Author Topic: Whats "different" about you?  (Read 6882 times)

soera

Whats "different" about you?
« on: January 09, 2013, 11:09:22 am »
I see all sorts of topics about stuff like what kind of gamer are you and what are your hobbies and what not ... but this is a twist. There usually is something about people that is not the norm of what people looking in from the outside would imagine.

I enjoy listening to Celine Dion. I dont look like it (bald with piercings and ride a Harley) but I like her voice. Its calming when Im being drove crazy by my kids ... and when I was younger, I used to have a really big attraction for her.

jcalder8

Re: Whats "different" about you?
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2013, 11:53:29 am »
You mean different from the general population?

I think owning 2200 games is a pretty big difference lol :D

I listen the Christmas music all year, I just can't stay in a bad mood while listening to Christmas music

I hate talking on the phone to the point where I ignore calls from my wife and when I am on the phone I have to pace.

There are others but I don't think they would be considered safe for work :D

disgaeniac

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Re: Whats "different" about you?
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2013, 12:22:25 pm »
One (obvious) major difference is that I lost my left hand & wrist in an amputation several years ago -BUT- what (I think) is kinda' neat about that is...that at this point in my life; it seems that most people that I meet & deal with...are more "awkward" about it than I am :)

Oh yeah - I also had a *Really* mispent youth (struggled with (and *eventually* overcame :) drug addictions, going in & out of jails/rehabs/detoxes from, basically my late-teens 'till my late 20's, spent time homeless/on the streets, penniless, etc.

Luckily, I finally got my shit together over 10 years ago & went on to get my GED, go to college, become/get certified & work as a substance (and gambling) counselor...all of this, I think, has today - worked to my benefit in shaping me into the good, decent, honest, helpful, non-judgemental, sympathetic & empathetic man that I am today.

Some lighter-hearted ones:

Hopelessly hopeless romantic (not easy when you're as sarcastic & cynical as I am); but, 'tis true  :o

I'm a (closet) Air Supply & Rhapsody OST fan/listener,

I *LOVE* my dogs (more than many people), and treat them more like people than animals,

I'm not at all the 1st impression that I make on people (big, tall, strong, tattoed, pierced, etc)...Ima' big softie/teddy bear to the people who know me well (I'm also *much* smarter than I look:)

I love, watched & re-watched Grease (and its music)...

...and, I'm sure there's more that I'm forgetting - if I think of 'em, I'll add 'em later -
"Attempts must be made, even when there can be no hope.
 The alternative is despair.
 And betimes some wonder is wrought to redeem us"




Re: Whats "different" about you?
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2013, 05:05:17 pm »
Haha yes one of my guilty pleasures is blasting Katy Perry in my car and singing along... You would not even begin to imagine the looks I get, I have long curly kind of poofy hair and big beard and curled mustache, as well as a lot of tattoos haha great stuff


Re: Whats "different" about you?
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2013, 05:23:20 pm »
I was raised as a Jehovah's Witness (left at 18 or so). No one who knows me now can tell but that is something that sticks with you forever.

disgaeniac

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Re: Whats "different" about you?
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2013, 05:39:29 pm »
Haha yes one of my guilty pleasures is blasting Katy Perry in my car and singing along... You would not even begin to imagine the looks I get, I have long curly kind of poofy hair and big beard and curled mustache, as well as a lot of tattoos haha great stuff

LMAO!

Me too...not Katy Perry, though -but- let Gaga start singing -
"Pokerface"...

...and I'll be getting strange looks while driving, too :P

Also, while probably not *all* that unusual...I'm part Cherokee (just enough to not have to pay for college :)

And, living down the shore as a semi-beach bum - my Cherokee blood (more than) off-sets my, pale Irish blood (which is also nice...because I'm pretty sure that's where I get my awesomely blue); blue eyes from...easily my best & favorite "feature"  ;)

Anyways, yeah - thanks to the Cherokee blood, I've never needed to wear any kind of protection...

