Personal Oddities

[k-ossuburb]

I've got double-jointed thumbs!

Good things about it is that I kick ass at thumb wrestling, it helps me pull off some strange combos with various games and it's a good conversation starter if I'm feeling lonely/bored at a party and need someone to talk to until someone I know shows up.

Downside is that it makes carrying things a little tricky, sometimes they pop out of place (it's completely painless when they do) and has the basic affect of opening my hands, so, naturally, gravity likes to take things from me quite often. They also cramp up sometimes in weird positions (this isn't painless, it actually hurts quite a lot)if it ever happens to both of them at the same time (it's rare, but it happens) then I have to physically find a hard surface to push them against until they pop back into place.

On balance, though, I like that I can do it. I've gotten used to the cons and the pros, and learned to live with them.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

I talk to myself and inanimate objects.

BUT THEY DON'T TALK BACK SO IT'S OK!

I talk to myself all the time. I esp. like to talk to myself while I work, it helps me focus; however it's bothered more than a few people who where less then polite about expressing their displeasure. ...pricks.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

I talk to myself. Quite loudly as it turns out. And when I walk with music on I end up dancing a little bit...which is awkward when you think ur alone then turn round to see an old lady walking her dog right behind you.

 

[Scarim Coral]

For some unkown reason when the wind is blowing in front of me, the hair on my left side stick out like the the braking flap on the snowspeeder (my right is competely normal). My hair is cut even and this happen with my hair being natural (no gel). I find this to be very annoying.

 

[FolkLikePanda]

I mumble to myself quite a bit and have crazy looking hair. It bothers a lot of people, but never me.

...are you my secret long lost twin?

 

[SuperSuperSuperGuy]

I hate having to deal with other people, so I talk and mumble to myself a lot. I also have really long hair for a guy, so much so that I need to tie it up in a ponytail so that it doesn't get in the way.

 

[TheWwwizard]

*snip*

A friend of mine has that same thing. It prevents him from being able to bench press high weight, and building up his pectoral muscles.

Tell him to look up a Nus Procedure if it's too bad, It will be shitty for a while and he'll go through a couple weeks of hellish pain but I don't think he'll regret it, I don't. *edit* not to mention the scars he'll get from it are Bad ass. (Looks like someone tried to axe me in the chest.)

 

[adakias]

I have serious hand tremors, but that's from medication, but I don't think that counts. Some days it's so bad, I can barely play piano. Eesh.

Hmm...

I do have sectoral heterochromia, and I think that sort of counts, right? The left side of my irises are brownish amber (close to the centers it's darker), and the right sides are gray. All of the women on my mom's side seem to have weird eyes. It's pretty neat, but hers are the best; they're split down the middle blue and green in both eyes. I've always been so jealous.

 

[TheWwwizard]

*snip*

A friend of mine has that same thing. It prevents him from being able to bench press high weight, and building up his pectoral muscles.

Tell him to look up a Nus Procedure if it's too bad, It will be shitty for a while and he'll go through a couple weeks of hellish pain but I don't think he'll regret it, I don't. *edit* not to mention the scars he'll get from it are Bad ass. (Looks like someone tried to axe me in the chest.)

I don't think he'd go for it voluntarily. He's very averse to pain, and passes out at the sight of his own blood, so I'm pretty sure that if he can get around having an operation, he'll do whatever it takes, even if it's bad for his health.

I avoid pain at all costs, but I had someone talk to me about it who had it done and told me all the details and I decided to do it for my own benefit, but I was apparently like the second worse case they had seen so... (The person who had it done and talked to me was the worst) And during the second operation I almost bled out due to a complication in surgery and I ended up having to stay in the hospital longer than expected but I'd still do it... Then again it all depends on how bad his condition is.

 

[Dango]

I have quite a high pain tolerance from years of Tai Kwan Do

This, only instead of Tai Kwan Do it's from years of constant fighting with my older brother. The weird part is I'm considered the "wimpy one" among my friends, so they're always surprised when I get hit and just act completely normal.

