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“What Is One Strange Thing You’re Addicted To?”: 30 Odd Things Our Community Can’t Live Without
Some people (if not all of them) have something they cannot live without. Be it a video game, a particular brand of chocolate, or some sort of before-going-to-sleep ritual, there's always that one (or more) thing that brings them comfort and makes life just a little bit easier.
However, while there are things we truly enjoy doing, eating, smelling, etc., sometimes those 'hobbies' of ours can get pretty addictive. Thinking about that, I got curious about some of the strangest addictions that our pandas have. Scroll down to read the answers!
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#1
Being alone, if you know you know.
Final score:
455points
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#2
Reading, I've got to have a book with me at all times. I've even ducked into a bathroom during parties to read for a little bit.
Final score:
300points
Robert Trebor 2 years ago
About 4000 books condescend to let me live here, wedged in between. All I have to do in exchange is read.
#3
Music. It gives me infinite access to stories and alternate worlds and keeps me in a good place mostly. But one time after a concert, I had a comedown and depression episode that lasted weeks.
Final score:
258points
EmotionalJam 1 year ago
I read your nice comments and feel so bad. I suffer from severe depression and I can't listen music anymore cos it makes me feel even worst. I only want silence and I know this is a very bad sign. I won't wish this mental state not even to the worst person on earth.
#5
Bored panda. Won't survive a day without the cat memes.
Final score:
227points
#6
Knitting and crocheting. Totally weird for a bloke in his 50s, I guess.
Final score:
225points
#7
Long naps. I arrange my whole schedule around them.
Final score:
214points
the shrimp whisperer 1 year ago
every time i nap i wake up feeling like im in another dimension after being asleep for 100,000,000 years
#8
Coffee. Must have it first thing in the morning or I get a headache, haha.
Final score:
167points
Petros Vrasivanopoulos 2 years ago
thats not strange at all about 1/3 of the worlds population is
#9
My wife. I can't imagine my life without her. I can't think of words to express how much she means to me, I won't even try.
A close second would be playing my bass. Arthritis and carpal tunnel since my 20s. It seems to keep my hands working and I can tell when I don't play.
Final score:
162points
NicNor5560 2 years ago
I love how you express yourself. My husband keeps repeating your first part to me mostly because I'm accident prone and get in trouble. He plays the flute, the recorder and the violin. I love listening to him play. He writes music too.
#10
Peeling. Do you have a sunburn? Stay away unless you want me peeling the skin. Used to put Elmer's glue in my hands, let it dry, and then peel it. Friends had an 11ft python and I was in my glory when he asked if I wanted to help him shed its skin. I'm convinced I was a reptile in a former life.
Final score:
152points
Auntriarch 2 years ago
I once peeled a piece of sunburn 3" square, I can still remember the triumph
#11
Listening to TV shows, repeatedly. I've watched the first 3 seasons of Burn Notice at least 50 times and the first few seasons of Ghost Hunters around 20 times. I don't even really pay attention, I just like to have familiar sounds in the background. It calms my brain. If there isn't something playing, I'll get anxious, paranoid and scared. Truly strange!
Final score:
143points
#12
Allegedly true horror stories. I am obsessed with these and I listen to them non-stop.
Final score:
125points
Mama Panda 2 years ago
MrBallen is an amazing storyteller when it comes to true crime and the strange and unusual in story format
#13
I’m sorry, my current addiction phase is dash cam videos of idiot drivers. I can’t turn away!
Final score:
119points
#14
Chapstick. For about 35 years now. My lips no longer produce moisture on their own. And it has to be a Chapstick brand, no other will do. Any flavor, but cherry is my preferred.
Final score:
110points
Not Telling you 2 years ago
I'm hearing 🎶 I kissed a girl and I liked it... The taste of her cherry Chapstick🎶
#15
Hoodies. More specifically oversized hoodies. And throw blankets. And stuffed animals.
