far as it goes before clipping. Relaxation therapy..ahhhh

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[–] Nanook (1599) 6 months ago

I considered one of those fancy lever models, but I didn't trust myself to be consistent. I'm now at the stage where I have to mind my ears and nostrils, too, which some time in my 40s decided to start growing. First of all, f'ing why? What purpose could that possibly serve at that point in my life other than to add more annoying complicated rituals to my grooming schedule? Like I kind of understand at puberty your new hair helps waft pheromones to "attract" a mate.

But anyway, back to eyebrows. I'm reasonably sure it was some time around 30, where one or two eyebrow hairs decided to just go for it, which for a period of time made me resemble a fledgeling kung fu master from a Shaw Bros. movie. I just combed them to blend in with the rest of the brow until a gf gently broke the news to me: "It's time..."

I frankly thought the wild eyebrows were hilarious, but nostril and ear hair just make me feel old and unkempt.

Oh, one last funny eyebrow story: one time I maybe pushed too hard and/or the angle slid my brow ridge through the plastic guard "tines" on my left brow, and for a week or two I looked like a rapper with a bald spot in my left eyebrow. Good thing I can laugh at myself, because my friends and coworkers sure did.

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[–] Nanook (1599) 6 months ago

I use paper towels as Kleenex and/or a quick small job napkin. Kleenex are too delicate and are only good for one blow ime/imo, while I always keep one or two paper towels in my left-hand (keys) pocket as "poor man's kerchiefs" depending on allergy conditions or during a rare time I actually get sick.

[edit] I have never to my recollection lost any of the following items because they live in the following locations:

Front right pocket: change, smaller bills if I'm in a hurry leaving store, pocket knife
BRP: wallet
BLP: phone. Except when sitting; then it's within arm's reach.
FLP: the aforementioned keys and paper towels. Oh and lip balm in the drier months.

I don't have a place at home where any of that stuff goes, like a bowl or wall hook. When I change jeans/trousers, the objects go directly from old pocket to new pocket.

Is that unusual? I think not having immediate possession/control over such essential items is careless/borderline dangerous. I have wasted countless hours of my life waiting on/helping friends/gfs look for these exact items (of theirs).

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[–] moviechatterer (14130) 6 months ago

I have same system for wallet . I'm still amazed ive never lost it though .
I'm also still amazed its still in one piece given that its a fake adiddas wallet bought for next to nothing from a dodgy sea front vendor in Turkey 20 years ago, and its lived in my brp ever since

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[–] Nanook (1599) 6 months ago

I've had the same stingray skin exterior, leather interior wallet for near thirty years. Aside from a few loose threads, it's 75-80% perfectly usable. That stingray skin is practically bulletproof.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 6 months ago

I read that as, “if I'm in a hurry leaving store, pocket knife”, lol.

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[–] Nanook (1599) 6 months ago

I have a very specific object of my kleptomania. Gotta empty all those knives, else sitting down becomes a pantomime of an old cartoon character getting in a hot bath: "OOOO, EEEE, AAAHHH, OOOOHHHH."

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[–] M1sterDoct0r (4082) 6 months ago

I can't eat onions or anything with onions. I don't think I'm allergic. Cause I don't get any of the other "allergy symptoms".

But whenever I eat them, my stomach bloats. Feels like it was filled with air. Kinda like a ballon.

It's a super uncomfortable feeling. I've never met anyone like me in that regard. In real life or online. Sucks!