onemoretime
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My random connections in conversation make me eccentric. What about you?
I don't know about you..
But I just got called technical and bizarre..
I think I am pretty archaic and rather normal in a boring sort of way.
So who defines if we are eccentric??.. Certainly not ourselves.
Some people have called me 'eccentric'. I don't know why.
In that case.. I am normal and most of the rest of you are freaks
Hahaha... I remember my dad saying that after a dance performance once when my sis was bummed out about making a mistake. 'No, you did it right. All the other girls messed up.'
I'm not eccentric.
how do you measure eccentricity? And how do you observe your own eccentricity? Isnt that the entire point of eccentricity that it is only observational from a external source, another person but yourself?
It's measured by others.. It's also relative and dependent on the society or culture one is in.
A woman with streaks of pink,green and blue in her hair at business meeting might be considered eccentric.. However if she is at a punk rock concert, she'll be pretty normal.
I live on the edge of accepted societal norms for my geographic area. I am an edge dweller. They don't know what to make of me - and write me off as terminally odd. They call me eccentric if they are being nice.
Definition of ECCENTRIC
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a : deviating from an established or usual pattern or style <eccentric products>
b : deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways <an eccentric millionaire>
how did that answer the questions?
And as I was trying to imply in the post you commented on my premise was how can I explain my own eccentricity?
Hmm well.. You asked who or what defines eccentricity.. So I agreed that others define it. I then gave an example of it's relativity and it dependence on culture and society to define what it is. Eccentricity is in the eye of the beholder. One person's freak is another person's example of normality.
I am not sure what you find confusing about my response.
from my perspective I would agree, you seem to be like a normal person among many others. Theres not much special/eccentric qualities to you.
My random connections in conversation make me eccentric. What about you?
I am an edge dweller.