Silly things you've noticed about yourself lately

[Venetia]

We all notice little things about ourselves that have only started happening recently. Just a factor of aging.

Some new things we notice are shitty, like new pains, wrinkles, stretchmarks ... Some are great, like muscle definition here or there, or how your hair is looking better lately, or how you've just been way happier since X or Y ... And some are silly/weird, like realizing you have a birthmark you've never noticed before, or noticing you've picked up a strange habit and you don't know when it started.


So HBG'ers, what are some things you've noticed about yourself lately?

(You can also describe things you've noticed lately about friends, relatives, other members here, etc.)

 

[Venetia]

Examples:

I recently started getting into Reddit, and I realized that IRL, I am a female Good Guy Greg. I haven't been able to say that I haven't done, or wouldn't do, anything the GGG memes express (except a couple about complaining). Which is a good thing, I guess!
[GGG memes]


Also, I had this strange, VERY painful "clicking" in my knee, up until recently. Seemed like every time I flexed or extended my leg, my knee would audibly grind and hurt like a motherfuck. I worried I had torn my meniscus or something similar. This went on for a while. Then, one morning ~1 week ago, I was walking up some stairs (which normally hurt like a bastard), and realized the pain was gone. When had it gone away? And why? What was causing the pain in the 1st place?? Very strange.

 

[bacon]

I can go days without eating. I think that if i do not initially eat something, my body stays in that morning like state where it is kind of nauseous and not really hungry. If i eat something, I feel fine and my eating habits return to normal. Its just sometimes i forget to eat. Also sometimes when I first initally eat something i will start gagging and 10% of the time i will throw up which is really gross. But i feel great after~ x;

 

[Spoo]

I lay claim to being a Christian (of sorts), but I have a nasty habit of cursing profusely when I get frustrated. Makes me feel really bad when I realize they're all first world problems.

I cannot fathom why accepting that something is cute is attributed to homosexuality. There's apparently something wrong with me when I admit that koalas are the most adorable motherfuckers on the planet. It's not like I gush or anything, either; just kind of an idle comment.

It really annoys me when I start my sentences with pronouns, especially "I." But it's so hard not to. Uhg.

 

[united washcloth express]

I am twice as sexy than previously thought.

 

[Jason]

More like three times :heart:

 

[Byron]

More like one times.

I seem to act big headed to cover up for my insecurities...

 

[Venetia]

I can go days without eating. I think that if i do not initially eat something, my body stays in that morning like state where it is kind of nauseous and not really hungry. If i eat something, I feel fine and my eating habits return to normal. Its just sometimes i forget to eat. Also sometimes when I first initally eat something i will start gagging and 10% of the time i will throw up which is really gross. But i feel great after~ x;

You smoke don't you??? The chems that make cigs addictive inhibit hunger. It's stronger in some people than it is in others. It's why ballet dancers and models always smoke ... Helps them stay thin.

I don't get hungry when I take dexedrine either for my narcolepsy ... it's the same sort of response.

 

[Venetia]

I cannot fathom why accepting that something is cute is attributed to homosexuality. There's apparently something wrong with me when I admit that koalas are the most adorable motherfuckers on the planet. It's not like I gush or anything, either; just kind of an idle comment.

you're a teenager. other teens always overreact to stupid shit like that. someday when you're an adult and have adult friends who act like adults you'll be able to say idle silly comments without people questioning this or that about you (so long as your friends aren't stupid rednecks or oversensitive assholes).

 

[united washcloth express]

Well this is more of other people constantly pointing this out to me:

I speak with a mixture of accents. Like, typical Southern Californian into Welsh, into Liverpool-English, into Scottish, into French. I'm apparently good enough to where I don't notice it and my citizenship is sometimes questioned.

Perhaps it stems from when they wanted to stick me into a speech development class in second grade and I did everything I could to avoid it? Or maybe I'm just a pretentious asshole?

It is a mystery.

 

[dadevvtsvre]

The majority of my doodles are self-portraits of me getting into wacky shenanigans. I was flipping through my notebook earlier and realized I had drawn myself dozens of times. :blank:

I've also noticed that whenever I have gum I'm almost constantly chewing a piece. I go through at least 10 of them a day. I really can't stand not chewing on something, so whenever I don't have gum I'm ripping off bits of paper and chewing on that instead. :blank: :blank:

 

[Venetia]

Your post just now Dadev made me realize I've never drawn myself outside of a few stick figures. And even the mere thought of drawing myself with any effort at all makes me sort of uncomfortable??

