xkcd

by **Phrozt** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:21 pm UTC

Hobbies:
- I leave ridiculously long and wandering voice messages that make the person pissed that they had to listen to the whole thing to get to the point, but secretly a bit happy because it's funnier than a regular text message.
- Kind of OCDish... I try not to step on cracks (which looks particularly funny on tiled floor), and if the blocks of cement/tiles are large enough, I mentally bisect the corners and try not to step on the new lines formed. It's OCD because I do this 99% of the time I'm walking.

by **EduardoLeon** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:05 am UTC

My Hobby: Correcting a slightly grammatically and/or syntactically wrong but perfectly understandable thing I said; and replacing it with another semantically equivalent, perfectly correct but immensely contrived thing.

(Guess whether this is the original or the corrected version of the sentence.)

by **wizardy42** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:16 am UTC

You know when you're walking along the footpath and somebody else is walking the other way, and they're on one side of the path and you're on the other so you would just walk past each other, my hobby is moving to their side when we're about 10m away, forcing them to then shift to the other side at the last minute.
Also I must never make eye contact with them.

Also I like it when we're walking in opposite directions on a collision path, and seeing how long it takes them to shift to the side so we don't collide. I'm never the one that shifts. It's the one aspect of life where I feel like I have control. Mwahaha. I'm such a loser.

by **praveshk** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:55 pm UTC

My Hobby: Asking every guy that passes by my street, what their favorite prime number is.

by **Silvyr** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 6:11 pm UTC

My Hobby: going into crowded stores and making large purchases, then paying only in singles.

by **GrantSolar** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:48 pm UTC

mrhthepie wrote:My Hobby: Writing messages on tiny bits of paper and leaving them hidden everywhere I go.

If you find one, write back. I sometimes check them if I pass.

Now I think about it, I've only done it a few times.

This but with handwritten YouTube URLs. I know their curiosity will get the better of them, regardless of how much of a pain it is to type. My favourite is http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=robLB5EgXgQ&feature=related&ytsession=pgrkYlRbZbaguhlgRz5NH7Xd3Imhf-LPkL9R4hA5uAxjl_COtfyYkFFYVo5E32-e-y-Zn8TeBGal6NEukdYXQSX_LsWk7v8k9ukUILjPx8eWWxZ2LN2NNhKcErlnvTA7eGb1Nq8pIlP84Lh76cmOKI0IU8pXkKhkgatcVXd9NjkMMOnLahXxItbV1hYRUZeRwXSlLe-5lT5tLAhGR2nMrr7s5XJRxN2SY6Ih8cQvhTHIfrMSGT6psIIDQU2r2C8p88KZpHy2aw3wx10Qnalmjj2NQBhRMKxPIhyYkhorKnk (takes one side of A5) of course, you could stop before '&feature=related' but I'm counting on them not realising this.

by **neoliminal** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:31 pm UTC

My Hobby: Creating the impression that I have something really interesting to say only to

by **Under A Pale Grey Sky** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:52 am UTC

My Hobby: What I call my pet Hobbit.

by **kaimason1** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:57 am UTC

My Hobby: Necroing threads

by **bobjoesmith** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:06 pm UTC

Posting a comment on a forum/on Google Buzz, waiting for someone to respond, and then changing it.

Ex.
A: Awww... thats so cute
B: Agree

To
A: I like to crush puppies under my car and eat them (Edit at 5:20)
B: Agree

by **kargool** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:24 pm UTC

walking very, very quietly behind my friends and laughing when they turn around and and say "OSHI-!" :shock:

by **kaimason1** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:00 am UTC

bobjoesmith wrote:Posting a comment on a forum/on Google Buzz, waiting for someone to respond, and then changing it.

Ex.
A: Awww... thats so cute
B: Agree

To
A: I like to crush puppies under my car and eat them (Edit at 5:20)
B: Agree

Agree

by **Brooklynxman** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:30 am UTC

kaimason1 wrote:
bobjoesmith wrote:Posting a comment on a forum/on Google Buzz, waiting for someone to respond, and then changing it.

