All I ever think is "LPT1" to connect my HP Laserjet 4 that is passed through my external Zip drive.

I'm talking about if you go into your home and get real quiet, can you hear like... "clicking" or "tapping" in the roof, walls, windows and general interior? I find that no matter where I am, I'm acutely aware of this and I notice it all the time. I'm open to the possibility of this being a hallucination, so I figured I'd ask here if anyone else notices this happening.

My best guess is that it's caused by some sort of vibrations in the air conditioning and/or plumbing, or very light shifts happening in the structure of the building.

sounds very specific but I just need to know if anyone else gets this, and if anyone has a name for it lol

Okay so, this is gonna probably sound weird to some of you, but I just wanted a place to let it out.

I come from a very conservative and patriarchal family you could say. When I was younger, they’d always praise the boys by saying (and this is translated) “you’re a MAN!” Obviously as a young girl I always wondered what the alternative would be for girls, because saying “you’re a WOMAN” was always used in a condescending, insulting, and degrading way. So I really didn’t want to be called that. I have a younger brother and they’d sometimes praise him by (and I’m sorry this might be disturbing) his male body part. And I kid you not, it would be so random but they’d just praise him by that, and just because he has it I guess. Of course I’d be just as disgusted and confused as you guys, but I’d also feel like he had something I didn’t? Like he’s complete and something worthwhile, while there was something missing in me.

This is the first time I ever share this and I’m honestly so embarrassed. But it’s just always been there and I wish I could do something about it. There’s so much more instances like this I want to let out, but this happens to be the weirdest of them all. Has anyone had this type of thing happen to them? Do you guys think that maybe it was just me over-analyzing and therefore internalizing something that wasn’t worth that? I’ve had many man-woman comparisons growing up, and until now, but would this instance alone be enough to cause my aversion and resentment towards men?

*Not to mention I also have a problem with men in general (ever since my teens at least). I’ve always had this type of resentment, disgust, and aversion. I’m a young adult now and have had zero relationships with guys, even family members, I’ve never felt any sort of connection with nor do I want to. I almost always (if not all the time) feel inferior to them, and like they view me as such too. So I tend to avoid, reject, and be aggressive sometimes, not giving them the chance to even think about doing anything. Sometimes, I also view them as umm… creatures? That sounds dumb lol but what I’m trying to say is that I wouldn’t see them as human beings, almost like they’re the inferior ones? Idk no offense to any man here, but I’m trying to be honest and genuinely understand why I’m like this even though I didn’t choose to be.

I somehow can see myself in third person for mainly my oldest memories of when I was a little little kid I don't know how or why specific memories of mine are like this but they are and its making me second guess myself 😅 Dae?

Nobody cares. You sell yourselves and they protect you. Clearly. Keep it that way then.

Make America ___ Again?

Minorities don’t give a fuck anymore either.

Nobody does.

Every person for themself now.

If I could buy just the sticks I totally would

I've done this for as long as I can remember, but I have a pretty good sense of feeling a "burpful" of an amount of air in my stomach, and most times it doesn't come out immediately. So I learned to "swallow" a small amount of air, which then adds to the overall stomach gas, and I think it creates enough internal pressure to make it easier to burp all the mixed gases out at once. Like after I do it, I generally burp 2-3 times, then my stomach feels entirely empty of gas pressure.

I have never seen anyone else do this, but holy crap. The amount of minute stomach aches after a big meal or a carbonated drink that this little hack has saved me is too numerous to count. So yea, does anyone else do this regularly or even periodically, like after a Thanksgiving dinner?

i have never experienced the buzz that so many coffee/ energy drinkers describe. i used to chug those panera charged lemonades without a clue in the world about the caffeine content and i never felt anything happen. i don’t even drink coffee or energy drinks. they just don’t work and sometimes it’s frustrating when i need that boost of energy. who else can relate!!

If something is really funny I can “heh” or “ha” but I can’t actually laugh

Correct me if I’m wrong, but Reddit is generally young males who are atheists. Why are posts that genuinely ask questions about religion or God considered an unbiased truth?

I didn’t get enough sleep last night, and all day at work I was trying not to fall asleep at my desk. I almost didn’t make it to the gym because I was so exhausted, but I’m here now and having a great workout. Not that this is something I’d usually do, but it’s like my body is using the last of its fumes or a “fight or flight” mode. And granted, it’s leg day.

So, this went down last month, n I'm still trying to process, lol. It was one of those nights, really bored, browsing through Insta, 'bout this dude hit my dm. We had a few mutuals, so I was like whatever why not respond, lol. And they started to vibe, 'cause he actually funny as, had me laughing for real.

Fast forward, like, a few days, 'n he's askin' me if I wanna get a drink. Normal me woulda said no, but idk what got into me. I got all dolled up, met him at this bar, 'n the next thing you know we're at his place. I mean, literally, I knew this man for a WEEK.