I wonder what that says about our personalities?

I've also noticed that whenever I have gum I'm almost constantly chewing a piece. I go through at least 10 of them a day. I really can't stand not chewing on something, so whenever I don't have gum I'm ripping off bits of paper and chewing on that instead. :blank: :blank:

I also did this, like everyday, for many years. Then I got TMJ. It hurt terribly -- and even to this day, I usually can't open my jaw wider than ~2in without it snapping or popping loudly (sometimes, painfully).

Went to the doctor when I was first experiencing it and it went:

her: "you chew gum?"

me: "yeah"

her: "a LOT?"

me: "yeah. i'd be chewing it right now if i weren't seeing a doctor."

her: "STOP IT"

apparently, i had worn out the tendon and some of the cartilage connecting my jaw to my head, by chewing so much.


just sayin

you might want to cut back

(i miss gum (((( )

 

[Perihelion]

I've actually changed a lot in the last few months. I feel like an adult for the first time due to living in an apartment and working part-time and generally managing my own life, I'm a lot more confident about my choice of major and career and general future prospects, my personal life is going very well, etc. The only thing that sucks is that between school, job, and my relationship, I have very little free time these days, which is why I've been so scarce lately. :sad:

Also, I only noticed in the last few months that I drop things constantly. Seriously, all the time. I should probably work on that.

 

[Glitchfinder]

I have the tendency to start playing a game, then stop either at or just before what most people consider to be the best part of the game. I have absolutely no idea why.

 

[Spoo]

I occasionally slip into fits of completely uncontrollable and maniacle laughter. Like, it's not even sparked by anything particularly funny. Last time it happened I was just sitting around at my friend's one morning and he was getting pop-tarts for breakfast. I slipped into a fit for a solid three minutes.

When listening to certain music, I'll totally shut down for the duration of the song. I'm aware, and I can see and hear, but I really don't register what I'm looking at, as long as it's a more or less static picture. Yesterday was caused by Coheed and Cambria's Welcome Home.

 

[decanos78]

I realized recently that I can be such a false bitch.. PMSL!
I know tons of people, when I see them out at a club or
whatever, im like.. "HI! how are you", if they r female, I
give em a kiss on the cheek or whatever just to be nice,
but sat here thinking about it.. I HATE well over half of them.

Why do I even take the time to talk to them if I don't like them?

But I just gathered right now, I can be a false bitch but atleast
i'm not ignorant.. LOL.. I HATE ignorant people.

???? I just answered my own question.. I think I need therapy.

 

[DJ]

I don't really do many stuff these days, but i sleep 5 more hours than before and still feel sleepy.

I got loads of time but i don't really feel like doing something.

 

[Toams]

I occasionally slip into fits of completely uncontrollable and maniacle laughter. Like, it's not even sparked by anything particularly funny. Last time it happened I was just sitting around at my friend's one morning and he was getting pop-tarts for breakfast. I slipped into a fit for a solid three minutes.

When listening to certain music, I'll totally shut down for the duration of the song. I'm aware, and I can see and hear, but I really don't register what I'm looking at, as long as it's a more or less static picture. Yesterday was caused by Coheed and Cambria's Welcome Home.

To be fair that is a mesmerizing track, with the intro and all that.

 

[Spoo]

Just realized how many unintelligible grunt-ish noises I make when I'm absorbed in something. I sound like Tim Taylor from Home Improvement, only I make sounds eight times as much.

Pleased: HeheHarumph
Confused: Fhnn?
Realization: Dohum
Annoyed: Gnehuh
"Just got hit by a jump scare:" Duhetehtuhtoh

Grunts end at anger, which is usually the place where profuse cursing begins, a habit I hate myself for indulging but can't seem to shake.

 

[Toams]

I play with my shower gel.

I pour it in my left hand, always, first. Then I raise my left hand up, turn it around quickly, and make it slowly pour into my right hand, which is exactly underneath.

I do this every time.