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Ebone4rock
SFN Regular
USA
894 Posts |
 Posted - 12/23/2010 : 12:36:30
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Alrighty folks, here's something I've been wanting to ask for a while. Hopefully some of you will fess up!
I'm sure that we all feel that we are rational people but I'm also sure that many of us have quirks. Here are some of mine.
Fortune cookies - When I get a fortune that I like I stick it in my billfold and it makes me feel better.
Music- Whenever I get a new music playing device I MUST play Iron Maiden's Powerslave album first otherwise the new music playing device will not be as cool.
I'm sure I have more but I'll save them for later.
How's 'bout you folks?
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Haole with heart, thats all I'll ever be. I'm not a part of the North Shore society. Stuck on the shoulder, that's where you'll find me. Digging for scraps with the kooks in line. -Offspring |
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
3192 Posts |
Posted - 12/28/2010 : 11:26:40 [Permalink]
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| Powerslave, good choice, I'd go with "Ram It Down", personally. Actually I cant think of anything I do except "Don't sit in my chair and don't touch my controller!" Unless of course you are including Man Rules like "If there are three urinals and urinal #1 is occupied, use #3 Dumbass!" |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9688 Posts |
Posted - 12/28/2010 : 15:28:50 [Permalink]
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Occasionally, I relapse into religionist-fundie mode in which I'm having imaginary conversations with Jesus or God, discussing my displeasure about some situation or fact of life.
These are remnants of my ~10 years of brain washing in a Pentecostal church. The moment I relapse, I know I'm relapsing and intellectually know that there's no point in having those conversations because there's most probably none listening, and my personal experience is that even if someone was listening, he/she/it wouldn't do anything anyway... I get angry with myself for doing something I used to do out of habit, even though I know it's beyond pointless; it's a waste of energy.
Sometimes I wonder what I would/should say to my old "friends" from church should they ever make contact with me for any reason. It's been more than 15 years since I saw most of them.
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Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2010 : 03:27:28 [Permalink]
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I tend to fancy myself an expert weather prognosticator. Two days ago, as also yesterday and today, I looked at satellite images and confirmed what I'd already decided by looking at the billowy gray clouds in the sky. I predicted heavy rainfall, three days in a row.
Not a drop fell.
But that's not as bad as when I was a kid: Then I used to reliably whistle up storms, literally. Only later did I realize that I was probably only thinking to do this when I saw an imminent storm approaching. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Baxter
Skeptic Friend
USA
131 Posts |
 Posted - 12/29/2010 : 14:09:01 [Permalink]
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I admit to an irrational inclination to believe that the number 444 somehow means something for me. I frequently see it, and while I understand the power of confirmation bias, it really gets freaky at times. For example, today I changed the channel on TV and "1000 Ways to Die" was on. The very first thing that was on the screen was a big "#444".
About 2 1/2 years ago, I prophesied that my daughter would be born at 4:44 (I gave myself the leniency of am or pm). The official time that the nurse recorded was 4:47p. |
"We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me." ~from Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey
"We can be as honest as we are ignorant. If we are, when asked what is beyond the horizon of the known, we must say that we do not know." ~Robert G. Ingersoll
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2010 : 15:05:22 [Permalink]
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Sometimes I feel a twinge of caution before breaking some superstitious taboo, like walking under a ladder or opening an umbrella indoors. I ignore the feeling, of course, and do it anyway, but I'm always irritated that the feeling even pops up. But I really can't think of any irrational rituals or habits which I indulge in. My wife says I sometimes unconsciously cross my fingers when hoping for something to work, so I suppose that qualifies.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
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Ebone4rock
SFN Regular
USA
894 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2011 : 11:52:04 [Permalink]
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Just thought of another one.
Reincarnation- it makes me feel better that when my beloved gentle giant chocolate labrador died we took his ashes and mixed it with the soil of a tree we planted to honor him. I dunno, maybe there is some science that would prove a part of him is still living in that tree. |
Haole with heart, thats all I'll ever be. I'm not a part of the North Shore society. Stuck on the shoulder, that's where you'll find me. Digging for scraps with the kooks in line. -Offspring |
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sailingsoul
SFN Addict
2830 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2011 : 15:40:07 [Permalink]
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| During sex I still say "Oh God" even though I know there are none to hear it. I suspect that's probably left over from being raised by theist or whatever and it's like thanking him for the moment. After I realized and accepted that God doesn't exist, I tried just screaming my own name but that didn't go over to well. So now I still say "Oh Oh God". SS |
There are only two types of religious people, the deceivers and the deceived. SS |
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Ebone4rock
SFN Regular
USA
894 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2011 : 05:57:28 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by sailingsoul
During sex I still say "Oh God" even though I know there are none to hear it. I suspect that's probably left over from being raised by theist or whatever and it's like thanking him for the moment. After I realized and accepted that God doesn't exist, I tried just screaming my own name but that didn't go over to well. So now I still say "Oh Oh God". SS
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If you tried it with a partner then you would have someone to hear you. |
Haole with heart, thats all I'll ever be. I'm not a part of the North Shore society. Stuck on the shoulder, that's where you'll find me. Digging for scraps with the kooks in line. -Offspring |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9688 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2011 : 16:47:58 [Permalink]
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I was thinking exactly the same...
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Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
1383 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2011 : 10:22:16 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ebone4rock
Originally posted by sailingsoul
During sex I still say "Oh God" even though I know there are none to hear it. I suspect that's probably left over from being raised by theist or whatever and it's like thanking him for the moment. After I realized and accepted that God doesn't exist, I tried just screaming my own name but that didn't go over to well. So now I still say "Oh Oh God". SS
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If you tried it with a partner then you would have someone to hear you.
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What? An inflatable doll is not considered a partner???
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My quirk: when I get a cold, I tend to buy orange juice.
Ex quirk: When I was about 14-15 years old and I was climbing stairs, I always had to start with my right foot. |
METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL
It's a small, off-duty czechoslovakian traffic warden! |
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sailingsoul
SFN Addict
2830 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2011 : 14:41:59 [Permalink]
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| Very funny! I did intend my reply to be funny but you guys ran with it. SS |
There are only two types of religious people, the deceivers and the deceived. SS |
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Rationally irrational quirks
