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People Are Sharing The Most “Benign But Absolutely Unhinged” Habits They Formed During The Covid-19 Lockdown
Do you remember what it was like last year, just as the entire world was going into Lockdown Mode for the very first time? Panic. Chaos. Fear. Buying tons of toilet paper and canned goods. And most of our daily habits and routines being thrown completely out of whack by Covid-19 and the new health and safety regulations.
As human beings, we need structure, order, and routine to thrive and survive. They all help us make sense of the world and work as a safety blanket of sorts. So it’s only natural that, while in mandatory lockdown, we’ve picked up some errr, shall we say, slightly peculiar habits. And by that I mean they’re so incredibly bizarre that we couldn’t wait to share them with you, dear Pandas.
The folks over on TikTok revealed the ‘mundane but unhinged’ things they started doing during the lockdown after entrepreneur Nikki Blank, aka Moneyintheblank, revealed how her weird lockdown habit is eating a sunset pickle. Yup! We love that so much, we can’t even put it into words. Don’t forget to upvote your fave answers as you scroll down and share your own Twilight Zone pandemic rituals in the comment section at the bottom.
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#1
The whole family is in on it like a communal descent into madness. We have a plastic duck. Her name is Martha. We move her around the house and then act like she got there on her own.
Douglas Turner 4 years ago
Whereas I move around the house and then can't figure out how I got there on my own...
Vicky Z 4 years ago
I have the same problem but with food! I wonder how i ate everything on my own especially during quarantine
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Monday 4 years ago
Of course, you think those nice people would let poor Martha go hungry?
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Ola Polowczyk 4 years ago
Idk why, but I imagined a mum saying in a heavy British accent: "Martha! What are you doing here?"
Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki 4 years ago
I guess all the family member are waiting for someone to pick up a real duck once the pandemic is over.
Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
We have a t-rex named Sammy that we do the same with. He also offers opinions on things on TV (especially sports) and internet memes.
Space Potato OoO 4 years ago
It's all fun and games until Martha starts moving on her own. The next blockbuster horror movie
Kathleen Clark 4 years ago
This is too cute and funny!! I love it! How to make your environment fun and everyone can join in the antics!!
Intrigued Panda 4 years ago
Remind me of a similar thing that my family did earlier on in the pandemic, but with my dad‘s gnome in animal crossing
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#2
I learned what all the birds mean according to native mythology and now I use them to predict the weather.
Catlady6000 4 years ago
Surprisingly well, especially in the long term. For example, from a very old hunter, ())I think in his 90s If the wild animals had thicker fur in the fall than usual in the fall, it's probably going to be a colder than normal winter. He actually was able to show me the difference between one year and the next with some of his old furs. A true hunter, he used and shared or donated every part of the animal, he spat at the notion of trophy hunting
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
:-) Yeah, I learned this as a kid. Widlife way better than forecasters.
Noemie Houtekie-N'Da 4 years ago
All I know is that if birds sit near your home, it's gonna get cold soon.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago
I don't think that is an "unhinged habit", I think that it truly fascinating.
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 4 years ago
I'm betting their migration and song is reasonably reliable for telling the season and _very_generally_ the weather as a result. Kind of neat!
#3
So for the past six months, every night I go down to the Mississippi River and I stare at the huge container ships that go by. And then just like any date, I have to google them. So I log on to marinetraffic.com to see where they’re coming from or going to. And they’re all coming from really exotic places like Hamburg, the Cape of Good Hope, or Trenton, New Jersey – just, like, really cool places that we can’t go to right now. I’m in so deep that now I’ve read three nonfiction books about container ships.
LuckyL 4 years ago
Coming from Germany, reading Hamburg in a list of exotic places really made me laugh
Esther Marquardt 4 years ago
Being from Hamburg myself, I find Hamburg anything but exotic. Hummel, Hummel ;-)
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Adriana Vigliotti 4 years ago
But they do have one of the best nicu at their hospital
Load More Replies... Pooptart 4 years ago
As someone who works onboard these Container ships. Life is not as exotic as it might seem. Work days are between 10-16 hours. Most of the crew have been onboard 6-12 months. We are not allowed to step foot off the vessel in these so called exotic locations due to COVID TLDR: They are floating prisons
While having a routine in your daily life is vital to prospering (that way, we don’t always have to be on edge and we save a ton of energy), not every habit appears to be built the same. Obviously, some habits like binge-eating junk food, binge-drinking, and smoking are harmful to our health, even if they help structure our day.
The helpfulness of other habits depends on how much we engage in them. For example, while the science on the benefits/drawbacks of drinking coffee might flip-flop a tad, the general consensus appears to be that it’s good for your health in moderation.
