# Why don't people do crazy things? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 21, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969 "2010-12-21T17:01:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![onecakenine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@onecakenine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/onecakenine)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/1 "2010-12-21T17:01:55Z")
It seems like people nowadays are stuck in a daily routine of school or work. They are so terrified to break the norm and do something crazy. Terrified that if they do something different that the security of their normal life will break down. So I’m challenging each of you that reads this to do something crazy, not stupid, and post about it. Have fun. ~1C9 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/2 "2010-12-21T17:04:18Z")
OK. For my crazy wackadoodle stunt, I’ll be reporting this thread for a forum change. Wheeeeeeeeeee! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/3 "2010-12-21T17:06:36Z")
I’m feeling a little crazy, so I’ll post in this thread before it gets moved to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/4 "2010-12-21T17:07:54Z")
coupla weekends ago I participated in Pittsburgh Santarchy, giving out porn to bad boys and girls and getting rip roaring drunk. Does that count? If not, I failed to capitalize the first word of my post. That count? ---
**Author:** ![onecakenine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@onecakenine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/onecakenine)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/5 "2010-12-21T17:08:49Z")
Haha definitely crazy ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/6 "2010-12-21T17:17:03Z")
Since there is no serious question in the OP, I am moving this to MPSIMS. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![LionelHutz405](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lionelhutz405/32/536_2.png) [@LionelHutz405](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LionelHutz405)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/7 "2010-12-21T17:17:49Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/8 "2010-12-21T17:19:16Z")
Well, it hasn’t moved yet. I once stood on the left on the escalator at Liverpool Street. ---
**Author:** ![onecakenine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@onecakenine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/onecakenine)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/9 "2010-12-21T17:20:40Z")
excellent 😛 ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/10 "2010-12-21T20:41:24Z")
Can you provide an example of something “crazy” but not “stupid”? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/11 "2010-12-21T20:42:29Z")
Oh, sometimes I like to face the back of the elevator instead of the more conventional facing front. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/12 "2010-12-21T20:42:50Z")
People don’t do crazy things because they aren’t crazy. Horseshoe hoopla veritas immortalis douchebag random words apple cores pen click chip clip two small glasses can of faygo items on my desk light monitor mouse douglas adams. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/13 "2010-12-21T20:55:17Z")
Currently am trying to learn guitar. Bought this. [MaldenGuitars.com is for sale | HugeDomains](http://www.maldenguitars.com/storeSubhuman.htm) Also bought a handful of retro candies for the woman behind me at the deli today because she recognized the brand all thoughtfully. Also, I freaking commute through the middle of New York City at 80-100 MPH every damn day and I’m NOT THE FASTEST THING ON THE ROAD. And for my next trick, I’m going to see my parents. Wait, no, they’re the crazy. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/14 "2010-12-21T20:58:41Z")
I ate a banana with a little bit of brown on it. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/15 "2010-12-21T21:10:07Z")
Just yesterday I drove the wrong way down a one-way channelized entrance. It was very exciting, especially the part where I had to avoid oncoming traffic by driving up onto the median and back down into traffic going the correct way. I think that was enough crazy for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/16 "2010-12-21T21:20:02Z")
I live in the land of strictly-regulated conformity punctuated by head-asploding insanity. I’m good. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/17 "2010-12-21T21:26:30Z")
If a lot of people do things the same way, it’s probably because that way of doing things makes the most sense. Get over it, people. Get over your facile rebellions. Cycling without clothes on, or giving your child a name like “Apple,” or playing the zither in a metal band, does not show how intelligent and innovative you are. It shows that you fail to understand why things are the way they are. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/18 "2010-12-21T21:28:41Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > I ate a banana with a little bit of brown on it. Now that’s sick. Any kind of feces related behaviour is just plain sick. Fetish or not. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/19 "2010-12-21T22:37:51Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Well, it hasn’t moved yet. > > I once stood on the left on the escalator at Liverpool Street. I often run down the up escalator at a college … that I teach at. (Hard to do gracefully, but I’m getting good enough rhythm that I can say Good Morning to people non-chalantly as I prance down). ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/20 "2010-12-21T22:42:11Z")
In college, I used to plop my beanbag chair in the dorm elevator during finals week and commence to studying. The reactions were about as good a personality test as anything in the psych department. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969.md?page=2)