Ask A Broadsheet Reader

23 thoughts on “Ask A Broadsheet Reader”

1. ahyeah March 10, 2015 at 3:15 pm

   Those suffering from as of yet undiagnosed OCD might find it helpful.
2. John E. Bravo March 10, 2015 at 3:17 pm

   Possibly not as annoying as the upper-case ‘A’ in the headline.
3. Trouble March 10, 2015 at 3:20 pm

   What are they advertising? I don’t see a helpline number or any offer of support. It just seems designed to taunt them.
   1. Don Pidgeoni March 10, 2015 at 3:58 pm

      I suspect its awareness raising, though it would have been helpful to have somewhere people could go for more info
4. Paolo March 10, 2015 at 3:28 pm

   Why have a sign at all? Why should anyone care about OCD?
   1. Don Pidgeoni March 10, 2015 at 3:59 pm

      Why comment at all? Why should anyone care about Paolo?
      1. JimmytheHead March 10, 2015 at 4:10 pm

         Trick question – they dont
      2. Paolo March 10, 2015 at 4:47 pm

         My point is more to the fact that they just put up a poster with no information as to why anyone should care. They may as well have put up a poster saying that 1 in 10 people are left handed.
5. Major Thrill March 10, 2015 at 3:33 pm

   Probably not. But this post does because it’s a great example of how OCD is widely and wildly misunderstood. (And for Paolo’s reference – OCD is debilitating and potentially dangerous)
   1. Stewart Curry March 10, 2015 at 3:38 pm

      Very true.
   2. Don Pidgeoni March 10, 2015 at 3:59 pm

      +1
6. Frilly Keane March 10, 2015 at 3:43 pm

   Well if any one of the one in 50 is reading this

   I’m happy to oblige.

   Come over as often as ye like
   And stay as like long as ye like.
7. Cool_Hand_Lucan March 10, 2015 at 3:44 pm

   I think the poster should say, “Affects ONLY one in fifty people in Ireland.”

   Just because you like things tidy doesn’t mean you’ve OCD.
8. Spaghetti Hoop March 10, 2015 at 3:45 pm

   For every 1 in 50 that suffers from OCD there are at least 20 hipsters that claim they have it just to sound interesting.
   1. Eliot Rosewater March 10, 2015 at 6:31 pm

      Is that a thing that hipsters are particularly prone to do? I think the term ‘hipster’ now means anyone who I find annoying.
9. Clampers Outside! March 10, 2015 at 3:50 pm

   Obsessive Parking disorder !
10. Ultach March 10, 2015 at 3:51 pm

    Wish my significant other had OCD :-(
11. shitferbrains March 10, 2015 at 3:59 pm

    Pasted ?
    1. Spaghetti Hoop March 10, 2015 at 4:07 pm

       I sure am.
12. aucontraire March 10, 2015 at 4:24 pm

    Obsessive about their boring twee selves.
13. Kieran NYC March 10, 2015 at 5:04 pm

    Maybe it was intentional?

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