How weird are you? Pet peeves/phobias/oddities you do?

Pet Peeve - when people sing the wrong lyrics to a song. Drives me insane!

Phobia - sharks. I legit freak & pass out when I see one in person, a picture, or on tv.

Oddities - I like to shake my left foot nonstop while laying in bed. no clue why.

Pet peeve: fidgety people who repeatedly slap or kick a bench seat or sofa we're both sitting on.

Phobia: Weeds and plant roots. I can't touch them, I have an irrational fear they will start growing out of me if I touch them. *shudder*

Oddity: No matter how hot it is, my feet must be covered with a sheet or I won't be able to sleep.

Ooh, fun.

PET PEEVES
-Rude people
-Bigots
-Bullies
-People who slow down/stop in front of you and don't even bother to move away
-Loud, raucous people
-People who thrive on drama and attention
-People who steal/"borrow" without asking
-Noisy, messy eaters (when in public--I don't care much what's done at home)
-Guests who rummage through the fridge without permission
-Pigtails on people who are above the age of 10 (sorry!)
-Religious zealots and radical atheists
-People who are always in a rush and always moving and can't seem to just slow down or stop for a moment
-People who go outside without deodorant. Especially in the summer. Especially on a crowded train in the summer.

PHOBIAS:
-Extreme Heights
-Being tortured
-This is sort of weird, but...the whole idea of the apocalypse/Armageddon. I'm a little more in control of it now but a few years ago I'd freak the F out if you even muttered the words "end of the world" in front of me. It was a sure-fire way to get me to leave the room. It still makes me really uncomfortable.
-Centipedes and waterbugs. I hate most bugs/insects (I don't even like touching butterflies or ladybugs), but they don't freak me out. Centipedes and waterbugs are the exception.
-Devilry & witchcraft. LOL. Seriously, though, it creeps me the hell out. I knew a boy in HS who was...something (not satanist, but it sounded similar) and used to do these freaky "rituals" and say these awful things and I always gave him a really wide berth. That stuff freaks me out. As for the witchcraft--I have family in Puerto Rico who do brujeria and yeah, hell no. I don't go near that stuff.


ODDITIES:
-I don't like going outside (especially by myself). I hate being around lots of people, and as I live in the city...
-I hate when people invade my privacy. Few things get me madder. Dropping by unannounced? Barging into my room without knocking/permission? Trying to draw me into a discussion/outside when I just want some quiet time alone? Rummaging through my things? Interfering with my personal life under the guise of "trying to help" when really, you're just being a nosy busybody? It drives me MAD.
-I'm weird about thunderstorms. Sometimes they soothe me to sleep and other times they unnerve me so much they keep me up all night.
-When I'm outside by myself I constantly check behind me to make sure no one is following me.
-I like to listen to lullabies at night. Children's music FTW.
-I'll only drink hot chocolate if I can put American cheese in it and sop up everything with Italian bread or white crackers.
-I sometimes have issues eating meat because I can't forget that I'm eating an actual animal. It's totally impossible w/ fish.
-I don't like eating meat with bones in them.
-Sorry to be a cliche but I actually do enjoy walking in the rain (for leisure, not when I have to go somewhere). There's nothing quite like walking in the middle of an intense downpour so thick you can barely see a yard in front of you.


That ended up being way too long. Sorry.

Peeve: Mismatched socks. They HAVE to match. And no inside outters!
Phobia: Big Govt!
Oddities: Geek!

Mine are mostly around food....don't eat meat off the bone, nothing out of the water, I am done if I see a vein, won't pick meat off a carcass at a barbecue.

Not to weird for a women, but I worked with a guy in construction that was that way. I did think that was odd.

Mine are mostly around food....don't eat meat off the bone, nothing out of the water, I am done if I see a vein, won't pick meat off a carcass at a barbecue.

^^This exactly. I only buy boneless meat. When I'm given meat with bones in them I'll only nibble on the outer layer--I won't go near the bone. I see a vein or a blood vessel I'm put off. I can't even look at carcasses without feeling sick, and I sure as heck won't scrape meat of of them.

The water bit, too. I can eat canned tuna and imitation crab meat but that's it. I don't touch fish because I have a hard time forgetting that they were alive. That sounds stupid, I know, but it is what it is.

pet peeve: people who eat with their mouth open
phobia: bears and spiders
oddities: I go through phases of hating my penmanship and will change it to something different.

