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I'm 20 but now and then I get a buzz galloping or singing in public... yes I am odd... anyone else!? I find being PC and abiding by society's rules all the time to be very constraining... its better than breaking the law yes?! :D

2006-08-21 03:16:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Etiquette

Chefed#1: The only way you can know this is if you are one yourself... its okay, I won't judge you!

2006-08-21 03:25:13 · update #1

Shpicey: Interesting idea, yeah but no, I haven't just left home and I've always been pretty odd... not all the time, just now and then! :)

2006-08-21 03:27:48 · update #2

Shpicey: I am a musician but have chosen a very academic degree... could be something to do with the fact that I'm not expressing myself artistically as much as I used to!

2006-08-21 04:25:34 · update #3

Sash: I'm not quite sure why you are talking about cars with loud music! That annoys me too but it has nothing to do with what I'm talking about! I don't think it offends too many people if I say things like " thank yoooooooou!!!" in public rather than "cheers" or "ta" or have a little skip now and then?!

2006-08-21 04:28:16 · update #4

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I honestly love folk like you because without you, life would be far too boring.

Please continue painting rainbows my friend and more power to you :-)

2006-08-21 03:44:26 · answer #1 · answered by fojo81 3 · 2 0

My whole family believes in being strange in public. We have fun no matter where we go.We have had food fights in restaraunts, we have embarrassed each other in countless ways just for the fun of it, Stuck hair in burgers at McDonald's just to get a reaction from Management. Go to gas stations and ask for directions in a different language that no one can understand. Drive in the car with a gorilla mask on, just to see what people do, When I say my family, I mean my family...my 58 year old Mom is the ring leader, then theres me... 38, my brothers 28 and 24, my daughters who are 21, 16, 14, and 2. The only one of the family who thinks that we are all nuts is my 19 year old sister, she just watches the scenes and shakes her head. We have fun every where we go, I wouldn't change it for the world..

2006-08-21 11:46:04 · answer #2 · answered by skipper 4 · 0 0

I think it's a phase people go through upon realizing that they have been released from a confining situation. Did you just leave home?

Are you an artist?

Makes sense to me. Pay attention what you are feeling, and maybe add a music minor...don't just up and quit your degree, unless you have developed a very specific artistic goal. Your present degree-in-progress might be useful for helping you to finance some artistic goals.

2006-08-21 10:24:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I really do not understand your Question or Examples....!

We (are supposed to) teach children 'constraint' so that society can have an order to it, have safety for the child itself as well as for those about them (there are other reasons too, but...).

Witness a running 'playing' child in a busy supermarket get under the feet of someone who 'crashes' to the floor as a result, and the child looks on as if with contempt at the victim for spoiling its fun. Yet it is the victim who 'pays the prices' with their injuries and all the inconveniences of them.

Cars, with hifi systems ....which I can hear five minutes before I hear the car, and whose BOOMING vibrations can be felt (whilst I am quietly watching TV - inside my house some 40feet from the passing car....!) is the penalty I HAVE TO PAY for the sake of someone els's BUZZ ( their bout of emotional Diarrhoea) and inability to constrain their pleasures.

I'm ALL FOR everyone playing what they like and as LOUD as the like - through their headphones. It enables me to hear my tinnitus much more clearly, thank you.

I often wonder if those with the hifi - in-car systems - would be happy for me to come play my Mantovani orchestral / Don Williams / Chas n Dave / Olgar Houstrack CD / tapes outside their homes (at the same volume) while they were trying to watch TV or sleep, at a time suitable for me!

2006-08-21 10:52:31 · answer #4 · answered by Sash 2 · 0 1

I think I’m too shy to enjoy being trivially strange in public, but in principle I know what you mean, and wish I could be a bit more bold. (By “trivially” strange, I mean the sorts of things you describe, like singing, talking to myself, etc.) I do, however, enjoy breaking certain social rules when I feel that the rules are oppressive and I can adopt a certain feeling of “civil disobedience” for a good cause. I am happy to be seen as a Pagan, for example. The majority of people in my area see this as strange, but it is a “lifestyle choice” sort of strange, not just a quirky sort of strange that could be confused with a mental disorder. If there were no laws against public nudity, I would enjoy being naked in some public circumstances (but as it is, I don’t want to pay fines or get a criminal record, so I mostly stick to the rules). I also don’t mind people knowing that my wife and I are non-monogamous, and would be happy to make a spectacle of myself – even openly defend our lifestyle choice in the midst of public criticism if it came to that. Of course being Pagan, or being non-monogamous is sometimes seen as being somewhat deranged (people sometimes accuse me of being a pervert, emotionally immature, greedy, unable to commit, not really in love with my wife, not really knowing what true love is, feeling secretly empty inside, seeking to fill the spiritual void created by my not believing the traditional Christian conception of God, etc.) But for some reason I don’t feel embarrasses in the face of these sorts of accusations – perhaps because I have a solid, self-affirming belief that I am ok – it is my critics who are acting foolish. I just can’t seem to generate similar feelings of self-confidence in more trivial situations, like singing in public. (Actually, that is an interesting example because, if I felt confident that I was a good singer, then I think I actually would sometimes sing in random public situations and totally enjoy it. But as it is, I would feel embarrassed because I am such a bad singer.) I guess the bottom line is that I am shy about seeming to be mentally retarded or deranged. If I felt confident that people saw me MERELY as strange – or perhaps felt that they secretly admired by boldness – then I would enjoy being strange in public.

2006-08-21 13:17:00 · answer #5 · answered by eroticohio 5 · 4 0

I went through a phase when I was your age when I liked to draw attention to myself by acting unpredictably. I found it liberating. There is nothing wrong with it as long as it doesn't encroach upon the freedoms of others, such as the freedom not to be hassled. In other words, you shouldn't get too loud or too in your face.

2006-08-21 12:55:18 · answer #6 · answered by tianjingabi 5 · 0 0

a few yrs ago me n my friend (we're both girls) decided 2 walk round the town centre holding hands 2 see how ppl would react 2 it, we got a lot of strange looks but it was good 2 do what we wanted without worrying what ppl would think. p.s. we're straight and have blokes n kids now.

2006-08-21 10:29:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I sometimes dress all in black, or all in white. Sometimes I will wear my Jesus Army football shirt or military training fleece. My bright red cross (which I wear almost all the time) also attracts attention.

I like to dress to stop me taking myself too seriously. Then I can have fun.

2006-08-21 10:30:17 · answer #8 · answered by waycyber 6 · 0 0

that's totally me..some of da ppl i know get embarrassed and leave...but i don't care..ma close friends whom i care about are crazy too...but certainly not as crazy as i am...

i guess that's y i was voted the craziest..lol

keep rockin gurl and just be urself wherever you r

2006-08-21 10:24:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

i dont have a problem with calling a stranger a ***** or an asshole if they piss me off in public. but i dont sing and stuff.

2006-08-21 10:27:16 · answer #10 · answered by Holly G 3 · 0 0

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