So I'm curious, is this a common writer's disease?

I yell at my computer, I argue with programs. I plead with the furniture, and of course I get furious with my characters. My family will randomly hear me start exclaiming in aggravation and I have to explain I was talking to the computer. Especially printers, I have a serious problem with printers. And the Linux OS seems almost sentient...

So. Anyone else talk to random objects?

Not me. Other than sometimes calling something a piece of junk when it doesn't work.

Dogs, on the other hand, I talk to all the time.

I guess it depends on my mood and that of the inanimate object.

My dog isn't an inanimate object, but she and I have full conversations.

Sometimes I mutter death-threats to the computer when it fills up with disc space and I can't get rid of anything, and now since I can't play music or videos on here.
Sometimes I'll talk to an opinionated stuffed animal if I'm alone, just for the sake of doing so.

Oh! I've done this quite a bit too. Especially to MS Word when it was having a fit about actually working. I muttered and grumbled and cried at it so much
I've never yelled at a chair.... I think....but I've certainly gotten mad at characters!

I also seem to be good at yelling random syllables when I upset...

The majority of my family does this, usually with uncooperative electronics... but I think we only do it when another human is around to listen and "benefit."

Except the cat. Everybody talks to the cat.

Yep, ditto.

I don't yell at Quentin (my computer) as much as I used to. I name all my electronics though... My zune is Sam, mp3 player is Philip, gameboy is Skeeter, web cam is Ron...Yeah, I also talk to my plants (and name them). It's normal.

We named my dad's computer Alfred, but I can't remember naming anything else. That's cool though.

Oh yes, I do. Especially computers when they act stupid. I've never named any electronics though...

I yell at inanimate objects. I'm glad I'm not alone!

I do that too actually! Sometimes I even talk to myself, and answer myself. It's weird...

Now I feel that if I don't name my computer I will be the abnormal one.

I have a habit of making random noises while I go up and down the stairs. Does that count?

Sometimes I'll be doing something and ask myself a question that happens to be completely unrelated. Then I have to stop and ask myself what I said or what brought that up.

I pleaded with my USB.disk just last week. It has all my original documents, photos, spreadsheets, ect. on it. I plugged it in and now it doesn't work! *forced grin* The funny part is, I didn't make any copied onto my computer! EVERYTHING IS LOST!!!! Unless, I can get Miracle computers to exercise what they advertise: a miracle.

My whole family talks to our cats. We tend to have conversations with them and ask them questions quite often.

Otherwise, I don't often speak with inanimate objects. ^^

Ohhh, yes. My computer definitely has a mind of its own, and I have been known to threaten it numerous times. I talk to the mirror...a lot. And the shower gets sung to often and also, on occasion, gets a deep conversation. I usually just talk to thin air though instead of a thing. Myself keeps me good company at times.

Shadowfax usually just listens to me--he's a nice, docile, little HP. =D I think my characters are the only ones I talk to, though I have been known to converse with the pets we have (had). Also, I guess I do talk to the shower, sometimes. But only when I'm really deep fat fried. Oh--and we shouldn't forget ranting at textbooks. They never answer, though.

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(Ah--just remembered--I carry on conversations with HTML documents and CSS stylesheets. Stupid property's not working! )

I talk to thin air a lot. I also will ramble to/yell at (though not loudly, I'm too introverted for that...) my notebooks and textbooks (especially Geometry and Biology) and sketchbooks when things aren't working right. I hold on conversations with my rabbits practically every time I go out to feed them or just check on them. Everyone, even my Dad, talks to our dog.

At night, my sister says that she hears me talking and laughing at no one in particular.

And my computer's name is George, but usually, I just call him. "You stupid piece of junk!"

And I apologize to silverware. When I have to choose a spoon or a fork, or a knife to use I always feel sorry for the other ones. *blush* Why did you have to start this thread?! LOL!

Oh. And everyone in my family talks to the cat also.

On the topic of "the others", I feel bad when I trigger an automatic door and I don't want to walk through it...

Me too! I also feel bad for my stuffed animals under my bed. It's really bad with my Jessie doll from Toy Story 2...

I am guilty of that also.

I pretty much never talk to inanimate objects, but I have muttered to myself sometimes. Whenever I am alone, and I come to a conclusion, make a resolution, or want to remember something important, I will say it out loud.
And, yes, I have talked to my reflection a lot.
My daddy talks to his tools when he's working on something.

Hmm...I can't say as I've talked to inanimate objects more than a couple times, but I often hold conversations with myself.

I talk to the air sometimes. Mostly in Quenya, Latin, Huttese and recently old English.

Sometimes, when I am at home alone, I'll talk to our pets Tessa and Mollie. Sometimes they will answer by blinking or barking (Mollie is a cat and Tessa is a puppy). I also talk to the computer when it is making me mad.

I love christian writers. Who else would start such a thread? Now I know I am not the only crazy person in the world. Whoever started this I commend.

Occasionally. However, the strangest thing I've noticed myself doing is talking like my character. Like, if something comes to mind that I want them to say, or a scene, I'll parrot it. Good way to look crazy.

I don't talk to computers - I have a telepathic link with them. Really! Just ask Amanda.

I talk to myself...but I don't think I count as an inanimate object.

Well, I do talk to my dog, who can't respond, and occasionally to the TV, when its being annoying.

* cough * Amanda can confirm that. * summons Amanda *

I was already subscribed to this thread, Diek.

But yes, he does seem to have a telepathic link with computer.

*Chuckles* Some people are like that, and...some people are really not. *Indicates self*