The "You know you're playing a lot of KSP when..." thread

[SOTMead]

When you go thumbs up and "Awww riiiiih!" instead of "That's great, thank you" and don't notice before the other party does.

[GarrisonChisholm]

When you notice the pattern in your couch blanket has occasional small yellow/green bars, and not only do you immediately think 'f10 to stop the memory leak', but you feel a small rush of adrenaline to do it swiftly.

[astrokerb]

You know you play too much KSP when you start playing at 7:00 PM, and don't realize its 1 in the morning until the game crashes and you look at your computers clock.

[MalfunctionM1Ke]

You know you play too much KSP when you unpatiently wait for the next update that has no release date yet.

[TheGeekno72]

When you right click on screenshots to rotate the camera.

It has already happened to me !

[JumpsterG]

When you go thumbs up and "Awww riiiiih!"

YES. My wife started imitating that sound bite while watching me play and now we use it all the time.

[michaelhester07]

When you watch the Martian and compare Matt Damon to Jeb after you marooned him on Duna. You then start thinking of hollywood flaws with space travel, at least starting with the centrifuge on the Hermes not going fast enough to create 1G

[Yukon0009]

When the first humans on Mars were inspired to become astronauts by KSP.

Could very well be true.

[Dman979]

When you ask your Physics teacher if you can bring your computer to the class and use KSP to demonstrate orbital mechanics in his next class.

And when you explain it to him. True story!

[bulletv1]

When you watch the Martian and compare Matt Damon to Jeb after you marooned him on Duna. You then start thinking of hollywood flaws with space travel, at least starting with the centrifuge on the Hermes not going fast enough to create 1G

I think in the book it's about 0.4g they get in the centrifuge

[Enorats]

When NASA posts a picture of a probe they're planning to build, and you know what the probe's mission is just by looking at it. When you can identify what an instrument is just by looking at it.. you might have played too much.

[Willbl3pic]

frequently blow air out of your mouth to stimulate RCS.

I do that sometimes XD

[PanzerAce]

When you toss out a lifter design during a lunch break because you already know it won't have the delta that you need.

[EliasDanger]

You know you play too much KSP when you unpatiently wait for the next update that has no release date yet.

And you wanna ask, but the rules say no asking...so it just eats away at you...every day you check the forum for news, and every day there is nothing, a bit of your soul dies inside.

[RyanRising]

Actually there is a town called Kerman in California

You know you play too much KSP when you have to remind yourself from time to time that Earth doesn't have a second moon.

Me too. This happens at least once a week.

When you look at clouds and think, "Whoa, WIP-EVE is amazing! ... Wait, this is real life."

When you read everything up until a year back on this thread. Someone said, a year ago today, "When you read this entire thread."

Edited October 6, 2015 by RyanRising

[TheGeekno72]

I think we have already do this once time in our life if we are addicted to KSP

[StarStreak2109]

Dunno if that has been mentioned yet: When you sit there like a drug addict waiting for his fill while waiting for Tuesday's dev notes (alternatively insert your favourite Daily Kerbal news...).

Also, if you see any day to day item and think: "Hey this looks just like a Mk. 1 capsule..." Happened to me the other day while looking at some pottery...

Okay, this is embarrassing...

[Crown]

When the first humans on Mars were inspired to become astronauts by KSP.

Some of our engineers are already. And others will follow. (insert music here)

[livefree75]

When you have to remember to say "LEO" instead of "LKO" when referring to Low Earth Orbit.

[Alastronaut]

When you apply to MIT and Caltech to pursue aerospace engineering and astrophysics because ksp helped you realize what your goals in life are

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When you say "I hope launch is good today. Er, I mean lunch"

[BNSF1995]

When a real-life rocket explodes/disintegrates, and you comment on Facebook or Youtube that it didn't have enough boosters and/or struts.

On another note:

Actually there is a town called Kerman in California.

Kerman is my grandma and great uncle's hometown.

Edited October 7, 2015 by BNSF1995

[The Optimist]

Our science teacher is using it to show us orbital mechanics

wow

[Jett_Quasar]

You know you play too much KSP When you shave one side of your face and think you're done... because you know, symmetry is always enabled!

JR

[KerBlammo]

you think your car should show its speed in m/s not mph

[Crown]

you think your car should show its speed in m/s not mph

That's what I want for years now! And manually manage the wheels. I damaged some brakes because I couldn't.