What’s something you’ve been called weird for?

I genuinely enjoy eating alone at restaurants. Not grabbing takeout, not sitting at the bar staring at my phone. Actually sitting at a proper table, ordering a full meal, and just existing with my own thoughts for an hour. People act like it is the saddest thing they have ever witnessed. Coworkers used to invite themselves along out of pity when they found out I did it regularly. But there is something about eating a good meal slowly with zero social obligation that I find genuinely restorative. No performance, no splitting the bill negotiation, no waiting for someone else to decide what they want. Just you and the food. Tried explaining this to people and it somehow makes it worse. Apparently enjoying your own company in public is a cry for help.

Not liking American football? It looks f****** boring to me. Also a game called "foot" ball where you use your hands to carry a ball? The logic is already flawed for me, I can't enjoy it...

In boot camp the DIs constantly told me to stop being weird. I was a very obedient recruit and did my best to obey this, but they did not tell me how I was being weird. Pls Sergeant I am trying to follow orders!!!! Anyway turns out I'm autistic. In the end I failed to follow their orders and am still weird.

Not wanting to talk to people.

Not being a complete pessimist. Misery loves company and they get real upset when you don’t play along.

Existing 

Not fangirling or getting "crushes" on "hot" people/celebrities. I thought people who did were all either insane or it was just performative. Turns out I'm a demisexual, so I'm the weirdo.

Carrying a plush. That's ok, my plush friend is cute and I still have 3 degrees, a job, and I am happily married so who cares what randos think

My sense of humour

Me and my brother Jason have been called weird for the company we keep in our Queens Village apartment. Jason is a 'performance artist' whose main medium is repeatedly scamming strangers into buying him pizza. Every Monday during football season, he stages a 'Pizza Emergency'—a meticulously timed fake hiccup attack that can only be cured by ordering a Large Supreme. I’ve sat in my living room with all kinds of people over the years; everyone from a confused clown he met with a dog whistle to the 'Uber Tall Society' and a group of Amish guys he convinced to park their buggy outside. Watching a clown yell into a phone that a Large Supreme is a medical emergency while my brother fakes hiccups is just a normal Monday for me. People think we’re nuts, but as Jason says, after 51 free pizzas, he’s not faking—he’s succeeding.

53 and going alone to a rave. I'm not weird, i have techno 😜

Doing math and engineering problems as a hobby

Collecting wet specimen taxidermy

Keeping composting worms

Washing my hands way too often (like 10 times a day)

If I’m out and I’m driving, I won’t drink at all. People always look at me sideways when I say “no thanks, I’m driving”. And then they push “not even one?” Like, why am I weird for staying safe?

reading shampoo ingredients on the toilet like its a novel. the sodium laureth sulfate lore hits different

Introversión.

Using safety equipment.

Brony. Lay it on me.

For keeping to myself and enjoying my own space

Liking creepy antique doll heads. People love it or freak out

Washing my hands after eating. I dislike the feeling of stuff on my hands.

I’m from the Middle East, so, been called very weird by pretty much everyone in my family because I don’t want to get married and I want to travel by myself (im a woman)

There was this photo I posted to facebook a long time ago. It was a cop awkwardly chasing a chicken on a road with the caption "Because he has warrants, that's why" A friend of my sister's goes "you're weird" ... clearly not understanding the hilarity

Jam and cheese on toast. I seriously don't know what the issue is. Don't knock it till you try it.

I enjoy public speaking. I’d much rather speak to a crowd than to a person.

Don’t drink out of other people’s drinks

Refusing to drink alcohol. 

Not drinking or smoking but still going to bars lol

My Furby collection

for not giving them attention they dont deserve

Not standing up for myself

Because I don't like tofu, well.. okayy

I told someone I didn’t have plastic surgery and she didn’t believe and I laughed at her so apparently I’m weird for that now

Nerding about food I know I'll never eat.

When I was a kid, I was just huge. People called me weird for it.

F****** dudes. 🏳️‍🌈

Being a vegetarian, being tall, being into the arts, etc.

