People who strive to be different and weird

[Wayte]

These people piss me off. And I'm not talking about people who are different, or people who purposely stray off the beaten path in the interest of being creative.
I'm talking about those that try with all their might to be weird, simply for the SAKE of it. The obnoxious cutesy girls who wear knee high rainbow socks, and listen to almost different but still pretty mainstream music, who try to draw and play guitar and right poetry but aren't really good at it, and just come off as colorful emos.
These people piss me off, not because I'm some bitter "normie," but because I truly am strange. No i don't wear weird clothes, or try to be loud and obvious about it. But I am.
Yet these people(mostly girls) who's goals are to be where I am, STILL dislike me for being a freak. No matter how hard they try, they hate true oddity just like 85% of people, yet they try to fool others and themselves into thinking they're some kind of oddball.


Ya random i know, just signed up yesterday, figured I'd kick off with a rant. I prolly come off as pretentious but watever *shrug*

 

[ae86gamer]

What are we supposed to be discussing?

 

[Heracles]

how much we don't like emos?

 

[TheMatt]

What are we supposed to be discussing?

How much we hate Evanescence?

Fucking hell I hate them. I think it's funny that rapper dude left after the first single cause the chick was getting all the attention....

Omg, why did I know that?

I'm going to shower.

 

[Captain Pancake]

I get what you mean. People like that annoy me, who try to be different but just because somebody else did it. I'm different, but that's because I don't give a damn what people's formed opinions of me are. I listen to heavy metal, yet I wear snug, sensible cardigans and often jeans, Don't try to do anything pretentious with my hair, or really give off any physical indication to being different. But on the inside, people can see that I'm truly unique. Yet these other people, since everybody's trying to be different, they're all conformists in the end.

 

[Kollega]

I do not strive to be weird. It all works perfectly by itself. As for people "faking" wierdness,then yeah - it's pretty annoying. This man puts it best.

I get what you mean. People like that annoy me, who try to be different but just because somebody else did it. I'm different, but that's because I don't give a damn what people's formed opinions of me are. I listen to heavy metal, yet I wear snug, sensible cardigans and often jeans, Don't try to do anything pretentious with my hair, or really give off any physical indication to being different. But on the inside, people can see that I'm truly unique. Yet these other people, since everybody's trying to be different, they're all conformists in the end.

 

[Heracles]

i agree with captain pancake, as i am similar.

my opinion on emo people and the like, is that they are in fact insecure about being 'individual' or 'unique' that they go out of their way to look ridiculous and gain attention.

 

[siege_1302]

OP: why does it matter if those others try to be unique and fail? It's no skin off your back.
Is it because those colourful emo chicks won't sleep with you?

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

I'm different because anyone who trys to berate or label me gets sarcasm until they apologise or get crushed under sheer abuse. I'll listen to heavy metal by myself and Pendulum when I'm with others. My weekends can either be spent hanging around with my friends drinking beers, at a party socialising, or in my room playing World of Warcraft. To me the music charts might as well not exist, and I can dress anywhere between loose jeans with a black Kerrang radio T-shirt, or a yellow checkered shirt with snug fit jeans. It's all about being able to change face and dodge stereotypes, whilst not giving a shit enough to be perfectly conscious about it. Not wanting to sound vain but still being perfectly honest, I wouldn't trade places with anyone.

 

[MusicalFreedom]

I do not find that annoying at all, really.

 

[SomethingUnrelated]

Is this just a rant because said girls said something to you, and you feel we can help? If so, you're horribly mistaken.

It's a trend. It'll go out soon. Live with it.

 

[Chipperz]

These people piss me off, not because I'm some bitter "normie," but because I truly am strange. No i don't wear weird clothes, or try to be loud and obvious about it. But I am.
Yet these people(mostly girls) who's goals are to be where I am, STILL dislike me for being a freak. No matter how hard they try, they hate true oddity just like 85% of people, yet they try to fool others and themselves into thinking they're some kind of oddball.

Thiiiiiiiiis is where you lost me. You aren't strange, you aren't "random", you aren't some special little flower. You are in the majority of people, the people who like to think they stand out from the crowd, but when everyone tries to stand out, the crowd just moves.