Final score:
107points
PinkLadyEmpress 1 year ago
Stuffed animals, I can definitely relate to. I’d buy dozens if I had the room for them all
#16
Pimple-popping videos. I can’t get enough. I watch TV and videos on my phone at the same time for hours. And they better do it right, or I will ‘dislike’.
Final score:
105points
Autumn Artemis 2 years ago
Oh my god same. It’s so horrifying and fascinating at the same time
#17
Binge-watching YouTube videos I have zero intention of ever doing/trying myself. E.g. truck driving, dumpster diving, and furniture upcycling.
Final score:
104points
#18
Salt. I just love the taste. I sometimes will just get a teaspoon of it in my hands and eat a few grains at a time. Obviously, I am extremely dehydrated after that but I make sure I get plenty of water. I also tend to add a lot of salt to dishes lol.
Final score:
93points
flutterbyy 2 years ago
I loved eating salt as a kid! Especially salt on raw tomatoes. Now that I'm older and have more than half family members with hypertension, I've learnt to control my addiction 😆
#19
Plants.
Final score:
93points
Icecream Sarang 1 year ago (edited)
Honey, I think they entire world would be dead without plants.
#20
Spider Solitaire. Been addicted since 1999. Someone gave me a hand-held game that I took abroad. Three months later, I was on an African safari and playing solitaire instead of watching for animals. I play at least 30 minutes a day.
Final score:
89points
#21
Buying pens.
Whenever I have had a rough day it always makes me feel better to buy a pack of pens
Final score:
89points
#22
Theatre. And by that I mean the stage itself. I'm a theatre actress and the last two (Corona) years I noticed that I'm feeling physically bad if I don't do a few plays throughout the year. It's not the applause or the audience, it's just being on stage, reciting my lines, working with the colleagues, seeing the lights, smelling the unique odour... Sounds weird, I know.
Final score:
77points
Daffodil 2 years ago
It's not weird at all!! I also love theatre, and the last show I was in was part of a few one acts going on at my school (a chance for upperclassmen to direct short shows at the end of the year) and my directors stopped showing up so our show got cancelled and every other person in my one act was double casted in another or part of tech for another show and being the only one who was still there but not technically part of anything sent me into a bad mental state for a while. I tried to keep a positive attitude though.
#23
Lego.
Final score:
72points
NicNor5560 2 years ago
I kept all of my children's Lego for my grand-children but I have none. Maybe my husband will start playing with them again. I have tons.
#24
Don't judge but... Wendy's nuggets dipped in chocolate frosty. It's really good.
Final score:
67points
#26
Please don't judge but...standing under the mist of a humidifier just for fun.
Final score:
63points
Michael Largey 1 year ago
"Just for fun". As opposed to standing under a humidifier as a profession?
#27
Cooking shows and YouTube videos of living off the grid or growing vegetables! They fuel my cooking creativeness!
Final score:
57points
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
I've been really getting into those recently, not so much the videos, but so many websites! I just make vegetable stock from scratch for the first time today! I also began planting my first lot of vegetables recently.
#28
My sunglasses. i never go out of my apartment without them. i wear them almost all year. i guess i make my eyes light shy.
Final score:
57points
bloominglymphnode 1 year ago
probably light shy before the glasses. I'm pretty sensitive to light, too.
#29
YouTube essay videos on weird and random stuff. 30 minutes about the time Lady Gaga sued Moshi Monsters? Count me in.
What do you think ?
LittlePiggie 1 year ago
Daydreaming. I know it’s weird, but I like to conjure worlds in my head to de-stress and/or fall asleep.
Mir Adwari 1 year ago
I think that sounds lovely. I often make up my own stories (can run for several nights). I just can't be bothered to write them down and I'm rubbish at endings!!
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Wysteria_Rose 1 year ago
Buying books, even if I don't read them right away and they're placed on my TBR shelf for a LONG time.
DuchessDegu 1 year ago
Me too but I have to eat the ears first, then the face 😁
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Wonderful 2 years ago
I have to pop my toes before going to sleep. Even if I have snuggled down into the most comfy position ever I have to untangle my legs and pop my toes bye bending them against my other foot and vise versa. Then and only then can I go to sleep.