Ex.
A: Awww... thats so cute
B: Agree

To
A: I like to crush puppies under my car and eat them (Edit at 5:20)
B: Agree

My Hobby: Screwing up other people's hobbies

My Hobby: Correcting other people's posts to show what they really meant

by **kaimason1** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:33 am UTC

Brooklynxman wrote:
kaimason1 wrote:

bobjoesmith wrote:Posting a comment on a forum/on Google Buzz, waiting for someone to respond, and then changing it.

Ex.
A: Awww... thats so cute
B: Agree

To
A: I like to crush puppies under my car and eat them (Edit at 5:20)
B: Agree

My Hobby: Screwing up other people's hobbies

My Hobby: Correcting other people's posts to show what they really meant YOU ARE CORRECT.

My Hobby: Telling people that they are right in the Red Text of Doom.

by **Keldaran** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:43 pm UTC

kaimason1 wrote:
Brooklynxman wrote:
kaimason1 wrote:

bobjoesmith wrote:Posting a comment on a forum/on Google Buzz, waiting for someone to respond, and then changing it.

Ex.
A: Awww... thats so cute
B: Agree

To
A: I like to crush puppies under my car and eat them (Edit at 5:20)
B: Agree

My Hobby: Screwing up other people's hobbies

My Hobby: Correcting other people's posts to show what they really meant YOU ARE CORRECT.

My Hobby: Telling people that they are right in the Red Text of Doom.

My Hobby: Quoting Quotes

by **neoliminal** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:47 pm UTC

Silvyr wrote:My Hobby: going into crowded stores and making large purchases, then paying only in singles.

I love you.

by **Essah** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:40 am UTC

this came to me while reading this topic and surfing facebook.

my new hobby: Writing to your friends friends friends friends on facebook to see how many of them answers
who gets the best ratio between number of people you have written to and how many became friends with you.

by **Nautilus** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:27 pm UTC

My Hobby: giving poprocks to my dog and watching her expression.
My Hobby: Also, going onto any computer I see that has windows XP and pressing control-alt-down arrow. Then, watching the owner's expression.

by **kaimason1** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:08 pm UTC

Phrozt wrote:- Kind of OCDish... I try not to step on cracks (which looks particularly funny on tiled floor), and if the blocks of cement/tiles are large enough, I mentally bisect the corners and try not to step on the new lines formed. It's OCD because I do this 99% of the time I'm walking.

I do that too! I always bisect, even on small tiles (causing me to go tiptoed most of the time). I also bisect the angles formed by the intersecting bisecting lines. I (with blocks small enough) also try to keep two steps per tile / block. I only travel along diagonal blocks where it may apply (bishop rules) and finally avoid lines bisecting corners of walls.

by **snowyowl** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 12:21 am UTC

My hobby: Mentally rehearsing what I want to say to avoid it sounding stupid, then waiting for a gap in the conversation, to such an extent that the conversation has moved on by the time I get to talk.

by **jahwn lemonjello** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:02 am UTC

My hobby: being annoyingly sarcastic.
My hobby: being a grammar nazi.
My hobby: acting incredibly childish, kids love me.

by **rocketrat** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:12 am UTC

Nautilus wrote:My Hobby: Also, going onto any computer I see that has windows XP and pressing control-alt-down arrow. Then, watching the owner's expression.

What does that do? I run XP, and I'm worried to try it to find out.

My Hobby: Rocketry...
My Hobby: Intentionally misunderstanding forum threads.

by **Raptortech97** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:13 pm UTC

rocketrat wrote:
Nautilus wrote:My Hobby: Also, going onto any computer I see that has windows XP and pressing control-alt-down arrow. Then, watching the owner's expression.

What does that do? I run XP, and I'm worried to try it to find out.

My Hobby: Rocketry...
My Hobby: Intentionally misunderstanding forum threads.