Also, I have a weird looking chin, one side is all square and really masculine looking (so it's kinda jutting out), while the other side is all rounded and kinda shorter than the other side. It can look so stupid sometimes...

 

[Zack84]

I'm extremely uncomfortable with my posture. Diagnosed in high school with kyphosis (only correctable treatment was wearing a Milwaukee brace 24/7 for at least a year), I grew into about a 55 degree curvature in my lumbar spine as 3 of my vertebra grew into a triangular shape, with the dorsal portion wedging together (this is the typical "hunchback" condition, NOT scoliosis, which is an 'S' curvature visible looking directly at the back). Normal curvature in the lumbar region is around 25 degrees, so while mine isn't enough to warrant dangerous back surgery (70+), it's rather noticeable when I'm shirtless or not consciously standing up rigidly. My neck tends to dip forward somewhat as well, similar to when guys are talking to a girl they're attracted to and they "box" their head down.

However, I'm pretty athletic (very good at explosive movements and leaping due to playing basketball), and though I'm skinny I have pretty damn good muscle tone. And not to sound boastful, but I think I have pleasing facial features as well. Quite a few girls and friends of girls I've dated have commented on me being attractive. Then again, I was also once called a "rat face." I'm also EXTREMELY inflexible, which sucks. My tendons/ligaments just don't stretch easily.

I do suffer bouts of pain/numbness in my left shoulder and elbow, probably because in addition to the kyphosis I also have a nominal degree of scoliosis, so my left shoulder appears more "rounded" on close examination. My back "went out" once in college--a very scary experience, as you can barely expand your chest to breathe.

Skinny guys and girls tend to have higher rates of these diseases, and genetic factors contribute (both of my parents have somewhat shitty posture as a trait in their families). Eventually, I might want to get surgery. The result is beautiful posture and rods in your back, and a portion of your lumbar spine becomes fused into a single bone as a result. This doesn't really decrease one's ability to move, however, as the lumbar spine has almost no flexibility anyway.

That, and sometimes I lament some of the places my body chooses to grow hair...not on my back/shoulders/upper chest, luckily.

EDIT: I too, fail to gain weight no matter what I eat. Lifting weights in conjunction with eating a shit-ton is the only way I gain. I'm 5'10" with the ectomorph body type (short torso/long legs/greater wingspan than height), and right now I probably weigh about 135 lbs (the most I've ever been is 141). People always assume I'm about 145-150 because I have muscle tone, but nope. Girls have wrinkled their nose at me, ostensibly in disgust, when I throw out that number (jealousy? or they don't want to date a guy who weighs the same as they do).

*JEWS CAN PLAY BASKETBALL.*

 

[Eekaida]

I'm going bald, which isn't unusual until you concider that I'm female...

I can also bend only the tip of my middle finger while bending the knuckle backwards.
I also have no facial expressions. Really.

 

[MassiveGeek]

The one that comes to mind is that I'm... well, tiny.

I'm not really short, but I have a tiny body type. My ribcage is rather small, but my breasts are a little bigger than average, so I have a real pain shopping for bras. My size isn't even on the charts. And when I do find bras that fit, they're usually very expensive. :/

Also I have a tendency to forget to breathe when distracted and I forget to relax so I'm sometimes tense without realising it.

 

[Dango]

I talk to myself, walk barefoot and on my toes, have hair like a toilet brush and-according to my classmates from English- am the most likely to be a serial killer in 10 years time.

Or you'll go to Japan to solve a rash of mysterious heart attacks and discover a young man with the power to kill from anywhere.

That's what I got from the description.

...I don't know whether to be complimented or insulted. =p

Well eventually you die... but then like half the fans quit watching the show and everyone starts raging just because you got killed off. So it's most likely a compliment.

 

[nuqneh1]

I sometimes walk around on the balls of my feet for no reason.