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What superstitions do you have? What ordinary acts do you find vaguely supernaturally sacred/blasphemous?
For me, I don't really like most cakes, but if I'm at a Birthday Party or especially a Wedding and there's a cake for the event, I feel like not eating a little bit of it would be deeply disrespectful. Like saying "I hope your marriage fails."
Equally, out of some vague sense of karmic justice, if I'm late for something I self consciously avoid doing anything rude to try to hurry up. So no cutting people off in traffic, no letting the door slam in someone's face, etc. I just feel like if I cut courtesy corners like that, the next piece of luck will 100% go against me.
The thermostat, TV volume, and radio volume must always be on even numbers. My wife also does this.
I avoid stepping on sidewalk cracks when I can
If I walk across a tiled or patterned floor I try to step on only tiles of a single color or walk along the shape of the pattern
All the cards have to be facing the same way before they get put back in the box
When I put away my daughter's pencils I always either organize them from tallest to shortest or into a single continuous color gradient
It's funny because this is OCD spectrum behaviour but there's no telling whether there's a hidden sixth point that goes "also, OCD is ruining my life" or if this is the full extent of your quirkiness
I think I have other little things like this, but if I can't do them they just annoy me slightly. They're not compulsive, fortunately.
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