And, isn’t sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you’re good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit. - the Tick
It has always been interesting to me how narrow a path one has to walk in our society to be considered “sane” or “normal.” We can see someone standing at a street corner, and just by the combination of the tilt of his head, some facial expression, and maybe his attire, or the way he walks, we often label him “not all there” or somehow not “neurotypical.” Walking three steps forward but then taking one step back? Very strange. Talking to oneself out loud? Forget it – crazy. I don’t know. Just something mundane and pointless I had to share.
There’s another quote which goes something like, ‘Sane people have never accomplished anything.’ I like it, especially since I’ve been saying this sort of thing for years. People have mixed responses to this sort of reasoning, let me tell you.
BTW, the quote is from an anime (don’t know title, sorry). It was the only coherent thing in the entire series, except perhaps for the quote written on the wall next to the above: ‘Bushido is insanity onto death.’
Oh, and I would like your username too, except it ruined the Cube trilogy.
It’s a terrific ‘quote’ but such quotes really trivialise the pain and suffering that schizophrenics and other people living with psychosis have to endure daily. It’s all fine and dandy to glorify their experiences as novel and exciting, something that transcends the boring mundanity of day-to-day existence, but the reality for them is something quite different for the most part. It’s not exciting and it’s not really nice.
Eh, I don’t think so. “Crazy” can mean a lot of different things and in context I don’t think they’re talking about real mental illness. (If you’re not familiar with The Tick, he’s an exceptionally dimwitted cartoon superhero.) I like the quote and I’m fascinated by some of the same things. I try to make time to follow my impulses and do things most people won’t do, but would do if they felt like they could. My girlfriend has called me crazy a lot of times, but she doesn’t mean I’m mentally ill or delusional. I just have different priorities and try not to worry about things that don’t matter, including some of our less important social mores.
Not quite the type of “crazy” of which you speak, but it reminds me of a scene from Real Genius where Val Kilmer’s character (Chris Knight) is on a tour of a potential employer’s campus:
(Chris is wearing an “I <heart> Toxic Waste” t-shirt and a hairband with antennae.) Mike: Why is that toy on your head? Chris: Because if I wear it anywhere else it chafes…I’m sorry, it’s just that I didn’t want you guys to think I was stuffy. You know, all brain, no penis. HR guy: Pardon me? Chris: I’m sorry. It’s just an infantile response to authority. HR guy: Yes…you are Chris Knight, aren’t you? Chris: I hope so…I’m wearing his underwear. HR guy: It’s a joke! I get it! Funny! Chris: Well, I just can’t help it. You guys are such fun yourselves! HR guy: Well, we try to be…isn’t that right, Mike? Mike: No. (Mike turns and walks away.)
I do feel the need to disclaim that outwardly I’d be much more like Mike in the above, even if I were inwardly laughing.
Yes, this is more the vein I was thinking of. I agree that true mental illness is no laughing matter. Digital Stimulus, That exchange is great. “If I wear it anywhere else it chafes…”