Are You Eccentric?

[AndyAmo]

Looks fascinating!

 

[AndyAmo]

I'm similar in abilities, I never had to write a phone number down but soon discovered that I need to write it down anyway otherwise people think you're not taking them seriously and that you're just fobbing them off.

I'm the same with names and faces too, completely hopeless there. One trick I learned when I was young was to make jokes out of people's names in order to remember them, this was mostly only to do with people on the world stage though so that I could join in on conversations. I'm fine with people that I see on a regular basis.

I sometimes pretend to have difficulty remembering peoples names. I recently discovered that if people don't know me well they can get unsettled if I recall their name, even after many months have passed since meeting them. I guess that's masking though.

 

[the_tortoise]

I remember hearing a joke when I was younger that people can be weird, but if they’re weird and rich, then they’re eccentric.

So, I’m just weird.

Guess i'm just weird, too lol

The way I shop for clothes is by feel. I go around pinching the fabric between my thumb and forefinger of anything I find interesting. The feel of the fabric is much more important than the appearance.

I am the same -- second step after seeing something interesting is to touch it to see how the fabric feels against skin.

I also try things on if I can't retun them after purchase and trying on at home, if there is any question in my mind about how it will feel in terms fit, because it doesn't matter how aesthetically appealing I find some artcile of clothing if it feels bad; If it feels bad I will never wear it so there is no point buying it.

Comfort always wins and a lot of clothes feel intolerably bad.

 

[Jumpinbare]

At first, being called weird was taken as an insult. Eventually, I started to actually like the idea of being weird. To the point of thanking anyone for calling me weird.

I started doing that in high school and considered it a badge of honor

 

[RemyZee]

That is not a shell, but an actual cicada nymph prior to hatching.

I looked everywhere to find a cicada or nymph or shell this year--I heard them everywhere, but none to be seen.

 

[RemyZee]

So, this is where I play...

Am I weird or eccentric??? Or both???
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I think I would have to say both. That is a compliment.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

I prefer the term peculiar.

 

[the_tortoise]

At first, being called weird was taken as an insult. Eventually, I started to actually like the idea of being weird. To the point of thanking anyone for calling me weird.

I started doing that in high school and considered it a badge of honor

I don't know where this comes from
but I was reminded of it:

"Let your freak flag fly"

As default I never had fundamental connotations of good or bad attached to "weird" - probably because those close to
me would so often call me "weird" with clear
affection and without any apparent negative judgement.

That said, I have picked up the use of "weird" with negativ connotations in adulthood ...makes conversation challenging sometimes and I have never fully managed to implement my workaround of specifying "good weird", "bad weird" and "neutral weird"

 

[Shevek]

I don't know where this comes from
but I was reminded of it:

"Let your freak flag fly"

That's from a Cosby, Stills and Nash song, referencing a man retaining his long hair. In the late 60's subculture, "freak" was a term of admiration and acceptance.

 

[Known_Issue]

I use the Dvorak keyboard. Also, hundreds of other things, although I try to keep the style stuff fairly normal.

Yesss so fun to learn (and comfortable too)

I’ve switched computers way too many times and stopped using it, I should go back to it...

 

[Shevek]

Yesss so fun to learn (and comfortable too)

I’ve switched computers way too many times and stopped using it, I should go back to it...

I drew the line when I started to get fast at two fingers on Qwerty. For a long time I held out for a chord keyboard, until I met a user who said it was not really fast, at least for him. Since then, I've found a DSK option buried in the menus on everything I've used. However, the thinking takes far longer than the typing, so it does not make a big difference, and the cut and paste keys are in poor positions.

 

[velociraptor]

and the cut and paste keys are in poor positions

Tried using voice command?

 

[Shevek]

Tried using voice command?

No.

 

[velociraptor]

Tried using voice command?

Handy with Photoshop. I can toggle about fifty different actions by voice including cutting, copying, and pasting. I can also have it select entire areas without having to lift a finger.

 

[Shevek]

Handy with Photoshop. I can toggle about fifty different actions by voice including cutting, copying, and pasting. I can also have it select entire areas without having to lift a finger.

Amazing. I'm still trying to understand stuff I've been puzzled about for decades, so I don't add layers to the onion.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

I took typing at summer school when I was in high school. My mother insisted I learn it, probably worrying that I would need something to fall back on. I can type almost as fast as I can think on a QWERTY keyboard.

I have not tried the voice command, but I know people who cannot read or write (due to intellectual disabilities) who can communicate with texts because of the voice commands. It's a blessing for them.

 

[velociraptor]

I've been puzzled about for decades, so I don't add layers to the onion

Everything is an onion these days. Well, everything makes me want to cry these days so I'm assuming I'm surrounded by onions. Close enough for government work?

 

[RemyZee]

I took typing at summer school when I was in high school. My mother insisted I learn it, probably worrying that I would need something to fall back on. I can type almost as fast as I can think on a QWERTY keyboard.

I have not tried the voice command, but I know people who cannot read or write (due to intellectual disabilities) who can communicate with texts because of the voice

I learned how to type on a manual typewriter as a requirement for graduation in high school--went through buckets of white out. I actually kind of miss them--there was an art to how you hit your fingers on the keys.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

I learned how to type on a manual typewriter as a requirement for graduation in high school--went through buckets of white out. I actually kind of miss them--there was an art to how you hit your fingers on the keys.

Exactly! I learned on a manual typewriter too! And all the white out, even after electric typewriters were common.

 

[Shevek]

The top-of-the-line typewriters before electrics were offered were incredibly smooth and refined. Then, they added a motor to reduce key effort more a lot cheaper, and the noise of the motor running continuously always made me anxious to think and type faster.