#4
This took me year and a half.
Bored Doggy 4 years ago
Plot Twist: She's a giant who took a year and a half stealing a human's room, while leaving it perfectly intact.
Steve Barnett 4 years ago
This is excellent, well done. I first became enamoured by models/miniatures when I saw Queen Mary's Dolls' House at Windsor Castle.
Dorothy Cloud 4 years ago
Good way to pass the time. And,, you have something nice to show for it.
#5
I bought my cat and I matching red silk robes and I put them on us on Sundays to watch true crime shows.
#6
I found this thing online about this person who kept feeding the neighborhood crows and eventually they would start to bring her gifts like little bottle caps or shiny things. And I’ve been walking around the neighborhood a lot so I figured, why not? So I just kept buying huge bags of peanuts to bring with me on my walks. And then, anytime I’d see a crow, I’d throw out handfuls of peanuts through the neighborhood. Literally just in the hopes they’ll start bringing me garbage gifts.
I don’t know where the drop location is supposed to be. I don’t know if they’re supposed to figure out where my house is. Although, I have also started leaving peanuts around my house so they can maybe connect the dots. Because of this, I’ve become crazy tuned into the sound of crow calls. So yeah, it’s been a pretty special time for me and the neighborhood creatures.
Pamda Panda 4 years ago
I have repeatedly argued with my partner about whether or not this is a good idea. (He says no and always wins, but I am convinced that I am right.)
Loggers Ink 4 years ago
My dearest old crow friend Mr Crow brought me a red bouncy ball once. It sits on my keyboard now as my good luck charm
Kenny Kulbiski 4 years ago
I started out feeding squirrels on my coffee break. Then the Crows discovered me. They're not shy and really insistent. They perch all over my truck and scream at me until I throw some peanuts out. So far all I've gotten from them is some deposits on my windshield. Kinda like paying protection to the Crow Mafia.
Moo Moo Futch 4 years ago
I started feeding pigeons in the city square every day of the pandemic. I started last April and now they see me as part of their flock. I've taken to carrying a pop up bird carrier in my work bag in case I have to catch any to have them treated at the wildlife place. When they see me they do a celebratory lap of the square and then land on my back as I'm bent over my bag getting the nuts and seed out.
StrawberryParfait 4 years ago (edited)
Mine bring me gifts. Best so far is a tiny shiny blue painted smooth pebble with the word "hope" on it. My dad had a pet crow as a kid. It would pull the clothespins off the wash on the line.
Parmeisan 4 years ago
My husband had been talking about doing this, and then we found out they can eat cat food. We have an extremely fussy cat who will eat 2/3rds of a kibble and then not touch it because... I dunno, because it's got her saliva on it? She's weird. We have to periodically sift out the little bits or she'll ignore the whole bowl. We used to just dump her leavings into our other cat's bowl, but then we lost him due to cancer. :( Anyway, now we are leaving the food out and some mystery animal is eating it... might be crows, might be our neighbours' outdoor cats? Either way we are hoping our lonely kitty will make a window friend with whatever is eating the food. Maybe we will get trash gifts out of it, too. :)
Paizleypie 4 years ago
Crows are highly intelligent. They can recognize people. They could very well follow you home & if you can feel them there, they will probably being your 'gifts' right to you! (I love crows & ravens & magpies, too)
Hello Dolly 4 years ago
Crows are actually really smart they can remember people and events and even pass down a description of sorts to other members of there flock. If you have wronged a crow from their flock the word gets around. They also share this information with other flocks of crows. So if you hear a bunch of crows start to call out warnings at once it is likely you have run into a member of their flock or a neighboring flock before and have done something they find offensive.
However, going overboard with your love of coffee can wreck your health and even result in a caffeine addiction which is a very nasty thing to kick later on down the line. Hello, headaches and irritation. Starting your morning with a cup of Joe might be romantic (hey, everyone does it in the movies!) and might be a small ritual, but you have to ask yourself if you need the coffee or if it’s simply something that you want to drink. There’s a very important distinction there.
On the flip side, habits like exercising, eating fresh food, getting plenty of fresh air, being in the sun more (remember your sunscreen), socializing (even if it’s via Zoom or Facebook), and staying hydrated are positive and improve our mental and physical health. They very obviously help improve our quality of life, though they can be a pain to upkeep until we get in the habit of doing these things on a regular basis. We all know the benefits of exercise, but far from every one of us gets as much daily movement as we should.
#7
I tell my dog everything about my life. And when I feel like she has done her fair share of emotional labor for me, I go to my rabbit and I tell him stuff as well.