I hate people who drive in the fast lane and will not move over when people are stuck behind them. Get over.

I am afraid of dying and getting old. (I'm a police officer.)

I wash and clean my hands all day long. (After I shake hands with people, touch a door knob, etc.)

Peeve: Corporate power in government

This is so beyond a peeve for me. Issues like the plutocratic reality of society, government corruption, the disadvantages and consequences of free-market capitalism-especially on a global scale through transnational corporations, large corporations in general and everything they influence (i.e., the media, large foundations, think tanks, publications, economic policies, etc), agribusinesses and corporate farming, etc, etc. It's maddening.

Phobia: Currently that rods touch in Fukushima and spread radiation across the northern hemisphere, that we poison our food supply so badly we all start dying at 40, that the environment gets destroyed by our destructive tendencies beyond recovery, that we drain so much water from the earth that only the rich can purchase it, that I will wake up a cow in a factory, drones being used at home, and mayonaise (stuff smells so bad)

I agree with everything save the mayonnaise. I've calmed down a lot, but this used to make really anxious to think about--people becoming sick because of all the chemicals and toxins they've pumped into everything, an outbreak of a bacteria we'd be unable to fight because they've pumped our food with so much antibiotics that we've become immune and the bacteria resistant, an apocalypse caused by the utter destruction we're causing to the earth, etc, unnaturally advanced technology, WW3, war in general, and zombies.

Oddities: I'll do it for the purposes of necessity but I can't stand sitting in chairs or wearing shoes. Both are so uncomfortable and limiting.

I don't understand the chair bit. Is it because they're so uncomfortable? Do sofas/couches count? Do you just stand all day unless you absolutely have to?

Peeve: texting driver who weaves and goes 43 in a 65 zone :grumble:
Phobias: sharks, darkness, and cancer (again) :noway:
Oddity: a pair of matching freckles on the backs of my calves, and another matched pair of freckles on my butt cheeks :blushing:

Oddities: I can't sleep with any closet doors open or mirrors facing me. I also have this "fetish" about feet: the Morton's toe is so hideous to me, it completely turns me off from the person who has it.

Phobias: this falls under the oddities too, but it's a phobia of mine: forensic computer animation. Something about how real life an animated person is scares me to the core.

Pet peeve: when others interrupt. That makes me become unglued in no time. "I'm sorry, did the middle of my sentence interrupt the beginning of yours?"

Pet Peeve: When people sit next to me on the bus. I like my space, on both sides or one side if its a two seater. As soon as someone wants to sit next to me, I get up and move to the next empty two seater.

Phobia: I don't have any that I am aware of. I used to have a phobia with spiders and death but I learned to be the one in power. Mwahahaha!

Oddities: I must sleep in complete darkness! I cannot have a single light on, not even the light of the cable box or fire alarm (I covered them with tape). Little lights annoy me sooooo much. e.e

Peeves: Stupidity, people who purposely misspell words to sound cool, arrogance, loud/ghetto people.
People who litter especially sine I live on a mountain in CA and you always see those people coming to see snow and
leave trash everywhere they go. And finally people who don't control their children in public. I love kids but in public make
then stop running around bumping into people and shut them up.

Phobias: Bug but especially spiders. Public toilets. I can't believe some people actually sit on them. I hover over it. And people
who don't cover there mouths when they cough or sneeze and infect everything. Still heights. I love moving heights like
roller coasters but stand on the edge of something tall bothers me. I still cry when I get a shot. Sad, I know.

Oddities: Pimples must be popped. I try not to but I can't help it. I even pop other people's pimples. (don't judge me)

peeves----college educated and think they know it all, puhleeeze. Inconsiderate shopper's who think they're the only ones in store.

phobias----unable to go to food court in mall, my anxiety skyrockets, even though on meds for it.

oddities----everthing that comes out of clothes dryer "must" be ironed before being put away. hangers in closet must be evenly spaced and arranged by type, and color coded by type as well. check wall picture frames with level monthly to ensure level, and many other many anal habits. one last one, being it's the funniest to me, is I take longer to ensure bathroom counter/sink/chrome as well as shower than to actually use. :laugh:

I do not like hot drinks...not coffee....not tea...not hot chocolate. no hot drinks ever in my life