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LGBTQ. Theres an accommodation, and rightly so, for all kinds of people who might otherwise not be able to enjoy the myriad benefits of a free society. Maybe prejudice, maybe fear, maybe genetics or chemistry plays into the issue. It’s a mystery that we are trying to make moot. Prejudice, that is. Handicapped
parking spaces, toilets, ramps, Braille elevators, senior discounts, you name it. Everybody who is ‘challenged’ has got a wrinkle that works in their favor to try and level the field.
Except the Weird. Maybe you are a little weird. Maybe a lot. Maybe you identify primarily as weird. You may be gay, you may be a paraplegic, you may have Down’s Syndrome, but nevertheless, you may primarily identify as Weird. It there personal assistance for the Weird? No, no, no. Is there a special seating area on the plane? No, no, no. Is there a Weird Rest Room? (Scratch that.) Is there a wrist band? A looped ribbon? A red posie? No, no, and no.
It is high time, and I mean really high, to acknowledge the tireless, often compulsive and pointless activity of the hopelessly, terminally Weird. Time to thank them for their service in keeping our senses of humor alive. Time to look among us and discover those who have been so courageously Weird while living outwardly ordinary lives. Time to laud the invisible, unconscious style-setters so often absorbed, disappeared, and catfished by corporate greed. There were drunken gurus, angry gurus, blind gurus, and Nobel physicists with MS. There were writers with diseases and hookers with big hearts, all memorialized for history’s sake in their own pantheon of whatever. I’m sure there were weird gurus but do we hear about their accomplishments? No, again.
Lets give them a big +W, and maybe make up a handshake for them.
+W restroom sign
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MDDGG88
[a1, Oct 05 2023]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WEIRD
[pocmloc, Oct 06 2023]
Vanilla - an endangered species
https://mexiconewsd...endangered-species/
[mylodon, Oct 07 2023]
[link]
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My resume specifically states "I do the weird stuff, but it costs extra". Unfortunately now I'm typecast, and you get one guess which kinds of companies hire me. I'm on loan from the San Diego business unit to the Boston unit next week, since their weird guy quit. |
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They'll finally have to let me wear the novelty glasses with mustache and eyebrows at work! |
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If you look at it sideways, it's a sort of sigma. |
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Can I have some help with my neck? |
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It's a sign of punishment delivered to weirdos who have gone before: The sigmata |
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One of the meanings of the word 'queer' is weird, so it could be argued that this is already covered by the Q. |
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My little brother, who was far more outgoing than me, used to call me queer when we were young, him knowing what the slang meant because of his friends, but I had to look it up being to embarrassed to admit I didn't know.
I felt that I totally fit the dictionary definition of the word and, much the same way I came out as identifying as a tetrachromat, I was certainly queer, as far as the extent I knew what that word meant and had no qualms about proclaiming it. |
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The discomfort that my prison hardened step father had to go through during the few following conversations to try to subtly inform me exactly what my little brother was calling me... and if that's what I meant by being queer?... |
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This big tattooed man, stumbling over his words and flummoxed and... basically terrified of conversing with a nine year old and expressing himself coherently...
I was fascinated by the response and learned many things about psychology I have no words for from that dude. |
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Can we also have "+U" - for 'Uncategorised' - which would be a designation for people who don't like being categorised? |
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I always use different random words when forced to fill in the gender nomination fields on forms. ie instead of he/she/them etc I favour being items of domestic items such as: carpet/ toaster/ sofa/ fridge/ stove. I also make up words like quax/moff/dresp. Each to their own. I couldn't care less what terms anyone wants to assign themselves re gender descriptors. Tell me what you want me to use, and I'll use it. Call yourself a dog and I'll throw you a stick and try to bark so you can understand me ok. Some children in a UK school say they are cats and want to use a litter tray..... I have no problem with that. Feed them cat food as well, and let them sort out any mice problems in the kitchen store room. |
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[xaviergisz] If you go by the dictionary you will almost always be wrong about current argot. I called the guy who eats bugs at the park queer and he beat me up. I addressed a 6’5” homosexual muscle guy as weird and got really badly beat up. I’m going with the +W from now on. |
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Well. The weirdos won. Music is weird, media is weird, all those weird men on the early days of the internet; are all quite proud and even socially important now. It's a bit wierd to be normal. Normal people are the ones who need a flag these days. Just something to re-assure themselves that it is ok to be not interesting. |
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Who is in power? The weird.
Who are the rich people? They are all weird.
Who makes our entertainment? The weird.
Who builds our infrastructure? The weird.
The people renting videos at the remaining video stores? Hipster weirdos. With social status.
The 80's was an endless stream of movies celebrating coming to age as a wierdo, even if most of the time that was with the hope of being normal. Be yourself! Now it is - live your true self. |
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There are some average Joe's out there but everyone being their true self is a bit weird. But maybe you mean: "What the hell are you doing" on a date kind of weird, the 'can you please do that someplace else' kind. |
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I guess what I'm saying;, I think weird is normalized. I don't even know what truely weird is. How can any single person compete with the endless streams of people pushing boundaries. Good luck! Everyone is weirder then you and everyone has a million more views. |
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That does it, I'm going back to reading paper books. |
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[mylodon] Many years losing or denying our natures. Just look at Congress to see the fruition of weird. I miss ordinary. In times past you didn’t have to do much to stand out from the crowd. Nowadays it’s either dangerous or unsavory to exhibit unique quirkiness. Everyone is somewhat quirky or at least a little weird, and proud of it. The paperbacks won’t help. [hippo] has the right idea; everyone gets a label today. |
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It's required to be weird. Burning man is the equivalent to a group of basque men putting on little black hats and chatting in a village square. Haven't gone to burning man? You aren't in the in crowd, the important the meaningful. You are a normie cis muggle. |
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Weird al doesn't even have any relevance anymore - what is sadder then that. Poor guy is just another content creator. |
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//Normal people are the ones who need a flag these days.// |
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Maybe we could just suffix a V onto the initialism (for Vanilla :
LGBTQ+WV )
and add an extra beige stripe to the flag - then it could represent absolutely everyone.
Problem solved, everyone happy. |
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[Loris] Lordy, our rationale is suspect. Funny, I read +WV as a category qualification: Weird Vanilla. Punk boy band from Indiana? |
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