Whenever I have sweets I tear the wrapper into pieces and fiddle with the pieces

I pull on my eyelashes when I’m bored or anxious. I pull just hard enough to lift my eyelid up a little and then let go so it makes a little “pop.” It’s very calming for whatever reason.

Not sure how unusual it is but I it's quite uncommon around here: I don't watch tv. I have not owned a tv set since the early 00s and I don't miss having one (we watch DVDs on a computer). I also do not listen to news channels at all—and I don't miss them either, as I prefer to read a couple daily newspapers (one from each side of our political spectrum, to make sure I never fell asleep within my own certainties/values).

Just tried. Could not achieve a pop.

I've been practicing for over 50 years, so it's pretty easy for me.

Almost every meal at home involves me adding slivers of california reapers to my dish by taking scissors to a dried pepper.

Who hurt you? And why are you trying to recreate the pain?

I don't own a tv and don't use any mainstream social media. I just have my one lemmy account but I don't really share that with anyone. Some people immediately call me a serial killer. Neat, I guess.

I grew up using computers and the internet as my escapism so I'm just as addicted to screens like every other person I know, just not the same screens they use.

Kinda strange being the lone person who played games on a computer while all my friends were console players.

Plenty of people, and also myself. And I couldn't tell you.

When driving in a car or bus, I tap my feet between every one of those strips in the middle of the road. Also for street lamps, or anything else that repeats along the way.

I don't always do this, and could also tap my fingers or stuff, but very often do.

Alt-text: Drawing of a road, with red dots between those lines in the middle of the road, indicating where I tap, when I cross it.