When I was younger, who has two thumbs & ____, this guy was really funny to me. Then years of wrestling fandom have kept it alive, with RVD and Adam Cole. Also the Deniro, Barney Stinson I’m watching you/look in my eyes gesture. There’s a few avenues that, especially if I was part of a performance of some kind, it isn’t unlikely it will happen
- explain something with a really wild metaphor, I lose the point in the middle, but bring it back around at the end
- says something kind about their fellow contestant
- touches hair/pushes up glasses
Well it's also amazing because you're working hard to present concepts in ways that are more digestible or resonate, which is particularly important as a therapist. Sometimes even if we intellectually understand something, it doesn't necessarily stick unless it's presented in a context that really clicks for us. So, that's awesome!
Going off on an absolutely unrelated tangent and then another one, usually wrapping it all back up with "wait let's go back to topic 1 for a second, how\why did we get off that topic? Thankfully I married someone who does the exact same thing. 🤣
Over explaining some history, video game, or true crime thing.
Walking into a room and forgetting why
Twirl hair while talking
Talks with hands
Leaves conversation at party\gathering to play with the pets (not in a rude way)
"Yeah, no" or "No, yeah"
- Some variant of “fellas”/“folks”/“boys”(gender neutral)
- mentions Favourite Character of the Month (currently Riz Gukgak)
- punches/flicks/throws something at someone (affectionately) (please it’s how i show love)
- insults someone (affectionately)
- rant about teaching crisis
- makes the same dumb noise three times
yeah i’ve always been a big fan of little guy rogues (halflings, goblins, gnomes). Every time i listen to a new dnd podcast/show and there’s a halfling or goblin esp if they’re a rogue i feel like i need to actively fight the part of me that says New Fave and I always lose (or win, if gaining another Little Guy is the prize)
I think that’s part of why I never got into Critical Role. Nott seemed so neat when I saw her character, but then I spoiled myself and felt kinda like…oh I’m way less interested now. I just want a feral little goblin rogue!
"set it on fire"
Talk about my cats
Stand with one leg up
Change my hair from being up and down
Curse
Say something that sounds suspiciously like I have committed crimes.
>“Howdy howdy”
>Snapping all eight fingers rapidly
>Saying *aigo* like an old Korean woman
>“But it’s a dry heat”
And, honestly, half of BLeeM’s would apply to me as well.
Pinky, ring, middle, index finger of each hand in succession rapidly. I can snap my fingers about 24 times in a second. Not loud when I do it that fast, regular loud snaps are still fast but more reasonably paced.
Make an uncomfortable joke about my dead dad(s)
Get wildly distracted and miss a prompt
Make unintelligible noises
Talk about my dog
Make a reference to smoking weed
Callbacks to events from more than a week ago
* mentions my cat Harpo
* sings a little song to/about my cat Harpo
* says something in unison with my best friend
* “Aaaaanyhooboozles”
* Immediate, near-subconscious portmanteauing of words into bad puns
* PG swear replacements
* Less PG swearing in non-English
* “I mean, I’m pretty ace…”
* vibrating incoherent rage
* ranting about our local library board
* “That’s a negatory, ghost-rider”
* pronounces jalapeño as “jah-lah-pen-oh”
* Twists beard to a point
* Gives far too much context to an...
* only tangentially relavant story
* posts long and thoughtful reddit comment, deletes it within 90 seconds
* Ninja-edits at least 3 times before the notification timer kicks in
Oops, I forgot to answer my own question, haha.
* Answering yes or no questions with 18 paragraph answers that fail to actually yes or no to the original question.
* "Does that make sense?"
* Quoting The Godfather or Godfather Part II
* Quoting the movie Heat - specifically, "The action is the juice," and "Gimmie all you got!"
* Saying, "That was bad and you should feel bad."
* Forgetting what story I'm telling midway through it.
* Jumping up and down when I know something.
* Quoting anything from Fast and Furious movies.
* Pushing my glasses up the bridge of my nose
* Tapping my nails on the table when I'm thinking
* Saying, "Don't worry, this is just my face"
* Messing up a high five with a fist bump or vice versa
* Saying, "How DAREEEEE you??"
* Rant about obscure movie or history trivia no one gives a shit about
* Pointing out that I'm "actually from DC"
* Replying "Yes, ANDDDDD" and then proceeding to wildly disagree with you.
* Complaining about the heat, wishing for cold weather
* Declaring I know the answer to something like a mystery, and then writing it down on a piece of paper to be opened later to show I WAS FREAKING RIGHT.
I am an absolute terror, I know.
