Quirks, not kinks (no sex talk on this one please. There's enough of those already.)I probably have a few, but here's one that just came to mind as I was eating breakfast: I don't like seeing my food cut up on my plate. I've thought about 'why' many times, and I cjan't think of any particular reason. If someone told this to me, my response would probably be: Well maybe you associate it with being a child and as an adult you don't need or want someone taking care of you. Or that it looks more 'chaotic' on the plate. But I don't think it's either of those. I just know that cut up pieces (say, because I am doing something else at the same time, and if I pre-cut the food in bite-sized pieces, then I don't have to use two hands, knife and fork, to eat it. I can zone out and use just one hand), I keep trying it and think... nope. It looks really unappetizing to me.
Another food-related one is that I never place food, either in the fridge or in a cupboard, facing backwards. I don't like seeing the calorie count and nutritional information. It takes me about an hour and twenty minutes to shop inside the grocery store (that has nothing to do with the drive there and back, and unloading all the groceries), so I always pay attention to calorie count and that info, but once it's in my place, I don't want to think about it. Plus, food looks better when all is facing forward, with the labels showing, not the back. Mind you, I line everything up. Clothes face the same direction, jewellery is hung the same way. I just like a very orderly home.
My wife laughs at me because, when I am eating a meal, I tend to eat one thing at a time. There's a method to my madness. I eat the thing I like the least first and save the thing I like best for last. That means that I usually eat the vegetables first. That's my tendency, although I do sometimes eat some of this and some of that if I like things equally. I also like to have things separated on my plate. It's not like I can't have on thing touching another. I don't have OCD, but I tend not to want sauces from certain things getting on other things.
In other news, I like being systematic in an ergonomic way. In my car and next my chair in the house, I put things in a certain place so that I always know where they are and, with a minimum of motion, can find them easily without even looking. I always put things in the exact same place. When they are not where they should be, I panic (that's too strong a word, but you get my point) because I have no idea where else they might be.
Things I do on a regular basis, I do the same way every time. I might perfect those actions over time by making minor adjustments based on observation. They become habits.
I've mentioned this to you before, but my wife isn't the same way. She is not systematic. For example, when I stir my coffee, I rinse the spoon under the tap and put it in a goblet that sits on the counter against the backboard, right next to the sink. It's ready to go the next time I need it. We have a spoon for dishing up cat food. After dishing it up, I rinse the spoon and put it in the goblet. But my wife often just throws the dirty spoon in the sink where the cat food dries on and has to be soaked and scrubbed. It creates way more work in the long run. It drives me absolutely crazy. If I mention it, she says "I was busy". But it would take zero extra time or energy to rinse the damn spoon under the faucet for literally two seconds and put it in the goblet. She does the same thing with cutting knives. I'll find knives lying on the counter right in front of the knife block. It would take zero extra time just to put them in the block instead of leaving them lying on the counter. She does it with stuff in the bathroom and with gardening tools. Sometimes it drives me insane, but I've come to realize that getting upset about it is like beating my head against a wall because she is literally incapable of being systematic or thinking ahead in order to save herself (and me) trouble in the long run. She has made improvements, but often forgets because she is "so busy", meaning that she is not in the moment.
Wow a lot of people are mentioning this plate separation thing. So I'll ask you my q - why eat the foods only one at a time, not [semi] equally distributed, since maybe you'll get full on the thing you don't like? In your case, you eat the vegetables first, which is good and healthy so you get your vitamins and all that. Some other person eats potatoes even though they don't like them. Potatoes are filler and don't have many nutrients, especially if peeled. But you like the chicken most, but if you eat it last, you're eating the thing in a worse condition, not hot, and maybe it's even starting to seize up and be less moist than when it come out of the pan or pot. I don't understand this at all. It seems a bad idea for several reasons (except the eat your veg part.)
Amanda. LOL I said it was a tendency, not a rule. It's not even conscious. My wife noticed it.
There are times when I like everything on the plate equally. Sometimes they compliment each other. In those cases, I might eat a bit of this and a bit or put a mixture on my fork.
