Confess Your Little Quirks

djchameleon · 06-06-2011, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack Pat

Get over it?

Where I live we have sidewalks. The layout is pretty well-planned out. We're not all fat either (sorry to burst your bubble). The accents aren't as severe as you make them out to be, and... I don't really judge someone by his or her accent (it just seems childish). Nothing wrong with the deer around here either. Yes... the air is humid, but I have grown accustomed to it (as have most of us).

Being so hateful can't possibly be good for you...

Of course, the accents aren't severe to you because you've been around it all of your life so you get used to it and adopt it. If you take someone from the north and send them to the south for the weekend it will be very severe because they aren't used to hearing the English language violated in that manner.

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

Odd! I would rather not see who is entering the room personally because if I do I just sit there ripping the piss out of them acting all high and mighty or trying to make a statement with their entrance.

I don't like anyone to read a newspaper before myself if I have bought it. I consider it bad manners on their part.

I always open doors for both men and women alike and become extremely annoyed if they don't say thank you. Especially women as I have always equated this with being a gentleman and I have been told that chivalry is a dying art. No fricking wonder really.

the second and third is just being polite and having manners. I wouldn't really call it a quirk either.

Part of chivalry being a dying art is on the other side of the coin. They don't have manners to appreciate when someone is being chivalrous and part of that is maybe because they don't see it often.

EvilChuck · 06-06-2011, 06:38 PM

I have one for the thread, when I meet people for the first time I have to shake their hand in the most traditional handshake position. No fist bump, no upwards shake, its the traditional 'I am an adult' handshake as I see it. If I like the person after the first interaction, I will shake their hand every time I greet them, whereas if I didnt really care for them I'll only say hello and give them a head nod, unless they are with someone I did like and do shake hands with, just so as not to disrespect them.

This next one is going to sound really sexist, but I say 'sir' at the end of 'thank you' if I am served somewhere by a male, but dont say 'ma'am' if its a woman I just leave it as the 'thank you'. I feel like ma'am is far more formal and makes things awkward in most situations in comparison to sir, and dont know of any more casual ways to reference a lady in that situation.

NSW · 06-06-2011, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop

The notion that hatred is less valuable, or more harmful, than love... that we should focus on percieved sameness instead of that which differentiates us.... is illogical.

Really, I hate the South. Were I to have my druthers, they wouldn't be allow to leave their states. Their culture is about as alien to the Midwest as it can get; christ, I swear I can understand Jackie Chan's engrish better than the average Southerner who, when not spitting tobacco, is spitting out mutilated words, with amputated suffixes and conjoined syllables.

That's funny. I have this quirk where it really annoys me when people are hateful, prejudiced, and lump large groups of people by archaic and brutish stereotypes.

Queen Boo · 06-06-2011, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop

I can't ****ing stand the south. Everytime I visit the south, my hatred of it deepens. The cities seem to lack any layout; it's as though some Mayor came on a map, and, lo, the traffic grid was born. They lack sidewalks and insist on frying everything which may be why they're all fat. The air is constantly wet. They don't know how to handle an inch of snow. The accent is worse than nails on a chalkboard. Even the ****ing deer look like inbred retards.

Never been there, don't really GAF but for some reason I'm really attracted to dudes from the south because they seem to be smarter and more interesting. Being surpressed builds character I guess.

TockTockTock · 06-06-2011, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

Of course, the accents aren't severe to you because you've been around it all of your life so you get used to it and adopt it. If you take someone from the north and send them to the south for the weekend it will be very severe because they aren't used to hearing the English language violated in that manner.

Accents in general do not bother me. I'm not used to Northern accents, but I don't hate people because of it... It just seems illogical and immature

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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop

The notion that hatred is less valuable, or more harmful, than love... that we should focus on percieved sameness instead of that which differentiates us.... is illogical.

Focusing on "perceived sameness" isn't love... humans are perfectly capable of loving each other with or without having different characteristics. Who says we have to hate those differences, too?

