The term “anal retentive” has been used in the field of psychology to describe people who have a strong obsession to attention to detail. Shortened most of the time to “anal”, the coined term from Freudian psychoanalysis groups is now used loosely to refer to individuals who feel the need to control aspects of the environment they live in.
Studies show that people with anal retentive personality are generally perfectionists in nature, with a compulsive need to put order and tidiness to their surroundings. It should be noted that Anal Retentiveness is different from Obssessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The former can be relegated to quirky behaviour, while the latter is a clinical diagnosis.
Now apparently, a lot of Pinoy Twitter users are anal retentive. Are you one of them? Take a look at this set of photos and see if they bother you as well. On May 24, Filipino Twitter user PULA (@paula_eunice99) tweeted a set of bird’s eye view photos of a seating arrangement done for what seemed to be an event by the University of Santo Tomas. What seemed like a regular setup from a macro view suddenly became a huge deal for anal retentive people when PULA started zooming in on the photos:
hindi pantay…. pic.twitter.com/vGu1WLYKKt
— Eunice (@Paula_Eunice99) May 24, 2018
For better appreciation:
Soon, people started noticing other details that were out of place in the setup.
https://twitter.com/_lianeunice/status/999888759767187456
https://twitter.com/Ikongsaryo/status/999889540411084800
https://twitter.com/kwinseeesha/status/999796255348867073
Kulang pic.twitter.com/ovyIRg4sEE
— 🧛♀️ (@carparksignn) May 25, 2018
Akala ko ito lmfao pic.twitter.com/QDSN0aJTeX
— ˃̵͈̑ᴗ˂̵͈̑ (@gwenebear) May 25, 2018
Binilang ko ng paulit2 19 lng talaga pic.twitter.com/wfgMiUZGLk
— AL🚶 (@suehpla) May 25, 2018
https://twitter.com/liannespades/status/999884294267928577
Soon, people started noticing things OUTSIDE of the setup:
hindi pantay…? pic.twitter.com/Grtlfv3emd
— 🎧louise🤘🏻 (@EonaZeldaXL) May 25, 2018
anim sa left sa right 5 lang?!?! HOW COME?! 😱🤯 pic.twitter.com/N7IW76cpJK
— MARIE • DK artist (I'm home!) (@miuruu2) May 25, 2018
Interestingly, people had a lot of creative things to say about the seating arrangement:
https://twitter.com/IsabelaBeatrice/status/1000208073212874752
https://twitter.com/He_Murdered_Me/status/1000899842883796992
https://twitter.com/celmacol/status/1000267518433411072
https://twitter.com/xtian_odinson/status/1000034776588275713
https://twitter.com/justine_cuvin/status/999636336142254080
If the photos sort of bothered you, don’tcha worry–these kuya manongs tidied them up for all of you:
https://twitter.com/imkimbaybay/status/1000184422744834048
So…are you (or are you not) anal retentive? InqPOP!/VT
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