But using your example of a piece of meat, it wouldn't be the best thing on the plate of it got cold and dry, so I probably wouldn't save it for last. I'll also say that I really love sauces as opposed to slabs of meat, unless it is a tender, juicy, sizzling steak. A good sauce can taste like dessert. Plain steamed or roasted veggies aren't my thing but they are usually better eaten first when they are warm. If they are cooked in or covered with a sauce, though, they may delicious. I might very well save THEM for last. :-)
@exitseven. ROLF. You just reminded me. I was raised Catholic. If I didn't clean my plate, I was told to think of the poor, starving, "pagan babies" in Africa. Pagan babies? I'm fucking serious.
Our church used to collect money to sent to schools or orphanages or something to help the pagan babies in Africa. People's hearts were in the right place, but it makes me both cringe and laugh out loud to recall that phrase.
Omg but there were two things I'm super glad that I got rid of... When I was little I used to count my steps. That crap consumed me. And there was this thing I did where, if I felt like I haven't blinked my eyes enough times during the day yet, I force blinked
I always save the best for last when it comes to food like for example for a pizza Iāll eat the crust first and then the actual pizza and for sandwiches I do the same. I also have an obsession with chocolates and icecream. I sleep with a squishmallow every night, I always wear body spray, etc.
Sounds like you might have good discipline, and impulse control, perhaps. I eat the floppy corner first because it's a bit unwieldy. And the crusts last, because I'd rather not fill up on them. If something's leftover, I'd rather it be carb.
I can't stand when I get eggs served and parts of them are brown! They can't even be a little bit brown. That goes for fried and s scrambled. There is an art to cooking something's. Eggs are either all yellow or yellow and white. No brown eggshells either. Has to be from white eggshells.
Interesting. I like brown eggs. They feel more natural to me. (Which is not the case, but tell my brain that, lol.) I'm fine with brown bits on the outer edges of eggs. That means there was some tasty meat next to them. But I absolutely loathe the smell of overcooked scrambled eggs or omelettes, where they get brown. Yuck! I am right there with you on that.
I prefer to sail and/or fly in less than ideal conditions. Not dangerous; just less than ideal.
Firstly, it *feels* more like I'm sailing/flying in those conditions. If the air and sea are smooth, I don't do as much work and it feels more like I'm sitting in my livingroom. But if the sea is slightly rough, if the winds are shifting or turbulent, then it feels more like I'm on a boat or plane.
Secondly, it causes me to focus more. In shifty winds, I've got to trim the main and sheet the jib more often. I've got to pay attention to the telltales and look for catspaws on the water. If there's windsheer, I've got to pay attention to the VSI and altimeter more. In turbulence, I've got to concentrate more on keeping the plane straight and level. It keeps me alert. And frankly... it's more fun!
Also, I don't mix my food much. I eat all of one thing on my plate, then all of another, then all of another, and so on. Take a meal of chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, and corn. First I eat all the chicken, then all the corn, then all the mashed potatoes. At KFC , I always eat them *in that precise order *.
I also like whales, but I LOVE Wales.
I also think that Rene Fonck was a better pilot than the Red Baron.
And, as you can see by the previous two items, I have strong opinions about trivia.
First off great question @AmandaYVR Second of all, I need to think for a second. āQuirksā, eh? Thatās a tough unā
-Iām obsessively neat, but only about MY personal space and physical hygiene. Another personās dirt car or apartment do not bother me, but my room/apartment is so clean it would be difficult to find a fingerprint on anything other than my laptop. I brush my teeth two times per day, floss, and buy a new toothbrush every time I go grocery shopping. I also need to wash my hands or hand sanitizer every time I touch something like a doorknob.
-I HATE having to depend upon people. A lot. I love doing team sports, but when it comes right down to it, I like having to only count on myself. I still like having friends.
- I enjoy being alone. It is during this time, that I can start a debate in my mind about any interesting topic. I tend to think on and on about something, come across many insightful observations, end it with a perceptive conclusion. The most common topic that I think about is what do I want to do with my life. What sort of attitude should I take so that I learn maximum things possible? But, even after all the illuminating thoughts that I gather, I am only able to apply a tiny bit of them to my daily routine.