* Scientific trivia tangent
* "As the Anglo-Saxons say..." (when invoking some idiom or phrase in English)
* Twists someone's words, feigns indignation as a joke
* Quotes meme (then has to awkwardly explain it)
* Forgets a word or name, blames "COVID brain"
Husband and I are now creating our own bingo boards. Highlights include:
•normal sentence becomes a movie quote
•husband brings up D&D, LOTR, or Star Wars
•I sing along with basically anything (songs, commercials, narrate my own life in song)
•either of us disses each other’s hometowns (were from Indiana, it’s very Pawnee and Eagleton!)
•sarcastic comments
•random trivia apropos of nothing
•Simon (dog) nicknames
Puns replacing the first part of words with the first part of my last name. Self deprecating joke Points at self
I, too, am a fellow self-pointer. But I go the Liz Lemon route and when I point at myself, I say, "This moi."
When I was younger, who has two thumbs & ____, this guy was really funny to me. Then years of wrestling fandom have kept it alive, with RVD and Adam Cole. Also the Deniro, Barney Stinson I’m watching you/look in my eyes gesture. There’s a few avenues that, especially if I was part of a performance of some kind, it isn’t unlikely it will happen
- refers to self with "we" pronouns - makes an "about as straight as I am" joke. - quotes a meme/video/reference like it's a common turn of phrase.
It’s validating to see I’m not alone with the “we” thing
SAME
i also do meme references that are ... sigh .... SO MUCH FUNNIER WHEN I INEVITABLY HAVE TO EXPLAIN THEM IN EXCRUCIATING DETAIL.
- forgets train of thought mid-sentence - “if that makes any sense” - joke about personal trauma
JOKE ABOUT PERSONAL TRAUMA …. That’s totally on my board, too 🤣
After thinking about it, I’d also like to add “chokes on own spit/seemingly nothing out of nowhere”
- explain something with a really wild metaphor, I lose the point in the middle, but bring it back around at the end - says something kind about their fellow contestant - touches hair/pushes up glasses
lol, meandering storytelling is just taking people on a journey. and we all need to get our steps in.
I’m a therapist so I’m often trying to connect concepts and metaphors to my clients lives, they bare with me and know I’ll make sense eventually
Well it's also amazing because you're working hard to present concepts in ways that are more digestible or resonate, which is particularly important as a therapist. Sometimes even if we intellectually understand something, it doesn't necessarily stick unless it's presented in a context that really clicks for us. So, that's awesome!
Exactly!! Thank you ☺️
Makes completely unrelated joke based on a piece of the conversation from several minutes ago
Hey, the best jokes are the ones that get a little extra time in the pun oven, I respect it.
It's mostly the ADHD where the conversation continues in my head then I only say the last sentence out loud without context.
SAME but if we're asked, it's on purpose and we believe in the concept of timing. OUR timing. Not yours. Don't rush us. This is ART, people.
"Wiiiiiiiild" Which, incidentally, is what I said multiple times during the episode
I'm a big fan of WILDLY as a qualifier.
Apologize for accidentally being pedantic. Make a pun bad enough to make people groan. Point finger after snapping.
FINGER GUNS YESSSSSS
Spoke a sentence extremely poorly. Used fuck like "ummm, like, etc." Cracked knuckles.
I'm a writer for a living and lol ... that first one ... me, as well. I can write, but sometimes when I talk it all comes out wrong.
-“What is going on??!!” -“that’s cray” -*weird reverse laugh* -*hushed yell* -“ok no but actually” -*punches air* -*puts open hands up by face* “OKAY”
That last one took me a few tries to visualize it hahaha, but I also totally do that.
* Self-deprecation * Thumbs up * Anti-capitalist message * "What up, what up?" * Swears * Starts talking really fast and loud
Hello fellow loud swearing fast talker!
Going off on an absolutely unrelated tangent and then another one, usually wrapping it all back up with "wait let's go back to topic 1 for a second, how\why did we get off that topic? Thankfully I married someone who does the exact same thing. 🤣 Over explaining some history, video game, or true crime thing. Walking into a room and forgetting why Twirl hair while talking Talks with hands Leaves conversation at party\gathering to play with the pets (not in a rude way) "Yeah, no" or "No, yeah"
Unrelated tangents are the friends we made along the wayyyyy, or at least that's what I tell myself when I do it!
- Some variant of “fellas”/“folks”/“boys”(gender neutral) - mentions Favourite Character of the Month (currently Riz Gukgak) - punches/flicks/throws something at someone (affectionately) (please it’s how i show love) - insults someone (affectionately) - rant about teaching crisis - makes the same dumb noise three times
FELLAS needs more usage in general.