MP 1 year ago
My ex was like that! I thought it was weird but apparently he’s not the only one!
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Mistiekim 2 years ago (edited)
I am addicted to buying t-shirts. Any event I go to must be memorialized by a t-shirt. Also anytime the is a free shirt - well yes I will take one even though it is not my size. Merch shirt for my favorite YouTuber? Yes please. Dumb shirt that I don’t need? Take my money! It’s a real problem.
Admiralu 1 year ago
Cryptid books. Bigfoot and Dogman encounters. I love hearing about what people experienced.
Colin 1 year ago
If you haven't, you should read about the man-wolves of Ossory.
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Jilltdcatlady 1 year ago
Shoes. Sudoku. Those iced sugar cookies that have no taste, but I don't know what they're called.
James Fuller 1 year ago
My strange addiction was....meth. Hmmm doesn't seem so strange now that I'm writing it down. 🤣
Dread Pirate Roberts 1 year ago
Watching clips of horrible movie villains dying, over and over again....and classical music lol
Pablo Ramos 1 year ago
Watching first amendment frauditors and sovereign citizens on YouTube. Totally addicted.
StrangeOne 1 year ago
I like going to department stores and organizing the candle wax melts, toys and the cosmetics. No, I don't want to actually work at these places. I already work in retail with part of my job putting away items and sorting. But the way I like to organize is usually considered too unproductive for the workers to be allowed to focus on, and I love seeing a tidy store.
Evan not Hansen 1 year ago
My boyfriend is 'addicted' to ranch and I love to tease him for putting it on everything he eats lol
LittlePiggie 1 year ago
Daydreaming. I know it’s weird, but I like to conjure worlds in my head to de-stress and/or fall asleep.
Mir Adwari 1 year ago
I think that sounds lovely. I often make up my own stories (can run for several nights). I just can't be bothered to write them down and I'm rubbish at endings!!
Load More Replies... Wysteria_Rose 1 year ago
Buying books, even if I don't read them right away and they're placed on my TBR shelf for a LONG time.
DuchessDegu 1 year ago
Me too but I have to eat the ears first, then the face 😁
Load More Replies... Wonderful 2 years ago
I have to pop my toes before going to sleep. Even if I have snuggled down into the most comfy position ever I have to untangle my legs and pop my toes bye bending them against my other foot and vise versa. Then and only then can I go to sleep.
MP 1 year ago
My ex was like that! I thought it was weird but apparently he’s not the only one!
Load More Replies... Mistiekim 2 years ago (edited)
I am addicted to buying t-shirts. Any event I go to must be memorialized by a t-shirt. Also anytime the is a free shirt - well yes I will take one even though it is not my size. Merch shirt for my favorite YouTuber? Yes please. Dumb shirt that I don’t need? Take my money! It’s a real problem.
Admiralu 1 year ago
Cryptid books. Bigfoot and Dogman encounters. I love hearing about what people experienced.
Colin 1 year ago
If you haven't, you should read about the man-wolves of Ossory.
Load More Replies... Jilltdcatlady 1 year ago
Shoes. Sudoku. Those iced sugar cookies that have no taste, but I don't know what they're called.
James Fuller 1 year ago
My strange addiction was....meth. Hmmm doesn't seem so strange now that I'm writing it down. 🤣
Dread Pirate Roberts 1 year ago
Watching clips of horrible movie villains dying, over and over again....and classical music lol
Pablo Ramos 1 year ago
Watching first amendment frauditors and sovereign citizens on YouTube. Totally addicted.
StrangeOne 1 year ago
I like going to department stores and organizing the candle wax melts, toys and the cosmetics. No, I don't want to actually work at these places. I already work in retail with part of my job putting away items and sorting. But the way I like to organize is usually considered too unproductive for the workers to be allowed to focus on, and I love seeing a tidy store.
Evan not Hansen 1 year ago
My boyfriend is 'addicted' to ranch and I love to tease him for putting it on everything he eats lol
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