- Hindi is my second language as an Indian and I am pretty fluent in it but I watch Hindi films only with an English subtitle. I often compare how much they stayed true to the original dialogues. I watch a movie through another person's perspective, i. e; imagining myself as a foreigner and finding everything amusing even the things that I am used to on a regular basis as an Indian.
I admit that food-wise I share almost all your quirks! I like food to be in order and to be completely ''manageable'' by me. That said, other quirks... uhm. I never wear short pants and I don't like showing my legs. When I talk, I often add an ''eh'' that comes out as a raspy ''roar''. Another thing, my wardrobe is mostly made of multiple copies of the same clothes - three grey suits, two blues, three blacks, six black mao suits, two grey mao suits, three khakis abacostes, two short sleeved black abacostes. Ties, shoes and watches are the only thing with some variety.
Ok this might be a little gross but after I brush my teeth I always cough to clear my throat and spit it out.
Clawing my toes when I'm sitting down.
Planning out what I will eat first on my plate, usually finishing off with a spoonful of something I like. Sometimes planning how many spoonfuls I'll eat of something I dislike buffered with things I like.
I never use the toilet seat, and I always wipe the toilet before using it, even if I'm at home and the toilet is clean.
I'm the same with organizing food in the pantry or fridge, front labels always face me. I also read the calorie count before eating, but I'm also looking at the ingredients because I'm allergic to some stuff.
Also i eat hotdogs with no bun lol, i just chop it up and dip in ketchup.
Back when I was a kid if we got filet fish from McDonalds I would throw away the buns and just eat the fish patty lol.
Yeah for sure it's all in your leads and how you place them on the box or whatever you're burning and you use baking soda and water because baking soda has a metal in the Cedar Chest it actually looks better in person because you can see the depth of the veins and you can see the gold in it it looks really good the Cedar Chest was the first thing that I burnt you can somewhat control your design to a point if you put your leads a foot away from each other hit the power you have like lightning bolts of energy burning Through the Wood heading for each other and that's what creates the design I just made two more these four positive and negative and I'll be able to control my burned a lot better if you don't mind that I have another jewelry box I can show you that I've done hard that I'm in the middle of doing and you can see what I mean but I'll have to put it on another one of your questions LOL
I very much doubt that. I have no garage, no tools, and no skill! It's special, what you have done. Do you make them for yourself and gifts, or do you sell them too?
I used to give them 2 people but this year I'm going to go 2 Lake Tahoe they have a crafts fair every year and this year I'm going to make a bunch of things to take them all up there and try to sell them
I make funny faces when I donāt like something and I like to dominate the conversation cause I always have an opinion I want to share, I also think I do it cause I feel lonely with CoVid lockdowns. And I go out of my way to talk to Chinese people but do not go out of my way to talk to other races.
Do you mean you eat all foods in a way that you have a roughly equal amount on the plate at all times? My husband and his brother both do this. They also keep them all separated/quarantined. But more or less, depending on their state of mind, I think. Is that you too? Or you mean you don't taste two foods on the fork at the same time?
Oh that's a good one. I sometimes notice how many times I do something. Like I think I shake my hands three times to get the water off a bit. Totally pointless. I should daydream more, lol.
It washes away the fluoride, so it's kinda like wasting half the toothpaste from actually working. It's recommended to just spit once don't rinse and leave it for while. In fact even a lot of mouthwashes on them say don't rinse after use. Because again it's counter productive getting ride of the Fluoride which is needed to clean your teeth. I realised this a year ago and now i actually realised how rinsing was always such a weird concept, since yeah it does make sense your just getting rid of the actual thing trying to clean your teeth. And now my teeth have been improving from been slight yellow to white. No wonder my teeth just wouldn't stay white. It's one of those weird things society accepts oh yeah just brush and rinse, but never really stops to think is that actually the way we should do it?
I don't like eating with my bare hands because I really hate the feeling of something oily/sticky on my hands. For the same reason I never liked painting with my fingers, I always used the brush.
Yeah... i don't have none at least from what i can remember. I am very much not one to do something without a logical reason that i can choose to do or not. I am pretty generic in this area.
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