A B C 4 years ago
Basically, dogs hear us talk all day long, but as soon as one starts to bark, we tell them to shut up. Kinda unfair, OP should be asking about their dog's day as well.
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Vicky Z 4 years ago
Cause you are a servant you are not supposed to talk also😅😅
Load More Replies... WildHoneyPie 4 years ago
This is why I love "read to the dogs" programs at our local libraries. Kids who may be self conscious about reading like to read to a furry listener who won't judge them. They really helped our grandson.
Bettie-Jean Neal 4 years ago
My bun was never a good listener. He's listen for about 4 seconds and once he realized I wasn't offering any fruit, he'd hope away and hide. Now my doggos are fantastic. Buns can be so rude. But I loved him so much regardless.
k1ddkanuck 4 years ago
My spouse left in a really awful way back in December. It was messy and very painful. Still is. I kept the cat. Being in lockdown for the entire period, she's the only one to talk to. We have something special now.
Anja Schmidt 4 years ago
you could read them some fairy tales, so you both learn new things ...
#8
There’s a group of squirrels that bury their nuts in my little backyard. I gave them all names, back stories and a clan rivalry.
It’s been pretty cold and I haven’t seen them for a couple months and I really miss them…except Jason. That little fucker used to come around at 4 p.m. everyday and dig up the other squirrels nuts. But I caught on real quick. I’m watching you, Jason
BookCrazyTeen 4 years ago
I wish I could tell ‘my’ squirrels apart. We have a family in neighborhood.
skyfire the nightwing-seawing 4 years ago
i used to name mine, but now ive settled for peter pan, peter pan, and peter pan
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Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
Oh, gods, we do this too... Except we don't have a Jason. We have a Stan who doesn't tell anyone when we've put treats out.
Night Owl 4 years ago
No, Jason is a robber and doesn't sound like part of a team
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SarahFenola 4 years ago
I do this... there's a Steven and Sylvia and there is a smaller squirrel which I say is their baby called Sven. But Sven is a secret love child of Dave! Dave had a bug cut on him not long ago so I'm guessing Steven found out about Him and Sylvia getting it on. Yup, I have too much time on my hands.
#9
Every night at sunset I eat a pickle, and it's my sunset pickle.
Robin Childers 4 years ago
I've heard of a Christmas pickle, but never a sunset pickle. Neat-o
You could actually say that Nikki’s habit of eating a pickle every sunset isn’t as ‘out there’ as it sounds. Some fermented pickles contain probiotics that protect our microbiomes and help the friendly bacteria in our gut be fruitful and multiply. We’re not sure how much of an impact a single daily pickle can have, but it can add a tiny bit of variety to your diet and it can actually be a bonus. Compare that to saving the stuffing from Oreos and you can see the difference.
Odds are, you’ve picked up a bit of knowledge about how long it takes to form a habit over the years, dear Readers. However, the science behind forming habits isn’t as clear-cut as we’d like. The time necessary can vary wildly from person to person.
#10
Everytime I go to the beach to walk my dog, I collect either rocks, sticks or beach glass. Here's my collection.
Birgit M 4 years ago
Same here! Every beach photo that was ever taken of me shows me crawling around looking for nice pebbles or seashells.
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Steve Barnett 4 years ago
You'll love this. In the UK 'Under the Coastal Protection Act 1949, the removal of any natural material such as sand and pebbles from public beaches in the UK is illegal.'
Yort 4 years ago
It’s Illegal in the US as well. I’m not gonna yell at someone for taking a rock or two for like a once in a lifetime trip, but this person is going to the beach all the time and taking stuff and that’s REALLY not good.
Load More Replies... Catlady6000 4 years ago
I do the same anywhere I take a walk. Stones, wood, seed pods, feathers, interesting bottles or bottle caps......
Anna Martin 4 years ago
Get a UV (black light) flashlight and see how much of that green sea glass glows uranium green.
#11
I put my Christmas tree up and I haven’t taken it down. It’s almost been up for a year and I’ve changed the ornaments every few weeks.
Douglas Turner 4 years ago
Wait, have you not yet opened the gifts? Or do you replenish them on the 25th of each month? I wouldn't be able to resist.
LH25 4 years ago
We talked about doing this, and getting/making seasonal ornaments. Our 3 cats convinced us it was a bad idea. We don't want to be picking up ornaments all year long.
Bow, I’m a Slytherin 4 years ago
I have a mini Christmas tree in my bedroom and I do this. I also wrap the s**t in my room and act like it’s a present :>
Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago (edited)
I literally just took mine down a week ago (it's now mid May!) LOL! I once had mine up for a year and a half. My housemate and good friend who stayed with my wife and I, had put it up for us around November for Christmas of 2014. We joked about doing Christmas in July so I left it up. He passed suddenly on July 23rd of 2015 and I just left it up for Christmas of 2015. I took it down on the 1 year anniversary of his passing. It's the longest I ever kept a tree in my house. (Yes, It was an artificial tree!)
