# Things NOT to do if mildly OCD-y (humorous)

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 30, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-not-to-do-if-mildly-ocd-y-humorous/758820 "2016-06-30T19:19:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-not-to-do-if-mildly-ocd-y-humorous/758820/1 "2016-06-30T19:19:24Z")

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Recent things I’ve done that have lit my slightly-to-moderately obsessive brain afire:  
-Set up a livestream feed of my stock portfolio  
-Finally use the metal detector I bought three years ago (I did find some pretty cool stuff in the yard, though!)

What have you done lately to stoke the fires of your monkey brain?

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**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-not-to-do-if-mildly-ocd-y-humorous/758820/2 "2016-07-04T19:55:30Z")

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Serious answer: if I’m, say, quickly cleaning my apartment to prepare for short-notice guests, I know better than to do anything that involves sorting things into categories for long-term placement (like sorting out all the papers on my desk to be filed away), because that way lies madness.

There’s some vampire lore that says to keep vampires off your trail, scatter a box of matches on the ground behind you, because you can escape while they will be compelled to stop and count them before continuing on their way. Well, if I’m ever hunting you, be sure to use matches of different colors and lengths.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-not-to-do-if-mildly-ocd-y-humorous/758820/3 "2016-07-05T10:14:51Z")

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> [@gallows\_fodder](#):
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> Serious answer: if I’m, say, quickly cleaning my apartment to prepare for short-notice guests, I know better than to do anything that involves sorting things into categories for long-term placement (like sorting out all the papers on my desk to be filed away), because that way lies madness.
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> There’s some vampire lore that says to keep vampires off your trail, scatter a box of matches on the ground behind you, because you can escape while they will be compelled to stop and count them before continuing on their way. Well, if I’m ever hunting you, be sure to use matches of different colors and lengths.

Or rearrange my 2,000 CDs by color. Or my books by height. Oh yeah, been there.

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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-not-to-do-if-mildly-ocd-y-humorous/758820/4 "2016-07-05T11:10:46Z")

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I added a new check account for my direct deposit at work. I think I may have gone back and checked no less than ten times to make sure I entered the right account number.