Not wanting to sleep around or drink alcohol, for personal reasons rather than religious

Having weird food combinations

That I get excited about things

Liking cartoons back in middle school. Now people are nostalgic for SpongeBob and anime

Smoking a wooden pipe hitchiking not knowing how far moving alone at a farm speaking what's on my mind. Writting to earn my bread sometimes talking with the dead knowing 'bout magic when I don't believe being always ready to leave. Having a big bushy beard looking like a short talking bear thinking of making my own beer holding weird trinkets so dear. Weird stories from my youth convincing a robber not to shoot giving him my lighter as a thank you because he helped me find my route. I was really drunk that time he got from me some laughs I might be a human capibara even the police once gave me empanadas.

Being a huge nerd about books. I like a real book, not a screen, altho I will admit it makes travel easier when I’m not lugging a mobile library. Brushing my teeth with hot water. I’ve been called weird for this, but I feel like it cleans better. Always have the shower curtain open. Even as a guest I open the shower curtain. Sorry not sorry.

Not using the school bathroom to vape and actually using it for its intended purpose.

Having Anhedonia

I'd rather drive than fly. If it's 12 hours or less, I'll drive it. Airports are just awful these days. Crowded, dirty, filled with people who have the manners of a goat. I'd rather listed to an audio book, with road snacks and Coke Zero, and see what I can see.

I got called weird as a kid for liking musicals like Phantom of the Opera, Notre Dame de Paris, Elisabeth, and Les Miserables. Other kids thought they were boring and therefore stupid. In recent years: Not going out (I am easily overwhelmed by noise) and only drinking a few times a year.

Declining an alcoholic drink at lunch time. Apparently that means I'm gay.

"Thinking too much." Yeah. I got a lot more careful about who I dated after that.

- not smoking pot/doing drugs - being utterly unbothered by the "ghost" at work - preferring to be alone - being unaffected by Karens/assholes and their temper tantrums - not having any social media besides Listnook - having Listnook - not giving a flying f*** about Reality TV or TV in general - my interests in bugs, rocks, prehistoric animals, microbiology, Human Evolution, and whatever else I ever expressed an interest/fascination with

For context, I'm a red (well, mostly gray now) bearded redneck GenX veteran who does his own auto repair, builds his own guns and enjoys camping, woodworking and knifemaking. Those are the things most people notice about me right away, resulting in me frequently being called weird for: * Being demisexual. No matter how pretty she is, I'm not interested unless she's interesting. * Not being into any team sports. I don't even watch the UFC any more, despite being a big martial arts nerd in my teens. * Being a nerd. I love Tolkien, D&D, Star Trek and countless other pillars of nerd culture. I took my girlfriend and kids to the Renaissance Festival last weekend, all of us in costume. Nerdy stuff is a lot more mainstream these days, but people are still surprised I'm into it. * Joining a transgender gun club, despite not being trans. This one don't bother me though, cuz trans people are interesting as f***. You ever met an emo E-girl who makes a living off O*******, who *also* won a valorous medal for her part in the Battle of Baghdad and can field strip an AR in 9 seconds flat? I have. More than once, in fact. * Writing r/JerryandtheGoddesses. There's like 2 million+ words of urban fantasy there, and at least 750,000 of them are d*** jokes. This is the one I'm going to hell over, for sure.

Oh pretty much everything… People are very trigger happy with that word. If *everything* is weird, then nothing is weird, really.

You get used to it but getting called weird for not caring about millionaires I don't know playing sports together. I also caught shit for beekeeping, saying it was an old man hobby. I also caught shit for fishing by myself? That's like peak quiet alone time. I used to collect shot glasses but I didn't drink so that pissed off some alcoholics but w/e. People always tell you to be yourself then get offended when you're not exactly like them.

Wanting to not follow the so called societal norms!

Drinking straight milk Brushing my teeth in the shower

Listening to techno in the 90’s.

Being myself hahahaha.

Looking

My Garfield B*******

I guess cause I’m handsome and good looking, girls get offended that I’m not more confident or extroverted. Also, my ex thought I was weird because I took a long time to finish in the bedroom. It made her feel like I didn’t like her physically.

Told a woman I had been having a....late night relationship that she had great skin. I didn't say I want to f****** eat it lol.

Im in my 40s and still eat my boogers

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Fancying Brad Dourif

Always carrying water with me, in a bottle. I've done it my whole life - I'm 56. People have caught up and no longer call me weird.

My sense was of humour and the fact I fancy old business men and receiding hairlines, and that I wish robots would take over society already.

Milk before cereal