Bettie-Jean Neal 4 years ago
Why not? If it brings you joy, go for it! Add some Easter decorations and maybe some Barbie dolls or something? Be weird.
Anja Schmidt 4 years ago
i can relate. i feel a bit betrayed about my christmas 2020. I won´t give up celebrating at no time.
#12
Ray Martin 4 years ago
If you find yourself emulating the works of Piero Manzoni, maybe get some counselling ;-)
Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
I'd worry more about Goya or Hieronymus Bosch.
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Healthline points out that it can take some people a mere 18 days to form a new habit. Meanwhile, others can take up to 254 days to make the behavior something that they do regularly, nearly without thinking. The average time for making new behaviors automatic appears to be 66 days. However, that depends on the person, the habit itself, and how much effort is put into the whole ordeal. Our advice? Start slow. Maybe with a single pickle and a single lap around your neighborhood.
#13
I don’t sleep through the night so at 3 a.m. I get up and eat the croissant on my nightstand. So instead of witching hour, it’s the croissant hour.
Douglas Turner 4 years ago
At first glance I thought your realm was Gin...
Load More Replies... Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
Soo... is it fairies or pixies that supply these nightly croissants, and how to I get them to deliver here?
Bored Cats 4 years ago
Don't you know? Obviously, there's a website called fairycroissants.express.nightlyhours
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A weird cat 4 years ago
I know longer believe in the witching hour. The croissant hour is much better.
Anja Schmidt 4 years ago
Im living in frankonia, Germany. We have deep connection to Croissants. In Germany it´s called "Hörnchen". Bamberger Hörnchen. You are doing right by enjoing these. It´s medicine :-)
Kelly Hartle 4 years ago
We had a lady at the assisted living I work at who used to get 3 pieces of candy, 2 crackers and a cookie by her bedside every night when we put her to bed. It must have worked--she lived to 101.
#14
I put my stuffed animals in chairs and give them mugs so it feels like I’m working in a coffee shop, when I’m actually desperately alone.
amaritia 4 years ago
Take care. You are starting a dangerous road. Next can be talk to them Later talk with them And even later you will be convinced they are giving orders to you Be careful
Richard Jordan 4 years ago
GET YOU A FEW OF THESE! I NOW HAVE CLOSE TO 30! DSC_0099-6...b3dc5e.jpg 
Shirley Heyn 4 years ago
It's when you see them drinking from the mugs, that you know for sure you need help. . .
Mary Lou Gemmer 4 years ago
Stuffed animals need friends, too. They don’t tip. I think they prefer tea.
#15
I’m an essential worker and where I work they don’t mandate our customers to wear masks so I deal with a lot of stress. So now on my Sunday I draw a hot bubble bath with epsom salt and light some candles. I put my laptop out, turn on a good show, and I make some good dinner – like something I love. And I eat my dinner in the bathtub.
Carole Strawn 4 years ago
Most of these are stock photos. Do you actually think someone would post a photo of themselves in the bathtub?
#16
That would be the rubber band ball made from each broccoli that we’ve eaten during the pandemic.
Friday 4 years ago
Interesting, but broccoli doesn’t need packaging or rubber bands. So much unnecessary waste ending up in landfills :(
N G 4 years ago
Completely agree, but I think it's so two heads of broccoli can be sold as a single unit. Might be better to half the price of a unit so two units still make up the price, or use string, or other recyclable/biodegradable band.
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Donna Gettings Apperson 4 years ago
I have asparagus rubber bands. Wonder if I could do this. Hmmm.
Summer Woodsong 4 years ago
The rubber bands that come on my broccoli are of really good quality!!
Beth Arriaga 4 years ago
Mine would be the size of a beach ball by now. Just found out I'm severely anemic and that's why I've been craving broccoli like mad. I eat it every day, at every meal. Yes, for breakfast. I just receive 3 pints of blood but I'm still craving it.... broccoli and ice. !??!
Richard Jordan 4 years ago
HEY! I HAVE TO GET MY RUBBER BANDS SOMEWHERE! AND TO EAT HEALTHY IS A PLUS. JUST RECYCLE AND IT'S NOT A WASTE.
Parmeisan 4 years ago
I guess the broccoli she buys come with a rubber band on them. She has made a rubber-band-ball from those (and only those) rubber bands.
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I live near an airport and at the beginning of the pandemic I downloaded this app that lets you check local airplane radar. Now, every time that I hear a plane go by overhead, I check the app to see where they were coming from and I imagine what it would be like if I were in that place right now.