Now, all I can do is sit here like…people do this or am I just wildin'?

Not exactly the phenomenon but I don't know how to succinctly put it any other way for a title. It doesn't have to be the end of the sentence.

So i (27f) grew up with (and still live with) my parents. My mom has a head injury from a rafting accident when I was very young. She fell out of the raft, hit a boulder the size of a horse head first, and was swept a mile downriver while unconscious. She's only alive because of her lifejacket.

Obviously, she got a lot of head and brain trauma from that incident. She lost a lot of her memory, and has some short term memory issues still. Often times she won't be able to think of a word/finish a thought quickly, and it frustrates her when she has to think so long. I know my mom really well so I can almost always know what word or phrase she's wanting to say, so whenever that pause comes up, I automatically offer it up so the conversation can keep going and she doesn't lose her train of thought. It's a good system for us.

Except now I've noticed I do it to everyone quite a lot, including my old boss. Every time there's the slightest pause when someone's looking for a word or phrase, I can't help but try to finish the thought for them. Most of the time I'm right, but occasionally I'm a little off the mark. I've never had anyone seem upset or annoyed at it, but now I've become aware that I'm doing it and wonder.

Is this something everyone does a lot, or do most people do it sometimes and I do it a lot more just because I'm used to it with my mom, or do most people just stay silent and let the other person think of what they're trying to say until they get it?

my family isn't abusive, but I've found that i (17f) can't really assert my opinions or get a little bit angry without being told off or being told i had an attitude. either that, or I'd get shut down.

so i find that i speak like a kid. very delicately and soft spoken. simple words. starting requests with "i really hope this isn't rude, but..." or "not to be mean, but..."

literally a few minutes ago i was asking my mom for $10 and i promised to repay her, but i kept stuttering and mumbling. even my mom herself told me i speak like a kid once. i just don't want to make her mad.

unfortunately, this has bled out into how i interact with my peers, and they infantilize me because of my passivity. I'm trying to work through that because i want to be taken seriously.

Like, we’re born, we go to school, and then we’re expected to work 40+ hours a week until we’re too old to enjoy life. And everyone just accepts this as “normal”?

I get that we need money, but why do we all just go along with a system where we spend most of our waking hours working just to afford the basics? Wouldn’t it make more sense for society to prioritise more free time, hobbies, travel, or just… living?

I’m not saying “nobody should work,” but isn’t it strange that technology has advanced so much, yet most of us still live as if we’re in a 9-to-5 factory system from the 1800s?

basically the title - when i have a song stuck in my head, my thoughts start “singing along” with it but they’re just the words that i’m thinking. like if im thinking “i need to do the dishes”, it’s like my brain is singing those in the tune of whatever song is stuck in my head.

? Sorry if the title wasn't clear, English is not my native language and I wasn't sure how to write that.

Where most people might go quiet around someone they don’t fw or get aggressive in order to drive them away, I get annoying. I make them not want to be around me because they think they’re better than me. I’m not proud that I do this especially because it ends up with me being shunned by everyone in some situations. I was wondering if anyone else does this too?

So l want to say first that it someone is just singing randomly here and there in a hallway or something it is fine. I also might be super sensitive to noise. However, I work in a very tiny office and bring headphones to work everyday. This one coworker sings so loud I still hear it and makes me super angry. I try to ignore it but it is hard when it just gets to me. And its not like I can control how I feel because I have tried many techniques and it all ends with me wanting to turn around and telling her rudely to shut up. I have told my boss but she still does it. Im now at the point of asking my boss if I can work in a broom closet. Anyone got good suggestions on affordable noise canceling headphones or should I consider working from home?

😂 I am completely single-minded. I line up something that needs to be done (working out, cleaning up the house, etc.), and think, "Some great music would really help me get in a positive mindset and get my booty moving!" And then all I end up doing is dancing around the house to the music, pretending I'm Eddie Van Halen or Bruce Springsteen.

I am an avid reader and when I was younger I would listen to any music while reading. Some books even had a playlist so I would match the song with the scene and it created this amazing combinations.

This gave me the idea of listening to soundtracks because I also love movies. Now while I read it’s like a movie in my head. It has only happened twice while reading that the perfect song comes on and ends right when I finish the chapter, it gives me goosebumps. Or I will go back and read an epic battle scene with epic music, that also gives me goosebumps.

Some of my favorites are: -Hans Zimmer (obviously) -Steve Jablonsky who did Transformers -Ramin Djawadi who did Game of Thrones and Westworld -Bear McCreary who did God of War: Ragnarok video game, Outlander, and Ring Of Power

I swear, I spend more time editing my speech-to-text to make it intelligible than I would have spent if I had just typed it in.