# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/61 "2010-12-26T09:49:08Z")
> [@VernWinterbottom](#): > > I am a public official in my town. Earlier this month at the age of 52 I donned clown makeup and a costume and clowned in front of the Town Hall for 5 hours during a public holiday event. > > Made the front page of two weekly papers. . . there are two types of people in this world, those that hate clowns, and clowns. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/62 "2010-12-26T10:23:28Z")
I would do something like [this](http://www.tk409.com/gettingajob.html) if I had the equipment to do so. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/63 "2010-12-27T14:44:25Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Yes. Every six months or so, I find that my socks have shrunk and lost their comfort and elasticity, so I throw them all away and buy a big pile of new ones in assorted colours, then pair them up in clashing combinations. Interesting. I understand Einstein did something very similar. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/64 "2010-12-27T15:37:58Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > You know that’s a cool new fad nowadays right? 😃 > > [http://www.littlemissmatched.com/Catalog/all\_womens\_socks](http://www.littlemissmatched.com/Catalog/all_womens_socks) > > so really, you’re conforming…YYaaaaarrrggghhh! New? Kiko Ledgard was doing it in the 70s! (Peruvian TV personality, at the time the host of a game TV show in Spain: one day he went to work with mismatched socks due to Alice’s Rabbit Syndrome, someone remarked on it, he went and turned it into his trademark) ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/65 "2010-12-27T16:02:08Z")
The “craziest” thing I did was go back to school to learn something I was actually interested in while working at a fabulously well-paying job with benefits that I doubt will ever be matched anywhere else. Then I got stupid lost my job because I couldn’t figure out how to work in a cubicle without looking bored out of my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn\_K\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Shawn\_K\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn_K_1)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/66 "2010-12-27T18:43:16Z")
I play goaltender in ice hockey. So engaging in crazed insanity is a routine thing for me, that being said does doing something mundane count as breaking out of the routine and being crazy? ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/67 "2010-12-27T20:31:14Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > New? Kiko Ledgard was doing it in the 70s! > (Peruvian TV personality, at the time the host of a game TV show in Spain: one day he went to work with mismatched socks due to Alice’s Rabbit Syndrome, someone remarked on it, he went and turned it into his trademark) Yes. I know, I was there (we girls actually did the mismatched thing in high school, with toe socks no less), I was being silly. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/68 "2010-12-27T20:56:16Z")
?annoying just or, crazy, clever I am backwards sentence my of words the write I If ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/69 "2010-12-28T10:59:52Z")
Bored at work, you definitely seem to be bored at work… I promise I won’t tell your boss. ---
**Author:** ![jsquire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jsquire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsquire)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/70 "2010-12-29T13:04:57Z")
I like to race anywhere from 2 to 26.2 miles. I’ve done it in temperatures ranging from 0 to 97 degrees. It’s how I get my kicks; that it’s good for my health is a happy accident and nothing more. Today you’re one of the masses, 30 years ago you were trendy, 40 years ago you were a weirdo, and 50 years ago you were dangerous. I still do my thing no matter how other people see it. If what makes someone happy is to have other people look at them oddly, go for it, but you won’t get a rise out of me. This is only one example of how US society is a whole lot more tolerant of diverse lifestyles than it used to be. I literally never thought I’d see the day when the conservative politicians were cowed into allowing homosexuals to openly serve in the military because of overwhelming public opinion. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/71 "2010-12-29T23:09:58Z")
Here is the crazy thing that I did today. My friend and I put 6 kids, ages 1-10, into her minivan (luckily it has a DVD player). 3 of those kids are notorious for getting carsick, so Dramamine was involved. We drove 2 hours to the state capitol building and took the tour. We looked at Ahnold’s (now-empty) office. We ate our lunches on the curb of the parking garage while watching the trolleys go by. And then we got back in the minivan and went home. It’s only 3pm! Also, I have kids and I live in rural suburbia and my house totally fails to be matchy or neat. At all. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/72 "2010-12-30T05:11:32Z")
Okay here’s my crazy thing I did. Wenton Omegle. The result: Stranger: have you ever smoked weed? You: noyes Stranger: noyes? which answer? hahaha You: yesno Stranger: ?! You: just a sec You: I believe you’re looking for this! You: ‽ Stranger: WHY ARE YOU COMBINIG EVERYTHING?! You: I’m not, but I am Stranger: i hate you. Your conversational partner has disconnected. InterroBANG. The most awesome of punctuation. ---
**Author:** ![giddyonup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f6c823/32.png) [@giddyonup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/giddyonup)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/73 "2010-12-30T08:51:50Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > I once stood on the left on the escalator at Liverpool Street. That is seriously daring. ---
**Author:** ![Add99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@Add99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Add99)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/74 "2010-12-30T23:40:26Z")
I have done all types of crazy. Almost ran my friend over at speed. Practiced the Starsky & Hutch 180 degree car spin around backward move. A lot. Set a car on fire. Set a moped on fire. Lit an out of control 50" tower of flame. Drove a burning car 80 mph. Drove 100 mph in pitch black dark and cut off the headlight for very long moments on bald tires. Should have died motorcycle vs tree. Should have drowned. Run from Police and Large People 6 times, once at high speed. Bad, bad things I was not chased for 3 more times. At least a hundred serious traffic infractions. ETA: Everyone I hung out with did crazy crazy stuff all the time. It was pretty fun. Just a little crazy. But, that was long ago. Not so crazy now. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969/75 "2010-12-31T03:23:25Z")
I think about this a lot - especially after I read Vonnegut’s _Breakfast of Champions_ in which this is one of the central questions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-do-crazy-things/564969.md?page=3)