Also, focusing on "that which differentiates us" is illogical, too. At least, in a negative sense, due to the fact it causes separation and animosity (which can be counterproductive).

djchameleon · 06-06-2011, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by EvilChuck

I have one for the thread, when I meet people for the first time I have to shake their hand in the most traditional handshake position. No fist bump, no upwards shake, its the traditional 'I am an adult' handshake as I see it. If I like the person after the first interaction, I will shake their hand every time I greet them, whereas if I didnt really care for them I'll only say hello and give them a head nod, unless they are with someone I did like and do shake hands with, just so as not to disrespect them.

ugh hand shaking kind of weirds me out. I don't know how clean people's hands are. I rather do a fist pump than have to shake someone's hand then all I can think about is washing my hands or getting to some hand sanitizer quick!

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Originally Posted by EvilChuck

This next one is going to sound really sexist, but I say 'sir' at the end of 'thank you' if I am served somewhere by a male, but don't say 'ma'am' if its a woman I just leave it as the 'thank you'. I feel like ma'am is far more formal and makes things awkward in most situations in comparison to sir, and dont know of any more casual ways to reference a lady in that situation.

The general response I get from calling women ma'am is that they claim it makes them feel old so they don't like to hear it.

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Originally Posted by Jack Pat

Accents in general do not bother me. I'm not used to Northern accents, but I don't hate people because of it... It just seems illogical and immature.

Accents don't have much effect on me but I do understand how it'll bother someone to have to deal with an accent they aren't used to.

I find it a bit weird how people find certain accents sexy. Accents do absolutely nothing for me.

Howard the Duck · 06-06-2011, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by EvilChuck

I have one for the thread, when I meet people for the first time I have to shake their hand in the most traditional handshake position. No fist bump, no upwards shake, its the traditional 'I am an adult' handshake as I see it. If I like the person after the first interaction, I will shake their hand every time I greet them, whereas if I didnt really care for them I'll only say hello and give them a head nod, unless they are with someone I did like and do shake hands with, just so as not to disrespect them.

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

ugh hand shaking kind of weirds me out. I don't know how clean people's hands are. I rather do a fist pump than have to shake someone's hand then all I can think about is washing my hands or getting to some hand sanitizer quick!

i don't handshake, i just jerk up my chin and do an eyebrow gesture - comes out arrogant as fuck, but that's me

CanwllCorfe · 06-07-2011, 12:40 AM

I handshake them. If it's an important occasion, I will give them a power embrace.

Thom Yorke · 06-07-2011, 02:52 AM

I do exactly what Il Duce does, unless it's someone in a position of authority (professor, boss, etc.).

djchameleon · 06-07-2011, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

i don't handshake, i just jerk up my chin and do an eyebrow gesture - comes out arrogant as fuck, but that's me

lol I'm able to get away with the head nod at times but sometimes I forget and do an awkward looking wave

06-06-2011, 06:38 PM	#742 (permalink)
EvilChuck #based Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: (Near) London, England Posts: 443	I have one for the thread, when I meet people for the first time I have to shake their hand in the most traditional handshake position. No fist bump, no upwards shake, its the traditional 'I am an adult' handshake as I see it. If I like the person after the first interaction, I will shake their hand every time I greet them, whereas if I didnt really care for them I'll only say hello and give them a head nod, unless they are with someone I did like and do shake hands with, just so as not to disrespect them. This next one is going to sound really sexist, but I say 'sir' at the end of 'thank you' if I am served somewhere by a male, but dont say 'ma'am' if its a woman I just leave it as the 'thank you'. I feel like ma'am is far more formal and makes things awkward in most situations in comparison to sir, and dont know of any more casual ways to reference a lady in that situation. __________________ Last.FM

06-07-2011, 12:40 AM	#748 (permalink)
CanwllCorfe Quiet Man in the Corner Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pocono Mountains Posts: 2,480	I handshake them. If it's an important occasion, I will give them a power embrace. __________________ Your eyes were never yet let in to see the majesty and riches of the mind, but dwell in darkness; for your God is blind.

06-07-2011, 02:52 AM	#749 (permalink)
Thom Yorke Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,848	I do exactly what Il Duce does, unless it's someone in a position of authority (professor, boss, etc.).