No, that's bullshit.

[ACM_Shadow]

Now the good people mix in the BS with some truth. for instance, i have stayed up around 2.5 days before i collapsed on a couch, i believe i have a sign of insanity (i hear voices), i go to the gym 3 times a week and i have rockclimbed up a flat to open my mates 3rd story apartment (payment was a slab of beer).

Now, i have stayed up 2.5 days, i do hear things (thus why i always have headphones in with or without music, gives me an excuse to ignore any sounds that might/n't be real. i go to the gym once a week and the mates apartment was 2nd story not third.

That way you have some credibility and can say, "don't believe me... like when i told u this this this".
Although some of those BS moments are just for a laugh, maybe to cheer up a mate thats down etc..

 

[Milney]

That's weird. I have stints of insomnia every now and again, it's not fun. Not exactly something I'd brag about.

Stints? Now and again?

Yeah, I think we've got ourselves a real example of what the thread is about...

Either that or people simply don't understand what actual insomnia entails:

Here's a hint, it's more than simply finding it difficult to fall asleep...

 

[RockyH]

What are you talking about, OP?

I really have gone 17 days without sleep, have an IQ of 283, have had sex with 379 people since I was 12, suffer from borderline syndrome, and have the top score in every game ever!!!1

Check your facts before you go say something is bullshit!

Oh yeah? Well I am an insomniac with bipolar, ADHD, OCD and once I Broke fifteen bones in my body ON PURPOSE! I also got past the pac-man death screen, and beat Stephen Hawkings and several grandmasters at chess all at the same time.

 

[reg42]

That's weird. I have stints of insomnia every now and again, it's not fun. Not exactly something I'd brag about.

Stints? Now and again?

Yeah, I think we've got ourselves a real example of what the thread is about...

Either that or people simply don't understand what actual insomnia entails:

Here's a hint, it's more than simply finding it difficult to fall asleep...

Well for about a week at a time I'd lie in bed for about 4 hours until I fell asleep. Then I'd get sleeping pills and everything would be good. Once the pills were finished, I'd be fine for a while. And then the cycle would repeat itself.
Sure, it's not an extreme case of insomnia but it matches the definition I've been told many many times.

Insomnia is the inability to obtain an adequate amount or quality of sleep. The difficulty can be in falling asleep, remaining asleep, or both. People with insomnia do not feel refreshed when they wake up. Insomnia is a common symptom affecting millions of people that may be caused by many conditions, diseases, or circumstances.

 

[GrinningManiac]

There's an annoying piece of slang around here where people who are very clean or just a bit fussy are "OCD" (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Even "loving having baths" would be considered OCD. It's not an insult, they call themselves it!

*Someone lines all their pencils up on the desk to be in line. I look bemused*
Them : "Lol, yeah, I'm totally OCD"

It's stupid, because OCD does not mean "tidy". OCD means Obsessively Doing Something Without Much Meaning or Reason. For example, my Grandma knows an OCD sufferer who insists on drawing all the blinds in the house to the exact same level (midway) before he will happily relax in that building. THAT'S OCD!

But I never say anything...

Same applies to "Tourettes". 80% of Tourettes Sufferers don't swear, and yet foulmouths say "Lol, I totally have Turrets (idiots don't even know what it's called)"

 

[RowdyRodimus]

I go to a lot of wrestling sites so I see a lot of "Yeah I know (for example) Triple H and he told me that (insert rumor found on website that turns out to be false)" then when it's brought up again, "Well, he said that was the original plan but they changed it to fool people."

But the best part is they usually know almost nothing about the person save for what they see on tv.

 

[brunothepig]

when fat people say 'im really careful with what i eat'

Haha. Or, "I've been trying really hard to lose weight."
Good fun.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Same applies to "Tourettes". 80% of Tourettes Sufferers don't swear, and yet foulmouths say "Lol, I totally have Turrets (idiots don't even know what it's called)"

This bugs me, as does the OCD thing. I actually do have Tourette's, along with ADD -- as in, clinically diagnosed, and going to college on Vocational Rehabilitation money thanks to it. The swearing thing affects very few people, but because it's more sensational than tapping on a desk or twitching your eye, it's what people know about. I like to call it "Hollywood Tourette's".

On the other hand, the comments about insomnia, and to a greater extent, depression, do not bug me as much. The reason for this is that insomnia and depression can refer to either a clinical disorder, ala clinical depression, or to a temporary state of being, as in "I'm depressed" or "I've spent the last week fighting insomnia". In the case of both disorders, they really aren't on the level of problems like Bipolar Disorder, Tourettes Syndrome, or OCD, because neither insomnia nor depression are a lifelong handicap. Even in their clinical forms, Depression and insomnia are usually temporary. You can't say that for the other disorders mentioned here. I also wouldn't call claiming insomnia posturing as hardcore. It tends to be a good way to explain why you're a walking zombie on a given morning. Claiming depression can be posturing, but it depends on the way it's intended, and also on how the person is actually feeling. Depressed can just as easily be shorthand for "sad and in a bad mood" as it can be for "clinically depressed". In fact, the first definition is the older and more common of the two.

 

[Broady Brio]

People thought I was lying when I said I had cluster headache.

I would've have believed my peers, but oh wait I've got diagnosed by a trained doctor that examined me and declared I had it.

 

[8-Bit Grin]

There are *so* many times in conversation where my brain refuses to accept what's being said.

A number of them have been mentioned above, which worries me. Are so many people really so bland, annoying, and just plain....dumb? Is the world riddled with these people, almost like a festering sore of stupidity that ooze's from place to place with the intention of causing the few intelligent folks' brains to explode? Where do these unabashedly deceitful people coming from? They often have the gull to keep trying to make you accept their farce, and finally stoop to insults and muttered 'whatever's' before retreating to another poor soul. I've come to peace with the fact that some people just refuse to mature and need that little bit of attention to get by. It's the sheer NUMBER of people who do this that I can't accept. It's often quite embarrassing to watch, especially when they begin to flounder under the 'I smell bullshit' rolling of eyes that they receive from their listener's. I guess it's just something you have to accept in life.

