Hi, I am 18 and I have a problem fitting in somewhat. I have a diverse group of friends, but they all seem to think that I am Wierd, but in a good way, (they always say that after they say I am weird)
so am I?!?
I like to read, but I don’t read fiction, I like to read Historical accounts, phylosiphy, and biographies.
My wardrobe is from Gap, Pac Sun, hot topic, and Daytons.
I live in sandals year round (even in Wisconsin)
My dream is to be a history teacher.
My musical tastes are eclectic to say the least.
My cd changer has in it:
Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon
Rusted Root- When I woke
U2- Under a Blood Red Sky
Brian Eno - Music for Airports
Orb- Live 93 (disk a)
I don’t do drugs, I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, yet I am not afraid to associate with people who do ocassionally.
I love computers, but only Mac’s (I have 4 of them)
I get 3 newspapers
Oh well, is there any hope for me?
Ben
You’re only wierd if along with Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon in your CD changer, you also have The Wizard of Oz cued up and ready to go in your VCR (make sure to wait for the third roar).
I make shapes in the pee bubbles in the toilet while peeing: mostly squares and rectangles, but the occasional heart or triangle, and circles when I am lazy.
As for there still being hope for you, who knows? All I know is that I get to go backstage at the Rusted Root show when they come to my hometown. I also get to meet The Black Crows, David Lee Roth, Mos Def, The Rollins Band, Ween, and lots of other people. Yeahhhh
OK, the Mac thing is kinda weird…
Sounds to me like you’re an intelligent person with worthy goals, a fair-minded attitude, and pretty good taste in music. That makes you unusual (in a favorable way), but not especially weird.
Of course, I did spend last weekend climbing rocks, hitting people with a foam staff, and singing sea shanties–all while pretending to be someone else. I might, just possibly, not be the world’s greatest judge of weirdness. 
I’m so glad that there’s another kid round my age (I’m 17) that doesnt do drugs or drink or smoke. I’m beginning to feel like the only one.
Feh. You’re not that weird. Not from that description anyway. Let’s break it down line-by-line shall we? (I have a lot of time on my hands):
I like to read, but I don’t read fiction, I like to read Historical accounts, phylosiphy, and biographies.
That’s not weird, that’s just different taste in reading material. If you enjoyed reading instruction manuals, that would be weird.
My wardrobe is from Gap, Pac Sun, hot topic, and Daytons.
In my opinion, clothes do NOT make the man. I can’t think of any designer clothes I have (Unless I’m getting dressed up for something special. I do have expensive tastes in suits.)
I live in sandals year round (even in Wisconsin)
Ok, that’s a bit eccentric, but nothing to fret over.
My dream is to be a history teacher.
I used to want to be a teacher, but I soon realized I didn’t have the patience for it. That’s no weirder than any other professional goal.
**My musical tastes are eclectic to say the least. **
Varied interests isn’t a weird thing, it’s a good quality IMO.
I don’t do drugs, I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, yet I am not afraid to associate with people who do ocassionally.
So you’re the smart one in the group? BTW - I used to be one of the drinking, smoking, drug-user types. My friends and I never thought of our friends who didn’t do this things as “weird.”
I love computers, but only Mac’s (I have 4 of them)
Ok, that’s weird.
I get 3 newspapers
You like to be informed. Not weird.
You want weird, check out this picture. I actually wore that in public. To my sister’s wedding reception, no less.
I’m also 28 and still collect comic books.
I play Triple Play Baseball on my PS2 with players I created myself and keep track of who did what each game. (If a player had a multi homerun game, if they stole home, etc - all the little stats the game doesn’t automatically keep track of. I’ve also devised a system with dice to determine if players get injured or not.)
I’m sure there’s more stuff I do that can be considered weird (like my Skittle ritual, but that’s too detail to go into here).
Welcome to the human race, you are an individual and different, just like everyone else. Enjoy it.
Depends. What newpapers would those be?
But judging from your OP alone, nope. You don’t seem too weird. You seem interesting and unique. Maybe your friends thought “weird” was a synonym for “sexy biatch”. You never know.
Another 18 yr old who doesn’t drink, do drugs, or smoke. Maybe it’s catching?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I hadn’t had an acid flashback since 1986…
Who am I to judge?
I have wrestling action figures in my cube at work.
I’m addicted to Altoids.
When a certain person asks “Who’s my little ferret?” I always answer ‘me’.
I won’t eat food until I cut it up into little pieces.
I don’t think you’re weird,but I’m just like you so whose to say. I’m even a member of the history book club. Right now I’m reading American Pharaoh–a biography of Richard Daley (the real one not the cheap imitation). I never smoked or took drugs in high school or college but had friends who did. In the long run, the range of friends I had helped me to be able to relate to all kinds of people–that’s a valuable skill that will take you far.
If you’re worried, let me tell you, I’m pretty successful professionally, I have a wonderful spouse and two great kids (who, yes, are weird–Hank Hill: that boy ain’t right).
Be comfortable with yourself and that’s all that really matters.
You really do not sound all that weird to me. But I am considered weird by my friends, so who am I to say? I think there is always an oddball in any group of people.
Personally, I think it’s weird when people buy all their clothes from the same store. My wardrobe is from nearly every store in the mall that sells stuff for under $30.
I also think it is weird when people like only one type of music. Here’s a sampling of my CD collection: Bloodhound Gang, Tori Amos, System of A Down, Glenn Miller, Dr. Dre, and Robbie Williams.
There are more of us out there than you may think. Recently, a few of my friends have started drinking, though, so I guess our numbers may be dropping.
I know people who are much weirder than you are, and I think I just might be one of those people. I don’t really have the energy to make an intelligent argument for that, but I’ll do it later if you really want me to. 
Listen bub,
I’ll have you know that I do curl up with technical manuals. I self taught myself tool and die machining, drafting, how to fly, and a couple other helpful skills just by reading them in the park or on a slow night. . .
Right now I’m reading a technical manual on how to build an airport from scratch. So sue me if I want to learn something! :wally
Tripler
That does not make me wierd. I have other things.
Not to cause trouble or anything, (you do know I’m just posting this to cause trouble, but the laywers make me put that in first for “reasonable deniablity”, don’t you?) but really renigademaster, look who you are asking about weird.
Have you seen these people’s posts? They are all screaming nut-clusters. In a good way.
If by “weird” you mean “not normal” with “normal” roughly equating to “average”, who needs that? Really. All the interesting people you meet will not be average. Average is for other people. Revel in you weird-ocity. Wallow in it. Throw chunks of it at passing pedestrians.
Wow, to be average and pedestrian. You may as well be run-of-the-mill.
But what do I know?
-Rue.