...FROM THE SUN ==> gutter minds :P

I always bronze & never burn which is pretty sweet...
"Attempts must be made, even when there can be no hope.
 The alternative is despair.
 And betimes some wonder is wrought to redeem us"




pacpix

Re: Whats "different" about you?
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2013, 06:15:06 pm »
I am a pretty quiet, geeky, nerdy kid at my school so most people are surprised when they find out I listen to heavy metal.  Also one of my 3rd favorite sport to watch on TV is Golf.  I have only talked to one other kid at my school that actually watches it ha.
Currently Playing: Dark Souls: Remastered (Switch)


disgaeniac

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Re: Whats "different" about you?
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2013, 09:29:32 am »
I was raised as a Jehovah's Witness (left at 18 or so). No one who knows me now can tell but that is something that sticks with you forever.

Probably one of the faith's that I know the least about (and I know/have been exposed to tons of 'em/traditional & non-traditional:)

One *kinda*' friend in High school - used to get in a lot of trouble (little, trash can bombs in school bathrooms kinds of trouble)...before they were "cool" & passe :P

Didn't see him for a year or so, and when I saw him again...he'd since become a Witness.  He never really talked much about it...other than *not*-loving having to look good/wear full suits (Summer or not) & some grumbling about something involving the need (read: enforced demand; iirc) of "CHAPERONES" for things like...taking a girl to the movies & such -and- that's literally just about all that I know/have heard of it.

What's it like, Matt (if it's something you're comfortable talking about)?

Another one for myself that I thought of, back on topic - concerning "How are you different"?

- Would be an amusing difference (I think, at least - it makes me laugh sometimes:) from myself and one of the untrue *BUT* commonly spread/believed stereotypes about us gamers...

...you all know it...the one that has us generalized as ALL being 30-40-something year old, broke, jobless, out-of-shape, "losers"...still living at home w/ our parents ("in their basement") seems to get tacked-onto that somewhat often, too :(

Well (to my great amusement & (sometimes) evil exploitation) :P

I OWN MY OWN HOUSE = It's paid for...it's mine & only mine!

I *LET* my mother (and her fiance) live on the upstairs (2nd floor) of my house - I have more than enough space on the 1st floor for me, my dog, the g/f (strange; ordering 'em like that, huh?), and company.

Granted the kitchen, laundry room, garage, and pool are all on the 1st floor...but...it's kinda' ironically (or...maybe moronically) funny that I get a kick...all these years later...at the role-reversals, "full circle of life" kind of situation that has my mom living under my house & my rules  8)

I don't mis-use this odd dynamic...

...often...

...*Really*  ;)
"Attempts must be made, even when there can be no hope.
 The alternative is despair.
 And betimes some wonder is wrought to redeem us"




darko

Re: Whats "different" about you?
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2013, 02:20:35 pm »
Hmm. I'm almost the anti-nerd when it comes to my outward appearance. I'm in the business world and dress accordingly. I kind of seem like an asshole in person (in reality I don't care about the general populous...once I get to know you I'm a great friend). I'm brutally honest and really don't care what other people think about it. Some of this probably comes from being a little spoiled growing up. Nothing too crazy, but anything I could possibly complain about would be extremely ridiculous and shallow.

In high school I was popular, played soccer, etc. I have never been ashamed of, or tried to hide, my geek/nerd side...I just don't really worry about it. Everyone has always known that I'm intelligent and kind of nerdy...I just don't get any flack for it. I think it's a confidence thing. I don't really look "nerdy". I do have red hair - but it's more of a really dark auburn (pretty cool, actually).

My favorite movie ever is Lost in Translation & my current in-car listening habits include Lady GaGa, Kanye West, Skrillex, DJ Fresh, Lauren Hill, Air, & Death Cab for Cutie. My favorite album is "Give Up" by The Postal Service - which was a random one-off experimental album/group.

On a random side-note, I grew up in the Southern Baptist Church (thanks to my parents) and announced my Agnostic (not Atheist) views around the age of 16. I studied many religious views/options from about the age of 13 through college. Don't want to get into a religious discussion at all, but I feel like being Agnostic is part of what makes me "different"....at least in Oklahoma! 
« Last Edit: January 10, 2013, 02:28:00 pm by darko »

disgaeniac

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Re: Whats "different" about you?
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2013, 02:57:13 pm »
Now that Darko's mentioned music again (I know that it came up earlier in this thread, too) - I guess that I could consider myself "different" (than most) because of the wide-range of music that I *really* like...A LOT  8)

Seriously, I can really, very much enjoy *ALMOST* any & all types of music.

