You know you've played enough Long Dark when ...

[I_eat_only_wolf_meat]

You step outside, see that it's sunny, and think you can probably start a fire with the magnifying lens.

[Leeanda]

 you can risk looking away from the screen  for a few seconds. And not get mauled.

[SpanishMoss]

You know no wolves spawn nearby so you don't have to crouch 

[Bimbobjoejr.]

you know what place in each region makes the best base.

[APixelatedLemon]

You start taking water from your toilet to drink later...

Just me?

[UpUpAway95]

Your neighbors ask you why you exit the door to your house every morning crouched and carefully look both left and right before heading to your car... to which you respond that you're checking to make sure there are no wolves nearby.

Edited December 15, 2021 by UpUpAway95

[Matt Lomax]

... You hide inside random cars every time you see a dog on the street, startled when the radio actually works 😱

[Leeanda]

You wonder where you could buy a bearskin coat in the middle of summer.

[SpanishMoss]

You make sure to drop all your meat outside, so it degrades slower

[UpUpAway95]

You collect (and eat) every cattail you see.

[piddy3825]

You hear the crows cawing outside so you immediately look for a corpse to loot or a carcass to harvest

[UpUpAway95]

You can't resist taking a prybar to the trunk of every parked car you see... and you now have a very long rap sheet with local law enforcement.

[SpanishMoss]

You're confused as to why the car doors are locked as well as the trunk

[Jalos]

You see a young tree in the far, and think that it's should be  a sapling to harvest!

[ChillPlayer]

When a barking dog makes you jump.

True story, I was never anxious about dogs but after I played TLD for a few years I noticed that the barking triggers some reaction in my amigdala which puts me in a flight or fight mode.

[Morrick]

When you're about to go out, put your photo equipment and other stuff in your backpack, and say out loud (even if English is not your first language): "This pack's getting kinda heavy!"

When you've finished a tin of ground coffee and don't want to throw away the tin, in case you may need it later.

When you eat a pack of salty crackers and you just feel your water intake indicator go down, even though you really don't have a water intake indicator in real life.

When you open your car visor and there's nothing there, just like that game you're so obsessed about!

And speaking of car, did you put this can of orange soda in the glove box, dear? — "No, I haven't… what's that thing doing there anyway?" — Uhhh...

[piddy3825]

47 minutes ago, Morrick said:

And speaking of car, did you put this can of orange soda in the glove box, dear? — "No, I haven't… what's that thing doing there anyway?" — Uhhh...

I now keep a can of grape soda and a pack of matches in my glove box and to make it even more interesting I throw an old half used sewing kit in the trunk...

[Catlover]

You start going around and looting corpses...in real life

[piddy3825]

1 minute ago, Catlover said:

You start going around and looting corpses...in real life

I'm actually sitting here laughing out loud and thinking "where in the world is Catlover finding and looting real corpses?"  
 

[Catlover]

@piddy3825 glad I made you laugh!

And it's best you don't know...

Edited December 17, 2021 by Catlover

[DiscoJonny]

When you take something out of a file cabinet at work and say "I hope nobody needs this anymore!"

[SpanishMoss]

You see all the optimal locations to place a campfire so the wind won't blow it out.

[piddy3825]

1 hour ago, SpanishMoss said:

You see all the optimal locations to place a campfire so the wind won't blow it out.

lol, that's just good bushcraft, right?!?  

[Levelgrinder]

I heard a crow today irl and wondered if there was a corpse in that direction.

[Matt Lomax]

You empty your girlfriend's wardrobe and tear up all her clothes just to repair the one's you're wearing.

 

She'll get over it ... Eventually 😬