Like heartbreak, taxes, and bad Mexican food.

 

[lacktheknack]

I go to a K-12 school, so I helped out with the elementary kids for extra marks.

Apparently, Serge's mom weighs 50 pounds, his dad weighs 400, they do acrobatics in the circus for trillions of dollars, and Serge himself can run at 40 km/h.

Kids are really cute sometimes.

 

[lacktheknack]

There's an annoying piece of slang around here where people who are very clean or just a bit fussy are "OCD" (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Even "loving having baths" would be considered OCD. It's not an insult, they call themselves it!

*Someone lines all their pencils up on the desk to be in line. I look bemused*
Them : "Lol, yeah, I'm totally OCD"

It's stupid, because OCD does not mean "tidy". OCD means Obsessively Doing Something Without Much Meaning or Reason. For example, my Grandma knows an OCD sufferer who insists on drawing all the blinds in the house to the exact same level (midway) before he will happily relax in that building. THAT'S OCD!

But I never say anything...

Same applies to "Tourettes". 80% of Tourettes Sufferers don't swear, and yet foulmouths say "Lol, I totally have Turrets (idiots don't even know what it's called)"

A. I'm pretty sure it's more like 95% percent of people with Tourette's don't have swearing problems.

B. I smelled bull when our family doctor told us I had Tourette's. If I do, it's so mild it might as well not matter.

 

[dodo1331]

1) Most recent one: 'Heavy Rain has no gameplay at all'. I used to argue, but right now, I just say 'Bullshit!' in my mind and move along.

2) My friend, who is way smaller than me (and I'm not very tall either), weaker (I can easily outmatch him in every Armwrestling/normal wrestling match we do sometimes for fun, and again, I'm not very strong myself), and who has been in a gym maybe 2 or 3 times in his entire life, who started laughing at me when I told him I have some problems with lifting more than 50kg from my chest (I just started going to gym myself just 2 months ago, so no surprise here). Then he told me, he can easily make correct series with 80kg weights. I called BS in my mind, but I decided to let him live in his little world of lies.

Just because you can beat him in arm wrestling does not mean you are stronger than him. I can beat a lot of my friends in arm wrestling, but they are probably stronger than me.

OT: Whenever one of my friends say they're good at any FPS.. One of them has a .34 K/D ratio in Modern Warfare 2. The majority of them have never even gotten over 15 kills. They're that bad.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

B. I smelled bull when our family doctor told us I had Tourette's. If I do, it's so mild it might as well not matter.

What was a family doctor doing diagnosing you with Tourette's? That's a job for a neurologist. At the most, your family doctor should say you might have Tourette's, and give you a referral to someone who can properly diagnose you.

 

[Klarinette]

Oh god. I don't pretend to know everything, but this kind of thing happens all the bloody time. I never really say anything, mainly because it usually stems from the type of person who would rip my head off if I ever attempted to correct them, or even suggest an alternative. I just nod and let out an "Oh..."

 

[Disconnected]

People make up all sorts of crap. It's "cool" to be different or abnormal in some way like having insomnia or something. People will think "oh I had trouble sleeping last night, I must be an insomniac" and then they'll make it a defining feature of theirs. Oh well, just give them an uninterested "okay then" and they'll soon stop playing it up as if these features are interesting.

Also, my friends have a nasty habit of quoting ridiculous urban legens as facts... then not believing me when I say how ridiculous they are. Like one said, completely series "Did you know duck quacks don't echo?" so I laughed and said "Haha yeah, duck quacks are the only sound in the entire world that can completely bypass the laws of physics!". They all told me how retarded I was and that why would it be on the back of a PENGUIN bar if it was false?? They sure showed me.

Rant: Also, just because topics like thise make me ramble, about the whole "fat people lie about being careful what they eat". It's a bad stereotype that fat people eat constantly. I know plenty of thin people that stuff their faces with crisps and plenty of fat people who I never see eat. Another stereotype is that all fat people want to lose weight. I happen to be chubby, but I do exercise and just genuinely don't care about going on special diets. I'm happy as I am; leave me alone, thanks. I don't need you to help me be reminded that I am fat.

 

[Chris^^]

one of my 'friends' who bangs on about all the girls who he's seeing, go and talk to them and the general story is "he just started talking to me, calling me 'babe' and flirting horribly, please make him stop!" i never say anything cuz he's a massive dick and would probably just hit me.

 

[Chris^^]

There's an annoying piece of slang around here where people who are very clean or just a bit fussy are "OCD" (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Even "loving having baths" would be considered OCD. It's not an insult, they call themselves it!

*Someone lines all their pencils up on the desk to be in line. I look bemused*
Them : "Lol, yeah, I'm totally OCD"

It's stupid, because OCD does not mean "tidy". OCD means Obsessively Doing Something Without Much Meaning or Reason. For example, my Grandma knows an OCD sufferer who insists on drawing all the blinds in the house to the exact same level (midway) before he will happily relax in that building. THAT'S OCD!

But I never say anything...

Same applies to "Tourettes". 80% of Tourettes Sufferers don't swear, and yet foulmouths say "Lol, I totally have Turrets (idiots don't even know what it's called)"

oh god we get that here too, it really pisses me off, except I get vocal about it, like someone turns off a switch on the wall - "yeah its my OCD". FFS. I had a go at one girl about it, so she decided about a week later to start acting out the proper symptoms of it, but only when she thought people were looking, when they weren't she was perfectly fine.