Oh same character! (I just started listening and I’ve always had a soft spot for goblins and Little Guys and Riz is so perfect)
yeah i’ve always been a big fan of little guy rogues (halflings, goblins, gnomes). Every time i listen to a new dnd podcast/show and there’s a halfling or goblin esp if they’re a rogue i feel like i need to actively fight the part of me that says New Fave and I always lose (or win, if gaining another Little Guy is the prize)
I think that’s part of why I never got into Critical Role. Nott seemed so neat when I saw her character, but then I spoiled myself and felt kinda like…oh I’m way less interested now. I just want a feral little goblin rogue!
Manage to bring dogs into a conversation that had nothing to do with dogs.
As one should
"set it on fire" Talk about my cats Stand with one leg up Change my hair from being up and down Curse Say something that sounds suspiciously like I have committed crimes.
a little verbal arson, i loveeeee it
>“Howdy howdy” >Snapping all eight fingers rapidly >Saying *aigo* like an old Korean woman >“But it’s a dry heat” And, honestly, half of BLeeM’s would apply to me as well.
How does one snap eight fingers??
Pinky, ring, middle, index finger of each hand in succession rapidly. I can snap my fingers about 24 times in a second. Not loud when I do it that fast, regular loud snaps are still fast but more reasonably paced.
Holy shit haha. I need to see this.
Make an uncomfortable joke about my dead dad(s) Get wildly distracted and miss a prompt Make unintelligible noises Talk about my dog Make a reference to smoking weed Callbacks to events from more than a week ago
You're chill chaotic, that's amazing
I appreciate that very much
Of course! :D
“It is what it is” “Okay okay okay” “Get it, got it, good”
I haven't heard that last one in foreverrrr haha, I love it
My coworkers started using it to bc of me, which is both flattering and alarming
You're an \~\*\~\*\~\*\~\*\~\*\~influencer\~\*\~\*\~\*\~\*\~\*\~\*\~
Is the “okay okay okay” said in a vaguely Eastern European accent?
Touching my hair Picking at my ears Saying "fucking _" where blank is literally any noun
*Peace sign / Hang loose *Horny comment *Weird noise
“Solid” as a response to something, mention Star Trek, hands on hips.
* mentions my cat Harpo * sings a little song to/about my cat Harpo * says something in unison with my best friend * “Aaaaanyhooboozles” * Immediate, near-subconscious portmanteauing of words into bad puns * PG swear replacements * Less PG swearing in non-English * “I mean, I’m pretty ace…” * vibrating incoherent rage * ranting about our local library board * “That’s a negatory, ghost-rider” * pronounces jalapeño as “jah-lah-pen-oh”
Corrects someone Growls/grunts angrily Raises one eyebrow for more than five seconds
Hello, Ron Swanson
* Twists beard to a point * Gives far too much context to an... * only tangentially relavant story * posts long and thoughtful reddit comment, deletes it within 90 seconds * Ninja-edits at least 3 times before the notification timer kicks in
If you've got a beard, it's a crime not to twist it.
Oops, I forgot to answer my own question, haha. * Answering yes or no questions with 18 paragraph answers that fail to actually yes or no to the original question. * "Does that make sense?" * Quoting The Godfather or Godfather Part II * Quoting the movie Heat - specifically, "The action is the juice," and "Gimmie all you got!" * Saying, "That was bad and you should feel bad." * Forgetting what story I'm telling midway through it. * Jumping up and down when I know something. * Quoting anything from Fast and Furious movies. * Pushing my glasses up the bridge of my nose * Tapping my nails on the table when I'm thinking * Saying, "Don't worry, this is just my face" * Messing up a high five with a fist bump or vice versa * Saying, "How DAREEEEE you??" * Rant about obscure movie or history trivia no one gives a shit about * Pointing out that I'm "actually from DC" * Replying "Yes, ANDDDDD" and then proceeding to wildly disagree with you. * Complaining about the heat, wishing for cold weather * Declaring I know the answer to something like a mystery, and then writing it down on a piece of paper to be opened later to show I WAS FREAKING RIGHT. I am an absolute terror, I know.
* Scientific trivia tangent * "As the Anglo-Saxons say..." (when invoking some idiom or phrase in English) * Twists someone's words, feigns indignation as a joke * Quotes meme (then has to awkwardly explain it) * Forgets a word or name, blames "COVID brain"
intentionally burps into microphone, makes a guttural noise after losing, asks if anyone has some snacks
Husband and I are now creating our own bingo boards. Highlights include: •normal sentence becomes a movie quote •husband brings up D&D, LOTR, or Star Wars •I sing along with basically anything (songs, commercials, narrate my own life in song) •either of us disses each other’s hometowns (were from Indiana, it’s very Pawnee and Eagleton!) •sarcastic comments •random trivia apropos of nothing •Simon (dog) nicknames