Smutná_elfka 4 years ago
That's cool. No airport where I live, but I watch out for hospital helicopter. It's always a bit gutwrenching to see it.
Noemie Houtekie-N'Da 4 years ago (edited)
I live near an airport so when I see a plane, I always imagine a basic storyline for why they are their. Yes, I'm weird and have no destiny as a popular kid, not even in a parallel universe.
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Paizleypie 4 years ago
When I see a plane I always wonder who's in it and where are they going.
Ruth Beaty 4 years ago
We live a few miles from a military base. I can tell when they are doing practice landings now. I also have stop watching videos when they are going over sometimes, or stop a phone call since I can't hear anything for a few seconds.
#18
I got cowgirl boots to wear while watching a horse show on Netflix.
leia's emotional cupcake 4 years ago
Hat is matte black, Got the boots that's black to match, Riding on a horse, ha, You can whip your Porsche, I been in the valley, You ain't been up off the porch, now
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#19
I rent a place by the lake, but I can’t afford a boat. I can’t go boating and I can’t go fishing because I’m vegan. So everyday during my quarantine summer I would come out on my porch and wait for boats to go by. As the boats went by I would pay attention to what songs they were playing and I would count that as fishing for songs. I put them all on a little playlist.
Gavin Johnson 4 years ago
Wow, you managed one sentence and gave us all an insight into your stupidity. Well done you! It was relevant to the piece and without that information we’d be wondering why she was fishing for songs instead of err... fish. Sometimes it’s important to know someone is vegan, this is one such occasion.
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Henry Cheves 4 years ago
You could do catch-and-release fishing. I'm vegetarian and I do that.
CincyReds 4 years ago
I have a lake by my house that is only catch release, and some people just don't know how to release without hurting or killing the fish. Makes me so sad to walk around the lake and see dead fish because people don't know how to fish.
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H Edwards 4 years ago
Why would a vegan, who actively tries to do everything they can to leave animals the f*ck alone and not bother them, catch and release fish?
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#20
I’ve been obsessed with the turkeys that live outside my bedroom window and every day at sundown I watch them. It’s become a ritual. I call this 'Turkey Time.' And it’s gotten to the point where if for some reason, due to bad weather or something, the turkeys aren’t here, I feel like my world is crumbling. They are comfort turkeys.
Shelli PL 4 years ago
Glad they’re not cold turkeys or you’d have to quit them. (I’ll see myself out)
VeninTheRogue 4 years ago
I kinda do that. I have a wood bee thing in my back yard, and they eat wood so they’re not that good but they don’t sting. So I catch them and release them somewhere else and I can hold them before I let them go. I haven’t caught any in like a week or two and it actually is making me pretty sad. They are such nice bees🐝
AspieGirl88 4 years ago
Kinda reminds me of a YouTube channel I know that features frogs, called “Frog Time”! 😂
#21
I abandoned all my previously held beliefs about religion, politics, gender identity, and sexual orientation…oh, and I started painting wine bottles!
Okiedokie 4 years ago (edited)
People...they’ve had over a year to re-examine their [unstated] beliefs. That’s not on a whim, especially when you’re stuck inside all day with nothing but your brain for company. They’ve also incorporated arts and crafts, which is GREAT for mental health. I admire this person. They challenged themselves.
Bex 4 years ago
I understand the mental health concerns--but this purportedly happened over a year. Not such a sudden change. Religión is the fuel behind so much hatred. If you stop believing in a vengeful deity, a lot of things can change from that. My brother went the other way. He got super evangelical, and we just don't talk anymore. It was the end for me when he said our mama got cancer for her "sinful" youth.
Parmeisan 4 years ago (edited)
My brother went that way too. :( He's super religious and a bigot to the point where I fear for his children's mental health if any of them struggle with their gender or sexuality. He is using religion to justify hatred and it's like.. he's lost his way somehow. Isn't Christianity supposed to be about loving people??
Load More Replies... Bow, I’m a Slytherin 4 years ago
If your past views about sexual orientation and gender identity were transphobic/homophobic/sexist, then I guess that’s good!... If they were not like that before but are now...
Noemie Houtekie-N'Da 4 years ago
just noting, they just said sexual orientation.
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Truth Monster 4 years ago
This person may want to seek professional help, if they haven't already. That kind of a change can leave turbulence in its wake in even the most resilient people in their proper mind. In a vulnerable individual, this could be signs of a mental illness emerging. I'm making no assertions here.
Logic and Reason 4 years ago
It’s been an entire year. Introspection can be a good thing, especially if there was no actual reason for them to have the previous beliefs in the first place.
