Innocuous things that make you irrationally embarrassed

My office is a pretty nice place to work, granted, so I'm not completely mystified as to why they'd come back. But still. I guess I just still have that ingrained thing of WORK vs LIFE. They're pretty firmly compartmentalized for me, I can't see myself ever missing too many people there, no matter how friendly they are. I would definitely, absolutely rather catch up with ex-coworkers outside of work at a social gathering than ever go back to my old office to say hi.

If I'm being totally honest, the desire to go back and visit is to see if all the complete weirdos are still so fucking weird.

<3

I've gone by my old job twice now, I think? I only left in August and still am on the same campus and my old office is right across from where I can get free DVDs at the library so it sort of feels strange to not stop in when people see me through the giant windows. I like everyone there for the most part so it isn't super awkward or anything.

There's a different vibe to it when you work in an office park where visiting would require a special trip. That may be part of why I would feel okay visiting my last job, too. It's in a big, central public building with lots of public services and a train station so it wouldn't be weird for me to pop in.

Clicking on the profile of someone who leaves a comment on your meetup group. Seeing they are a member of many naturist groups. Reading the posts on their profile page. Seeing the thumbnails of the people who wrote the posts.

not irrational!

ha no, was just taking this as a catch-all thread like the anger one.

When (on TV or in a big crowd) people start clapping along with the music on each beat. It's so flipping dorky.

People who misspell fairly comman words in Craigslist postings. Especially those using "rod iron" for "wrought iron." Chihuahua also gets a lot of misspellings, but they're usually funny ("Chiwawa").

Chester drawers.

Bedroom suit.

definatly

I grew up amidst an entire county of people who said bedroom suit, such that I just now had to go to the internet to determine why that was wrong and what it should actually be. (I have avoided embarrassment by saying "bedroom furniture.")

maybe 'bedroom suit' is like 'birthday suit', describing nudity w/a different purpose (sex)

Bedroom eyes, peering out of your bedroom suit.

bedroom suit + tails = furries

People who misspell fairly comman words

ALWAYS HAPPENS.

Is there a name for the rule that says "whenever you write a post criticising someone's spelling or grammar, you will make a mistake yourself"?

Haha, and I made sure I spelled "misspell" correctly (one "s" or two?).

And yes, chester drawers is another favorite.

And I swear I've seen colder sack for cul de sac.

these are eggcorns iirc?

poke-a-dotted is the one i've seen most recently

Is there a name for the rule that says "whenever you write a post criticising someone's spelling or grammar, you will make a mistake yourself"?

― emil.y, Friday, March 15, 2013 6:13 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Muphry's Law

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Wow, I had never heard/seen "bedroom suit" before!

People pronouncing "cache" as "cachet" though...

I hate when I over Frenchify words. IE-maker for sure.

Though not so much when it's ridiculously Anglicized place names we have around here (Des Plaines/Dezz Plains, DuPage/DooPage).

One that I hated was Calliope Street in New Orleans. "Cally-ope." And Chartres/Charters.

I'm IE about the opposite:

West of town, we've got Shinall Mountain, where all the radio towers are.

When the developers came into that area during the early 80s, they renamed the streets and neighborhood Chenal Valley.

when it gets to be ~9pm pacific and ilxor-east coast is all abed and I'm still posting and I end up with more than one of the top few "last post by"s on ILE I feel like I'm talking too much

You and me both, sister.

i hear u cluckin' big chicken

I feel that way about late friday afternoon posts, as it becomes clear that everyone has left work and now has either gone out or at least has something better to do on friday evening

I keep thinking about some really ill advised submission letter stunts back when I was a youngin' with dreams of poetry and fiction publication, which for some reason is make me want to puke with embarrassment 16 years later wtf.

Just about everything Rock Hardy ever posted embarrasses the hell out of me when I come across it.

I still have a journalish notebook from high school in which there is some terrible stuff about the LA riots in the 90s and I'm deadlocked between painful embarrassment/never wanting anyone to read that stuff (including me) and wanting to preserve it forever.

Nothing irrational about being embarrassed by our naive teen enthusiasms! We all did it.

Brushing my teeth. Some people seem to be able to do it in public, blithely wandering around while scrubbing away, even chatting at the same time. I can't stop my mouth becoming a dribbling mess of toothpaste foam and saliva so have to do it hunched over a sink, hiding my hideousness behind a closed bathroom door, heaven forbid I should have to do it in a public washroom.

Eating salad at my desk.

I feel like an animal eating out of a trough at the zoo. Totally humiliating.

with big springy leaves you can't pick up properly or fit in your mouth gracefully - otm

sometimes it feels like i'm embarrassed by everything

I was hunched over the plastic container I was eating from like a monkey shoveling ants from a log. It was extremely undignified.

Feed me

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp8qrzh1gv1qj1n4jo1_r2_500.jpg

i've thought about making a thread called "innocuous things that make you irrationally uncomfortable" but i'm worried there are too many threads like this and irrationally embarrassed to admit it

What do you mean? Like sitting in a chair that makes you squirm like a kid, even when everybody else in the room is relaxed and focused on matters at hand.

Or like, pants that look good?

Glasses that you had professionally fitted at the optometrist, but now it's a week later and they're sliding off your goddamn face.

noooo i erased "uneasy" and wrote "uncomfortable" cause i thought it should be more vague, but i guess i really just mean "uneasy" or "queasy" or "things that give you a visceral sense of discomfort for no good reason"

i have a lot of them. maybe there's a thread already

Interesting! What sort of things would uneasy entail that embarrassed doesn't cover? Like, more dread than anxiety type stuff?