It's nothing big, just flips the screen upside down. It can be reversed by hitting Ctrl+Alt+Down (or maybe up again). It also works on Vista.

by **Jorpho** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:46 am UTC

Raptortech97 wrote:It's nothing big, just flips the screen upside down. It can be reversed by hitting Ctrl+Alt+Down (or maybe up again). It also works on Vista.

I suspect this only works with specific video card hardware, and only if you have some unnecessary control software running in the background.

by **Raptortech97** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:06 am UTC

Why do you say that? It works on all windows computers I've used.

by **Jorpho** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 2:34 am UTC

I've got two XP machines right here where it doesn't.

by **Brooklynxman** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 2:50 am UTC

Jorpho wrote:I've got two XP machines right here where it doesn't.

And I have a third.

by **kaimason1** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 2:55 am UTC

Fourth.

by **BurningLed** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:30 pm UTC

My Hobby: Walking up behind people standing perfectly still and yelling, "HI!" as loudly as possible. Alternatively, just take someone facing away from you, walk right up next to them, hold an odd object (Your face, a shoe, a pack of spray paint, etc.) right up to their face and wait for them to turn around.

by **Orla** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:30 pm UTC

My Hobby: Sticking apple stickers on random people. My record is 16 hits without being caught.
My Hobby: Obsessively manipulating any number I see using the numbers 2, 8 and 42 until it becomes 2, 8 or 42. This gets irritating with big numbers as I usually don't have a calculator with me.

by **Jorpho** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:09 pm UTC

Orla wrote:My Hobby: Sticking apple stickers on random people. My record is 16 hits without being caught.

That's not cool.

by **BurningLed** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:46 pm UTC

My Hobby: Counting the buttons on things in multiples of three, two, five, etc. to see if it is divisible by that number. (My keyboard is divisble by 3 unless you count the media buttons on top which i never use.)

My Hobby: Creating long, empty folder trees on people's desktops, dead center, and ending it with a text file that says: "LOL you looked."

by **Orla** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:44 pm UTC

Jorpho wrote:
Orla wrote:My Hobby: Sticking apple stickers on random people. My record is 16 hits without being caught.
That's not cool.

Aah, but I am trying to subconsciously get them to eat more fruit. Plus, I have to buy the apples to get the stickers which is good for the economy, not to mention my health. 'Tis indeed cool.

by **brakos82** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:41 pm UTC

Raptortech97 wrote:
rocketrat wrote:
Nautilus wrote:My Hobby: Also, going onto any computer I see that has windows XP and pressing control-alt-down arrow. Then, watching the owner's expression.

What does that do? I run XP, and I'm worried to try it to find out.

My Hobby: Rocketry...
My Hobby: Intentionally misunderstanding forum threads.

It's nothing big, just flips the screen upside down. It can be reversed by hitting Ctrl+Alt+Down (or maybe up again). It also works on Vista.

Now that one time a month or so ago makes sense... I had that "WTF?!" expression and I didn't even know what I did.

by **jahwn lemonjello** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:51 pm UTC

Saying ", Said(the name of person who just spoke, I usually only do it to myself) after they talk.

by **KFRelic** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 2:15 am UTC

My Hobby: Pretending I'm nonverbal and using high pitches for 1 and low pitches for 0 to speak in binary. Some people actually believe me.

by **Vohu Manah** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 3:03 am UTC

My Hobby: adding random anecdotes to conversations. Did I finish my homework? I think my grandmother had homework at one point.
My Hobby: using the term 'whilst' in conversation with people used to American English.

by **Arcidias** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 4:48 pm UTC

My Hobby:Getting so drunk that I fail the Turing test.

by **tastelikecoke** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 4:09 pm UTC

My hobby: screwing with people in Omegle.

by **BurningLed** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 6:29 pm UTC

tastelikecoke wrote:My hobby: screwing with people in Omegle.

They see me trollin'.... they hatin'...

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