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#22
Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago
Cool! Me? I'd be face planting... I'm lucky I can tie my shoes without flattening out!
#24
Whenever I’m alone for too long and watching TV by myself [and] I have a thought about what I’m watching I will pause the TV. Pause it, look to my left as if someone is sitting there, and I will argue with myself about my opinions on the show. There’s no one there. I only play the show when I’m done saying my thought.
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
One of my oldest friends died in 2016. I keep a picture of him on my desk now, and sometimes I talk to it about what I'm watching on YouTube. I'm not sure if that's more or less weird. It's definitely a sign of how much I miss him. :(
Rachel Adams 4 years ago
I do this as well, pause a show and talk out loud, like "well that can't be right because last time they said such and such so that doesn't follow on", all to myself lol
grey galah 4 years ago
speaking to yourself is the good. Arguing with yourself is better. Laughing at yourself is the best
Zydakohdee-O 4 years ago
What shows do you watch? I'll discuss a show with you. Caveat: I don't watch reality shows.
#25
Before I moved, I would go for a sunset walk every night behind my house and write the names of the people I hate in the sand.
k1ddkanuck 4 years ago
Same. Only it's my cat's litter box. And the name is always that of my ex.
Michael Sanders 4 years ago
What if you walked another direction and all you saw was your name written over and over? 😳
#26
I started taking shots of maple syrup whenever I get stressed.
Ray Martin 4 years ago
Wait... by shots, do you mean a swig from the bottle, or a photo of the syrup?
Joe Dad 4 years ago
Sometimes I'd take a very small spoonful of brown sugar. The crunch is so satisfying.
Ste 4 years ago
I do the same thing. Dark brown sugar and the clumps are especially good.
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Monic Krugell 4 years ago
Will you please ask Santa nicely to ignore my naughtiness this year - its been stressful to be fair.
#27
These are my sticks.
Karen Fernley 4 years ago
Buttons are good to collect. My gran had a box full of different buttons she would sometimes let me play with, when i was little
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Douglas Turner 4 years ago
And very fine sticks they are. There appears to be some clear rules for the sticks you collect. It is not just random, and that is very cool.
Bored Doggy 4 years ago (edited)
I HAVE A STICK COLLECTION TOO My dad is threatening to throw them away though ;-;
#28
Sweeping my floor while waiting for my morning coffee is a new ritual. Every single morning, like blindly in the dark.
#29
Cutting fabric into pieces and then sewing them back together.
Douglas Turner 4 years ago
The photo is misleading, I think. I pictured something more random and chaotic, a swatch cut apart and repaired in a desperate approximation of the world we are living in. But I may be overthinking things. Maybe it's just a quilt.
Load More Replies... Vicky Z 4 years ago (edited)
You'll have it back in a few hours....or days
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Linda Cowley, auntriarch 4 years ago
I've been doing the same but with woollen fabric. Now have some nice blankies
#30
I have this one blonde eyebrow hair that grows super long and I used to pluck it, but now I just let it grow out. It’s probably over an inch. It’s already fallen out naturally once so it’ll probably fall out soon, but I just love it.
Niffler_13 4 years ago
As a individual with blonde/light colored hair, I have the opposite problem, I get dark hairs that grow longer than the others, and they tend to be more noticeable. I pluck them.
Carole Dose 4 years ago
My father, Robert G. Dose', was a commanding officer of the U.S.S. Midway, a U.S.N. carrier. He kept asking the ship's barber to cut his hair shorter and shorter because it was getting in his eyes. Shorn to the scalp, he realized that his eyebrows had gotten long and bushy with wild hairs.
Naima Ivansdóttir 4 years ago
i have a white one! it's longer and thicker than the others ahah
Jo Davies 4 years ago
I have one on my left shoulder. It grew for about 15 years, always falling out naturally as I couldn't bear to pluck it. I was so disappointed when about 10byears ago it stopped. Overjoyed when it came back (briefly) about 2 years ago. I constantly check to see if it comes back again!
#31
I will make stupid lyrics to the songs and sing them out loud to no one. Like fully in public I will sing at my dog telling her to poop.
bonnyatlast 4 years ago
There was a preK teacher in my building that was given way too many kids. I think she had 28. She would do that. Sing to them constantly. She had a song about walking down the hallway to my class. She had a long rope with a knot every few feet. Each child held onto a knot as they walk down the hallway singing the hallway song. Must have been the only way she kept sane. And only way she kept them from all running off.
