It fascinates me how people have their own different quirky habits, but at the same time we can all be so similar in our weirdness. We are unique, but we also have so much in common. A couple of years back, I tried to capture this in a video on eating habits. For example, so many people eat Oreo cookies in the same way (breaking it open, eating the white stuff out, eating the other half). Or many people eat M&M’s and skittles based on color. Here is a video with a collection of such small eating habits:
And here are a couple of drawings of the visualization of parts of my thinking process that got me to my final video.

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Do you have any weird (eating) habits? Do you recognize any?

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    Cara

    April 25, 2012 at 15:45

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    Izzy

    April 25, 2012 at 16:01

    I can relate to quite a lot of the habits in your video! One of mine that isn’t in the video is plaiting strawberry laces before I eat them – this doesn’t always end well for me though as my boyfriend doesn’t plait his so if we’re sharing a packet he will have eaten the whole packet before I’ve even finished my first plait!

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    Eleni

    April 26, 2012 at 10:30

    Gold star for the old No Doubt soundtrack!

    I have two friends who always fold toast in half before they eat it. Always.

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    Beckie

    April 27, 2012 at 20:34

    Love the video! I am certainly guilty of eating some of those things the same way.
    As for my own quirks? Hmm… Well, I eat Oreos like a regular cookie. When I have waffles, I put syrup in every little square one by one and then cut them along the lines to eat. When I used to eat lucky charms I would save some marshmallows for the last few bites to be just marshmallows. I don’t eat the tops of asparagus. When I have chicken stars (nuggets in the shape of stars) from a fast food place here called Carl’s Jr. I eat the points of the star first, leaving the “circle” for last. Ummm I think that might be it! Though I’m sure there are more that I just haven’t remembered because I haven’t eaten those things in awhile.
    Awesome study you’ve done; this is fun!

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    Mariana

    April 28, 2012 at 13:51

    Of course, I have some weird eating habits. We all have them. Don’t we? :?
    I can’t remember them (all) right now. Let’s see… I always wash boiled egg after peeling/before eating it. Is this an eating habit at all? :/

    I love the video!!

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    Real Food Runner

    April 28, 2012 at 17:56

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    Hena Tayeb

    April 30, 2012 at 15:48

    lol.. i love reading about others quirks. great video. I eat an oreo the regular way..don’t separate anything by color.. I’m not a big fan of my food touching each other. People go into buffets and pile their plates high.. I always bring back small portions so that the food doesn’t intermingle.

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    the parading goat

    August 10, 2013 at 15:48

    Oh, bij de aapjes eet ik juist eerst het banaan-gedeelte, zodat ik de drop-oortjes over hou :D

    Net je blog ontdekt, erg leuk!!!!

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    fixitman arizona

    May 17, 2020 at 06:29

    I always fold wrappers up neatly after unwrapping, say, a Klondike bar, instead of wadding them and tossing them. Oh, and I eat the very same things every single day (I know, that’s bad.) I’ll switch it out every few years or so. See, I forget to eat, so by doing this it helps keep a constant calorie intake. For a few years it was a certain cereal blend with milk, hot pockets for lunch, and chicken nuggets with tater tots for dinner. Now it’s cinnamon rolls… a tortilla with cheese meat and mushrooms.. and yes, that Knondike bar. Anything else bothers me.

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      magicaldaydream

      May 18, 2020 at 10:52

      Really? Well I have to admit that I eat the same for breakfast and lunch almost every single day (oats with almond milk and fruit, toast, and I eat an apple nearly every day), but i find it hard to imagine for myself doing that for dinner as well. Aren’t you worried about getting enough healthy nutritions? Fruits, vegetables, vitamins, etc?

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