What makes you so different?

In My Humble Opinion
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I’m an ecologist. Unusual for anyone. Slightly more unusual for a woman. Hugely unusual for a black person.

I’m a twin…although just fraternal. But as far as fraternal twins go, my sister and I resemble each other a whole lot.

I’ve never been in a sexual relationship and don’t have cravings like other people seem to have.

I play the viola.

I took Arabic in high school (don’t remember it).

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i am an atheist. normal here, but i am a complete FREAK in real life in ireland.

i’m bipolar. again, a lot more common here than real life.

i used to row for Great Britain, i had to give up competing once i started my degree.

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Not a damn thing . I’m a great provider, I try to do good where I can , I’ve (tried to ) put hate behind me, and I try to give more than I receive. More than anything , I try to influence the youth in my care to do the same . Not much, granted , but it is all I have to offer .

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Well, here it goes…
[ul]
[li]I’m the only doper (that I know of) in my city. (Portsmouth, Ohio)[/li][li]I’ve never fired a gun (other than a BB gun or paintball gun)[/li][li]other than that, I’m exactly the same as everyone…[/li][/ul]

Brendon

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Sorry to double post, but I find it interesting. We signed up at almost the exact same time (well, introduced ourselves in the same “HI!” thread) and we are both bipolar.

Brendon

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I’m another. I met my husband online in 1996, married in 97.

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Hmm, let’s see here.

Other people find me funnier than I find myself.
I have every song from every Pearl Jam album (except for four that I don’t like) on my iPod.
I’m a very good singer.
I would love to be a model.
I have a fantastic memory for song lyrics.
I would do algebra for fun if I didn’t fear I’d be forever lost in nerd-dom.
I don’t like any of the people I hang out with.
I’m the treasurer of our grad executive committee.
I have a life-sized mural of Sesshoumaru on my bedroom wall.
I have crying fits at odd moments every few months.
I hate pork. Bacon and ham are fine.
I’m in love with my boss’s cousin. (Okay, it’s a mild crush.)
I have aural hallucinations every so often. Not voices in my head or anything, just noises or spoken words that aren’t actually real.

That’s all I can think of right now.

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Hmmm.

Live in an area with absolutely great world class ski areas. I hate to ski. Been there, done that. Basically I think it’s a pain in the ass.

Makes me unique where I live for sure. Probably not on the dope though.

But -

I love it when we get a good two foot or so snow storm and I have to fight through.

Most likely the highest doper here. Ummm, as far as living at elevation.

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I… speak… French?
And… a little Spanish?

Eh, I’m not that special. :slight_smile:

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I’m a male Asian in an interracial marriage (my wife is “white”), which is not nearly as common as the reverse. Also uncommon I suppose is the fact that I’m 6’2" in height (which is not as uncommon among Asians born in America, but still probably a standard deviation or so off the norm).

Like What Exit?, I am also a “huge Tolkien/Middle Earth fan”, or was; it’s not really an active thing but I certainly have read the books many times and know most of it by heart. (Never got quite as far as “learning to speak Elvish” though.) Also like him, I’m big baseball fan but of the NY Mets. As long as he’s a real baseball fan though I can overlook the Y@nkee$ side of him :slight_smile:

I ride a 200cc Vespa (motor scooter) to work in Midtown Manhattan most of the year. This seems like attempted suicide to many, and maybe it is, but it’s a lot more fun and twice as fast as taking the bus and train.

I play (or used to play) Bridge at a near-expert level while under the age of 30, which was pretty rare then and probably even more so now. (I’m now 35.)

I am an atheist but at the same time have a deep interest in human religion. I’m quite versed in the Bible and have read up on most of the major world religions.

Well, that’s enough details for now (though I suppose I’ve talked about most of these things in other threads on the SDMB already), so if there’s anyone out there who knows me in RL and thought they might have seen through my handle, yeah, you’re right.

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Instead of learning history during history class, I taught myself the Russian alphabet using Soviet propaganda posters.

