Quiver Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 So...do you guys have any odd little tics that you do? Speaking personally... I have a tendency to juggle things a lot. Well, sort of. If I'm carrying something in one hand - like a glass, a remote, a piece of food - I have a tendency to toss them into the air and catch them. Is a very bad habit I try to restrain to un-breakables only. (I used to carry a coin around and flip it a lot when I was in school. Kind of grew out of that thanks to my OCD tendencies) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soyperson Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 I will often tap rhythms with my fingers on things and fiddle with shirt/coat buttons and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemalurgic Headshot Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 I will rapidly tap my foot if I am sitting down and focusing on something. I will also hum random songs if my food is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 I tend to "type" movie/TV dialogue on my legs, as if on an imaginary keyboard, while I watch. (I guess this is a sign that I spend too much time on the computer! XD) Sometimes while listening to music, I "finger" the melody as I would if I were playing it on an oboe, the instrument I played in high school band class. Something that I just started doing in the past few years is humming almost constantly. There's always a song playing in my head, and I have a really hard time not letting it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exalted Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 37 minutes ago, Sunbird said: Sometimes while listening to music, I "finger" the melody as I would if I were playing it on an oboe, the instrument I played in high school band class. Something that I just started doing in the past few years is humming almost constantly. There's always a song playing in my head, and I have a really hard time not letting it out. I do both of these things, too...except the instrument I ghost-finger is a piano, not an oboe. Even though I haven't played piano seriously in almost a year now. Also, I'll randomly catch myself tapping the Master's four-drumbeat sequence when I'm not paying attention to what I'm doing. No other rhythms, just that one... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 Just now, Exalted Dungeon Master said: Also, I'll randomly catch myself tapping the Master's four-drumbeat sequence when I'm not paying attention to what I'm doing. No other rhythms, just that one... Quick, call the Doctor!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soyperson Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 Just now, Exalted Dungeon Master said: I do both of these things, too...except the instrument I ghost-finger is a piano, not an oboe. Even though I haven't played piano seriously in almost a year now. Also, I'll randomly catch myself tapping the Master's four-drumbeat sequence when I'm not paying attention to what I'm doing. No other rhythms, just that one... I'll do drumlines to songs stuck in my head, guitar riffs, whatever. I get easily distracted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exalted Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 1 minute ago, Sunbird said: Quick, call the Doctor!! *laughs madly* "Would it stop, then? The noise in my head? Don't know what I'd be without that noise." 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Budgie Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 I tap my nails. My fingernails on my right hand are long, and fairly strong, so I've found I can make quite a loud, annoying sound even when I do it as a habit. I'll also hum if I have a song stuck in my head, although sometimes I'll try not to if it's a weird song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemalurgic Headshot Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 1 hour ago, Exalted Dungeon Master said: I do both of these things, too...except the instrument I ghost-finger is a piano, not an oboe. Same here. It's rather difficult to ghost finger a bassoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shqueeves Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 I pop my knuckles. I toss/catch things. I spin my glasses. I do a weird snap-snap-clap thing. I fiddle with anything. I play a fiddle song on my violin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 I absentmindedly take off my watch and play with it or throw it hand to hand and sometimes - still absentminded - put it down somewhere where I can't find it later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrikerEZ Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 (edited) I hum all sorts of songs. Usually, I'll hum The Bluecoats's show from 2014, T/LT. Sometimes I'll tap it with my fingers. I especially like to try tapping the trumpet features from the opener. When im sitting down, most of the time I'll bounce my leg (usually my right one, but on occasion it'll be my left). I do this because it's like an urge, almost like an itch. The best way for me to describe it is like when you're holding in your pee, then you finally get to go...except less gross, and not as much of a pleasure aspect to it (don't judge me XD). When I'm bored (heck, even when I'm not bored), if my hands aren't currently doing something, they'll find an object and do something to it, like twirl a pencil around my fingers, or bend a paperclip, or simply just mess with the two bracelets I wear on my right arm. If there's no object to do that with, make