Sweetie Dahling 4 years ago
I wrote a song about tomatoes just to annoy my tomato-hating SO (an upbeat pop song called 'Tomatoes on the brain'). In retaliation he composed a mango song merely to annoy me (it's only lyric is mango..over and over again). Definitely the love of my life :D
David Martin 4 years ago
I have a friend who loves to sing "My girl wants to potty all the time" to her dog, often when it's time to take her outside for the bathroom. Her dog has had enough of her shenanigans by now, but that's just too bad cause it's not gonna stop. Ever
Kyra DarkStar 4 years ago
I sing to my cat, but to be honest I did that before the pandemic too.
Mary Lou Gemmer 4 years ago
Kids tune in to singing more than the spoken word. The person who put 28 pre-K in one class should be shot. The teacher has earned a medal.
#32
I keep eating pieces of fruit and when I go to shoot, I grow up and now I have a mandarin tree. A lemon tree, a white guava tree. This one didn't like being reported, but she's bouncing back. I have more pink guava guavas growing some green guava. I have an olive tree and I have a tiny little navel tree, navel, orange tree that I'm trying to bonzai. I also have some yellow dragon fruit in the red dragon fruit. But this one's from a friend. I live in a tiny graduate housing apartment. Why did I choose trees?
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
And the mystery of how a green (AKA unripe) guava can POSSIBLY grow off the pink guava tree...
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Queen Jackson. 4 years ago
I think what she meant was she eats little pieces off ruin, and when she goes to throw them away, she grows the seeds from the fruit she ate. All obvious but yh, still like this one.
M O'Connell 4 years ago
Lots of these will probably not be successful. Many commercial varieties are terrible trees on their own, and in cultivation are grafted onto sturdier rootstock. Grafting itself can be a fun hobby, you can make an apple tree which grows many different varieties of apples at the same time.
#33
FaceTiming men on dating apps without warning.
Leslie Burleson 4 years ago
I did not by this phone to talk on it ! Lmfao
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I eat the end of the bread loaves at the end of the day.
Linda Cowley, auntriarch 4 years ago
Yess! I've always called them bread bums
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#35
I don’t eat the middles of Oreos. I save them.
Ray Martin 4 years ago
That's weird, but as long as it keeps you happy and out of prison, I can totally give you a thumbs-up on this ;-)
Let’s All Just Try And Be Decent 4 years ago
If this was removed in a more surgical way with some kind of implement (like a knife) and then stored in a jar for later use this would be marvellous and very innovative. But the whole, grabbing it in one hand and squishing it makes it seem much more like a play-dough situation which just seems very unsanitary. Please don't eat it. Not a great time to be going to hospital.
white_shadow 4 years ago
What? she's saving it for day we hear the words, 'covid is gone, and we're going back to what we were like before!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
#36
I got, like super into freakin composting. This is my stinky compost bucket full of stinky compost. Smells like sh*t. I have absolutely no purpose for it. I am just collecting stinky sh*t juice. Also, that system is called Bokashi Bucket. If you go to Banning's and ask for Cocchi, it's not going to go down well.
Aldhissla VargTimmen 4 years ago
I guess Bokashi bucket got autocorrected. So for anyone interested, google bokashi instead of abukar shi ;)
GirlFriday 4 years ago
I also got into composting, but I am also container gardening this year, so I am using my compost.
CanadianaKa 4 years ago
I keep my composting in the fridge. Much less stinky that way. :) (Then again, I'm just saving it for municipal pick-up, not for me to actually use.)
Ruth Beaty 4 years ago
You need to get into vermiculture, way less stink and a much more useful product. Worm poop!
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Deborah B 4 years ago
I ran out of Greys Anatomy right at the start of the pandemic, so I made up episodes and told them to myself. I've added new characters, got rid of the ones I don't like, and started relationships. I haven't watched any real GA since, because it would ruin my version.
Vicky Z 4 years ago
I would like to see your version cause I'm tired of grey's anatomy many seasons now
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Llewella 4 years ago
I bought a "Where's Waldo" figurine. Now my family is playing "Where's Waldo"... If you find him you snap a pic and hide it somewhere else.
Laugh or not 4 years ago
Nice ! Such a good game to play with family or roommates.
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N G 4 years ago
I started putting a folded blanket across my legs while I'm working. Started because there was a draught in our first attempt at a home office, but soon I found I felt uncomfortable without the blanket. In the height of summer, I'm in shorts with the windows open, and still need the blanket across my legs. And it's only while I'm working - if I'm in that room playing a game or reading, no blanket required - it's like a working trigger.
Laugh or not 4 years ago
I am very sensitive to cold - like 25°C is a bit chilly - so at home I have the winter duvet all year round, thick socks and a pmblanket or duvet when I am working or on the sofa.
