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My coffee machine gets a little "thank you"-pat whenever it is finished brewing my coffee. No idea why exactly I started doing it, but nowadays it feels wrong to not praise it a little before walking away.

If I put something down and it is slightly unbalanced, I'll reposition it and then point my finger at it accusingly so it doesn't fall over.

slaps roof of towel this bad boy can fit so many hair in it

When I sit in a chair and cross my legs, I tuck the foot of the top leg behind the ankle of my bottom leg, so the legs are kind of wrapped around each other.

Economy of movement. I get up from chair, walk to kitchen. Always done as efficiently as possible, start to rise from chair, deftly pick up cup, smooth seamless turn, as I walk into kitchen I efficiently tilt, dance thru doorframe, step of feet perfectly timed to match curved motion of body, arm as it reaches for kitchen sink. Everything must be done as efficiently as possible.

I enter cars with my right foot first when I am on the right side(starboard), and vice versa.

During the cold season, I will give all metal door knobs and door handles a little whack first with my hand before grabbing. I hate the static shock that may or may not be waiting and the whack absorbs it in a way I can anticipate it.

I thought this would be more common but I don't really see anyone else doing it.

I breathe on any small spoons and clean them with my shirt before using them.

Every fifth step I take in a sidewalk must have the sidewalk crack be perfectly positioned in the middle of my foot, then five steps later the other foot gets to step on the crack. Feels very satisfying but it does cause my gait to be a bit off at times lol

I stand on my left foot when I'm holding still. Had a coworker ask me, "I don't mean to be weird, but why do you stand like a girl?"

Had no idea what he meant, so he demonstrated. Yeah, I do the tippy-toe thing. (Girls do it to make their thighs look slimmer, same as they sit in chairs.)

Broke my femur in 4 places back in 2000. Still don't want weight on that leg, hellish pain does that to you. I'm quite physically active, but standing still? Yeah, en pointe, like a ballerina.

You buttslap your hair towel?

There must be a German word for that.

I got dozens. Here’s one:
I like to stand on one foot while brushing my teeth, putting my foot on my knee like in a yoga pose.

I always put on and tie my left shoe and then the right. Then I go in reverse when I take them off.

Nice try AI, you aren't learning my physical habits

I pace my steps in such a way that I open a door with my foot. (obviously not with doors that are latched)

My friend pet the dash of his car every time the transmission hesitated. That spot of the dash swelled and popped up in that spot after a year or two because of the finger oils.

My leg bounces when I'm anxious.

"Yep, that's not going anywhere"

When I'm lying in bed on my side, I move my feet against each other in little circular motions, like a figure 8, so that my heels and the big toe move around the arch.

I have no idea when it started and never realized I was doing it until my ex pointed it out to me one night in bed.

Oh man, I recently found out not everyone wipes 💩 the way I do and I'm convinced everyone else is crazy. They gotta be walking around with dooty cheeks all day.

Also, I constantly flick my big toes against my second toe making a small raspy snap whenever I'm barefoot and sitting.

When doing dishes, I tap silverware on the edge of the sink to remove any water before putting it into drying rack. Absolutely useless, but for some reason I do it.

When I sit down to pee, I HAVE to rub my hands together before I release the pee. I started because I was cold one day and have never been able to stop. I hate it but it makes me feel so wrong if I don't do it. I've always wondered if other people do it or if they just think I just like rubbing my hands in the stall like a weirdo.

I smell everything. Dog's noggin, the insides of books, my morning cup of tea. Everything gets a healthy whiff.

When I'm in the shower, I purse my lips and blow directly against the water coming down because it makes a nice sound.

When I'm reading, I rub the edges of the page I'm currently on super tightly between my thumb and index finger because I like the sound and the feeling. I also rub the tops of my nails when I'm wearing nail polish for the same reason.