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Can we post old photos of weirdos? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago by TheMightyCanuck to c/[email protected]

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Best photo of 2019/2020

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You could try calling yourself eccentric instead. That was how the rich used to get away with their weirdness.

[+] lurch 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

You could try calling yourself "off-the-wall" instead. That was how the skaters used to get away with their weirdness.

Note: I prefer the word "bizarro".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Bizarro is reserved for your alternate dimension counterpart, that speaks in opposites and looks weird.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Tbh for me weirdo always had a sexual meaning (as in creep). (English is my 2nd language)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Native English speaker here. It can have a sexual meaning, depending on context. It's not always like that though.

You might check out the Radiohead song "Creep" to hear it in this context:

When you were here before / Couldn't look you in the eye / You're just like an angel / Your skin makes me cry / You float like a feather / In a beautiful world / I wish I was special / You're so fuckin' special /

But I'm a creep / I'm a weirdo / What the hell am I doin' here? / I don't belong here / I don't care if it hurts / I wanna have control / I want a perfect body / I want a perfect soul / I want you to notice / When I'm not around... /

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Get out of my head. . . . My Radiohead.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

As a primary English speaker, weirdo doesn't have any sexual meaning. Native speakers won't see that.

Pervert fills that definition you're looking for.