For me, what I most want to listen to and when -is- *Entirely* dependant on my "mood".

The only kinds of music that I don't like AT ALL (off of the top of my head) would be blues and/or jazz.

Some examples (of what I really like a lot) would be anything/everything from:

A). 60's & 70's "Classic" rock and (some of, what I guess some might also call "psychadelic" rock (Kansas, Eagles, Doors, Zeppelin, Mommas & the Poppas, Stones, Beatles, Hendrix, Sabbath, Deep Purple), etc

B). Just about *ALL* of the "Glam" / "Hair" / and "Heavy" & "Thrash" Metal music of the 80's (everything from Slayer, Exodus, Testament - to the more..."lighter" Motley Crue, Guns & Roses, Cinderella, Ratt, and Poison...all the way up to & including the "Power-Ballads" (I really, *really* like Power-Ballads, btw :) by the hard-rock & Christian band Stryper (still love hearing their "1st Love ballad, Europe (the FinaL Countdown), etc

C). One of my (most surprisingly -for some reason- to my friends...and...to the gnashing of the G/F's teeth/her grimacing:) favorites, for the last few years has been...EMINEM :P
Some of his beats I just find very catchy -and- I just like his rawness & uninhibited lyrics  ;)

D).  This will just be some "other"(s) that I like a lot -

When Doves Cry (Prince), just about everything by Sublime, Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, the Dead, Pink Floyd, Bonnie Tyler ("Eclipso total se Amor (Total Eclipse of the Heart)/(English & Spanish), No Doubt (Don't Cry), Toni Braxton ("Regressa a mi" (Unbreak My Heart)/English & Spanish, Spanish Guitar/Flamenco, top-40, Techno/Trance, Jam-on-It...pretty much, like I said...as long as it's not jazz and/or blues.

*Needless to say* = Video Game Music (of all kinds) is also pretty high on my list!
"Attempts must be made, even when there can be no hope.
 The alternative is despair.
 And betimes some wonder is wrought to redeem us"




Re: Whats "different" about you?
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2013, 04:01:42 pm »
Musically speaking, Im in to a lot of stuff,Favorite band is Portugal the man, used to love Modest Mouse kind of fallen out of them but any more I listen to a lot of bluegrass, Trampled by Turtle mainly which I guess is kind of weird.
I also grew up in a Catholic family by 15 I was done with all of that and announced myself atheist, but every complaint I had with Catholic and any religion for that matter was the same thing atheist groups do as well, now while I dont believe in anything I have a lot more respect for religions and know a lot about them, more than my dad who was raised Catholic as well.
I think it's really unfortunate that extremists really ruin any religion or anti-religion


disgaeniac

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Re: Whats "different" about you?
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2013, 04:10:55 pm »
I think it's really unfortunate that extremists really ruin any religion or anti-religion

Couldn't help myself...I just *HAD* to quote that shit for truth -AND- agree w/ you 100%  8)
"Attempts must be made, even when there can be no hope.
 The alternative is despair.
 And betimes some wonder is wrought to redeem us"




foxhack

Re: Whats "different" about you?
« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2013, 05:21:44 pm »
I'm Mexican.

Ajúa. :P

I can't really say anything other than that - I'm strange by Mexican standards but fit right in with most foreigners.

jcalder8

Re: Whats "different" about you?
« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2013, 05:42:51 pm »
I think it's really unfortunate that extremists really ruin any religion or anti-religion

Couldn't help myself...I just *HAD* to quote that shit for truth -AND- agree w/ you 100%  8)
This can be changed to: it's really unfortunate that extremists really ruin anything

scott

Re: Whats "different" about you?
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2013, 05:47:46 pm »
I'm Mexican.

Ajúa. :P

I can't really say anything other than that - I'm strange by Mexican standards but fit right in with most foreigners.

I'm pretty sure you're strange by foreign standards too.  ;D
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