People can be so wierd...

[Dragonsbane]

I never cry from physical injuries......it's not that I'm exceptionally tough, I just feel an impulse to cry or have my eyes widen or anything.

I HATE having people read over my shoulder, especially when I'm typing something or reading a book. I mean, I feel like killing them when they do that!

[Minor Dizaster]

And I always find myself saying "ow" when I feel the slightest impact, when it doesn't cause me any pain.

Hehe... I do this all the time. Of course, it just mostly gets me weird looks from my friends.

I say ow in videogames when my charecter gets hurt.

I do this too. Mostly in SSB:M.

Its weird... I can deal with scary movies while the movie is playing and it doesnt affect me at all, but since I stay up a few hours after my parents go to sleep and my house makes noises, I get afraid of the dark sometimes. Its not so much the dark, its just I worry something is going to jump out at me.

Every time. My friends (the female ones) snuggle up to me because I'm never scared, and they are. But then I go to my room, which is at the end of a long, dark hallway at the top of the stairs, and I start thinking about what might be waiting for me at the other end.

This comes from a couple near-drowning experiences when I was young.

It's weird... People are always scared of something when it has happened to them when they were little... yet I was simultaneously attacked by two large Rotweilers (sp?) when I was 4, yet I love all dogs, and dream of owning a Rotty.

Whats wierd is whenever the phone rings, I say phone, even if someone is walking to it. Its a bad habit I must get rid of.

I do the same, 'cept I say, "Phone's ringin'." People just usually give me the "Are you sure about that?" look. Meh.

Originally Posted by Albert Einstein

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

[LeefRyder]

I was thinking about weird and stupid reactions, when I lived back east, everytime they'd forecast more than an inch of snow, the grocery stores would get cleaned out of milk and bread and generally anything perishable. LIKE AMAGAHHHD TEH SNOW IS COMING I NEED 6 GALLONS OF MILK!!!!!!!!111one

[Sithdarth]

If I sit still for more than an hour I can do some major cracking. Once my joints stiffen a little I can crack every knuckle in my fingers one at a time, thats 3 cracks per finger and 10 fingers. Then I can crack both wrist, then I move up to both elbows, and then my shoulders. After that my neck will usually crack loudly about 3 or four times as I turn it to the right. Then I do both knees and both ankles, one at a time, and end with all ten toes one foot at a time. At about this point anybody near me is staring like I just shot someone. Then I lift my right hand and make a fist which causes all the knuckles that connect the fingers to my hand to crack again. In fact that happens everytime I make a fist.

The really strange thing is I have to do this once a day. It has become involuntary for some reason. Sometimes I even do it twice or three times.

[Funka Genocide]

I've noticed that alot of times when I'm walking down the street, someone will think its a good idea to walk into me, or at least attempt to, usually when they get close enough to me they give up, I'm a pretty big dude. But it just strikes me as odd that someone would go out of their way to try and macho his way past me, its the same mentality as high school, walking down the hallways and somebody shoulder charges you in an attempt to knock you over, in high scholl you could just beat them up and go to detention, but in the adult world you go to jail, so whats the motivation here? Are there actually people out there with such little self esteem they have to bully random pedestrians? The world is a stupid place.

[slightly aboveaverage man]

I have the same kind of thing. especially if I just got off an 8 hour shift. all I have to do is kneel down and my knees will SNAP! What's funny is when you crack your back in church. I can also crack my neck/ankles at will, which really pisses off my family when I am in a rocking chair. my ankle cracks with each rock.

Automatic doors are what I really hate. The ones that don't open fast enough I'm always worried I'm going to run into them so I'd like stutter step when I got close to them. Tragic automatic door accident when I was little. lol

I have the annoying habit of gesturing to an automatic door every time I'm about to walk through it, as if I'm telekenetically opening it. I get a lot of stares, but it's still fun. Except for that one time the door didn't open. Just walking along, taking home my purchase, then WHAM! automatic door in the face.

Same teacher almost killed me on my driving test. I'm driving along, and because I'm a big guy, I'm kinda slouched over in the car. So, what does the guy do? He mutters something about the windshield being dirty, reachs over across my face so I can't see, puts his arm through the steering wheel so I can't steer, and starts playing with the windshield wipers.

I think he did that as a test. He was probably simulating the unpredictable/unexpected scenario, Ie: Hood popping open while driving. It was probably a test of your abilities to cope in an emergency. My brother's driving instructor had a habit of turning off the engine while driving to simulate a stall.

[Sithdarth]

My drivers ed teacher would wait till you were going down hill with a big ditch to one side. Then he would turn the key of and grab the wheel and pull as hard as he could and yell "Flat Tire." Either that he would wait till the cops were behind to tell you that you forgot to put your seatbelt one. Except he wouldn't tell you he would just say "I hope he pulls you over and gives you a ticket." But he was a fun guy and everybody loved taking his class.

Another thing I don't get is some of the piercings people do. I mean do you really need 30 lbs of metal on you face.

I am considering putting on my chainmail, hauberk and coif, and my bracers and walk around all day in it. Just to see the reactions on people's faces. In fact I think I'll make sure its a day that I have to go to the DMV. Man that would be so damn funny. Except when I go into the DMV I'll cover the haubrek and take the coif and bracers off.

As for the cracking of joints. It is one of the fringe benifits of studying a traditional martial art. They love to work your joints to the breaking point. The one knee cracks because I fell off the back of a truck and hit it right on the edge of a porch. The impact destroyed on of the tendons in the back of my knee. Anyway, it's really fun to crack as many joints as loud as possible when you know someone that doesn't like it will hear. Which brings up another question; why do people find that noise so offensive?

[slightly aboveaverage man]

My knees crack simply because I have to stand around and/or Run around for 8 hours without sitting, squatting, or any other form of bending of legs at my work.

As for piercings, some I understand, some can be hot, but some are just... what the crap?!
My personal opinions:
Earrings: Hot
Nose Rings: Not
Eyebrow Rings: Not bad... a little exotic
Naval Rings: Not a turn on
tounge: hot
Lip piercings: eew. that's not sexy.
Cheek piercings: looks like they were on the business end of a stapler. guh. :P

[Fifthfiend]

You know, cicadas just make people flip right the fuck out.

On a side note, you know what's fun? Is kicking cicadas when they're in mid-air.

That'll show the little bastards.

[Sithdarth]

I think I said this before but one thing I really hate is reactions I get. Everyone I meet on campus assumes that I am going to college on a basketball scholarship. Then when I tell them I'm a physics major they say; "Thats a strange major for a basketball player." Then I'm like I don't play basketball at all. This then gets the response; "Your tall you should play basketball." At which point I move away as quickly as possible before anymore of my intelligence is sucked into the void around said person.

Why do people feel the need to give useless advice to complete strangers?