Here's one of mine. When eating confectionery such as this, I'll eat them singularly if they sit singularly. If they double up, they get eaten as a pair.
I don't deviate from this rule. I have no idea why. I presume a meteor will fall on me if I break it.
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When I’m walking, if one of my feet lands on something out of the ordinary (a crispy leaf, a road marking, a paving stone edge etc), the other foot _has_ to land on the same thing soon-ish to balance it out.
Volume and temperature controls in the car should set be to even numbers at all times.
With a bag of skittles, all skittles must be separated into colours and consumed in order.
Whenever I grab a pair of tongs, they must be clicked together two or three times before I use them.
I have eaten every single Dairy Lea dunker the exact same way since I was about 8 years old.
Lighter coloured mugs for the working week, darker mugs for the weekend.
I have to eat all the single peanuts before I eat the double ones, and it’s very traumatic if one of the doubles breaks up when all the single ones have been finished. Also giant chocolate buttons (the giant ones taste better than the original size).
Doritos have to be whole, no corners missing etc.
Munchies are always like that…It is the way.
Chips must be eaten in size order from smallest chip to largest chip
EDIT: I’m on about oven chips not crisps
No stepping on cracks or the gaps on paved roads
Must walk on snow that hasn’t been disturbed
Any slip or trip is followed by a “Durh”
For the B&Js, Always have to eat the outside first Then get a spoon of the center, Like making a little mountain for me to scoop up
One thing that’s weird apparently, colleague asked me why I held out my hand to feel the rain when it was clearly raining, I’m actually not sure of that myself, can feel it on my face but always hold my hand out to test.
I always leave an even number of biscuits in the packet. either that, or a multiple of 3 or 5.
Yes.
If walking down a corridor and a wall veers off to the right I must touch that wall as I walk past with all five fingertips of my right hand. Not the left though.
Biscuits always come in pairs
Petrol pumps – amount on the double zeros – £x.00 or £x.50 if there is an accidental overage.
Gets trickier as the prices rise as some numbers are just skipped right past without a lightning reflex.
When having stuff to cook in the oven (such as hash browns or something like that) I have to eat them in even numbers
Found Mark Corrigan’s Reddit account.
Excel column widths can only be in multiples of 6
I’ll get my coat…
You bet your arse cheeks I’m gonna save that 2 till last as well.
If I make a sandwich and cut it into 4x triangles (which I always do because I’m not a neanderthal), I will arrange them as I used to when working in catering.
Kind of like this: < / / >
I.e: stack them together side by side into a tobletone shape, but let the ones on each end fall on their flat side.
They feel more special this way, and allow more room on the plate for a side of Crisps.
When I get a pizza, I’ll arrange the slices starting from the bottom then going clockwise in the order I want to eat them…usually leaving the best looking bit for last :”)
Chocolate buttons have to be eaten in pairs like a little sandwich.
Have to check front door and patio doors are locked three times (they don’t lock when you close them). Same with fridge and freezer doors closed, threw times. Recently have to check kitchen taps are turned off, yep three times.
Every item that’s on my plate has to be on the fork or spoon when I take a bite. I can’t enjoy a meal otherwise.
I’ve just got to ask, how many confectioneries have this scenario? My mind only goes as far as munchies and magic stars.
So your ‘meteorite’ is OCD. If you don’t follow a certain rule then something bad will happen.
I used to walk on certain tiles in my dads house. Only them tiles, only in that order. If I didn’t, something bad would happen.
OCD isn’t about being clean, it’s impulses or something bad will happen
I always put my socks on right foot first.
Gotta get up on a round time.
If I’m going to get up at 7.10 but I look at the clock and it’s 7.11 then I have to stay in bed until 7.15.
This isn’t that weird though, this is completely normal. Definitely normal.
Every time I am given a fork to eat with I have to go and get a knife even if I’m not going to use it.
Jesus some of you people need OCD therapy 😂
I go through spells of running my fingers / finger nails along edges. Doors, light switches, love a good edge I do. If I for some reason miss an edge I’ve identified I’ll put it great efforts to complete the edge.
If I can’t complete an edge the very fabric of space and time is unsettled
I can’t get out of bed in the morning unless the minute is at a 5 or a zero . . . It’s bad luck otherwise
If a biscuit drops on the floor, you are allowed TWO biscuits in compensation for the emotional trauma.
That’s not a weird arbitrary rule, I believe that’s the ’Munchies Law’ 😉
If I look at digital clock and see it’s 11:11 I have to momentarily lift my left foot off the ground
Now this is good, clean content.
While going down stairs with a double bannister I have to hold them both and propel myself down the final three or four steps so I can feel like an action hero.
I am in my 40s..
I have to use the black left hob ring to make my porridge in the morning. It’s the only time I use that hob ring. Annoyingly the ignition spark for that ring has recently stopped working so I have to light it with a lighter. The ignition on all the other rings works fine but I’ll get bad juju if I use a different ring for my breakfast. I have tested this theory and always have a terrible day without left back hob ring porridge in the morning.
There is one particularly fiendish hill that I cycle up, the first time I did it I counted how many pedals it took to get to the top. Every time since I have done the same. Potential with the idea of trying to see if I could improve things (about 100 minimum) but it doesn’t quite work like this because of gears and some oomph from the previous downhill. I had a gap of about a year, returned to it and still counted. Rule also that no matter what, cannot give in and push.
The Rule is if they stick together then you eat both at once.
No exceptions
If I have to rotate 360 at some point I need to rotate the opposite way the same amount of times or I feel unbalanced (But not due to dizziness)
If I see a stone, I need to kick it. If I see a crunchy leaf, I have to step on it. I get kind of uncomfortable if I don’t, sometimes I go back just to kick a tiny rock. It makes walking outside pretty hard.
If I’m sat somewhere waiting, I will trace the outline of things with my teeth clenched in different positions.
Yeah, I know – I’m weird!
Yes. It’s a mild form of OCD and it’s incredibly common.
ITT: Neurodivergence 🌈
Blimey, this blew up, loving seeing everyone’s comments, and saving this thread as evidence for my argument that natural neurodivergence is a thing and we don’t have to instantly bloody label everyone with some kind of “ism” or disorder based on little peculiarities.
Clinical diagnosis: we’re all fucking weirdos.
(Note: not a qualified practitioner, just a support worker ;p)