What's your weird physical habit?

thegreatgarbo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 79 points –

One of mine is when I finish wrapping my hair up tightly in the towel to dry after washing, I whack the towel where it's tucked in, kind of like encouragement to stay tucked for the duration, kinda like a coach does when sending the kids onto the playing field.

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My coffee machine gets a little "thank you"-pat whenever it is finished brewing my coffee. No idea why exactly I started doing it, but nowadays it feels wrong to not praise it a little before walking away.

this is why everyone's coffe machines break all the time! we need to praise them!

If I put something down and it is slightly unbalanced, I'll reposition it and then point my finger at it accusingly so it doesn't fall over.

I think I also do this. The pointing is more of a "stay" command, though.

slaps roof of towel this bad boy can fit so many hair in it

When I sit in a chair and cross my legs, I tuck the foot of the top leg behind the ankle of my bottom leg, so the legs are kind of wrapped around each other.

Economy of movement. I get up from chair, walk to kitchen. Always done as efficiently as possible, start to rise from chair, deftly pick up cup, smooth seamless turn, as I walk into kitchen I efficiently tilt, dance thru doorframe, step of feet perfectly timed to match curved motion of body, arm as it reaches for kitchen sink. Everything must be done as efficiently as possible.

Same. I figure out the most efficient way of doing something, and do it that way every time forever. Until I learn a more efficient way, which becomes the new way I do it forever.

During the cold season, I will give all metal door knobs and door handles a little whack first with my hand before grabbing. I hate the static shock that may or may not be waiting and the whack absorbs it in a way I can anticipate it.

I thought this would be more common but I don't really see anyone else doing it.

I sometimes earth myself by touching a wall before touching my laptop, because that's where I get most static electricity shocks.

I do this as well, especially in the office, where it happens all the time, not just during cold months. Every time I touch a door knob or elevator button, I get shocked. So I kinda slap it first with the back of my hand before I touch anything metal.

I have a dressing gown that builds up static electricity very easily. The chair in my room has metal legs therefore when I walk past it I tap my foot on it to get rid of any electricity.

If its just one item that shocks you, I wonder if there's a permanent solution like taping dryer sheets to the legs or something.

Nah I shock myself on purpose so that I don't shock myself multiple times when taking off the dressing gown, plus I've realised that getting a shock through your foot doesn't hurt at all when compared to being shocked anywhere else.

Similarly, I started always reaching out of my car to touch the outside paint above the door when climbing out of the car to prevent a static shock from rubbing against the sheet and discharging when I close the door.

I do something similar. By whacking it (lol) my hand has enough momentum that the muscle twitch caused by the shock can't overcome my hand's movement, meaning it doesn't jerk back uncomfortably.

I do similar with the screw on the cover plate for my light switch in my bedroom. I swipe it to discharge the static electricity.

Yep that's exactly the thought process behind it lol. I've walked into and out of a couple interviews doing this because the alternative is usually the hand recoil plus an "ow fuck".

I enter cars with my right foot first when I am on the right side(starboard), and vice versa.

I'm trying to figure the logistics here... How do you do that without getting in the car facing backwards or tripping all over yourself?

It's like having your legs crossed(right over left in this case) when sitting in a chair

and then moving your left leg around to your right to have them set next to each other again.

All while climbing in the car. That's about the best explanation I can give in regards to the motorics 😂

Hmm, I can this if getting into a truck or tall vehicle that requires you to step up and then into. Otherwise I can only picture a ballerina or other extremely graceful person making an overly complicated but impressive maneuver. lol

Now I'm going to walk around the grocery store parking lot just to watch people get in their cars.

Every fifth step I take in a sidewalk must have the sidewalk crack be perfectly positioned in the middle of my foot, then five steps later the other foot gets to step on the crack. Feels very satisfying but it does cause my gait to be a bit off at times lol

I stand on my left foot when I'm holding still. Had a coworker ask me, "I don't mean to be weird, but why do you stand like a girl?"

Had no idea what he meant, so he demonstrated. Yeah, I do the tippy-toe thing. (Girls do it to make their thighs look slimmer, same as they sit in chairs.)

Broke my femur in 4 places back in 2000. Still don't want weight on that leg, hellish pain does that to you. I'm quite physically active, but standing still? Yeah, en pointe, like a ballerina.

I do this too, but switch legs after a wile. Sometimes actually stand on one foot too, practice that balance.

i rotate one of my feet inwards (something around 100°), so that the corresponding knee points at the other one, somehow that's more comfortable.

As someone who had to have a gastrocnemius recession, I feel your pain. The flex of your feet are controlled by the soleus when sitting and gastrocnemius when standing. To save you a horrific search, my tendons are too short and had to be lengthened.

I still go on my toes if I am trying to balance or the tendons aren't quite warmed up yet in the morning. Standing with my heels down for long periods is still not comfortable, but I can at least walk around all day without collapsing. Not the same thing, but I get the being on your toes being comfortable.

I got dozens. Here’s one:
I like to stand on one foot while brushing my teeth, putting my foot on my knee like in a yoga pose.

I always put on and tie my left shoe and then the right. Then I go in reverse when I take them off.

Nice try AI, you aren't learning my physical habits

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I pace my steps in such a way that I open a door with my foot. (obviously not with doors that are latched)

My friend pet the dash of his car every time the transmission hesitated. That spot of the dash swelled and popped up in that spot after a year or two because of the finger oils.

Oh man, I recently found out not everyone wipes 💩 the way I do and I'm convinced everyone else is crazy. They gotta be walking around with dooty cheeks all day.

Also, I constantly flick my big toes against my second toe making a small raspy snap whenever I'm barefoot and sitting.

When doing dishes, I tap silverware on the edge of the sink to remove any water before putting it into drying rack. Absolutely useless, but for some reason I do it.

When I'm lying in bed on my side, I move my feet against each other in little circular motions, like a figure 8, so that my heels and the big toe move around the arch.

I have no idea when it started and never realized I was doing it until my ex pointed it out to me one night in bed.

When I sit down to pee, I HAVE to rub my hands together before I release the pee. I started because I was cold one day and have never been able to stop. I hate it but it makes me feel so wrong if I don't do it. I've always wondered if other people do it or if they just think I just like rubbing my hands in the stall like a weirdo.

K, I was waiting for a pee one. Women that have had children might know this from their OB/Gyn telling them this if they have problems starting peeing after pregnancy. When I pee I tickle my back at the base of my spine. There's a nerve ending there that stimulates the bladder and amplifies the sensation of bladder relief a billion times. It's addictive and I can't stop! Please tell me I'm not alone.

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I smell everything. Dog's noggin, the insides of books, my morning cup of tea. Everything gets a healthy whiff.

When I'm in the shower, I purse my lips and blow directly against the water coming down because it makes a nice sound.

When I'm reading, I rub the edges of the page I'm currently on super tightly between my thumb and index finger because I like the sound and the feeling. I also rub the tops of my nails when I'm wearing nail polish for the same reason.