To hate people calling themselves mad?

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I’ve just been to a party where there was a photo collage of the birthday girl under the heading ‘she’s mad!’

She isn’t. She leads a perfectly ordinary, run of the mill life, as most of us do, but she’s always saying how ‘mad’ and ‘crazy’ she is. She isn’t a wild party animal, scheme rarely goes out. I’ve noticed people increasingly saying how mad they are, usually the ones who aren’t at all.

Why do they do it? It irrationally annoys me.

I dunno. Why does “mad” have to mean crazy, party animal?

Is she into extreme sports, perhaps?

Yanbu. The people who say they’re mad, kooky, crazy are usually bloody dull.

I know someone who’s always posting on social media about what a party animal she is - I go out with her every now and again and she’s always quiet, and goes home early.

Yes incredibly irritating - like that character from the Fast Show - ‘ooo I’m mad me!!’ No your not you dullard

YANBU. I start backing away slowly from people who describe themselves as mad. In fact, I'm suspicious of people describing their personality traits at all. Unless it's in response to the question 'how would you describe yourself?'.

Yes she's an arsehole. I also don't like people describing themselves as "bubbly".

... People who are truly eccentric never realise how out of the ordinary they are....

All the 'I'm crazy, me folk... Rarely are!

Is she into base jumping? If the answer is yes, then yes, I would suggest she is indeed mad.

Yes I agree.
Madness is an attribute which can only legitimately be bestowed by somebody other than oneself.

It annoys me too.

I regularly describe myself as weird, because, well, I'm weird.

She made a collage of pictures of herself for her own birthday party? I'd have assumed someone else made it, caption included.

YANBU! I have a couple midwife friends who inexplicably describe themselves as "madwives" They're perfectly nice people but none of them are particularly eccentric or unusual!

Is she about to attempt a solo winter ascent of Denali. If the answer is yes, then again, I would indeed suggest that she was mad.

I regularly describe myself as weird, because, well, I'm weird.

Steff - what is weird about you?

I'm mad, I am...

Is she a Corbyn supporter? Again, she would be justified in calling herself mad.

sunny it was above a collage of her at different parties, that’s definitely what they meant by it.

No, not into sports. Not into anything really. She has an ordinary life.

resting she does exactly that! Always posts on Facebook with shots and whatever, but whenever I’ve been out with her she’ll have half a glass of wine all night.

Agree with those who say it’s those who say this stuff who are least like how they describe. It’s really odd to describe your own personality features.

She & her husband did the collages. There were several.

user she isn’t but I am

I remember the cringey sign in offices "you don't have to be mad to work here, but it helps!!" Always an office full of drips.

Steff - what is weird about you?

Mostly it's a general level of social awkwardness. It's hard to describe, actually, I guess maybe I just feel as though I don't fit in with a lot of people. I get nervous when I meet new people and tend to talk too much, and say weird things like, "are you into serial killers?" I actually have quite a few friends as an adult and was pretty popular in school. People think I'm nice and funny. But I just sort of feel like an imposter. Like I don't fit. It's hard to describe.

MIL does this. She is the most twee boring woman in existence but she's always saying how "mad" and "wild" she is drives me and DH up the wall

YANBU. My mother does this, bless her. She’s pretty usual.

Always brings to mind Rick from "The Young Ones"

Why do they do it? Because they wish that’s how they were or because it’s actually what they think of themselves?

In my experience people who work in accounts often describe themselves as “mad”. They’re always, without exception, dull as fuck.