PEOPLE LIKE WEIRD
I was wearing this tee shirt a couple of days ago. Most days I have some kind of logo or wording on my chest and nobody says anything. So what it it about "Stay Weird" that draws comments? Twice I had someone say how much they liked it, and this has happened a few times before. No other shirt I wear garners the same level of reaction.
People like weird. We all crave difference, to some degree or other. Something that takes us out of the normal routine same old places, same old thinking. It can be a small change, like a new recipe, or something bigger, like exploring a new city. But how weird do you want it to be?
The Thesaurus offers up these alternative synonyms for Weird. Lots to choose from. And the truth is that one person's normal is another's weird. Your personal 'weird' is very much a contextual concept, deriving from your own experiences of growing up and the life you've found yourself living. So maybe that's why people like the shirt. They can see their own 'weird' in it, without any explanation required. We all have a part of ourselves that likes the idea of being a bit weird, having some part of us that is different to others. It might be wearing colourful socks. It might be going out dressed as a character from fantasy fiction. But all that matters is the feeling that it's your own little individual quirk, one of the things that makes you unique. So be your own weird.
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