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.

[SqueegyBeckinheim]

And yy to want to be manic pixie dream girl types. You are not cool, or quirky, you are just annoying.

[RidersOnTheStorm]

YY to these.

I have eclectic musical taste but I describe it as "varied".

People who self-describe as crazy, quirky etc are usually just boring and self-obsessed.

[OvariesForgotHerPassword]

I think it can be shyness or some kind of need to fit a "type"? So say they are prone to being a bit of a dickhead quirky person, but they're shy about it, they say "oh I'm mad me" to try and prepare you for it so you don't get shocked by it? I don't know.

People who "tell it like it is" are just arrogant cunts though.

[NerrSnerr]

Yes, I agree that everyone has eclectic music tastes, there's no need to tell people about it.

[Squiff85]

TOTALLY agree!! "I'm dead mad me" - no, you're just weird!

[nousernames]

IMo people who say this have no interest in really getting to know other people. They have to view everyone else as bland/boring and one dimensional so they by default are automatically more exciting and interesting (when in fact they're just normal). In their world, if everyone was interesting with some unusual personality quirks, then how would they ever stand out?

[HellBoundNoFucksFound]

As a person who is described as 'weird' by others (I think I'm normal...I just don't get neurotypical people, tis all) I cannot abide the "I'm mad me, proper nutter hahahaha" type of folk.

And I can agree on the "I call a spade a spade" type folk are just massive cunts.

[OnceAMeerNotAlwaysAMeer]

some of the 'I'm mad, me!" types seem to actually have 0 self confidence

[SnakeWitch]

I would say I have an eclectic taste in music, I thought that was the accepted term for liking different types of music for the record I am very boring and quiet and don't seek attention!

[Budgetbust]

What the feck are manic pixie dream girl types?

[Trickydecision]

Bubbly = brainless half-wit

[KERALA1]

Exactly first. It's not for you to describe yourself other people form their own opinion of you.

[nousernames]

Bubbly - almost any character Zooey deschannel (sp?) has ever played.

[nousernames]

Oops I mean budget not bubbly!

[ParanoidGynodroid]

Are you writing about a family member of mine, by any chance? She' tries so hard to convince everyone that's she's 'quirky' and 'different' . She's not. She's very normal and her house is really quite middle-aged and auntie-like (nothing wrong with that, I hasten to add)
She's a total fb attention seeker; giving ongoing updates of her latest faddy diet/ dry month, etc. She really expected people to give HER sympathy when David Bowie died! He wasn't even on her huge list of music likes. She learnt from him that it was "OK to be different", apparently. A brief episode of pink hair at uni is as different as she's ever been.
She's an "author", too, apparently this translates as having self published a shite kindle book.

[CigarsofthePharoahs]

I used to know someone who described themself as "Ickle and Bubbly!"
What it actually meant was that after one glass of whatever cheap booze was around she'd flirt with any male within reach regardless of whether they were with their girlfriend or whether her own boyfriend was present.

[JapaneseSlipper]

"Yes! See also people who Facebook inane fuckwittery like 'shout out if your kids don't wear ironed twinsets, you don't wash your floor eight times a day and you ARENT a perfect parent, but your ikkle pickles live in a house full of laughter and joy and delight.' Fuck off. Nobody remotely normal even aspires to your straw man stereotype of the perfect parent, and yeah, you are still boasting, sorry."

YESSSSS

[UmbongoUnchained]

I described myself as a massive fucking bellend yesterday. Does that count?

(I took a lot of money out of the cash point and walked away without taking it)

[JapaneseSlipper]

"My step MIL refers to herself, when telling an anecdote, in the third person. Bizarre. And peppers the anecdote with phrases like "as only I can". Usually referring to something run of the mill that everyone does (returns item at a shop, phones up query her electric bill etc). She thinks she is some trailblazing super woman."

This would drive me insane!

People should avoid describing themselves IMO, it always sounds awful. No one really knows how they come across to others and it's sort of pathetic hearing someone explain TO YOU how quirky they are. I always want to shout "I'll be the judge of that"

[JapaneseSlipper]

FelicityR313 carry on being a loudmouth - you're right, we need all types.

The problem is people who proclaim themselves to be "different", especially if they aren't. "If you were that bloody crazy we'd all know it and you wouldn't need to tell us" type thing.

[TheCountessofFitzdotterel]

People who are nasty, know they are nasty and then say 'It's just the way I am, I'm not going to apologise for that.'
You should.

[TheCountessofFitzdotterel]

And the couple on a train I was on once who wanted everyone in the carriage to know they were on their way to a wedding at which the bride was going to wear red. They clearly felt this marked them out as very racy and alternative.

[Budgetbust]

nousernames now I get you one of them.........

[JapaneseSlipper]

"And the couple on a train I was on once who wanted everyone in the carriage to know they were on their way to a wedding at which the bride was going to wear red. They clearly felt this marked them out as very racy and alternative."

Oh, jesus. Yawn. I went to a wedding last year, the bride wore red, she looked great, no one even commented on it.

[kaitlinktm]

Agree with the pp who pointed out that 'feisty' and 'bubbly' are only ever used to describe women. I have seen this also said of 'shrill', 'frigid', 'hysterical' and 'frumpy'. Odd that I hadn't even thought of this until recently - I think it was a newspaper article.

Must be because I am boring and never have an original thought.