GENIUSES!---if one is strange and poor he is crazy but if strange and rich then he excentric--so, help me?

Question

explain the differences

Answer 1

Who is deciding that the poor man is crazy and the rich excentric? society in general? and do you have any examples of this? I do understand but what I'm thinking is that this isn't in the mind of the rich man or the poor man apparently it is in the eye of some spectator so who is the spectator what is their demographic? and what are examples of the so called strangeness? all questions that would need an answer before coming to a conclusion.

The differences hmm there are none only in the eyes of the observer, observers of different demographs will obviously see things differently, it's obviously class based it has to do with wealth and perceptions.

I suppose with a rich person they can afford to be eccentric so it's not unusual for them but with a poor person they may have to work hard to achieve their little pleasures and eccentricities in life, perhaps that has something to do with it.

Answer 2

I have never heard any one classify poeple in that way. I have heard people call both rich and poor idiots, and describe both rich and poor as eccentric.
In the end it all comes down to (a) community norms and (b) being diplomatic or polite. Communities whether a local area or at national level like to "normalise" that is- have every9one fitting into a particular mould of what is normal and acceptable behaviours and attitudes. What is acceptable in one (such as some tribes still being canabalistic and eating people) is obviously not accepted in other groups. It is these "norms" which frame our acceptance in a comun ity and deviation from them which attracts the scorn of our community possibly leading to retaliation of the deviation is such that the community feels their standards are threatened.

The term "crazy" implies a defective mental state and is often used in a derogatory sense when someone does something we disagree with and really cant understand why they would do that thing at all. Historically people with defective mental states can also become a threat to the community that they live in.
Eccentric on the other is used to describe something that is unusual or different from the norms but the reasons for doing it can be understood and justified even thought the vast majority of that community would not choose to do that thing. Eccentric behaviours are not considered by the community to be a threat.

For example follow the logic here,... to deliberately go swimming near a school of bait fish is considered crazy as there is very real chance of attack by a shark... which leads to death... normal people dont choose to die.. to put ones self at high risk of dying is silly.. and to do so deliberately- implies the person is mentally defective... therefore crazy..and the community may feel at risk beleiving that the behaviour may encourage the shrks to attack others.
To deliberately go swimming with grey nurse sharks is eccentric because..... greay nurse almost never attack humans so there no risk of injury let alone death....... it is therefore safe to swim with grey nurse sharks..... the person doing so has made a rational decision to do so based on facts.... they are not genuinely putting themselves at risk and therfore are not mentally defective.... the rest of the community dont want to swim with grey nurse shark even though it may be safe to do so... but if someone else wants to, they be "strange" (different from the rest) but are not crazy and are not doing anything to threaten the commumity.... the unusual but "harmless" behaviour is then identified as "abnormal" but harmless by being labelled "Eccentric".

I have often admired those big american indian headresses and if I had one I would just have try it on and maybe walk around in it (at home) and enjoy the look and feel of it. If I went to a fancy dress party in it that would be considered "normal" but if I walked around in public in it becasue I liked wearing it, that would not be considered normal. Wearint the headdress for fun does not mean that I am mentally deffective, nor is it a threat to ther rest of the community, no one would wnat to wear one in public even though it is a harmless thing to do.... so such behaviour would be considered eccentric. Some years ago actor larry Hagman (of I dream of Jeannie fame) used to exaclty that and indeed was labelled "Eccentric". On the other hand if someone put on a war bonnet and grabbed a tommahawk or something wna went out into the community wanting to reclaim their tribal lands and physically threatening people that kind of behaviour would not seem rational and coupled with the threat to society would have to be considered "Crazy".
Perhaps some people label the well off "eccentric" (as opposed to "crazy" for poor people) because (1) they are trying to be polite and (2) if they say something more derogatory they fear a law suit, and (3) the well off are usually more articulate and better able to justify their actions so that they are not considered unacceptable or threatening.

Answer 3

The weird poor guy is poor. The weird rich guy is rich. Only the words being used are different - eccentric is STILL "weird" (or it can be) - its a matter of semantics, and not too much more.

Answer 4

Because nobody would dare to insult the wealthy by calling them crazy. For some reason, people tend to bow down to the wealthy as if they have some gift to bestow. The wealthy are generally viewed as "better" and "above" certain things. That's why they are eccentric rather than crazy.

-BD

Answer 5

you're right...this situation is really true because it's how some percieve people, there is the discrimination still of social status(if poor-bad and ugly and rich-gorgeous and all) and it's how some wants to think.. like, in fashion, when you're weird and a fashion icon, you're a Vogue model but if you're weird and nothing, you're an "eww model"...however, we should change this notion....it's terrible..

Answer 6

coz as per...its one rule for them and one rule for us.

Our Royal family in my opinion are crackers, but of course the newspapers talk about their little idiosyncracies.