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[ul]
[li]I design video games as a hobby. I have been since I was a little kid (just in my head though).[/li][li]I’m a college student yet find parties boring and don’t like most alcoholic drinks.[/li][li]Skim milk is my favorite drink, I go through more than a gallon per week. It’s all I drink besides water, and sometimes lemonaide. I’ve never liked soda or any carbonated drinks.[/li][li]I’ve never liked music with lyrics or followed any bands, so when that topic of conversation inevitably comes up I feel boring and awkward.[/li][li]I hardly ever watch TV. If I had money gushing out of my pockets I’d pick up more shows on DVD, but I grew out of the habit of TV because for some reason it became difficult to remember to watch shows at their time slot. I prefer to watch things on my own schedule.[/li][li]I’ve never attempted to grow any facial hair. The longest I can stand to go without shaving is 2 days, otherwise I start itching like crazy. I don’t know how guys can just let it grow and go for the indifferent look; I’m as lazy as the next guy but facial hair is just annoying![/li][/ul]

I guess a lot of these are just what makes me different from my current peer group. Still, for most of my life I’ve felt out of place and different in ways that’s hard to quantify in a list.

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I didn’t learn how to drive until I was 28.

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I guess I’m like you, except I was born in Korea. :slight_smile:

I noticed you said that sometimes people are nonplussed when they meet you after only hearing your voice. I get the opposite sometimes - people will expect me to speak with an accent. Or they’ll talk slower because they think I won’t understand otherwise. (Hel.lo. Can. I. Help. You?) I actually feel kinda bad proving them wrong, because then they get embarassed. I couldn’t do a Korean accent to save my life, though.

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I’m Indian, but we moved away from there the year of my birth and I have never lived there since, only visited. I’ve also never been to America. Lived here in NZ most of my life, but spent a few years overseas in Thailand and Malaysia.

What makes me different? I’m an atheist but that’s not uncommon around here. I love music (I play the flute and sing). I love dogs. I love arguing. I love arrogant and cynical people (too much for my own good, and I seem to expect them to treat me differently from everyone else, which doesn’t always work out too well). Oh, and I have longer hair than most people I know.

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Sorry for the double post, but just thought I’d mention. I probably speak better english than most of the people born here, and I don’t believe I’ve ever had anyone treat me like they expect me to speak with an accent or anything. I don’t act very Indian…

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This gives me hope. At 27, I still can’t, and had begun to think it was just too late to learn.

What makes me different is that I can not only tie a knot in a cherry stem with my tongue, I can tie two stems together.

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Bless you. I thought I was the only one.

At 23 I am regarded as a freak among my friends for not learning how to drive at 16. I live in the bay area, and it’s not a horrible thing if you can’t drive since the public transportation is so great.

And I’m so different because I’m pretty eccentric. The SO and I have pretty much made up our own language that we use between ourselves. We have weird noises/sounds to let each other know how we feel. I love cute fuzzy animals, but at the same time, I love mean and dry humor. I don’t know, people always think that the way I act is pretty weird, so I guess that’s enough?

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Hey everyone, this particular thread made me make this first post at the dope. I always felt slightly different than the common crowd, and occasionally people just appear weird to me. After reading the stuff people post here, I get the idea I am more common than I ever imagined.

  • I have little regard for money, I find it usefull and necessary to do a lot off stuff. But I never get the people that would basically sacrifice there entire life to be ‘rich’.
  • Human beings just seem completely awkward in there actions sometimes…
  • I’ve been bullied for about 8 years through out school, the first 4 years or so by people I considered my friends. They would kick me, call me names etc. But they did accept me to a certain degree into there group. After it got out we where all called infront off class. But instead off punishment to them, I got called out infront off the class (imagine the shy and timid guy) and needed to yell NO several times infront off everyone. I guess the teacher had no idea how to deal with the situation either, and figured if I needed help I should ask for it.
    After this (on the next school) I was still friends with the guys that bullied me, and offcourse it contineued. After another 4 years I ended it myself, and even though I can now acknowledge I was being bullied. I still consider them my friends, and talk to them occasionally. I got it so far, that through forgiving the main bully he would now do A LOT for me if I asked. Trust me on this one; Forgiveness is SO much more powerfull than revenge. This is probably what makes me most different, not that I ever actually told this to anyone. I still find it weird I’m posting here…
  • I was nearly strangled at birth, I was saved because I was kicking my mom so hard (nice anecdote :D).
    Ps. I ended the bullying peacefully. :wink:
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29, and haven’t been behind the wheel of a car since I was 19 or so, and that was just practice driving. I really should get that license, it’s just that I really really rarely feel the need to drive.