To think that people who call themselves "quirky", "kooky" or "random" should fuck off?

[Namechangingchameleon]

Add to that people with "eclectic" music tastes.

Fuckers, all of them.

[HerBigChance]

This thread is ace. I have met far, far too many people like this in life and they have been deeply tedious to a person. I've always mentally narrowed my eyes as soon as they start self-describing in this way.

I do think things such as historical re-enactment mentioned above, though, are genuinely quirky.

[greenbloom]

I think, as mentioned up thread, that genuinely unusual people would not describe themselves as 'quirky' as most people like to fit in somewhere. Now that I've read this thread I've come across two people in the last two days describing themselves as 'a bit crazy'.

[paxillin]

The weirdest Guy I know is a colleague. He is an avid train spotter. He thinks himself ordinary.

[LadyMonicaBaddingham]

"Ooh, I'm crazy, me!" so crazy I wear interesting socks

[paxillin]

I am wearing my Christmas jumper. Rudolph. Because I am kerraazy.

it's wool wash day

[123lekl]

'I'm a breath of fresh air' = a whirlwind of loudness and not very professional in the workplace!

[paxillin]

Oh yes, the breath of fresh air, 123lekl. Like a real breath of fresh air she will be IN YOUR FACE all the time, too .

[kiwimumof2boys]

'I'm a breath of fresh air' just showed that comment to DH and he said, 'yeah, like a fart!'
Last Friday there was a panel-type programme on TV where 'guests' discussed the weeks news. One of the guests, a woman, wore a funny hat. Why?? it looked sooo stupid, and man she was annoying. Kept interrupting to state her POV. I think she thought she was 'quirky.' But no.
Actually was just remembering - am I the only person who worked with people who insist on 'funny hat' days? One co-worker spent $20 on his - and got a prize of a $20 voucher.

[maisiejones]

Or 'crunchy'!

[Andylion]

'I'm a breath of fresh air' = a whirlwind of loudness and not very professional in the workplace!

I call such people "breath of fresh air-head".

[MangoMoon]

Haha!!
Maisie - the "I'm a riot, my child's wild and I'm crunchy" thread the other night made me think of this thread!

[MardleBum]

Anyone who says 'I'm mad, me' or refers to themselves as whacky or zany is usually just a socially incompetent twat in a polyester tie with cartoon characters on it.

I do have very eclectic music tastes though. I'm not sure what the problem with the word eclectic is? It's just a useful adjective.

[MardleBum]

And as a woman who is capable of appearing quite jolly and funny in company I loathe and detest being referred to as bubbly.

Thankfully it doesn't happen now I'm pushing fifty but when I was in my teens and twenties I used to get it all the time. It's such a lazy cliche that's only ever applied to young women. Fucks me right off.

[LikeDylanInTheMovies]

People who 'don't suffer fools gladly'

Usually arrogant and dismissive of others.

[weirdsister]

'Eclectic music tastes' does sound wanky - sorry!
Most people enjoy listening to different types of music don't they?

[MardleBum]

Yes LikeDylan and you can put 'I like to call a spade a spade' or 'I tell it as it is' in that category as well. It usually just means they are a rude fucker who has no qualms about hurting people's feelings.

[MardleBum]

Right, I've read the thread now and I agree with most things but I'm still standing up for the word eclectic.

I think people who might say they have eclectic tastes in anything are usually a bit more interesting and multi-dimensional than people who don't. If I was OLD I'd be far ore attracted to a bloke who said he had eclectic music tastes than someone who admitted to having three CDs to his name which consisted of Bat Out Of Hell, Queen's Greatest Hits and Now That's What I Call Music 357.

Plus I am told by everyone that my home interiors are drop dead gorgeous and would definitely describe my tastes there as eclectic. By that I just mean I have a mixture of antiques, vintage junk, designer modern, ethnicky stuff I've collected from travelling, one-offs like original art, plus a fair smattering of IKEA. But I put it together artfully.

[MardleBum]

My DH once bumped into a brand new colleague on the train home and made polite conversation with him. He said came across as a bit boring and shy, not very socially confident, sort of your stereotypical girlfriendless geek...all fine.

But then he totally floored my DH by saying 'Have you all got used to how zany I am yet? Don't worry, you will!'

DH said he was about the least zany person you could ever imagine.

[GlindatheFairy]

What's all this OLD business the OP keeps mentioning?

[MardleBum]

On Line Dating

[Broken1Girl]

Defending 'eclectic' here as well.
Entirely agree with MardleBum.

[tectonicplates]

Years ago I had a flatmate who always owed people money. Money was not a priority because she was such a wild and free spirit, you see. She was very spiritual indeed. She quit her job and claimed housing benefit so that she could spend her days reading bullshit self-help books about manifesting abundance by way of getting hold of rich men.

In addition, she wrote a few mediocre songs and was always convinced she was going to be offered a record deal tomorrow and she'd be catapulted into super-stardom, even though she never played any gigs. Her whole life was bullshit, though, and it actually turned out that she stole some money from my other flatmate that was meant for paying council tax.

I must admit I've always been kind of fascinated by the levels of rubbish she came out with, so I google her every so often. It usually comes up with music or "philosophy" links.

I googled her just now, and found that she was actually declared bankrupt last year. This doesn't surprise me at all. I bet she's still really spiritual and wild, though

[Zaphodsotherhead]

I AM normal and boring, I just have a brain and a mouth that aren't even vaguely connected. At work they think I'm hysterical. I think I'm rude and need to learn to think before I speak. Fortunately, so far, everyone on the recieving end of my mouth (so to speak) has been very nice about it, but I make MYSELF cringe.

I wish my workplace wouldn't call me quirky and mad because it makes me think I have to live up to their image of me - I am so going to get punched one of these days...

[ThumbWitchesAbroad]

I know what you mean.
I think you could pretty much apply it to anyone who ends their sentence with ", me" actually. Whatever the descriptor.

Of all the adjectives used to describe females, "bubbly" is my most hated. Luckily for me, no one in their right minds would use it to describe me.

But I'm also going to stand up for "eclectic" because I think it's a reasonable word for educated people to use, so long as they do use it appropriately (which they should, if they're educated). But then I would say that, because I believe my music taste is fairly eclectic! (DH says it's just weird but that's ok).

[DerelictDaughter]

There was a whole thread recently full of people lamenting how they didn't fit in, were odd, out of the mainstream, didn't like what 'normal' people liked etc.
Almost every single one liked the same sort of things as about three other people on the thread
They just felt uncomfortable in life, for whatever reason, and thought that manifested itself in a love of sewing or arranging pencils or such like. Somehow I think it's a bit more psychologically complex than that, stop saying you're different because you like growing dahlias.