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Do you consider yourself to be weird? I am, but don't care.

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CuriousCreature 7 Nov 28
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No, Iโ€™m just a normal lady with a few quirks I suppose.

What is normal? I don't believe I know what that would be. ๐Ÿ™‚

@Sticks48 To me itโ€™s a pretty broad term. I donโ€™t do anything out of social norms. I live a quiet life, regular job, Iโ€™m really not exciting.
The definition would vary by person.. thatโ€™s just how I see myself.

@Green_eyes What are social norms? The social norms in Houston are much different than the social norms in Waco, or El Paso. ๐Ÿ™‚

@Sticks48 And isn't downtown Houston a whole different story? ๐Ÿ˜›

@bingst Downtown is interesting. I tend to stay uptown.

@Sticks48 the social norms are pretty basic to me, be productive, have well adjusted kids, do what makes you happy.

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I don't consider myself weird, but all you other mother fuckers, that's a different story lol.

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Nah . I do things My way , but that's not weird . It's freedom .

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"weird adjective
\หˆwird \
Definition of weird
1 : of strange or extraordinary character : ODD, FANTASTIC
2 : of, relating to, or caused by witchcraft or the supernatural : MAGICAL" - Merriam-Webster

No.

I suspect the defensive, visceral response will be"no". But, considered dispassionately:Is it possible that people who think of themselves as 'weird', just want to feel "special"?

@Ignostic_Skeptic Agreed.

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Of course I am. All the best people are.
"Normal" is a wholly subjective word.
Besides, who gets to decide what "normal" is, or isn't?
To me, normal is boring AF.

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I might be weird in other person's eyes. In my eyes I'm different and I like this ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Yes. I am a mass of contradictions and very little of my nature fits within the norm.

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Weird is in the eye of the beholder......

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Absolutely I'm weird! Normal people are boring & perfect doesn't exist

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The word I would use for myself is 'unique'. Others call me weird, but I don't care.

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Of course and glad that I am. Who wants to be like everyone else?

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Lol! Weird. And proud.

I am afraid that it appears your weirdness is non-committal. I am fully committed and vested!

@Ignostic_Skeptic I don't know. The nurses here call it the straitjacket, but I call it the vest. It sounds nicer that way.

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The right to be ridiculous is something I hold dear.
(I think there's a song in there...)

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Of course, who wants to be around normalcy? Boring. Anyone defensively distancing themselves from the term either has some unresolved fears forcing them to try to fit in, or is literally a walking version of a vanilla bean. A lot of us would like to think of ourselves as weird to be more interesting too though. And a good deal of it is contextual. Among the nonconservatives here I'm fairly average. If I had grown up in portland, vancouver or western Europe I probably wouldn't feel as weird either. For my background, Im a superfreak though. I could write a book about bein a weirdo. Oh look I already have.

Weird things about my background: I'm a big cop-lookin honkey, born to farmers in Northeast tennessee, a bible scholar fully entrenched in one of the most religious and ignorant pockets of america during the DARE generation, but I wound up being a super liberal pot smokin atheist in the top percentile or two of intelligence. I'm straight n cis but Im not afraid of or even slightly uncomfortable with LGBTQ+ people. I'm sick of white people's nonsense. I practice yoga, meditation and martial arts weaponry instead of muddin, fishin, and idolizing my gun. I drink hot tea and not iced sweet tea. All that practically makes me an alien around here.

Weird things about my nature: I started puberty at 5, shaving and driving at 12, and balding enough to shave my head at 21. Ive felt like an old man since I was 14, around when cell phones became popular n affordable, always resentful that people expect you to be available 24/7 now. And get off my lawn. I had a stutter, nodules on my vocal cords and a pinned down tongue when I was young, sounded like an anxious bullfrog when I spoke, couldnt give an oral book report without hyperventilating, and now I occasionally get paid to sing.

Then there are all kinds of anachronistic dichotomous behaviors I have. I'm an IT guy and a farmer, I can think digitally but love and live in the analog. I'm a gun owner in favor of gun control. I'm a hippy who believes all life has value but I'm carnivorous enough that I'd like to get into hunting and fishing. I'm equally at home in a pig sty or an ivory tower. I'm a hermit who loves the outdoors. I'm unquestionably an odd duck.

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I have lots of quirks, some good, some bad. I get told I'm weird a lot. Doesn't bother me. I try to buck the norm for the most part.

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It's a matter of perspective. Everyone is different and besidea who ever made the standard doe being "normal"

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Yes, and my weird parents are fiercely proud of my weirdness...

Zster Level 8 Nov 28, 2018
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I would have answered yes if I was still religious.

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To be honest, I would hate to be normal.

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Everyone is weird!!

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I'm very different, that's for sure. If different is weird, then so be it! I'm still a likeable person.

Most people have never met someone like me. And only a handful of people in this world will actually be allowed into my heart.

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I can fake normal. I am pretty good at it. What people don't know of what I actually think won't hurt them one bit. They never ask the right question anyway.

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I like to think of it as being unique. We are all unique in our own way.

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Who isn't?..... Whoever that may say "No, I am not" well, that would be weird ?

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My normal is societies weird

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No, I am special. All the others are normal and boring.

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