Also, there are three people in this (general) category who piss me off;

People who keep saying "I'm so crazy/mad/wierd!"
People who keep saying "I'm so evil!" aaand
People who keep going on about how "nonconformist" they are.

I once randomly slapped a guy round the back of the head when another person told me he was "evil". Apparently there's a difference between "evil" and "mean".

 

[Space Spoons]

This sounds like you're less annoyed at people trying to be "spontaneous" and more annoyed at the fact that girls don't like you. Try being self-confident, it'll do a lot for your social life.

 

[Kaisikudo]

We live in an age where there is such a vast, sporadic array of cultures and classes all living together in the same areas, that it has now become somewhat difficult to classify - what exactly is "normal"?

There is a pointlessly wide variety of Music and Fashion to "define yourself" by, which aim to please the ever growing, ever expanding tastes of the general public. I hate that some people might look at what other people like, and choose to like something different SOLELY because most people dress that way, or listen to that music. How closed-minded do you have to be to think that way?

But then there is another end of the spectrum ...

Some people are too afraid to be different, that they choose to listen to only mainstream music and dress in clothes that are deemed as acceptable by their peers. They are terrified that if they express themselves as an individual, they will no longer be accepted by society. Generally, I find that these people often tend to be quite shy and are content with being told what to do by others.

So which is the right path to take? Being overly extroverted in order to convince yourself that you are one of those "interesting" people you aspire to be like - an image that you have been sold by advertisements and television shows - or do you deny your very self and succumb to a hypocrytical state of mind, just so as to feel like you fit in?

The answer: Nobody cares.

You can do as you please. Wear whatever the hell you want to wear. Listen to whatever the hell you want to listen to. Just because music is mainstream, does not necesarilly label it as being either good or bad. It just means that a lot of people like it - or at least claim to.

I myself am entirely open to new things. I wear Converse and Flannel Shirts, despite the fact that all teenagers these days seem to be wearing them - but I don't wear them to fit in, I wear them because I like them. Hell I LOVE my Converse. As for Music, I think it is best to listen to everything and just decide what you like for yourself. I don't have an iPod, I have a cheap Media Player rip-off, because I'm poor and it still serves the same purpose. Some of my favourite Artists are Band Of Horses, The Shins, Silverchair, fIREHOSE, Default, Silversun Pickups, Breaking Benjamin, Daft Punk and Katy Perry. It doesn't matter to me what "type" of music they are or wether they are in The Charts right now, but sometimes I'll still watch TMF Top 40 just to see if I like any of the songs that are on the list.

 

[AceDefective]

being weird is just a day to day thing with me but yea people who pretend to be weird do annoy me but what annoys me the most is this attractive girl thinks she is a nerd/geek she is not she hates all geek/nerd stuff and hates people like me that actually likes the stuff she claims to like. that came out of nowhere

 

[Bato]

From what I have observed, people to strive to be weird and different because they think it is cute are pretty common.
Infact so many people are trying to be different it is normal, just like any other fad it is acceptable by their friends so they mimic them.
They say "I'm insane!" et cetera, and think it's cool to exclaim things because their friends do too.
Trying to be a non-comformitist, but like 90% of the city, school, community be it online or off are the same exact way.

I dislike these people too, but I just say "Fuck it", ignore them, and go back to my own thing. Not worth the time and effort to get worked up over them.

Sure some can be interesting people that don't obsess over trying to not fit in (therefor fitting in). But most of these people are often the same people as japanophiles, and they really creep me out. A lot. But the same can be said about when a group of people love anything to unhealthy amounts..

 

[WickedArtist]

The answer: Nobody cares.

You can do as you please. Wear whatever the hell you want to wear. Listen to whatever the hell you want to listen to. Just because music is mainstream, does not necesarilly label it as being either good or bad. It just means that a lot of people like it - or at least claim to.

I pretty much go with this. Just do your own thing.

Shouting out "I'm weird/unique!" is just as pretentious and fake as forcefully attempting to be weird/unique. That's why I find I can't really sympathize, this post strikes me just as pretentious as the kind of people it complains about, just with an added bitterness, no offense intended.

 

[The_ModeRazor]

Why'd you want to be weird and just generally not part of the crowd thingie?
It really isn't very nice to be a stranger.
I always strive not to be weird,
and I always fail
not so miserably.
I think my fails are usually quite amusing.