Some people have interesting or cool quirks. While I just have… strange habits and dumb things I’ve been doing for years hoping no one notices.

I need to count on my fingers for basic addition and subtraction. Doesn’t matter if it’s 8 minus 3 or 14 plus 5, or figuring out how many episodes of a show are left, the fingers are mandatory. Trying to calculate the change for physical money in public is the worst.

I’d rather rub a piece of bread directly on a cold cube of butter instead of spreading it properly. I’d also rather eat frozen food straight from the fridge instead of bothering to heat it.

I nod in agreement while someone is explaining something complex to me, giving just enough eye contact and vague inputs to seem engaged… while having literally no idea what they’re saying. Then I have to google it later in private in case I run into the person again.

If I’m starting a movie or a book, I need to  find a detailed scene-by-scene explanation page. Then as I cover every small part of the movie, I’d go back to read about what happened in that part, even if I understood it already. Of course, the “mind-bending” stuff usually needs extra re-reading time.

I need to read a large number of comments under a post to figure out what the post even meant. Some memes or jokes are so beyond me that I even need to google them.

After having extensively researched and read several materials on a certain topic, if someone happens to start talking about it with me, I only speak things that make no sense since I suddenly can’t remember a word.

If I write in my own diary or journal after a long gap, I feel the need to cover all the events that happened during this time before I start writing what I actually came to write.

When I read new words in English, I pronounce them as literally close to their spelling as possible (aisle becomes ey-sal) and continue such pronunciation for years.

If I ask a question and the other person gets the question wrong, I agree that I asked what they thought I did.

I have to search online for appropriate responses to things people commonly ask or say in normal conversations. After gathering this information, when I get into a conversation later, I fail to say it.

Lastly, since I’m not sure how to end this list, I’ll just be backing away quietly like this.