shapes with my fingers, or grab my fingers and position them so that the tips of all my fingers are in line. Edited January 9, 2017 by StrikerEZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 More a habit than a tic but I often start counting in binary when I get stressed, good method to calm down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claincy Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 I tend to fidget a bit, I rarely hold a pen still if I'm not writing with it which naturally results in getting a lot of ink on my hand. Or I'd fiddle with an eraser or metal pencil sharpener. Most of that isn't terribly satisfying though, so partly for that reason I taught myself to roll a coin across my knuckles. It took a lot of practice but it's immensely satisfying, I keep a coin sitting on my desk specifically for doing that. (The other main reason I learned it was for when my Mistborn RPG players run into a coinshot ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Honor Spren Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 I crack my knuckles a lot. As in, whenever it's possible to crack them. I've gotten to the point where I don't just do the joint connecting my hand to finger, but also then second joint on the finger. Because I crack my knuckles so much, I've developed some very flexible fingers. Spoiler As a downside, I have a hard time drawing hands, because looking at my own for reference doesn't help me draw normal looking ones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversleep Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 I spin the pen between the fingers - I make it walk from the second one to the fifth -> second one and repeat. I should probably look up some serious pen spinning to up my game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedal Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 I bite things. Normally I wear sweatshirts so I bite the strings by the hood until they fray, and if I'm not wearing a sweatshirt I'll either bite the chain I wear on my neck or bite my fingers till they bleed. I have some small scars. I also have a habit of talking really quickly when I get nervous, and my pitch generally gets higher (this is actually SUPER recent). I normally have what most people consider an extremely deep voice but over the course of a conversation I start to hit my upper registers without thinking. I also generally look incredibly bored. It's not you, I'm just staring at something nonexistent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 3 hours ago, The Honor Spren said: I crack my knuckles a lot. As in, whenever it's possible to crack them. I've gotten to the point where I don't just do the joint connecting my hand to finger, but also then second joint on the finger. Because I crack my knuckles so much, I've developed some very flexible fingers. Hide contents As a downside, I have a hard time drawing hands, because looking at my own for reference doesn't help me draw normal looking ones. That doesn't hurt? I used to crack my knuckles but my hand joints got really sore. So I stopped and the pain went away. Funny how that works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Honor Spren Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 12 hours ago, Deliiiiiightful said: That doesn't hurt? I used to crack my knuckles but my hand joints got really sore. So I stopped and the pain went away. Funny how that works Nope. I can also do other weird stuff, like bend my thumb so that both joints are at about a 90 degree angle, but I'll spare you the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nashan’Elin Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 I can never climb stairs one at a time. It's just such a habit for me to take stairs two or three at a time, I've started taking two stairs at a time going down stairs as well. I don't know why I started, it's just something I do for fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shqueeves Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 7 hours ago, Nashan'Elin said: I can never climb stairs one at a time. It's just such a habit for me to take stairs two or three at a time, I've started taking two stairs at a time going down stairs as well. I don't know why I started, it's just something I do for fun Only two stairs on the way down? I usually take 4+ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nashan’Elin Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 26 minutes ago, Shqueeves said: Only two stairs on the way down? I usually take 4+ Typically two, since school stairs are too crowded to do any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversleep Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 3 hours ago, Shqueeves said: Only two stairs on the way down? I usually take 4+ Pfft. I usually run on the way down taking every second or third step and then I jump off the last thousand ten wait this sounds like a lot of steps six steps. Hm. I'm not sure. I do the jump lenghtening it by holding on to the rail but I never bothered to count them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 I used to climb stairs using my hands as well as feet. I don't mean holding onto a handrail; I mean like putting my hands on the steps and walking up quadripedally. Actually, I still do sometimes... really, only when I'm at my parents' house where the stairs are carpeted and probably less germ-infested than most public staircases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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