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Robin DJW 4 years ago
I am a retired almost-70-yo woman and I got semi-addicted to Minecraft, and more recently, Valheim. My family thinks I'm nuts, but I have made friends with people from all sorts of exotic places.
mcborge1 4 years ago
Good for you, there's nothing wrong with being a gamer at any age. I'm 50 this year and still run a gaming computer. I spent lockdown building a martian outpost, complete with working vehicles and spaceships in the game Space engineers. Then they added a new planet so I built a base on that one too, and a factory, and habitation centre, space station, shipyard... Yep i got carried away with it all, lol.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I taught myself to crochet. Hats, blankets, cat toys, pillow covers, and my new favorite project: Tea cozies. Yeah. I know. But it's that or run naked screaming down the road into the forest... Which , frankly, sounds more fun, but, y'know. Bears.
Katelyn 4 years ago
LMAO that sounds really fun expically the screaming part
Load More Replies... Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
Sometimes when I started feeling really cooped up I would go out and sit in the garden and just watch the flowers nodding and the birds hopping around. It was already a beautiful place, but during lockdown it was an out and out godsend. It gave me a new appreciation for just sitting quietly, too. No music, no video playing, no text to read... just quiet and stillness. We need more of that in our lives. Or at least I do.
SirPatTheCat 4 years ago
I started propagating succulents obsessively. I have second generation succulents. There is no space left on my windowsills. Please send help.
Evil Little Thing 4 years ago (edited)
I got really into planted aquariums. I went from one tank to four real quick, and I'm setting up a fifth as soon as I can get the electrician in here to add an outlet for the filter and grow light.
ScarlettofHydraIsland 4 years ago
I can now sing the entirety of Rammstein’s RAMMSTEIN album. And I’ve never taken German lessons in my life.
Deborah B 4 years ago
I ran out of Greys Anatomy right at the start of the pandemic, so I made up episodes and told them to myself. I've added new characters, got rid of the ones I don't like, and started relationships. I haven't watched any real GA since, because it would ruin my version.
Vicky Z 4 years ago
I would like to see your version cause I'm tired of grey's anatomy many seasons now
Load More Replies... Llewella 4 years ago
I bought a "Where's Waldo" figurine. Now my family is playing "Where's Waldo"... If you find him you snap a pic and hide it somewhere else.
Laugh or not 4 years ago
Nice ! Such a good game to play with family or roommates.
Load More Replies... N G 4 years ago
I started putting a folded blanket across my legs while I'm working. Started because there was a draught in our first attempt at a home office, but soon I found I felt uncomfortable without the blanket. In the height of summer, I'm in shorts with the windows open, and still need the blanket across my legs. And it's only while I'm working - if I'm in that room playing a game or reading, no blanket required - it's like a working trigger.
Laugh or not 4 years ago
I am very sensitive to cold - like 25°C is a bit chilly - so at home I have the winter duvet all year round, thick socks and a pmblanket or duvet when I am working or on the sofa.
Load More Replies... Robin DJW 4 years ago
I am a retired almost-70-yo woman and I got semi-addicted to Minecraft, and more recently, Valheim. My family thinks I'm nuts, but I have made friends with people from all sorts of exotic places.
mcborge1 4 years ago
Good for you, there's nothing wrong with being a gamer at any age. I'm 50 this year and still run a gaming computer. I spent lockdown building a martian outpost, complete with working vehicles and spaceships in the game Space engineers. Then they added a new planet so I built a base on that one too, and a factory, and habitation centre, space station, shipyard... Yep i got carried away with it all, lol.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I taught myself to crochet. Hats, blankets, cat toys, pillow covers, and my new favorite project: Tea cozies. Yeah. I know. But it's that or run naked screaming down the road into the forest... Which , frankly, sounds more fun, but, y'know. Bears.
Katelyn 4 years ago
LMAO that sounds really fun expically the screaming part
Load More Replies... Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
Sometimes when I started feeling really cooped up I would go out and sit in the garden and just watch the flowers nodding and the birds hopping around. It was already a beautiful place, but during lockdown it was an out and out godsend. It gave me a new appreciation for just sitting quietly, too. No music, no video playing, no text to read... just quiet and stillness. We need more of that in our lives. Or at least I do.
SirPatTheCat 4 years ago
I started propagating succulents obsessively. I have second generation succulents. There is no space left on my windowsills. Please send help.
Evil Little Thing 4 years ago (edited)
I got really into planted aquariums. I went from one tank to four real quick, and I'm setting up a fifth as soon as I can get the electrician in here to add an outlet for the filter and grow light.
ScarlettofHydraIsland 4 years ago
I can now sing the entirety of Rammstein’s RAMMSTEIN album. And I’ve never taken German lessons in my life.
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